Video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gKMKbf818s When you hire a voice actor to do work, what are you actually getting? Is it just an mp3 or wave file, or something else? Think of it this way - if a lawyer sends you a legal document, is that document just a pdf file with words on it, or does its value go beyond the medium used to deliver it? When a voice actor is hired, you are purchasing a license to use that person to deliver a message. The audio file is just the vessel for doing so....

https://youtu.be/V5vJjXkVnGs Generally speaking, for short form content any professional voice actor should have a standard sub-24 hour turnaround time. I try to do it within the day. Recording a proper professional voice over often involves: Studying the script This includes checking for correct flow, any unusual specific vocabulary, etc Recording multiple versions and takes of that script Selecting the best takes Editing the take(s) Applying any processing that might be needed Exporting and...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UWWItMSDq2Y It really depends on the size of the production. I offer a range of processing amount, which can go from absolutely raw, nothing done to it, or fully processed, ready-to-use, just drag and drop in your video timeline and it's ready to go. The key question to ask is: does the project have an audio engineer? If the answer is yes, the voice actor shouldn't process the audio. That's the audio engineer's job. This mean the voice actor delivers raw audio....