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"The educational software we
produce relies heavily on high-quality audio for our
content, both in stories and instructional support
materials. We have been working with AudioLink for
years on all of our audio needs. No matter how large
or small the project, the folks at AudioLink have
been happy to get us whatever we need as quickly as
possible. They have an amazing pool of voice talent,
as well as highly competent and friendly staff. When
we work with new publishing partners, we always
recommend going with AudioLink for their project,
even when our partner is located on the other side
of the country. AudioLink is most definitely our
vendor of choice!"
Kip
Wilson, Director of Content Production, Scientific
Learning
"The engineers at Audiolink have a rare combination
of massive talent and impressive speed. I sit on
both sides of the glass, as a narrator and as a
director. They make me feel very comfortable when
I'm in front of the mike, and equally at ease when
we're working together to elicit great performances
from the narrators I hire. Steve just needs to make
up his mind if he wants to be an audio dude or a ski
instructor!"
Greg Stone, Stone Productions
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RECORDING AND EDITING THE HUMAN VOICE
IS OUR SPECIALTY.
We do it in over a dozen languages, for
interactive media, eLearning and educational applications,
CD-ROM and web based delivery, Voice Portals and Interactive
Voice Response Systems. We have access to a large talent
pool of the best voices in New England and around the World.
Casting
We know the actors, their
voices and their strengths. We can assist you in making the
right choice, to get the best communication possible for
your product. Often we can simply send you or direct you to actor's
demos at no charge. When the need arises we will arrange
and supervise audition sessions reading samples of your
script, and make them available to you and your clients on
private webpages, or via email.
Script Preparation
When you need,
we will prepare your script for recording. This is usually
necessary when multiple characters are being played by a
smaller number of actors. Colored highlighters are as
useful a tool to us as are our countless computers.
Recording
Your session will be
recorded in non-reflective, quiet rooms with extremely high quality
microphones chosen for recording the human voice. You may
attend the sessions in person, or via digital phone patches
to our studios. Many of our clients have us record without
their supervision. It's your choice.
Editing
Once recording is done we
utilize over twenty years of highly developed systems
to quickly and accurately edit the session audio to conform
to your script's specifications. We assure volume
consistency, a key factor in random access audio, and
carefully name each audio segment according to your file
naming conventions. If you require us to name the files we will do that and supply you with a manifest of filenames and conventions.
File Conversion
Final audio files
are converted to your specified file format. We use custom
equalization and other Digital Signal Processing to optimize
the audio getting the most out of whatever format you
choose.
Quality Control
All audio is
checked and all file names are confirmed against your
script to assure that our deliverables can be dropped into
your applications worry-free.
Delivery and Archiving.
FTP, CD-ROM or email are
our normal methods of delivery. For small jobs, audio is
often delivered the same day as recording sessions.
Turnaround time on larger projects is a matter of days, not
weeks. We also maintain archives of all unedited and edited files. Ofen a client returns years
after a projectd is completed and we can quickly retrive audio samples to match their updates to.
Revisions and Pickups
Most clients
ask for changes or additions to
their audio, and usually at the last minute. We pride ourselves on our ability to jump
through hoops to get you what you need quickly. Generally
there is little time at this stage of your development to
wait and we consider ourselves your partners at all phases
of production and what good partner would not be eager to
help out when the need is the greatest?
Editing for Linear Formats
Although
audio for Random Access applications is our specialty, we
regularly record and edit audio for Podcasts, CD audio
programs, Books-On-Tape as well as Voice-overs for TV and
Radio programming.
Distance Audio & Webcasts
We can
record direct to or from our studios via a full bandwidth
ISDN interface to a network of studios worldwide. In
addition we can transmit audio directly to high quality
real-time web format encoders and serving farms, for live
webcasts from AudioLink. Our partnership with edNet
guarantees compatibility and reliability.
Foreign Language Work
We record in dozens of languages and have access to top quality
native speakers. We have also
developed techniques to allow us to record and edit in
dozens of languages, even languages not using Roman
characters.
Let us show you how affordable outsourcing your audio
production can be. Pricing can be done various ways; cost plus, by the word, by the minute of audio or on a fixed bid
basis.
We want to be your Partners in Production.
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