Hi you guys! Lindsay here. Welcome back to my channel, Inside to Him. So how cool is this? Vogue released their winter holiday collection maybe yesterday. It's like they know I'm doing First Impression Friday and they didn't want to make anybody wait longer than they needed to. So they released it on Thursday so that we can all get our First Impression fix right away. So this is their winter holiday collection so there are going to be quite a few like gowns and you know party dresses and really cool things like that. Not necessarily something we're sewing a bunch of but it is definitely a lot of fun to take a look at and consider for any special events that we have. All right this very first one is a Badgley Miska special occasion dress. Very slinky. It doesn't look to have a whole lot of seams on the front but look how pretty this back drape situation is. That's really nice. I mean you pretty much have to have a lot of spanks maybe. I don't know. Look at the beautiful like little train. That's really nice. Yep we get it. There's also some little appliques happening here too. Close fitting lined and underlined dress has front darts maybe here pleated back drapes and lower back side invisible zipper long sleeve and optional appliques at waist. So here it is.  Really pretty. So they're recommending stretch knits like Matt Jersey and Silk Jersey 35 percent stretch so not super super stretchy. I'm imagining there's like is there such thing as a stretch satin or something like that that would be really nice too. You need an invisible zipper something called non-slip tape I don't even know what that means non-slip tape. Is that like stay tape? I don't know. And then optional beaded appliques. The sizing is 6 to 14 and then 14 to 22 and then yeah four yards. I mean it is a long sleeve floor length gown so and then they give you the hip measurements the finished hip measurements. Nice very pretty. I really like this neckline too along the front. It's a very beautiful dress for sure. All right next up we've got this special occasion dress designed by the Vogue designers. They've made it up in a sequin which is fun. It's got this wrap bodice and then kind of like an asymmetrical wrap skirt. That's a fun detail. Very voluminous sleeve though. I'm not is this a grown on sleeve or satin? I can't really know. It's a it's like a dolman I think.  I'm pretty sure this is all one pattern piece and there's a yep and there's a seam right here along the top of your shoulder. That's cool. For what it's worth if you did not make this in like a shiny sparkly fabric it could be an everyday dress. You know it's not I feel like what's making this one look super fancy is the sparkly fabric. But you could definitely make it in something not as fancy and wear it to target which is just my standard for if I should make a pattern. Would I wear this to target? So yeah you can get a good view of the sleeve here. After making the sew along dress I am all for those dolman sleeves. Pretty little waist seam, center back seam which might be where the zipper is I mean this is kind of reminiscent of the sew along dress if you think about it it's got the cross bodice it's just the skirt is a wrap skirt. Okay lined pullover dress oh it's a pullover okay even better just throw it on no zipper at all. In two lengths has wrap front with pleats long sleeve and elasticized waist. So maybe this sleeve is the same as this one it's just you know photographed different yeah the sleeves are the same. So looking at the line drawings I'm getting you know kind of like a robe situation which is fine. All right so two-way stretch knits so sequin mesh which is I'm pretty sure what they used rayon spandex so see this is a very daytime friendly fabric so it's ITY knits and then for your lining treco or a lightweight jersey I love that it's knit I mean how comfortable would this be as a fancy dress or as a everyday dress and all you need is some elastic I'm pretty sure that that is in the waist seam yeah elasticized waist. So very similar to the sew along dress it's just a cut a little bit lower the sleeve is longer and it's got a different skirt so if you guys make my point is if you guys made that dress then you can make this dress I think. Okay so two and a half yards maybe three depending on your size for the short dress the long dress is about four yards and then they give us the back lengths very good oh and the sizing is the standard six to fourteen and then fourteen to twenty-two awesome all right next up we've got a custom fit which I think is the yeah it's the bust cups so you can choose cup size a b c or d it's got a little sleeve shoulder detail a very slim arm here crossover bodice a waistband and a pleated skirt interesting okay oh okay here it is with a ribbon trim detail do I like that I think I like that but I don't like this I like this a lot this I don't know about this kind of takes it into like costume land you know what I mean and there's a close up of the gown version there might be a lot of stuff going on on the sleeve we're gonna have to know it's not it's just a very voluminous sleeve cap it's got some darting here it looks like a lapped zipper yeah look at her shoulder slope wow um I yeah I don't like this sleeve but I like everything else about it I mean you could probably convert it to sleeveless or I don't know alter the sleeve in some other way if you wanted to have a sleeve on there I just think this is like