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Files are ready

The files are ready but the discs won't be shipped until Tuesday.

A number of people have asked for downloads so I purchased some hosting anf put the files online.

If you would like to download the files now rather than wait for the CD drop me a line and I'll send you the download info.

If you request the download that means you won't get the CD.

The files are the same either way.

Here's a sample of slapping together a few different lines
DEMO (http://max-headroom.com/nar/demo.mp3)

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I'm currently working to have a custom trailer produced and wanted to get a nice voiceover made for it. Since studio time is by ther hour it's kinda crazy

to have 3 lines spoken and pay though the nose so i had an idea. Why not have him read a bunch of lines.

So here's my question. If I decide to move forward, would people be in to pitching in together so a bunch of us could get a read done?

I'm figuring we could also have him read some other theater oriented stuff like. "Please take you seats the show is about to begin" and "Welcome to the XYZ

theater" etc.

Here's a demo clip of the guy I want to use

Demo Clip (http://www.max-headroom.com/sample.mp3)

Let me know what you guys think.


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Bradley Estates
E-Cinema
Flosston Paradise
Kunpung's Dog Biscuit Home Theater (pronounced Koon Poong, with emphasis on the Poong)
Network 23
Riverside Cinemas
The Action Plant theater
The Backyard Bijou
The Booth Bijou
The C & S Mini-plex
The Clews Home Theater
The Clews Theater
The Colleton's Home Theater (call-et-un)
The Cologne Home Theater
The Dworek Family Theater
The Evangelista Family Theater (pronounced E-van-gel-eees-ta)
The Falzon Family Theater (fal-zun)
The Fortinplex Cinematron
The Golden Era Theater
The GOOD Theater
The Guerilla drive-in
The Haataja Family Theater (See Wav File - pronounced: Ha-de-ya, Ha-d'ya... no pause b/t syllables)
The Haataja's (See Wav File)
The Hayes Family Cinema
The Holtz Family Theater (pronounced like the Notre Dame Coach)
The Jedi Theater
The Klein Family Theater
The Logan Family Theater
The Meyer Family Theater
The Mickelodeon Theater
The Miller Family Theater
The Movie Loft
The Network23 Theater
The Ovsak Family (pronounced Oh-Shock, no pause between syllables and the v is totally silent)
The Patrick Family Theater
The Rike Home Theater Experience
The Schiff family theater
The Shaffer Cinema and Drafthouse
The Sheahan Home Theatre (See Mp3 - Shee-en)
The Sugarshack Singleplex
The Sunny Glen Theater
The Van Drunen Family Theatre (pronounced "Drew-nin")
The War Room
The Whiting Family Theater (white-ing)
The Whitley Home Theater (whit-lee)
The Willis Home Theater
The Woody's Home Theater

A B Hot Production
Alicia and Joe Welcome You To Their Home Theater
Ashley thanks you for coming
Austin
Bob
Brian
Bud and Bonnie Welcome You
Casey
Cathy
Chris
Cooper
Dan
Dan and Shawnna welcome you
Darlene
Dave
David
Devyn
Dworek
Emma
Featuring the greatest entertainment in the universe.
Gavin, Grace and Vivi (Viv-ee)
Glenna
Hannah
Hayes Family
Heidi
Homebrew
It's hotter than hot. It's Hot ta!
Jason
Jeanine
Jeff
Katie
Ladies & Gentlemen, Welcome to the E-Cinema, presented to you by Joshua & Genevieve, relax and enjoy the show!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the Fortinplex Cinematron, The ultimate in home theater experience, Presented to you by Joe and Shelly Fortin.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Patrick Family Theater, otherwise known as The Sugarshack Singleplex
Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to The Van Drunen family theatre, presented to you by Dan & Shawnna
Madelyn
Mark
Mark and Cathy
Martin
Matt
Matthew
Max Headroom
May the force be with you.
Merci
Mike
Mini Gopher
Nancy
Nina
Please stay seated during the movie and keep your hands off my daughter.
Pocketful of Quarters
Richardson's
Rob and Mary
Scott and Carrie would like to welcome you to the C & S Mini-Plex
Shawnna
Stamford, Connecticut
Taylor
Terri
the Dark Side.
The Logans welcome you.
The Mickelodeon Theater proudly presents
The Network 23 Theater is happy to present our feature presentation.
The Wolf.
There's always a good show at the Guerilla drive-in.
This is Network 23, the network that means business now transmitting live to the world.
Tracy
Trevor
Tyler, Alex and Jack
Tyler thanks you for coming
Uber
Visit the lobby for delicious snacks from across the galaxy.
Wendy
Welcome to Jonathan's Cinema and Drafthouse
Welcome to Riverside Cinemas
Welcome to the Big Poppa Movie Extravaganza..... Enjoy the show.
Welcome to the Booth Bijou
Welcome to the C&S Mini-Plex!
Welcome to the Holtz Family Theater
Welcome to the MOVIE LOFT
Welcome to the Reich Family Theater. The show is about to begin.
Welcome to the Sheahan Home Theatre (See Mp3 - Shee-en)
Welcome to the Sunny Glen Theater, we hope you enjoy the show.
Welcome to the Whitley Home Theater (whit-lee)
Welcome to the Willis Home Theater
Welcome to the Woody's Home Theater
We're green. Super Green.
Will
Zach

Ask the Theater Manager for details.
Back and Sides
by the motion picture association of America.
Christmas
Due to the violent content, material may be unsuitable for some viewers
Good afternoon.
Good evening.
Good morning.
Good night.
Goodbye.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Holidays
Have a great day.
Have a safe trip home.
Help your self to...
Holiday
In case of an emergency, please use the side exit
Minutes
Near the theater restroom
Our Partners
Parental guidance is suggested
Party
Prepared especially for you.
Presented in..,
Proudly presents...
Reserve this Theater for your next Birthday Party.
The following film is intended for a mature audience.
The following home movie has not been rated.
The Mail Has Arrived
The time is…
This movie has been rated G
This movie has been rated NC-17
This movie has been rated PG
This movie has been rated PG-13
This movie has been rated R
We would like to wish you a happy birthday.

Absolutely no cell phones allowed!
As a courtesy to all in attendance today...
Please refrain from smoking or talking during our feature presentation.
Please refrain from talking during our feature presentation.
Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, and beepers.
Please turn off your cell phones.

A brief intermission
Let's pause the movie now for a brief intermission.
Now it is time for an intermission.
We pause now for a brief intermission.
We will now have a short intermission, be back in 10 minutes for the remainder of the show

And now, for...
And now, our feature presentation...
Brace yourself for tonight's feature presentation.
Coming soon to...
Enjoy all the top hits scheduled for this theater.
Enjoy these Previews.
Fasten your seat belts and prepare yourself for an unbelievable ride.
is happy to present our feature presentation.
is proud to present our feature presentation.
Ladies and Gentlemen.
May we have your attention.
Movies are better than ever.
Now Sit Back, Relax, & Enjoy the Show.
OK Kids, grab your seats, the big show is about to begin.
On with the show
Our feature presentation.
Please direct your attention to the front of the room.
Please direct your attention to the screen. The movie is about to begin.
Please take you seats the show is about to begin.
Please take your seats.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
Smoke, talk and relax in your own car!
Stay tuned for our feature presentation.
Stay tuned for tonight's feature presentation.
Stay tuned for tonight's movie feature.
The movie is about to begin.
The show starts in 1 minute
The show starts in 5 minutes
Tonight's movie contains sights and sounds so impressive, you'll wonder why we didn't charge you admission.
We have a wide selection of movies to choose from.
We hope you enjoy our feature presentation.
Welcome to our family theater.
Welcome to our home theater.
Welcome to our…
Welcome to the ultimate Home Theater Experience.
Welcome to the ultimate in Home Theater Entertainment.
Welcome to...

