Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
An example of a typical game voice-over script.
Recording engineer
While you are in the studio, you will be working with a recording engineer
to get the voice-over recorded. They will run all the necessary hardware
and software in the studio during the recording session. It is their job to
make sure that the quality and sound of the voice is squeaky clean.
Tools of the Trade—The Microphone
As I'm sure you know, the studio engineer will use a microphone to
record the talent. You may already be well aware of how microphones
work, or you may be new to all this, but in either case, here is the
essential information.
A
microphone
is a device that changes sound into an electrical
signal. These signals are generally very low in terms of audio level by
themselves, and require the presence of a microphone preamplii er to
be recorded. Sometimes this
mic preamp
, as it is called, is built into the
microphone itself. This is the case when using USB microphones. Other