a little young looking and a little like little bo peep vibes like if this were a what does she have an umbrella or a cane whatever accessory she has if that were swapped out for this bag you know it would be very fairy tale children's schoolbook okay dress has faux wrap bodice pleated skirt and sleeves and center back zipper with sleeve and length variations so there is something up with the sleeve okay grow grain ribbon button trim cuff with snaps and then separate pieces are included for the cup sizes I mean I wonder what this version with the ribbon trim around the waist would look like just with a long sleeve or even just the sleeve and then short without all this fussiness I don't know I do love the ribbon trim though I think that's really cute around the waist oops all right fabrics they are recommending stretch woven like cotton sateen uh scuba knit and pontine it okay that's interesting this I thought for sure was some kind of satin oh was there a pocket I didn't even notice that they don't do they say in here I didn't read that did I huh let's go back to the line art yeah there's a pocket okay anyways um this looks like you know a pretty heavy weight garment fabric you know what do you mean like it's got a lot of structure to it I don't think it's pontine it it seems too shiny but I don't know how you get a very crisp pleat in a pontine it or scuba for that matter but like a cotton sateen a thousand percent okay uh one zipper hook and I a couple buttons and snaps and then your grow grain ribbon and okay more grow grain ribbon for the sleeves so this is the short version and this is the long version and then they give us the lengths yeah this could this could it's one of those that's going to sit on my mind for a while as to how I can pull it off to where you know it looks more adult all right now we've got a belville Sassoon design Lorcan Mulaney Lorcan that's quite a name okay so I love these necklines this is like a little bit of a cowl neck kind of but it goes into these slightly like off the shoulder I guess they're called sleeves straps and then you've also got all this side pleating which is very nice slim fitting skirt with a little side slit this is lovely look at the back whoa so cool oh the slit is like something else very pretty close fitting line dress has front and back pleating interfaced stay interfaced stay with boning what is an interfaced stay invisible right side zipper and left side vent so here's your zipper and then here's your vent that is so cool I'll buy the pattern pieces for that look funky all right silk micado shantung brocade yeah lining in china silk charmeuse and then a medium weight interfacing a zipper two hooks and bars elastic some kind of ribbon so maybe it's a waist stay it's got to be a waist stay package of bias tape and then also two and a half yards of boning that's a lot so it must be something through here you know which you know it allows the dress to kind of stay up not to putting too much weight on these straps here I guess that would be a lot of fun to sew look at all this stuff like you don't even see any of that that's interesting all right here are our fabric requirements for your self fabric and then your lining and then width and length sizing is 6 to 14 and then 14 to 22 all right now we have a guile roche pattern jacket and pants whoa very um outer space military like I'm I went to like a dystopian place in outer space where they have a military that is that is what I what I envisioned for this look at the things this is like 3d wow okay I'm at a loss I'm not entirely sure what to say about this okay very loose fitting line jacket has shoulder pads snap closure contrast trim detail and back vent loose fitting tapered pants loose fitting are we sure uh have bound waistband pocket and fly finish side seam pockets front fly closure contrast side seam detail this thing is just bizarre I mean the pants are fine I would not call them loose fitting by any means but this jacket is just wild I guess oh gosh yeah I don't really know what to say about this let's get a look at the back again yeah that's not really helping okay okay cashmere blends wool crepe wool flannel contrast synthetic leather so for your little I don't even know what to call that two covered snaps one pair of shoulder pads one zipper one button and one hook and bar and then here's your fabric requirements there's kind of a lot you have your self fabric your little leather bits and the lining oh and some interfacing actually a lot of interfacing but then here's your pants with the side stripe and lining and interfacing so then we have widths and lengths wow okay I mean if any of y'all are dying to make that I would love to know how it turns out okay this is a Tom and Linda plait pattern it's got this wide neckline I think this is a some kind of sleeve asymmetrical hem maybe the pants are included too uh loose fitting top has asymmetrical hemline and lingerie guards oh like bra strap holders I think semi fitted skirt oh there's a skirt see uh has back princess seams center back slit and narrow waistband and then semi fitted pants have side front and side back seams with top stitch seam detail back zippered and tapered legs all right okay this is real cute I don't know about I don't know about this but I don't particularly love slim fitting skirts either so but with her hair down and the high heel and yeah super cute here's the top which you know looks kind of