Exits are located at the front of the theater
for coming.
for joining us today.
Our family thanks you for joining us tonight. Please have a safe trip home.
Please dispose of all trash in the wastebaskets
Please drive without the lights on until you reach the exit
Please grab all your belongings and find the nearest exit.
Thank you for joining us tonight.
Thank you.
thanks you.
Visit us often and enjoy the screen attractions in the comfort of you own car.
Watch your step.
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

a nice glass of Wine
are waiting for you at the concession stand
Bars
Be sure to visit our concession stand for a variety of treats including...
Beer
Candy
Candy and popcorn are available from our snack bar.
Coca Cola
Cold and refreshing
Come and get em.
Draft
Free FRESH popcorn, candy and refreshing soda in our lobby.
Fresh Hot Popcorn
Hamburgers
Hot Dogs
Ice Cold Soft Drinks
Ice Cream
Malts
Peanuts
Pizza
Refreshments
Smooth and Refreshing
The popcorn is hot, the refreshments are cold, and the movie is about to begin.
We feature ice cold drinks at our concessions..
While waiting for the movie enjoy Fresh STEAMED HOTDOGS. mmmmmm

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This theater features DTS-EX full surround sound.
This theater features the latest in technology in order to bring you the ultimate home theater experience.
This theater features the most advanced technology available.
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DLP
DVD
HDTV
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Home Theater PC
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LCD
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baseball
basketball
Beer
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Buffalo
Champions
championship
championships
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divisional
finals
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hockey
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NFC
NFL
Pittsburgh
playoffs
Raptors
Redwing
Sportsbar
Stanley Cup
Steelers
Super Bowl
Toronto
Wild card
World Series
wrestling

Academy Awards
Oscar
Oscars
Season Finale
Season premiere
Tonight's premiere episode

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Armed
Back
Basement
Bathroom
Bedroom
Billiard
Car in Driveway
Closing curtains
Darlene
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Den
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Driveway
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Forecast
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Front
Game Room
Garage
Garage Door is now being closed
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Lamp
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Laundry
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Living Room
Master
Motion Detector
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Porch
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Room
Scene
Security
Security System Armed
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Sensor
Sprinkler
Stairs
System
Table
Take Out the Trash Tonight
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Time
Today's
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Weather
Yard

He sounds good.

You should also record lines like:

"Please turn off your cell phones"

"Now it is time for an intermission"

"Have a safe trip home"

Cool. I'll add those too. I figure that we could compile a pretty complete list along with the customized stuff and end up with a KILLER disc and the cost would be low.

I'm looking at an even split on the cost for all the members. The quote was about $330. If 10 people show interest it's only about $30 each.

Everyone would get a copy of the generic stuff along with a few lines of custom stuff.

I'm in :D :D

I'm in, too. Just make sure that we own the copyright (work-for-hire).

You might also check out voice123.com. I haven't used them yet, but they will let voice talents bid jobs and send audition tapes - including scripts you send them. Don't know yet how their prices will look.

I'm in, too. Just make sure that we own the copyright (work-for-hire).


When I specked the Job I told the account exec that i wanted a full buyout. The use was personal with possible limited retail distribution. So we should be all set.

I don't want anyone to resell this. I just want a few people to pitch in so we can all get our own personal recording.

OKCHomeSeller: I was thinking of trying voice123 but when I got this quote I was pretty satisfied. I love the guys voice. He sound alot like Don LaFontaine. The quote is also pretty reasonable compared to alot of the voiceovers I've had done for work.

I think we shoudl be able to make the 10 people pretty easily. The cut off date is Aug 31st. We'll see what we have by then and finalize the script. How does that sound?

ANyone who has any suggestions for the "generic" content let me knon and I'll add it to the list.

Interested!

Wav files?

WAVs it is.

I'm also going to put up a doc with the script as I add to it. If anyone knows what you want already, let me know and I'll add it. I'll post a link once i put the script up.

I'm in too.

I may be interested as well... but was wondering a couple of things...

Just thinking out loud really....

Is .wav is the 'best' source? I don't really know the best way to record audio is, as far as Bits and Khz and channels, and so forth, I've ripped enough cd's to know your settings can make quite a difference, but wouldn't know where to begin when asking someone how they record voices?

Would we be expecting a track with no back ground music/noise, so it would be a pure voice track with no white noise or interference in it for us to filter out?

What about pronunciation of our surnames if that was the name of our theatre?

This sounds real cool. I'm making a new custom intro and would be interested especially to get a "Welcome to the Jedi Theater" or some other Star Wars type quotes.
Everyone might something like these:

"Enjoy these Previews"
"Now for our Feature Presentation"

Roar, all good questions. I'll answer them one by one.

1.
Most VOs are recorded 44.1 kHz Mono. These are given as WAVs with no compression. Now these are still digital files but here's the thing. In audio there is something called the Nyquist sampling theory. It says in order to accurately reproduce an analogue sound in digital format you need twice the sampling frequency. That means a 44.1 KHz sample can accurately produce sounds up to 22 KHz. The Narrators voice is well below this level so the 44.1 KHz WAVs will be more than adequate.

2.
In order to keep costs down, the delivered files will be unedited. That means any gasping or breathing will be included in the files. This should be removed. I will be removing this for my own use and I have no problem giving you copies of my files. As far as hiss goes, this recording will be taking place in a professional studio that records VOs all the time. Usually there is very little hiss and no background noise. The small bit of hiss can easily be removed using hiss removing tools found in most editing programs. Again I have no problem doing this for you if you wish.

3.
Pronunciation is a tough one. I would suggest you write out any hard to pronounce words phonetically and maybe even provide an audio recording that I can pass on to the narrator. I will be personally patched into the session as it takes place in order to make sure the narrator gets it right.

Great answers and thanks for the quick reply, for approx. $30 can't see how I could say no :)

If you are starting a group mailing list or pm list feel free to include me. I figure I would send you a recording of how I'd like my theatre name pronounced for sure, not that it is trickey or anything, but if you're going to get this done you might as well get it done right... right? :)

I just added the script so far to the original post. I will continue to update this as we go along.

If you have any suggestions or have decided on the custom lines you want let me know what they are and I'll add them.

Best bet is anyone who is interested should drop me an email. I've set up a special email address just for this project.

htvoiceover{at}gmail{dot com}

You can also send the samples of pronunciation to this email address.


If you are starting a group mailing list or pm list feel free to include me. I figure I would send you a recording of how I'd like my theatre name pronounced for sure, not that it is trickey or anything, but if you're going to get this done you might as well get it done right... right? :)

Oh dude, I am so IN on this one. Let me get with my wife to find out what we'll want to have recorded and I'll send you an email. Thanks!

Scotty

with all the numbers you have in the script, you might want 21st - 29th and 31st, in case you want dates to be made or something like that.

Looks like a cool project, good luck with it.

I was thinking you could slug "20" and "1st" together for 21st. In the end depending on the total number of participants, I may just have him read them all.

BTW the Record date has been set for September the 8th. It looks like we will have enough people so I scheduled the read.

What about 'Happy Birthday' and your kid(s) name? How many 'custom' bites would each person get? If there is only 10 people in on the buy you think you may have time for the family members names as well as the name of the home theatre?

It would be nice to be able to have a custom intro for my childs birthday party. (My daughter by the way is 11 months now, so she won't be having birthday parties in the home theatre for some time, but I was thinking it might be neat)

please count me in as well. let me know what I need to do to add my name to the list.

Roar,

That's a great idea.

Here's an arbitrary guideline. Each person can have their theater name plus about 30 words to be used as you see fit. If you need a few more that's fine just don't go overboard.

I say we limit this to 16 people or Aug 31st, which ever comes first. With 16 people the cost is about $20.

Once we reach the 31st or 16 people I will get the final quote for the project and determine the exact cost for each person.

How does this sound?

Sounds really, really cool. I'd love to get in on this if you aren't full already. mheadroom, tried to email you and it failed.

I added a list of participants on the original post. I only added those who explicitly said they wanted in. If you name isn't on the list and you want in, let me know.

Thought of another one everyone might like

"Now Sit Back, Relax, & Enjoy the Show"

I suggested "Enjoy these previews" yesterday but a better way to word it for everyone might be

"Coming soon to the X Theater" or something along those lines

...if you want to get even more people in, you could have him do some sounds for home automation stuff too.... He could do them in a more mono-tone serious voice.

-car in driveway
-mail has arrived
-somone rang the doorbell
-phone is ringing
-laundry is done
-take out the trash today
-alarm has been set
-all lights off
-all lights on
-.....and on....and on....and on....

Many people use voice announcements in their home-automation systems.

Just an idea I figured I'd throw out.

IM SO IN ON THIS.
i was actually looking at a generic voiceover cd on the net.
This is much better due to the custom announcements.
best 20$ ill ever spend.

now for some automation software

The autpomation idea is kinda neat. Is anyone on the list interested in this too? If so we can add it and see what it does to the price. Right now we're looking at about $20-$30 per person and only a few more spots left.

If fill the spots I amy try and move the read up to Aug 25th. Would this work for everyone or would the 7th be better?

Hey, the sooner the better, I'm excited now.

I'd like to email you my little custom line but the email came back with a bad address. And yes, I changed the dot to an actual dot, etc. ??

