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Does your throat tense up? That’s not good for voice overs. Elizabeth Holmes reports on a researcher who found a hand-held vibration device – ahem – which when applied to the throat …
This could make you shed a tear: Elizabeth Holmes tells how and why scientists developed what is possibly the world’s smallest microphone …
Oh, oh … scientists are studying your brain – but this report can actually help you. In Sounds Odd #15, Elizabeth Holmes learns how actors feel emotion “on command” …
If the rangers at Yosemite National Park can use voice recognition software to ID individual owls there – how long will it be before YOUR voice is tagged for instant recognition? Elizabeth Holmes explores novel uses of this technology …
Amid your race to be first with online audition responses comes research that finds the LAST “event” may be viewed more positively. Elizabeth Holmes explains in this new Sounds Odd column …
Think your natural speaking voice is a matter of anatomy? More likely, it’s shaped by the first language and dialect we learn, finds Elizabeth Holmes in her “Sounds Odd” column #12. And your ability to discern pitch accurately improves your consistency between recording sessions (take note, audiobook narrators) …
Your tone of voice can “say” more than the words you speak. As a voice actor, it’s a skill to nail on cue. But outside the booth, watch out, advises Elizabeth Holmes in Sounds Odd column 11.
Cave men – the earliest voice actors? In her new “Sounds Odd” column, Elizabeth Holmes digs back in time for what some scientists are finding to be the first evidence of “surround sound” …
SOUNDS ODD by Elizabeth HolmesFun Facts on the Science of Sound9. Snap, Crackle & Jaw Pop!For some of us, the wave form (at right) is a familiar gremlin. It’s the…
Does success lead to happiness – or happiness lead to success? Elizabeth Holmes explores “positive psychology” in this Sounds Odd column – including positive strategies for winning more voice over auditions …