unassuming on her but look at all of these like I don't know how much of these pleats are like sewn together how much of it is like tacked down you know hard to say there's your skirt and there's your pant now if they're recommending something like uh panting it for the pant I'm here for that that would be really cute let's see yeah crape for the top crape back satin round shally and then you can even do the pants or the skirt in a panty knit which I think is a really smart and comfortable look two snaps two snaps for the top yeah so see something something's going on to keep all that billowing and everything under control all right and for the skirt and pants you need a zipper and a hook and eye 6 to 14 and then 14 to 22 on the sizing and then here's your fabric requirements and then width and length finished cute all right next up ooh this is a vogue designed pattern like in-house designer it is the just the jacket so you've got a pretty standard blazer situation with this really fun sleeve or without the sleeve patch pockets on this one look at these pants I guess these are going to be a separate pattern pattern which is kind of annoying but that is a look it's like studio 54 business it's like if you you know owned studio 54 I don't know we're an investor in studio 54 I don't know beautiful fit though with all of these seam lines even the sleeve looks really beautiful and then it's got all these pleats and fun stuff is this a seam I guess we'll find out when we get to the pants pattern it's a little long for a jacket I don't love for my jackets to hit at my actual hip I prefer them to hit at my high hip but that's easy enough alteration and then you have custom cup sizes on the blazer too so all right partial line jacket has notched collar front button closure and sleeve variations a has a sleeve flounce b has patch pocket separate pattern pieces for your cup sizes I don't know the jacket could be really freaking cool even just with jeans you know and then here's the more standard jacket it does also have elbow darts which I really love and appreciate and these little shoulder darts too crepe gabardine and men's suiting but I mean I don't know I kind of also feel like you could do some brocade you know I don't know something fun all right you need a button and bias tape and 6 to 14 14 to 22 on the sizes this is the one with the funky sleeve this is the one with the patch pocket so a little bit of interfacing or sorry lining that's your partial lining partial lining and then here's oh actually quite a lot I bet the whole bodice is interfaced and then the back length that's cool all right now we have this is a vintage vogue so we're going to skip that one and the reason why I skip things like kids clothes costumes vintage patterns it's because I don't sew them and so I don't know how to accurately give a good first impression because I don't really fully understand what I'm looking at so all right here's a claire shaper pattern this is a shirt and I'm pretty sure claire shaper stuff is known for tailoring so if you wanted to learn a lot about that that would be this would be a great pattern to pick up but this is a button-down shirt with a pretty standard collar it has a hidden button placket uh princess seams that fall into these pleats kind of like a peplum situation and then you've got a set in sleeve with a cuff it's longer in the back than it is in the front you've got a back yoke and again princess seams that open out into these pleats yeah she looks good these shoes that they found I saw these on some other model for another outfit too they look really cool oh it was the outer space military outfit they look really cool here too all right clothes fitting shirt has concealed front button closing front and back princess seams pleated lower section and sleeve placket with button cuff all right silk taffeta charmeuse cotton shirting seven buttons three half ball buttons six to 14 14 to 22 and then you've got your self fabric sew in interfacing and then they give you the back link I mean that could be really pretty for uh party too you know even though it's not super fancy it's not a gown or anything but you could definitely make it look more holiday all right this is pants wow okay this is reminiscent of the pants that I made earlier this year the coral ones I also posted a black pair that I had cropped um maybe last month two months ago so you've got high waist fitted waist and then they open out into all these pleats creating a really wide leg yep oh this one has a fly front okay I don't know about that this is also the difference between lightweight drapey fabric and more structured less drapey cotton fabric yeah it looks better when she doesn't put her hands in her pockets which kind of makes me wonder what's the point of having those pockets and then there's the back it really kind of looks like a skirt I love that they made two versions that's helpful very loose fitting flared pants have raised waistline and side seam pockets a fly front opening this is view a this one here and soft pleats with top stitch trim and then b has pressed pleats and center back invisible zipper so these have some kind of like top stitching something to I guess to hold the pleats hold the crease in the pleats okay yeah I would admit the pocket personally but cotton blends crate gabardine okay nine inch zipper hook and bar and then the the white ones have invisible zipper and a hook and oh it