I'd like in too, if there's still room. If I see my name added to the list, I'll PM you my custom message.

Thanks for doing this!!

couple more suggestions:

Welcome to...
The show starts in...
Minutes
Be sure to visit our concession stand for a variety of treats including...
Fresh Hot Popcorn
Cold Soft Drinks
Candy
Hot Dogs
and

try this email htvoiceover{at}gmail{dot com}

This page has a ton of lines to borrow from...

http://www.cinemaronline.com/techtalker.html

If demand increases maybe you could double the number of people and get 2hrs studio time and keep the price the same? Just a thought, thanks for the organizing of this, sounds promising!

Sounds like a plan. Maybe we'll just keep it the same and close the list on the 31st.

If demand increases maybe you could double the number of people and get 2hrs studio time and keep the price the same? Just a thought, thanks for the organizing of this, sounds promising!

This page has a ton of lines to borrow from...

http://www.cinemaronline.com/techtalker.html


Here's a selection of theater oriented lines from this site.

As a courtesy to all in attendance today, please refrain from smoking or talking during our feature presentation.
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Ladies and Gentlemen. Please take your seats. The movie is about to begin.
Brace yourself for tonights feature presentation.
OK Kids, grab your seats, the big show is about to begin.
Our family thanks you for joinging us tonight. Please have a safe trip home.
Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, and beepers.
Candy and popcorn are available from our snack bar.
Stay tuned for our feature presentation.
Stay tuned for tonights feature presentation.
Stay tuned for tonights movie feature.
Thank you for joining us tonight. Please grab all your belongings and find the nearest exit.
Thank you.
The following film is intended for a mature audience.
The following home movie has not been rated.
The movie is about to begin.
The popcorn is hot, the refreshments are cold, and the movie is about to begin. Please take your seats.
This movie has been rated G
This movie has been rated NC-17
This movie has been rated PG
This movie has been rated R
This theater features DTS-EX full surround sound.
This theater features the latest in technology in order to bring you the ultimate home theater experience.
Tonights movie contains sights and sounds so impressive, you'll wonder why we didn't charge you admission.
Please direct your attention to the screen. The movie is about to begin.

mheadroom...

Sent you an email, looking to take spot #15.

Greg

You've got a PM, email still won't go through.
Thanks.

Would like a spot as well...sent you an email.

I'm goiog to start adding peoples custom reads to the listed script. Anyone have a problem with that?

This will ensure I have everyones lines listed when I send the final script.

Two Questions Max:

1. Is he going to read "Welcome to the X Theater" for each of us or are we going to have to piece together the name of our Theater with the "Welcome" phrase?
If we have to piece it together then you need to change it from "Welcome to" to "Welcome to the" so we can piece it together correctly.

2. I don't know about everyone else but I hate the pronunciation of "Theater" where people include the "a" and stretch it to 3 syllables. To me it should be 2 syllables and pronounced with a "e" just like "be". What does everyone think?

Sooner works for me. I will be working on my lines and have them to you by Sunday night. Thanks for putting this together Max.

T agree. Theater is theater no thee-a-tor. If someone does not complain we will go with theater.

Everyone is allowed up 30 customized word plus a reading of just thier theater name. I you don't want to piece an into together you can use the into with the name as part of the 30 words. Everyone will still get the generic stuff too incase they want to piece it together.

Finally, since we have 18 ppl now, I am going to close the list on Saturday @ 11:59pm EDT

The list will close at 11:59 pm EDT on Aug 18!

I will then contact everyone via PM with final details.

I went though email and PM to edit the custom portions of the script. If I missed yours please let me know.

Also I am trying a new email address for those of you who are having a hard time getting through.

htvoiceover{at}gmail{dot com}

I'm interested.....

I am also in, what do I do to get on the list?
McCall
Theater name is "The Mickelodeon Theater" and yes that is MIC not NIC

I had a couple of requests to add home automation narrations. Anyone mind if we open this up to the home automation crowd?

Max,
If you add home automation are you going to get another hour like you suggested earlier? I noticed you added some sports names and if you need to fill another hour you could do all of the football and baseball team names for us to piece together.
-Pete

Actually, the sport's words are from my list. I host a lot of parties for sporting events and will use them as intro's etc. I tried to think of the top 30 or so words that were related and that I could use to piece together into various intro's.

I'm also all for adding team names etc. if the rest of the group is interested.

I'm looking for feedback on the automation and sports. personally I have no use for the sport thing except for the superbowl but it there is enough intrest then we can add it.

I don't want top rasie the price if we don't need to. Also we can always do another disc in the future with the same narrator. Maybe have a few verisons for different audiences.

Between my theater name, the generic theater words, etc, and the sports related words that I added from my list, I'm fine. I could always use more (team names etc) but that's up to the rest of the group.

Also, I don't really understand how people are planning to use the home automation stuff. Can someone explain that to me.

Also, I don't really understand how people are planning to use the home automation stuff. Can someone explain that to me.

Most people that have home-automation systems have a whole-house audio system plus their dedicated theater area.

When a certain thing happens (usually a sensor of some kind is tripped) it can trigger the automation system to do something, such as play a sound.

So, say a car drives over your driveway sensor (http://www.hometech.com/brains/probes.html#PT-CP2100), it alerts the automation system, and it plays a custom .wav/.mp3 over your whole-house audio system saying "Car in driveway".

Or, say you have a mailbox sensor (http://www.smarthome.com/74661.HTML) for when your mail arrives. The sensor trips the automation system, and plays a file that says "Your mail has arrived.."

..and the possibilities are endless.....

Hope this helps explain the idea to you mason.

Hey Guys- Quick question- what software do we use to run and edit the program and what are we using for delivery (dvd player ,htpc)- sounds great ,just not computer savvy thanks,gary

For the sports ones, I was probably going to include my favorite sport teams in my custom words... which I need to get added to the list!

While I tend to be more of a lurker than a poster.... Please include me in as well!

Also how do we include custom content and what are the limits?

Thanks and what a great idea!

P.S. Oh and count me as a Home Automation fan too so you know how I'd vote when it comes to adding HA words and phrases.

Dave

1st Gary, Do you want to be added to the list?

As far as software goes I use Sound forge for editing and then I'm going to have the narrations play directly in my customized trailer. This is can be played back on my htpc or via dvd.

Hey Guys- Quick question- what software do we use to run and edit the program and what are we using for delivery (dvd player ,htpc)- sounds great ,just not computer savvy thanks,gary

You can have about 30 words of custom stuff plaus a read of you theater's name. This allows you to createa alot of narrations by editing you name and the generics, as well as a few custom lines incase you want something specific.(names, saying, etc.)


While I tend to be more of a lurker than a poster.... Please include me in as well!

Also how do we include custom content and what are the limits?

Thanks and what a great idea!

Dave

I can't think of anything new to add to the list but I am definately interested in a copy of the CD when available.

Count me in- i just sent you an e-mail- Can somebody refer a link for a software editing program to use with this- thanks,gary

I use sony's sound forge which is ~$300 but they have a new product called Audio Studio that's $70 but I have never tried it.

Sony Sound Forge Family (http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp)

Please add me to the list aswell if it is not full yet.
This is a great idea and will provide a very unique theatre experience.

I will add my personal additions today, I just wanted to make sure Ididn't miss the boat.

You're in luck. I did close the list for custom intros but one of our members said he would give up his custom allotment if another member wanted in. I'll be sending you a PM with details shortly.


Please add me to the list aswell if it is not full yet.
This is a great idea and will provide a very unique theatre experience.

I will add my personal additions today, I just wanted to make sure Ididn't miss the boat.

Just saw this post. I have been rendering Reapers blend intro file on my computer and it has been tied up for a day or so. I was unable to get into the forum. I see I may be to late for the sign up, but if someone cannot do this please can you put me on the alternate list. Thanks Joe...

themidpoint: Check your PMs

Everyone else: It seems like people are still intrested. I've decided to open up the list again so that people can join.

The deadline for custom lines will still be Monday at 11:59pm EDT. This will ensure that I can get the quote and everyone will have time to get payments to me.

Depending on how fast I get the payemnts, I will try to move up the read date. Keep an eye on the original post and PMs for more info.

With the continued interest is that going to bring the price down or just add another hour leaving the price the same?

It should bring the price down.

The original quote was based on a pretty long script.

What we have so far is still a few hunder words less than the original script.

I think we should be okay. Plus the account exec was very kool. if we go over the hour I'm sure we can work something out.

Do you have enough numbers listed to cover the 'XXth' or 'XXnd' for the superbowl, academy awards, oscars, world series etc for the next 10 years?

