Delivery Methods & Audio Formats

We Deliver!

When it absolutely positively has to be there NOW, it's no problem with ISDN/phone-patch... instant real-time digital transmission... plus MP3 soundfiles with immediate online download for your web audio, multimedia, broadcast and industrial needs.
With Mike Shepherd Voice Over Services you've got connections for great voice-over / narration tracks whenever and wherever you need them. With your choice of ISDN and traditional phone patch options, and same-or-next-day delivery! With our convenient digital studio / phone patch voice over services and instant delivery we make getting great voice production a lot easier for you and your budget. You can easily outsource us for total production, avoiding separate studio booking hassles.

A Single-Source Audio Answer. Our studio is "part of the package." No pricey hidden add-on charges for a bunch of itemized services. Just quality voice production delivered. Direct sessions by phone without having to leave your desk. Just fax or e-mail the copy, then dial in, monitor and direct the session right over the phone just as you would if you were in the studio control room and have the VO the same-day, next-day or instantly via ISDN or Web sound file direct to your studio or your computer desktop. It's that simple.

The ISDN Option (we need this thing today!) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is the dial-up phone service between studios that allows us to connect to each other inexpensively and transmit full fidelity audio. This means a talent in one studio can be recorded by another studio anywhere else in the world. The recording process is the same as if the talent were on the other side of the glass in your local studio.

The Phone Patch Option (we can edit later...) Just arrange a recording time with us and fax or e-mail your script. Then when you call in at the session time, you're "patched in" to monitor the session. The script is recorded in our digital studio while you listen and direct by regular phone. The producer can communicate directly with the voice talent and can hear everything as it's recorded. The voice-over is recorded in our studio directly to disk or digital tape. Finished voice tracks are then delivered to you using your choice of delivery method and media. In other words, remote control without losing control!

Why Spend More? With some talents when you book ISDN you may be paying for TWO studios. Mike Shepherd Voice Over Services gives you great voice-over and a great deal. Our ISDN studio is "in-house" and "on the house." Book your studio and connect direct. No second-studio booking required. Our ISDN studio is included.

Added Value! What's more, you get the exclusivity of an unsaturated, outside-market professional voiceover artist for your clients... A voice that hasn't been "Over-Heard" on every other advertiser's spots in your market area. With guaranteed market-exclusivity Mike Shepherd Voice Over Services can serve as a unique spokesvoice for broadcast campaigns, giving your client's message higher recall, increasing listener-retention, and making your production stand apart from the clutter of same old tired voices heard endlessly.

Sound Choice. If all this sounds like a better way to get your voice production done, give us a try. It won't cost a thing for a free audition read of any script for starters. Just fax or e-mail your copy... check out the instant-demos online or email/fax your request for a CD or cassette version. Then start enjoying the easiest and smartest way to get your voice-overs "delivered."

Delivery Methods:

> FTP - Download your finished audio files directly from our dedicated Anonymous FTP server folder on our site. Link to FTP site from here.

> ISDN - Digital realtime audio delivery to compatible studios, direct via Telos/Zephyr or via EdNet bridge link

> Email Attachments - same day delivery of compressed audio files for commercial or short-length scripts

> FedEx overnight - Priority, Standard Ground, or using your preferred provider.

Audio Formats:

Mike Shepherd Voice Tracks are available in any format, whenever and wherever you need them.

> DAT

> Audio CD - compatible with all audio CD players

> CD-Rom & Iomega Zip Cartridge - IBM/PC or Mac Format: WAV, AIFF, MP3 file

> Analog Tape - 1/4 inch at 7 1/2 or 15 ips

> Audio Cassette

Unless very short, mono voice tracks are compressed using an MPEG3 (MP3) algorithm with a high sample rate. You can also decode them into AIFF (.aif) or WAVE (.wav) files.

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