comes in alphanumeric sizing small to extra large interesting I wonder if they do that to make it less intimidating I don't know why they would have done that um okay here's your yardage you need a lot of fabric as you can imagine and interfacing and then I guess only the like fitted part is lined I mean personally if you want to look like this I would just make the pants that I made earlier this year they have like boning in the waist and actual like number sizes you can get a better more accurate fit right out of the gate but I don't know this just looks sloppy to me but this looks better but all right next we have coose bandenakker bandenakker I guess I'm saying that right uh a mrs jacket okay fun this looks like a brocade or a jacquard or something cute see the little cropped link I love a cropped jacket also has a little cropped sleeve hard to kind of tell what that fabric what else is going on kind of a boxy design I guess fitted lined jacket has top stitching detail contrast bands contrast bindings and snap closures oh what is all this oh and the whole thing is top stitched oh wow okay I guess they're just illustrating that they used the that it's not actually hemmed I guess princess seams and I guess there's snaps under here yeah I guess they just cut around the certain parts what kind of fabric is this goopier lace single edge scallop lace okay all right okay so this is just some version of lace I guess and you can like cut around it because it's almost like almost like finished whenever you cut away the netting of lace um and then for your lining oh no for the binding parts it would be taffeta shantung and poplin and then your lining would be chiffon or crepe tachine okay four covered snaps and then alphanumeric sizing again you need a lot of fabric and I can't imagine those laces are very cheap uh this is your binding your lining and then with end length it is cute though it is cute though all right I like those pants too I hope we get to see those all right mrs top from marci tilton so we've got an asymmetrical button something or another set in sleeves something else happened here I feel like this is like a pattern mix oh yeah there's also all of this going on a little ponte leggings cute but a little two nick top this feels like ponte knit in three different prints oh look there's this little one too who wants to sit on those though I don't really understand buttons down the back this looks like a very generous sleeve cap they had a hard time easing that in close fitting through bust in two lengths have front darts diagonal spiral seams asymmetrical hems neckband and vents and plackets with non-functional buttons okay color blocked and stitched him's for this one edge stitched darts and stitching detail on sleeves him edges are left unfinished so it must be a ponte yeah so yeah it's like a color blocking pattern mixing opportunity here I mean these lime drawings make it look like way more typical than I'm sure it is probably impossible to alter anything about the bust moderate stretched knits ponte jersey french terry sweatshirt sleeves and double-sided knits double-sided eight buttons and then a little bit of interfacing I'm guessing for the little doodad event alphanumeric sizing from extra small to to excel don't need a ton of fabric for a quite a bit more for b oh because you also have the contrast okay you have to add those together and then finish length this is cool I think so you'd end up needing three and three eighths of a yard to make that one and an eighth for this one and then contrast one and contrast two both need one and one eighth right isn't that what that means or one and one eighth total no it has to be separate it doesn't have to be but I'm imagining yeah I think just because the shapes are so funky I guess that would take one and one eighth and then this is one and one eighth yeah yeah for sure I would leave off these buttons in a heartbeat I don't want to sit on buttons but these are cute it's fun fun little design and of course I'm like super into the pattern mixing right now excuse me okay oh look at this this is a really pretty sparkly top I love the fit of this okay so you've got a wrap bodice with this really wide but asymmetrical waistband and then these little pleats into this kind of like tunic length skirt and then your long sleeve here it is in a more daytime fabric very pretty this reminds me of the top I made for the stalemaker fabrics fall style tour maybe three years ago it was burgundy with like little flowers like I think I made it out of a crate that's pretty I want to lengthen it into a dress I want to skip the pants and just lengthen it into a dress yeah I do like this shorter length of this one versus this longer length here's the back center back zip lined top is close fitting with pleated details attached cummerbund center back zip and length variations pretty elbow darts right don't you just want this one to be a dress now like just add all the inches cute I want this as a dress for sure as a top I don't know not really in my lifestyle anymore to have like very fancy tops like this but I don't know might be a fun top to have to wear with like jeans and high heels maybe for like date night or girls night girls dinner okay crepe haunting it they are really pushing the paunty the limits of paunty and then crepe back satin they didn't even really mention this sequin mesh this has got to be creep joanne sells something called