Grant

We do now. =)

Do you have enough numbers listed to cover the 'XXth' or 'XXnd' for the superbowl, academy awards, oscars, world series etc for the next 10 years?

Grant

Email sent to the GMAIL account.

Thanks!!!!!

just a quick note, I'll update the list at about 6pm EDT. I am seeing the emails and PMs jus don't have a lot of time to update today.

So here's a status update.

Only about an hour and a half left for submission of custom lines.

I have incorporated all the custom lines that I have received so far. If you don't see your lines in there drop me an email. You have until 11:59pm EDT tonight to get your lines in.

I will be sending the script for a requote in the morning.

This will go one of 2 ways.

1.The price will be perfect and we'll preceed

2.The price will come back too high.

In this case, I will cull down the script without effecting your ability to use the disc.

For example, almost everyone asked for "Welcome to the XYZ theater" We don't really need those since we already have a theater name read and a "welcome to" read. Just put those togehter and wahla! The same goes for the 100 different ways we are telling people to turn off thier cells =)

Like I said, if the price is right then we'll proceed with what we have.

Thanks for doing this. I just sent an E-mail at 8:42pm (Pacific). Hopefully, with 17 minutes to spare! :)

In case my E-mail didn't make it (and you check here first), my Custom requests are:

"The Booth Bijou"
"Welcome to the Booth Bijou"

Looking at the list, it seems you guys have covered anything else I can think of. :)

Again, thanks. Please let me know where to send the money once you know what the per-person cost will be.

Mark

Hi all.

I recieved the revised quote today and the price went up pretty drasticly. I am currently waiting for a response to request for a requote.

In the meantime i have contacted a couple of other narrators. One of the narrators, Bob, just did a dry run of a couple of lines. If you guys like his read we can use him and the price will be less than $30 shipped.

I am awaiting a couple other quotes also. Check the original post. I'll post as I have more info.

I like the first guy better. The extra $10 doesn't bother me.
The second guy is sneaking in that extra syllable in "Theater" that we didn't like.
Can't wait to hear what the third one sounds like, this is fun!

There's also one other guy I'm waiting for. He did the trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean. I'll let you know when I get his price and demo.

Just sent a PM. I'm probably too late for a custom line but would be interested any way.

I liked the 2nd guy between. Just with emphsis on the various syllabs

Thanks Jason! Keep us posted. My money is ready once a decision is made.

BTW, I'd be happy with either of the two guys so far.

Mark

I'm good either way.

I'm good either way too... I'd probably vote for the second one if it was held to a vote, but I'm still in if the majority wants the first one.

I'm good either way, but do like narrator #1 better, I'm good with the extra $10.00 whatever the majority wants will be good for me... Joe

Yep, same here. I kinda like the first one a little more, but both of them are perfectly fine. I'm also good with the extra 10 bucks. Either one of them would be nice.....


Scotty

Out of the two listed I still like one the best. Even if it is a bit more.
McCall

I'm good either way too... I'd probably vote for the second one if it was held to a vote, but I'm still in if the majority wants the first one.


My sentiments as well.

I think I prefer #1 over #2, but willing to go with the majority.

I thought he original quote was for $30 + 6, anyway, so the price doesn't bother me.

Tom

I'm also good either way, though I'd have to give my nod to #1. Extra cost doesn't bother me.

Originally it was assumed that with 11 people the cost would be $30 + 6.

Since we have so many people the price was going to go down quite a bit, but the new quote came back much higher. So the cost only went down $1 per person.

That's why i was looking at different narrators. A $10/person drop in price is pretty significant overall but everyone seems to agree that $25 or $35 doesn't matter.

I guesss I'm just cheap. :D

-jason



I think I prefer #1 over #2, but willing to go with the majority.

I thought he original quote was for $30 + 6, anyway, so the price doesn't bother me.

Tom

Price aside, I atually liked #2 better. The #1 clip has music in the background which makes it sound a bit better, but I tried to imagine what it would sound like without the music and my preference is #2.

Agreed. The music may be swaying some votes.

Speaking of which, anyone have a source for some background music for our intros? I really like the various music used for these intros...

http://www.cinemaronline.com/techtalker.html


but we need them without the techntalker voice over.

I think that 2nd announcer is excellent

i also think maybe the first company is using switch and bait tactics?

give you one price then up the fee's? (ONLY MY OPINION)

Bill -

The account exec is actually being very helpful. She said it was her own fault because she didn't realize how many pages there were when she quoted the first script.

She is discussing the situation with the narrator and seeing if he will do the job for the original price.

She also offered some other narrators but none were as good as what we already have.

I'm going to post the 3 narrator in the op in a few min.


I think that 2nd announcer is excellent

i also think maybe the first company is using switch and bait tactics?

give you one price then up the fee's? (ONLY MY OPINION)

Bill -

Discussion is now closed. =) I did a bit of negotiating and the final price for the original narrator is $27 each.

I'm going to pay upfront and see if I can move the read to This friday.

Check your PMs for info.

Payment sent... thanks so much for looking after this, really looking forward to getting the tracks!

Narration is scheduled for this Friday the 25th!

Is it just me or does everyone else already have editing software and know what they're doing? I'm looking into the Sony Audio Studio software but would appreciate any other suggestions or help.

Couldn't let a little thing like not knowing what I'm doing get in the way of a great deal!

Is it just me or does everyone else already have editing software and know what they're doing? I'm looking into the Sony Audio Studio software but would appreciate any other suggestions or help.

Couldn't let a little thing like not knowing what I'm doing get in the way of a great deal!


Hey Mason, if anyone tells you what you are doing tell me because I haven't got a clue either but it sounded really neat!

I'm assuming most people are using a movie program to create a intro and assembling the sound clips in the movie program.
I have a Apple and am using iMovie and Final Cut Express to make my intro. Just have to cut and paste the sound clips in the right places, throw in some background music and it's done!

There are a number of places that will put together a customized intro for you. You might want to ask if they can ad your custom audio while they are at it. Reaper is giving away a 3d file that you can render yourself. That might also be an option.

there are a ton of video and audio softwares on the market ranging from free to thousands of dollars. You might want to look around.

http://video-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/?ttreng=1&ttrkey=home+video+editing

also check out muvee.

Mac users might want to look at Amadeus II from Hairersoft. It's a very powerful sound editing program that's inexpensive too. The author allows a fully functional 15-day free trail period. It's the program I plan to use to with these custom voice files.

http://www.hairersoft.com/Amadeus.html

Jason,

My payment has been sent.

Thanks again!

Mark

payment sent from me as well.
cant wait!

... anyone have a source for some background music for our intros? I really like the various music used for these intros...

http://www.cinemaronline.com/techtalker.html


but we need them without the techntalker voice over.

I found this site:

http://www.uniquetracks.com/cd/Martini.html

You can save the samples as mp3s, some of them should work well if your going for that retro lounge feel like techtalker.


Anyone have another source for background music?

Payment made..., This is truly a great thing thanks again Jason I'm looking forward to getting it...

Joe :D

Sent payment.

Great work. Thanks for your effort!

Tom

Sony SoundForge works great :)

Hi all. Had to reschedule to Wed at noon. Sorry for the delay. The positive side is that it give people time to get thier money in. :)

Payment Sent- Thanks!!

Please ignore this post.

Crud, looks like I missed out on the custom words.

So mheadroom, will the generic files be available for those of us that didn't get to add custom stuff to the list?

Regs,
Jeff

I updated the paid/Mo status

I think I've marked everyone who either paid or who is sending a MO.

Please check the list and see if I missed you. Thanks.

-jason

Im interested too in the Vo

Wiser1,

I sent you a PM. We currently have 4 people that have not responded so I can put you in the list. If those people do respond and we have to go a bit longer, the extra money should cover it.

I use Goldwave for editing. I believe it's a free download and I have no ties with the folks who make it, so hopefully it's okay to post here. I've been using it for years, I used to do a lot of PSA's and radio commercials and Goldwave has been a lifesaver. If you need to mix your voiceover with music, Hitsquad's website has a lot of freeware and shareware, try some things out and figure out what you like best.

The simplest approach I have is using Goldwave to piece together the words I want into phrases, throw it into a multitrack sequencer like FruityTracks, output to a wave and add the wave to my theater intro video in something like Windows Movie Maker. Or, use Goldwave and Multisequence to mix multiple audio AND video tracks. YMMV.

Max,
I'm paid up, sorry for the delay. I was away for the weekend and didn't get a chance to send it to you before I left.

