Is the grass greener in stereo or why is your regular VO track stereo?

This is a ANDY personal : In the last months I recieved more and more session screen shots and session templates from readers and friends with stereo VO tracks as basic VO tracks to go from. I always did my basic VO tracks as mono tracks. Why do you use basic stereo VO tracks? Cheers [...]

HALLOWEEN Voice Over FX with Ryan “CHARLIE” Drean….Trick or Audio Tutorial!

Trick or….Ryan “CHARLIE” Drean, the Benztown Country Imaging Expert, did a short audio tutorial about VO treatment for a fast and easy to do, but really useful and scary VO effect.  The treatment works  perfect for Halloween or a Horror scene and the best is you donz need fancy or ultra expensive plugINs for it. [...]

Experiment: The perfect VO treatment OR I WANT YOU

We had a plenty of VO treatment posts and seen a lot of screen shots and interview parts considering VO treatment. You find discussions about the right VO treatment everywhere in the www and in each monthly issue of almost any recording magzine.  Is it EQ before or after compression, why use a Limiter or [...]

Tackling the Imaging world or meet Chuck Matthews and his Killer Combo Adobe/ Sony Vegas!

BOOOM…..Chuck tackles the Imaging World! I met him in 2009, when we were about to launch our classic hits library. He was the man, who created the launch package for it and is currently producing Classic Hits client KBGO/Big 95 WACO. The VO is Benztown talent and legendary KEarth morning host Gary Bryan. Check out [...]

My Voice Editing Tricks – Andre’s Production Diary Part 32

Hey guys, it’s Andre. It’s now my 32nd week here at the Benztown studios in Stuttgart. I’m learning from the Benztown Crew everything about radio imaging. One of the basic and most important audio editing techniques is voice editing. The goal of good voice editing is to remove all the annoying ambient noises like needless [...]

The HotAC Imaging Prod God! Enter WPLJ’s Dan Kelly!

  New York City – The Big Apple! Home of the most famous radio stations in the world and also home of one of the best Imaging guys and VO talents in the world: Dan Kelly. You might remember Dan from my previous posts about the Melissa Etheridge Radio Show and maybe from the Imaging, [...]

Give And Get by Seth Godin

I found an article from a man I truly admire: Seth Godin. Seth is a bestseller author and his blog is one of the 25 most read blogs in the world. Anyhow, this article matches perfect with our tribe! The tribe of Imagig Guys, VO Artist, Producers, Radio people, Composers – ALL WHO LOVE WORKING [...]

Make your VO flow with the music – Andre’s Production Diary Part 21

Hi guys, it’s Andre. Time flies. It’s now my 21st week here at the Benztown studios in Stuttgart. Since 21 weeks, I’m learning from Andy, Oli & Fabi what it takes to create stunning radio imaging. As DJ, I know how important it is to have ‘the right flow’. The same counts for radio imaging [...]

Am I need to become a DOG TRAINER to create stunning CHR Imaging? From AC to CHR!

No, you dont, but maybe you should. My friend Andy McBeth made his hobby a second profession. He is a certified dog trainer, nature lover and my canadian connection from Edmonton! I love Andy’s Imaging Philosophy you can discover below and his spirit! Check his production and read more about his transitioning from AC to [...]

1st ever Benztown Webinar on Friday – PREVIEW Audio!

Hi all, first I wanna thank you for your massive interest in this. I am really excited in start doing this -  maybe even on a regular basis wit a special guest each time. For Friday: All places are taken, so sorry, but we had to limit this to guarantee and good Q&A part. For [...]