sanded satin I think they still have it I got it a couple years ago but in their like casa line that would be really pretty all right uh let's see a zipper to recognize alphanumeric sizing again and then here's your fabric requirements for the shorter one and then the longer one and you also need a whole bunch of lining and then finished width and length I like this okay ooh I think it's a jumpsuit Sandra but Sina misses jumpsuit yep so you have these uh like extended shoulders scoop neck possibly a waist seam super cute cropped length you know wide leg loose fitting goes Sandra here it is with a like crew neck t-shirt layered underneath it and then I love it with the boot a lot yeah waist seam also this is you know center front-ish fork for the pant some kind of that side seam pocket possibly jumpsuits but maybe this one's so loose fitting that it's fine that looks great this is what I would wear if I were going to a holiday party this is what I would make all right pull on jumpsuit gotta love that has loose fitting bodice and flared pants with or without side seam pockets okay thank you for giving me that as an option um A is fully lined I'm sorry A has a lined bodice and B is fully lined which I mean okay yeah they're the same except for the lining and the pockets that's kind of a cheater all right two-way stretch knits with 50 stretch that's quite a bit actually see a double or single knit with good recovery okay stretch sequin fabric for B and then a treco lining so good recovery 50 stretch yeah hopefully you got the stretch ruler from stitch buzz and you can assess that it would be really hard to buy fabric online that's that specific and I mean sometimes like places like stalmaker fabrics will say if it has good recovery or not but you might have to reach out to others to ask what the stretch percentage is what the recovery is sure it does look comfy though but still real cute you know like especially like I said with the boots and you know if you did I mean I don't hate this layering um maybe turtleneck maybe button down top this fabric is not my favorite but you know what I mean it's still cute but like a pull-on jumpsuit hello and for those of you who hate jumpsuits because you have to get completely naked to go to the bathroom well here you go here is an example of one where you can still have a shirt on and go to the bathroom no more excuses everyone should have a jumpsuit now okay you need a package of bias tape and steam a seam all right so sandra bitzina has very different size situation I've actually never seen one of her patterns before so I don't even fully know how it works but it's supposed to mimic ready to wear but she uses these letters a through j so here's and I'm guessing this is bust waist hip and no idea so up to 52 inch bust up to 54 inch hip so and then here's your fabric requirements yeah I think this one is going to stick out in my mind too like I think this is one that I would buy I would love to make a sparkly version of it I just I don't know when I would wear that I guess I'd have to create something join some kind of club or group where they have a party every year or I guess like new years that would be great for new years yeah I like this one okay look at this fun little number this is a in-house design dress with this really like retro collar something happening here set in sleeve with a little like flounce loose fitting yeah it looks like a center front seam that opens up into a pleat maybe that is cute I love the length like the proportions are great look at that cute little boot too styling is on point with this collection for sure look at these perfect this is making me a little bit leery I don't know what all this is about she doesn't really have it here's the back they pattern match this so well look you can even see where that center front seam is good for them yeah I think this is just a little bit tight around her bicep so keep that in mind measure that whenever you're going to make this I love this loose fitting dress has rolled collar center front pleat and side seam pockets and then B has a sleeve with a cuff center yeah so it opens up into a pleat this is cute I love this I don't know about putting the pockets in there though because they would just be like floppy pockets you know they just be flopping around there's nothing to tack them to I mean maybe you could bring them to this center front seam but that's like a lot of pocket I love it I love the proportions a lot medium weight wools crepe and shally I'm guessing this is I don't know what this is you could even use a pontine it on this I'm surprised that as much as I love pontine right now they didn't recommend that this might be one of those wools fun I actually like it in the more structured fabric do they have a picture of her without her arm her hands yeah yeah see how the structured well I don't know they both kind of fall really nicely all right you don't need any notions none don't see that very often alphanumeric sizing again which for this I get because it's so loose fitting pretty much everywhere um the one with the long sleeve has a little bit more fabric there is half a yard of lining fabric I wonder where that is oh the pockets and then your finished length cute cute cute cute all right here is another in-house designed dress we have some kind of collar situation set in sleeve this is very reminiscent of the one we just looked at um this one has a more full sleeve