(There was no Internet where we were, let alone running water)

styxx_78

no worries, and honestly no internet and no running water doesn't sound like a bad vaction to me. I relly need to get away from it all. :D

Max,
I'm paid up, sorry for the delay. I was away for the weekend and didn't get a chance to send it to you before I left.

(There was no Internet where we were, let alone running water)

styxx_78

I found a few typos while reading through the script:

1. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Patrick Family Theater, otherwise known as Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to The Van Drunen family theatre, presented to you by Dan & Shawnna
The Sugarshack Singleplex

Should read:
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Patrick Family Theater, otherwise known as The Sugarshack Singleplex
Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to The Van Drunen family theatre, presented to you by Dan & Shawnna

2. This is Network 23, the network the means business now transmitting live to the world.

Should read:
This is Network 23, the network that means business, now transmitting live to the world.

3. Due to the violent content, some material may be unsuitable for viewers
Should read:
Due to violent content, material may be unsuitable for some viewers


I read through the whole thing. This is what I found, has anyone else seen mistakes that we should catch before it is too late?

styxx

great catches. I made the adjustments and I agree that everyone should take a moment to read it over one last time. The read is set for Noon EDT on Wed.

The Schiff Family Theater (pronounced "shif" rhymes with skiff)
Nina (pronounced neenah)

Jason
Let's change the pronunciation of Whitley in the phrase "Welcome to the Whitley Home Theater" a little. It should be "whit-lee". The whit is pronounced as in Whitney (Houston) or whittle.

Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for audio editing s/w. I would like to take the stuff on this CD along with a music CD I have and create a CD to play in my theater. Any experiences, good or bad, are welcome.

thanks

Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for audio editing s/w. I would like to take the stuff on this CD along with a music CD I have and create a CD to play in my theater. Any experiences, good or bad, are welcome.

thanks

Did you actually read the thread? There are like at least 4-5 posts with some different suggestions on this very thing......

Did you actually read the thread? There are like at least 4-5 posts with some different suggestions on this very thing......

thank you for your imformative response.......much appreciated

OK, I don't mean to judge, but some of these lines are pretty corny.

Some of my favorites...

- It's hotter than hot. It's Hot ta!
- We're green. Super Green.
- Movies are better than ever.
- Please drive without the lights on until you reach the exit
- Visit us often and enjoy the screen attractions in the comfort of you own car. (Does someone actually have a drive-in?)
- While waiting for the movie enjoy Fresh STEAMED HOTDOGS. mmmmmm


Although I don't have any kids, this one is my favorite.
- Please stay seated during the movie and keep your hands off my daughter.

Don't take this personally guys, I am just excited to get my CD and have nothing better to do.

styxx

I would like the info on the generic stuff and if it will be available to forum members.


Jester 2

hmmm. What does everyone think about that? Since we all paid to have the disc made what does everyone think we should do? I'd love to hear peoples opinions.

Durring the read I will ask the exact terms of distribution. This is what i do know:
1. No broadcast (TV, Radio)
2. Not allowed to sell it in stores

I wouldn't personally mind selling it to forum members for a nominal fee but I would want the participants blessing first.

When I was originnaly just going to do the read myself, I had thought I might sell the disc to recoup costs but since I ended up setting this up as a "power buy" of sorts, I really want the participants approval before going down that road.

Yes some of these are corney but hey, different strokes. :D

As far as the drive-in stuff goes, it's for use in a guerilla drive-in setting.


OK, I don't mean to judge, but some of these lines are pretty corny.

Some of my favorites...

- It's hotter than hot. It's Hot ta!
- We're green. Super Green.
- Movies are better than ever.
- Please drive without the lights on until you reach the exit
- Visit us often and enjoy the screen attractions in the comfort of you own car. (Does someone actually have a drive-in?)
- While waiting for the movie enjoy Fresh STEAMED HOTDOGS. mmmmmm


Although I don't have any kids, this one is my favorite.
- Please stay seated during the movie and keep your hands off my daughter.

Don't take this personally guys, I am just excited to get my CD and have nothing better to do.

styxx

My 2 cents on 'selling' the generic version of it... you did a lot of leg work on this one Jason and as far as my 1/30th (Or however many people ended up in on this deal) of a vote would go, you can do what you wish with the lot of it, thanks for organizing.

Jason, I agree with roar. If you can sell a few more just consider it a little extra compensation for all the leg work you put in to make this happen.

I agree with roar. If you make a couple of extra bucks, fantastic.

(But nobody else better be changing their theater name to The Booth Bijou in the process!! :D )

Mark

wow. thanks guys. :)

Jester, I should have an anser for you tomorrow. I have to verify the rights agreement first.

I don't care if you sell it. I doubt I could have gotten the guy to read even the one line for what I paid, so I'm happy. Sell away, you put effort into making this happen and I'm just glad to have had this opportunity.

I agree, with all the work you have done, I myself don't have a problem with you selling extra copies...

Joe :cool:

I agree, with all the work you have done, I myself don't have a problem with you selling extra copies...

Joe :cool:

same here...thanks Jason for all of your time/effort on this project!

Jason, you're good to go in my book. Consider it payment for the legwork and management involved in getting this together.

Regs,
Jeff

How did the recording session go?

How did the recording session go?

From the very first message in the thread, which was edited by Jason at 10:15am (Wednesday):

The read has been completed!

I'm going to start working on the files tonight.

I'll let you know when the discs are ready.

Mark

The read went well. Ended up using excatly an hour. I'm working on breaking up the files but there's a lot of them ;) I put a demo on the original post so you can hear how he sounded. I had him read a bit higher than the original sample becasue I think it sounds better.

Oh and I found out some more about the narrator. I guess he's the voice for the Fox News Channel and did the voice over for Being John Malkovich. I was pretty psyched to hear that. BJM is one of my favorite movies :D

That demo clip is hilarious, looking forward to the completed disc. Take your time though, no rush here :)

I thought it was cool too.

As far as the discs go, I'm hoping to send them out on saturday.

-Jason

HAHAHAHAH
funny audio clip!

That was prettyy funny. Nice job!

Regs,
Jeff

Jason,

Having edited a fair amount of audio and video in my time, I know how much work you must be putting into this project right now. I am very grateful for your efforts on a larger group's behalf! Thank you!!

Mark

Jason,

The clip sounds great!

I certainly have no problem with you selling more discs. You worked very hard for this and deserve to be compensated.

-- Martin

Jason,

That was some crazy line haha. I agree you deserve extra cash for all the efforts you put into this project. You got my blessing. Can't wait to get my CD!


Josh

Just one word Awsome... Looking forward to the CD again many thanks
Joe :D

Sorry I missed out on this one. If there is any left overs up for sale let me know.

lumpy692002@hotmail.com

Maybe a 2nd round for us late stragglers? ;-)

Jason,
The clip sounds great.
I am not sure if I have already expressed my opinion but go ahead and make a million off of these discs. You did a lot of ground work to make this possible. I am glad that we had such a large interest as there are a lot of lines that I would never have thought of and our fellow AVS'ers all pitched in.

I can't wait to get my CD and pump up the voloume so the neighbours can hear!

Speaking of which, I am looking for a hi-res THXtest.wav
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

styxx

I agree with everyone else. If you can make some cash selling copies you certainly deserve it. Thank you for doing this.

Funny you should say that. Right after we had completed the read, one of my friends asked if there was any themed stuff on the disc.

We went into an hour long brainstorm of how you could go with movie night themes like an old school gross out blood bath horror movie night with lines like:
"barf bags can be found at the concession stand"

could do action, love, horror, comedy, halloween, ney years etc. So as we were thinking about this i figured I might explore this as maybe another read in a month or so if there was intrest. I just have to get these cds done and get some feedback first.

Plus the second read will allow for variations of some of the stuff we already have.

I'm going to see if there is any intrest first.

Sorry I missed out on this one. If there is any left overs up for sale let me know.

lumpy692002@hotmail.com

Maybe a 2nd round for us late stragglers? ;-)

Jason
Nah! I don't care if you sell some CDs. Just remember us little guys when you make your 1st million. ;)

I just listened to the demo. Very nice!

The read went well. Ended up using excatly an hour. I'm working on breaking up the files but there's a lot of them ;) I put a demo on the original post so you can hear how he sounded. I had him read a bit higher than the original sample becasue I think it sounds better.

Oh and I found out some more about the narrator. I guess he's the voice for the Fox News Channel and did the voice over for Being John Malkovich. I was pretty psyched to hear that. BJM is one of my favorite movies :D

The demo sounds waay too cool!! Good job!

and thanks!!

