I haven’t posted much about the design and construction of my studio, mostly because I don’t want to give you the impression I’m unable to work for you.  I am available and ready for your project.  With that in mind here’s an update:

The new voiceover booth is coming along nicely thanks to the generosity of some fantastic people that know much more about acoustic design than I do.  The isolation walls and ceiling are done.  Over 300 square feet of acoustic insulation is on it’s way.  The new door should be delivered on Monday or Tuesday of next week.  It’s a heavy beastie but it has to be to provide the kind of isolation I want (and feel that you as my client deserve).

The Hart Voice Overs Booth

Today I got the flooring installed. Boy it looks pretty. And it won’t mess with the high frequencies in the voice range the way carpet does.

The new floor in Hart Voice Overs Vocal Booth

I’ll have the door system installed next week. The acoustic insulation should arrive in about another week. As soon as it gets here I’ll be able to treat the walls and hang a “cloud” on the ceiling. Then the new booth will be ready to go!

I’m very excited about the upgrade to this booth and I hope you, as a client or potential client, are excited about the great enhancements it will provide for your projects with Hart Voice Overs as well.

photo credit: Johan Larsson

Did you know Hart Voice Overs is available in mobile format for your iPhone, Blackberry or other smart phone?

Just go to Hart Voice Overs in your mobile browser and it should come up in the mobile version automatically.

If you prefer to read the site in it’s original format there is a link at the bottom that sends you back to the web version.

I’ve added a new plugin to the site so you should now be able to listen to my demos and other audio files from your smart phone.

Please let me know if you have any trouble with the mobile version.  I check it often on my iPhone but never know what I might miss.

Peter O’Connell commented below and asked me to share how I did it. It’s insanely easy if you use WordPress: 

Mobile

There is a plugin called WordPress Mobile Edition that automatically sets up the site for mobile users.  I don’t recall doing anything other than installing it.

Audio

I installed WPaudio yesterday.  It’s a very lightweight plugin that provides a compact player for the website in addition to showing a download option. It also degrades gracefully into a text link if your browser (like the iPhone one) won’t display the player.  I’ve tweaked it some since I wasn’t thrilled with the original text sizes and look and I’m still playing with it.  Some users have reported problems with it playing nicely with their theme or other plugins so I suggest you read all about it and test it out before you fully switch over.  I didn’t have any problems with it.

Hope that’s helpful.

I’ve signed up for a twitter account.  If you tweet you can now follow Hart Voice Overs on Twitter.