Compare room and mic placement, capture a client-style passage, test processing and document a repeatable voiceover delivery chain.
Record the client’s pronunciation, performance, file-naming, channel and delivery requirements. Choose a passage containing quiet words, emphatic speech and difficult consonants. Agree which processing belongs in delivery and retain a clean recording version for revisions.
Record the same passage at candidate positions without changing the microphone or analysis settings. Listen for early reflections, plosives, low-frequency coloration and tolerance to normal movement. If measuring decay, retain the frequency band and fitted interval; a small booth’s low-frequency resonances are not summarized reliably by one Sabine number.
Check normal and loud delivery through the complete recording path. Measure the recorded peak with an identified meter and choose sufficient margin for this performer. Capture noise-only material under the same gain and room conditions if you need a comparable SNR record.
Compare the clean passage with any proposed filtering, de-essing or compression. Use the static compressor curve to understand threshold, ratio and makeup, then audition real attack, release and breaths. Listen to quiet consonants and tails before deciding that a noise process improved intelligibility.
Export the requested test format and listen to the exported file itself. Confirm naming, starts and ends, channel layout and any client-specified loudness or peak limits using audio software. Get agreement on this sample before recording a large batch; record requested changes precisely.
Save the accepted passage, raw take, position notes, device settings and processing version. Record pickup settings so later lines can match room tone and performance. Recheck the actual chain at the next session, including ventilation and background devices.
Write and download the task brief, measured results and handoff decisions as Markdown.
Compare measured low-band levels at two mic positions after normalizing to the same reference band.
Compare a frequency-specific Sabine estimate or extrapolate a fitted decay slope; retain the real room measurements.
Compare the measured sample or true peak with an explicit ceiling; keep crest factor separate.
Calculate a ratio from compatible signal-only and noise-only measurements made under the same conditions.
Inspect the static hard-knee curve with explicit makeup gain before auditioning the real processor.
Estimate byte-aligned PCM payload and entered overhead for the planned recording inventory.
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REW distinguishes fitted decay intervals and explains why small-room low-frequency modes limit diffuse-field RT60 interpretation.
Audacity documents compressor controls; a static curve excludes transient timing and does not predict integrated loudness.
Keep the following evidence with the actual version used for this task.
| Record | Include | Check |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | Script, pronunciation and accepted take | Compare with the client brief |
| Capture | Position, room state, gain and meter | Repeat a test at pickup time |
| Delivery | Format, processing and file version | Listen to the actual export |
Do not choose a booth from a universal RT60 score or a single clap recording.
Mic position, performance and room conditions can matter more than copying plugin settings.