I had a request for this and wasn't sure if anyone else was intrested in downloading the files instead of haveing me mail a CD.

Let me know and I could put them up tonight when i get home and send you each a link.

YES!!!!!!
Download plz.
although is it possible to have both?
i guess i can always make my own cd to archive it after.
if your make it downloadable, hope your bandwidth can take it.
full cd X ~35 participants / 1 persons cable modem = slow downloads

But!
BitT0rr3nt would be the fix for the sharing.

I'm up for downloading... or mailing... or whatever you want to do... it is true ********** is the best way for everyone to get it faster but then you won't have much luck selling any cd's :)

I was thinking you download from my web server. It may take a bandwidth hit but I could cover the costs by not sending the cd it's just a matter of choice. Which would people prefer?

As long as the download is full bitrate and not mp3, either way works for me. How big is the download?

-- Martin

I'm up for what the majority wants... however, I would prefer the CD just my opinion thanks...
Joe...

It will be an option. You can take either or. I'll put the files up and send info to anyone who would rather download.

The raw 48Khz WAVs total about 300MB. This includes the original uneditied files and the split files. I'll archive them with rar and provide par files just incase.

I will be sending out the CDs hopefully tomorrow or tuesday at the latest. If you would rather download the files just drop me a line at htvoiceover@gmail.com and I will replay later tonight with how to access the files..

-Jason

Awesome idea!

I never saw the thread until today and obviously have missed out but I would be interested in getting the generic copy as well as participating in round two (should you have interest!)

The themed idea sounds interesting.

We went way overboard with Halloween last year and I took a series of various spooky sound clips and piped it over the whole house audio (including outside). We were the hit of the neighborhood! It would be fun to include some voice over lines in with it too!

Honestly, I'd rather have the disc if possible.

no problem. I will send the discs unless you ask for download instead.

Just to let everyone know,

There are 2 folders on the disc.

1. Contains a couple of music beds with VO added into them. Most of these files have enough room for you to add your welcome message or something. I would love to be able to give you the blank track but I leaglly can't that's why i mixed in the music.

2. The words "welcome to" and then your theater names so that you can use them right away.

I was hoping to do more but I'm really burnt out right now :D

As you play with these discs right down any issues you might have or things you might want. I'm hoping to do another read in about a month and we might as well use that time to iron out any bugs.

-Jason

The Download is 147MB compressed as RAR and include par files.

For eveyone else I'm going to burn CDs tomorrow and try to get them out but right now it's looking like they won't get out until tuesday.

Jason,

What are "par" files?

-- Martin

from par2.net:



What is a PAR file?
Parchive parity files (or par files for short) create redundant data that can be used later in case parts of the original data is lost or corrupted. Par files allow file level recovery of data. That is, out of a group of many files, if a limited number of files are lost or corrupted, they can be recovered. These files will have the extensions of .par, .p01, .p02 etc.


So basicly, they allow you to take a file that is corrupt and repair it without having to redownload the whole thing. Knida like raid 5 for archive files.

Download unavailable
This download is temporarily suspended - please try later. If you feel that you should have access to this download, please e-mail us.

this is the message i get when i go to your site

Sorry about that. I just fixed it. You should be good to go.

-Jason

Sorry about that. I just fixed it. You should be good to go.

-Jason

Working now... thanks!

Let me know where you are done so i can switch it off, please. Thanks.

One more thing.

As a sign of appreciation for their contribution to the HT community on AVS I gave each of the following a free copy of the disc:

Reaper for making and rendering all those Fox Intros
WikeWh for his killer ticket maker
Steven Good for his Screen Play slides
ND23 for making all those custom tickets
and Swithey for hosting the DVD demos

All went above and beyond and and generously shared the fruits of their labor. Thanks guys!

please advise if any of us late-comers can get a piece of these.

thanks

I've got all the files... thanks again... too busy to listen to much, but hearing my name was pretty darn cool! THANKS!

One more thing.

As a sign of appreciation for their contribution to the HT community on AVS I gave each of the following a free copy of the disc:

Reaper for making and rendering all those Fox Intros
WikeWh for his killer ticket maker
and Steven Good for his Screen Play slides

All 3 went above and beyond and and generously shared the fruits of their labor. Thanks guys!

Very nice gesture! ...and they deserve it.... :cool:

Might consider ND23 also, as he makes tons of great free tickets for guys in this forum! Just my .02 cents.

Robert,

Absolutely! I just sent him a PM with the info.

Also to those of you who are downloading the files, if you have problems unarchiving, make sure you are using winrar 3 and smartpar. Older versions won't work right.

I'd also include Swithey, who has been hosting all the Demo DVD files.

Agreed.

Actually I had though of Swithey earlier (even asked him his theater name so i could give him a custom line) Just forgot to put him on my list =)


I'd also include Swithey, who has been hosting all the Demo DVD files.

Awesome Awesome Awesome!
i just downloaded them and quickly skimmed thru a few and smiled

where did you get the music bed ones???
all of the music ones have some static when the guys speaks in them. not sure if thats like that on purpose or not. the rest of them are FLAWLESS

hmm. weird, I'm not hearing any static on this side. can you describe it? Maybe I'll redo those.

The music came from digitaljuice.com Becasue of licensing I can give it away but becasue I edited the music for a promo, you shold be able to use it.

actually. i think its just me.
if i pipe them into winamp you can hear the static at every high pitch
importing them into my vegas studio and they are flawless too. false alarm.

i found alot of music beds in news groups. (a.b.sound-effects)
thanks for your help

The static is probably caused by listening at the wrong sample rate. When I first listened at 44.1, I was hearing static and clicks. At 48,000 no problems.

-- Martin

yup, that would do it. i did everything at 48Khz because that's the bit rate of Dv and i figured people might be using DV editing programs

I downloaded the files and they sound great. As I was playing with them, my 3 year old walked into my study and started jumping up and down yelling "The man said my name!!!".

Priceless.

I am a little bit confused by the rar breakdowns though--- does winrar bring up all files in all parts of the archive when you double click on any one part?

It brings up all the files. RAR's just a better compression then zip. The multi parts just make it easier to download. When you open part 1 all the files across all the parts are shown.

The PAR files are used to recover missing or corrupt RAR segements.

oh and that is priceless :)

OK-- just used Audicity to append the "Welcome to my ABC Theater" clip to a MP3 I had of the Fox Fanfare (I used "normalize" to get the audio on the sound clip roughly equal to the levels of the Fanfare. Then used BeSweet to convert to an AC3 (could only get it to do 2-channel though), used AVI Mux Gui to mux the AC3 to my Reaper/blender "Welcome to" Fox redering AVI file, and finally used Sonic DVD Creator to add a fade to black and burn onto DVD. Looks and sounds like a charm. I had previously used AVI to DVD to create a DVD of the muxed AVI, but the lack of fade to black made it look unprofessional.

I couldn't figure out how to add additional sound clips in via Sonic, but I think I will end up just playing the other WAV files via my Sonos box connected to my HT receiver--- I'll just whip up custom playlists of clips to suit the occasion -- much less time consuming than burning CDs/DVDs to cover all possibilities.

By the way, I really liked the bedded "Pinkhat" refreshments intro and the "Doom" feature presentation intros.

Thanks again for pulling all this together.

Jason, Ive found it! thanks again!

Jason,

I'd like the CD as originally planned please. I've never dealt with PAR files and really don't have the time to investigate and deal with it right now. I realize that it won't be mailed until Tuesday. That is fine.

That said, I am confused as to exactly what it is I will be receiving with regard to the sound file "format". I understand that they will be wav files, but will all of the clips include background music now too? Or, are we getting a mix of just the voice files (no music) AND the same voice files with background music?

Thanks!

Mark

The cd contains few different things really:

1. The original unedit takes from the read
2. The lines cut up into individual files
3. 9 Music tracks with "and now our feature presentation" mixed in near the end
4. 1 Music track with "Fasten your seat belts, and prepare..." mixed in near the end
5. 1 Music track with a generic concessions read mixed in

The music tracks are just a bonus that I included because a number of people were asking about music.

The tracks with the narration near the end should give you enough time to add in "Welcome to XYZ theater" or something else along those lines.

Hey guys.

just wanted to show a quick sample intro i put together using the voice overs.
I had some friends over at the time and they were wicked impressed by the voice over.

Sample Intro Video (low quality) (http://www.nuclearcrayon.net/~htmlmecca/newhouse/hometheater/intro_rated_r.wmv) 1.2mb WMV
the clicks, pops and static are from converting it to wmv at low quality. its fine in the mpg2 file

the video came from inflixht.com (free download)
put it all together in vegas studio

very nice. :)

A Funny Story.

So I've been burning the discs, putting them in a DVD case and stuffing them into padded envelopes.

I stuffed the last envelope when I look up at my computer and it's asking me for a blank disc. This means that i accidently stuffed one of the envelopes with a blank.

Now, I'm not going to risk sending out a blank disc to anyone so I begin by opening some packages.

Last 5 packages, all good
First 5, all good
Middle 10, all good

So i just start opening the rest randomly. I get down to the final 3 and start wondering if I made a mistake early on and set nero to burn to many discs.

3rd to last, all good
2nd to last, all good


last disc...Blank

1 out of 30 shot of finding a blank disc and I find it on the 30th try.
Murphy's Law, Huh?

So anyhow, so now I have to tape all the mailers shut, so don't worry, noone is reading your mail. :D

One of these days I'm going to find that Murphy guy and kick his tail... :p

Thanks Jason!!

latntekky, Nice intro!! Thanks for putting it together and sharing your source!

Question: Is the music you used some of the music that Jason is supplying?

Thanks!

Mark

yea. i just looped the audio clip to fill the 30 second video.
that was just a quicky i put together.
im gonig to change the audio to a 30 second clip when i find a good one.
the clips on the cd are only 10 seconds long or so.

Angel

Disks are packed up and ready to go.

Only thing I'm missing is Addresses for ion-man and HTScotty. COuld you both PM or email me your addresses. Thanks.

Also APCO25guy, please pm me if you still want a disc.

Everything else is ready to be dropped off at the PO tomorrow.

Jason,

I really like that Doom & pinkhat track that was included inside the folder "Music Bed with Voice". I was wondering if you can email those 2 without the voiceover? It matches my fox intro perfectly. Thanks again.


Josh

One more thing.

As a sign of appreciation for their contribution to the HT community on AVS I gave each of the following a free copy of the disc:

Reaper for making and rendering all those Fox Intros
WikeWh for his killer ticket maker
Steven Good for his Screen Play slides
ND23 for making all those custom tickets
and Swithey for hosting the DVD demos

All went above and beyond and and generously shared the fruits of their labor. Thanks guys!


Steven here...

What a thoughtful gesture! I hadn't been following this thread, but when I was contacted and asked what I called my home theater (The Good Theater), I decided to drop in and see for myself. I appreciate you doing this for me. I'm expecting a CD in the mail with all these goodies soon.

Thanks again!

There are copyright and licensing issues with just giving the tracks away. I really have to create a finished piece which is wat I did by remixing the tracks. If you tell me what you are looking for I may be able to put something together.

Otherwise you could buy those discs directly from Digital Juice.

Pinkhat comes from Stack Traxx 8 - Fifties Stacks
Doom comes from Stack Traxx 3 - Serious Stacks

NP, Steven. Disc is sitting here waiting to go to the PO tomorrow. :D

I finished my download last night and have been playing around with the tracks all morning at work. This is so much fun.

I showed the guys here what we did and they all made fun of me and called me a geek but I can tell they are all jealous as heck.

A couple of guys actually showed an interest into what I was doing...who knows, maybe there will be a few new members on this forum soon!

Well, I am using Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net to edit the files. It is a free-ware sound editing utility that is easy to use and has some nice features.
Creating custom lines is really addictive! I am already writing down lines that I would like for our next reading! Hint Hint :D

I would post a sample of what I made but don't have webspace.

Thanks for making the download available Jason...I couldn't wait any longer!



styxx

A Funny Story.

last disc...Blank

1 out of 30 shot of finding a blank disc and I find it on the 30th try.
Murphy's Law, Huh?





LOL. That's the funniest thing I've read all day. I'm sorry for your trouble, but if it's any consolation it made for a good belly laugh.

Thanks again for all the hard work!

Mike

Here's a sample of what I edited yesterday:

Click here (http://briefcase.yahoo.com/antonjoshua)

Just click music then the filename intro. Low bitrate only


Josh

Josh,
We need to find some good free background music. I have been looking around but am having trouble finding good tracks.
Anyone have any ideas?

I have two CDs of "The Show starts in 45 minutes" which I bought online. The first one is the main disc and the second is the companion disc. The tracks are 8 diff. countdown in minutes including an intermission, entre act and walk out music. The companion discs are the same except that each countdown is divided into themes like foreign, comedy, action and drama. I just like the scoring on that doom freebie, complements my reaper-made intro perfectly. Unfortunately, I can't justify spending $249 just to get the doom track.

By the way, the intro that I made starts with the voiceover behind a blank background and then as soon at it finishes, the intro that reaper made will kick in. I layered it with jason's doom track, edited it to make it a lil bit longer. Keep in mind when you edit your voiceover intro, it is necessary to add 3 or 2 seconds delay in between the sentence/lines so that the transition is easier to imagine and the audience have a better feel and comprehension of what the announcer is trying to impart. Gives us a more cinematic and exciting experience!

Josh,
We need to find some good free background music. I have been looking around but am having trouble finding good tracks.
Anyone have any ideas?

Here is some music that I have composed and recorded. Feel free to use it for personal use in your own theater. It may not be sold, or distributed other than for this purpose without express permission from me. I have lots of others if you need something in particular. If you do use it, please post a link here so I can hear what you've done.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=4828

-- Martin (aka Starbirth)

I have two CDs of "The Show starts in 45 minutes" which I bought online. The first one is the main disc and the second is the companion disc. The tracks are 8 diff. countdown in minutes including an intermission, entre act and walk out music. The companion discs are the same except that each countdown is divided into themes like foreign, comedy, action and drama. I just like the scoring on that doom freebie, complements my reaper-made intro perfectly. Unfortunately, I can't justify spending $249 just to get the doom track.

[snip]



Josh....

I have the first CD (which I love) but can't seem to locate the companion disc; where did you find it? Do you have the ISBN number handy?

thanks

Here is some music that I have composed and recorded. Feel free to use it for personal use in your own theater. It may not be sold, or distributed other than for this purpose without express permission from me. I have lots of others if you need something in particular. If you do use it, please post a link here so I can hear what you've done.

Thanks Martin!

Can other forum members purchace the recorded .wav files?? If so, are they something than can be downloaded?

Sent you a PM

Can other forum members purchace the recorded .wav files?? If so, are they something than can be downloaded?

Thanks again for the hard work, Jason. I can't wait to get my hands on the disc and start creating lots of cool phrases!

Regs,
Jeff

Josh....

I have the first CD (which I love) but can't seem to locate the companion disc; where did you find it? Do you have the ISBN number handy?

thanks

I just PM'ed you the site on where to buy the companion disc. Even Toby's tunes website doesn't have it. It's 21.95 dollars for the disc.

mheadroom,

I've received my CD and have played around with it a bit. Great job!

I just want to thank you for all of the work you put into this. I'm sure that editing the read and creating each of the folders took some effort, and I am grateful for your efforts.

Jason,

I received my CD yesterday. Wow... this is better than I expected! For some reason, I was expecting a couple of larger files with lots of custom phrases in one long file. I extremely pleased that they've been broken down to individual files! Very nice and they sound GREAT!!

My thanks again for putting this together! I plan to spend some time this weekend using Photoshop and Apple's iMovie to put together a short title video (in widescreen, of course) to go along with some music and my custom voice intro.

Mark

Got my cd last night, Jason! Thanks, buddy!

Regs,
Jeff

It continues to amaze me what people are doing on AVS, particularly here in the "Accessories" forum.

mheadroom, you're demo sounds fantastic! Great idea. Let us know how we can contribute, etc...


mschiff, very nice! Thanks for that...

Got mine today...AWSOME!

Played around a little just make sure the disk was good. Can't wait to get to a real project!

Great work. THANKS!

Tom

Glad everyone likes the CD. If you find anything that's missing or something that should be reread, write it down. When we do the next disc we can resolve issues then.

Robert, The accessories forum always seems to be rock'n. It seems that because there are less posters here, it's a tighter knit bunch and the creative minds are always flowing. Especially when peoples are talking about low/no budget projects. :D

I edited together a little something to put on my iPod for playback in my little red roadster when I'm giving someone a ride: "Welcome. Please sit back, fasten your seat belt, and prepare yourself for an unbelievable ride!"

:)

Mark

Received my yesterday in the mail. Thanks!

Played with it for a few minutes to make sure it worked (CD) and everything is fine.

Appreciate you putting this together.

Jason,
Thanks for the disc. My custom phrases sound great! You did a awesome job getting standard words so we can piece together all kinds of sayings. I'm going to do some chopping up and reassembling to make some cool new phrases.
Now just need to finish my intro and put it all together. That should keep me busy for awhile.
-Pete

I got my download of the info. Awesome idea. I've been playing it for people all over the place, at work, at home, etc. Love it! I am even thinking of buying one of these to have it play when people enter the theater:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00068O21O?v=glance

Maybe there is something better out there, but it might be fun to try. Thanks again! Very cool!

Got it! Love it! Thanks for including me in this effort!

Steven

Yup! Got my CD as well! Thanks for everything, Jason!

Receieved mine in the mail today.. All I can say is WOW!!!!

Excellent job, Please let me know when your doing another one
so I can get a custom title done....

I plan on using some with my Ocelot and Speakeasy system. The
WOW factor of having it say "Welcome to Lumpy's Home Theater!"
as I swing open the french doors would be so cool.

Also the Home Automation voice overs was another unexpected
bonus.

Hey guys.

just wanted to show a quick sample intro i put together using the voice overs.
I had some friends over at the time and they were wicked impressed by the voice over.

Sample Intro Video (low quality) (http://www.nuclearcrayon.net/~htmlmecca/newhouse/hometheater/intro_rated_r.wmv) 1.2mb WMV
the clicks, pops and static are from converting it to wmv at low quality. its fine in the mpg2 file

the video came from inflixht.com (free download)
put it all together in vegas studio
That is so pimp! :D

Glad everyone is liking the cd. Has anyone still not received theirs?

Glad everyone is liking the cd. Has anyone still not received theirs?

I have not received mine yet....... :(

I didn't get one yet, but I did download the files. So if you didn't send it, no problem. If I didn't say so already, thanks very much for doing this. It was a great idea, and beautifully executed.

-- Martin

mheadroom,
I know you're probably still making sure everyone who paid got theirs. Have you decided if you're going to do something for us other AVS members? Small fee? A download? CD Waterfall? Torrent-File?

Just curious.

Nelson

Mheadroom - let us know if there will be a second round of this. I am interested...

I have not received my CD yet either still patiently waiting... Hopefully will receive it soon... :(

Joe

I missed the deadline too... :(

Is there a paypal or other venue we could get generic files from?

Thanks.

JKV - Replacement is on it's way

Mschiff - I only sent cds to those who didn't download. THe downloaders shipping fees went to hosting.

TheSpoon and Midlife - Check PM

Fredpamm - I'm looking to do another round of different generics and more custom stuff in a month or so. I'll open the list after everyone gets their cds

themidpoint - If it hasn't come yet, send me your address again and I'll send you a replacement.

Thanks mheadroom - I will be on the lookout for your thread.

If there is a second round, I would be interested as well.

I'm already compiling a list of things I'd like to see said. For instance, it might be nice to have him say things like:

"This theater features [surround sound] audio provided by <list of 10 million audio companies>" or
"With Video/Picture by <insert list of 10 million Video Display companies"

Things like that. Plus I think I changed the darn name of the theater yet again. :)

I did spend about 2 hours splicing some things together last night. It doesn't sound exactly right due to inflection and having to take snippets of other people's theater names to put it together... but it's still pretty DAMN COOL if you ask me. :) Sound Forge 8 is your friend!

Thanks again, Jason!!! Best $20+ bucks I ever spent!

Regs,
Jeff

Mheadroom,
I've been meaning to post a BIG thanks to you for arranging to have this done. I received the cd last week
and it is just Fantastic!
Thanks so much for coming up with this and offering it to us here in the HT Accessories forum.
It's really cool to have custom stuff like this.
I definitely am interested in round 2 when you do it again! :D

Thanks guys! :D

Keep making notes. During the next read we can have him redo what ever we want. The bigger the library the better.

Mheadroom -

Just a question...maybe I missed it and it is buried somewhere in here...

Can you tell us anything more about the guy that did the voiceover?...There is a GEICO commercial where they have an announcer standing in the kitchen. It would be cool to tell your friends, "Yeah, it's the same guy that did the voice for....."

Tom

Here ya go.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0642176/

Thanks!

Tom

Got it!!!! It's Great !!! I'm very excited been playing with it today in my movie editor Just wanted to say thank you very much and let me know when you do the second read I would like to get back in on this. again thanks...

Joe

If there is a second round I 'm in.

I finally found some time to edit together the audio portion of my intended custom voiceover. I used Amadeus II (Mac sound editor) to splice together the various segments to create the voice track and then brought that into Apple's iMovie HD to mix it with a musical score. Ultimately, I will eventually add some video or slide show (I'm already talking to a graphics artist friend about a custom Booth Bijou logo). But, for now, I'm simply going to use it with a black screen (audio only). Anyway, here's what I came up with (mp3 audio minus any video):

http://members.cox.net/thephotobooth/BoothBijouVoiceover.mp3

Mark

Mark,

VERY nice work!

Bud

mark,

Sounds great!

BTW, if anyone is looking for really custom intros, i.e. specifically produced intros that say what you want them to say and all that, let me know. I have a friend who does audio production and commercial voice over and such (ex radio DJ), and has a full digital production studio of his own. He's interested in making a little money on the side, and I've mentioned this to him as an option and he'd like to see what kind of business he could rustle up in this area.

Basically he'd be looking to set up a kind of menu of basic introduction styles, and then you just tell him the text you'd like and which one of the styles you'd like to put it over (meaning what type of background effects and overall style of the intro, i.e. bombastic, low key, spacey stereo effects or something spare and minimalistic and so forth.)

* He could of course do fully custom ones, not based on an existing template. You'd just have to negotiate for what you want and how much it would cost.

I've given him some text to do a sample one for folks to hear and get a feel for what it could be like. He'll get this done in a week or so. Anyway, let me know if you are interested.

Dean,

My personal feeling is that your friend's offer belongs in a thread of its own, rather than "hijacking" this thread. So, I hope you will start a brand new thread when you get those samples to share.

Just my two cents.

Regarding the sample I posted... I received a private message asking about the background music. It's a 30 second track titled "Movie Magic". I've had it on my hard drive for over a year. I downloaded it from some site, but I honestly don't remember where. I just remember stumbling across it and saving it to my hard drive for future use. I knew way back then that it might make for a nice background score. Who knew that I'd eventually be able to use it for this.

Mark

Dean, what was not custom about these intros? They did say what people wanted them to say. That was the whole point.

Anyhow, it will be ineresting to see what he wants to charge and the range of his voice.

Maybe I got this confused with another thread of a similar sort, but I thought it was a set of pre-fab fragments that could be combined or something? I wasn't trying to hijack the thread or anything, just offering another option which I have no financial stake in, and assumed it was relevant because I thought this scenario was just providing something different.

dean,

No problem.

This thread was about us all having custom lines read for a voiceover. There were about 30 participants.

That's how Mark was about to get "Welcome to the Booth Bijou" and "Mark and Kathy are proud to present..."

Everyone got their own lines read plus a whole list of other things to be used with their custom lines. The cost for everything was $27 shipped.

Read the original post for more info.

We are going to be doing another read with the same guy sometime in the next month or so. That way people who missed out will have a chance to get some custom stuff too. Again we will also be including some differnent generic lines as well as any words we feel need to be reread with a different tone or inflection.

Oh OK. Jack's would definitely be more expensive than that, more in the $250 range, since he'd actually be doing both the voice over and the audio production on them and tweaking each one separately in order to have the music and effects fit the flow and length of the spoken text and have the bangs and booms and swishes and whatnot in the right places and so forth, and coming up with original music and effects for the backgrounds probably. So definitely different beasts.

I "re-mastered" my Fox-style intro to include several of the sound clips. It now opens with a black screen and our announcer saying: ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.... tonight's presentation is so impressive you'll wonder why we didn't charge admission", then the Fox Fanfare and the announcer saying Welcome to my Theater followed by a fade to black and the pinkhat bedded track. All comes together very coolly and even my wife was impressed.

I also set up a playlist on my Sonos for pre-movie containing about 20 movie themes (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Godfather, James Bond, etc.) and dropped into the playlist a dozen voice clips (in case of emergency, reserve this theater, the show starts in 5, no talking, no cell phones, fresh steamed hot dogs :) , etc). I set the playlist on shuffle and get random music and voice overs.

Finally, I made a good bye clip, thanking everyone for coming, telling them to grab their belongings and head for the exit and advising them that they can't stay here :) ).

I can't wait to hear the next disc....

Dean,
This one was a Lot more as well, thats why it took 30 of us to pay for it.