with a cuff this looks like that fabric that style maker had where I said it looked like money oh here's okay one with the ruffle no I like those shoes again though yeah I'm not feeling this that's cute I think if you have this much coverage going on you need to be showing some leg there's some buttons going on here maybe this is like a mock turtleneck yeah I'm not feeling that really long ones but I can see how you just have to be really careful if you're not super tall like this model is you know they could look a little frumpy loose fitting dress has front and back yoke it does it okay collar and length variation loop and button closure lined front and back and gathered sleeve with button cuff a has a collar and tie end in one above mid knee length and b has a stand-up collar and ruffle yeah okay wow so I'm getting other than the neck tie kind of like a nightgown situation the buttons up the shoulder that's interesting yeah I think if you're gonna go for a wide fitting like trapeze style baby doll-ish dress I like the other one better but this isn't awful the whole thing is lined though that's wild so yeah chiffon georgette shawley cryptus chain yeah really lightweight fabrics the lining is gonna is what is going to give it this like heft uh so single fold bias tape shank buttons and then more shank buttons back to the numeric sizing 6 to 14 14 to 22 yeah almost two yards of lining so maybe everything but the sleeves and then width and length I don't know I do like this one I do especially if you made the other one in like more structured fabric this is a good one for like lightweight I think it'd also be equally cute for spring too if you made it out of like a bright floral you know all right now we've got just a couple more okay so deep v with a shawl collar uh what is happening here something with the sleeve center front seam sash same thing but a slimmer skirt these are just dolman sleeves I think that's it belted long skirt you guys they made four maybe more they made a lot of versions of this okay here it is with like a circle skirt that is a deep deep v though here's a yet another version they made five versions of this dress amen hallelujah I want to buy this pattern just to support that as a decision it's so nice to see it as clothes and not as an illustration but I think this might be a linen I'm not a hundred percent feeling that as an option just because the sleeve starts to look a little funny this is lighter weight you can tell I don't know to me it just looks a little bit more clean although this masoni inspired fabric is nuts you know I'm thinking about my so long dress again because it had the dolman sleeves and every single time I sit down or slouch that wrap bodice which crosses over pretty high uh gapes open and kind of like falls open a little bit so I'm imagining when you're wearing this uh and you sit down you have to have impeccable posture to keep this from peeking in or obviously you could use like some kind of fashion tape or something like that to keep it close to your body but you know that's a lot of that's a lot of horsepower for what seems there seem to be pushing like a daytime vibe all of these seem like wear this to work wear this you know maybe for a date but like some of these are pretty casual but I'm loving looking at five completely different versions on models in like actual samples it's awesome loose fitting dress has lapel collar and side seam pockets and skirt and length variations you can see have a self fabric belt I think this one's just a little bit longer slim short skirt slim long skirt oh it's not dolman it's raglan wait raglan in the front but not in the back interesting let's look at that again um give me the front yeah there's definitely a seam there interesting so I'm guessing you sew the front of your sleeves to your bodice and then sew the entire thing to a single back piece very interesting okay crepe cotton blends jersey knits yeah this is you could really make this out of anything this is a lightweight woven midweight woven a lightweight knit 6 to 14 14 to 22 no notions again here's your fabric requirements these are for the fuller skirts you need a lot of fabric and then these are for the slimmer skirts and then partial lining for c and d wonder where that goes and then interfacing for all of them and then width and length next up we have a Catherine Bryn jacket top and pants look how cute this little jacket is I'm I guess they put all their jackets in the fall collection um but yeah this is really cute little shawl collar self belt patch pockets here's our little basic knit top oh that's fun they don't show the pants they don't show the waistband of the pants I hate that okay uh jacket a is close fitting unlined with shawl collar belt caught in back stitched pleats and top stitching details the top is close fitting with a neck band and top stitching detail and see the pants has pull on self lined yoke with hidden waist elastic and top stitched hems the back of that jacket super cool basic top and then what did they say about this pull on pants have self lined yoke okay and hidden waist elastic and top stitched hems all right that's the fabrics so moderate stretch knits a which is the jacket yeah uh sweatshirt fleece boiled wool which isn't stretchy and I doubt sweatshirt fleece has 35 stretch they should have put this over here and then pants and top the lower pontineet and jersey so I think the pants are probably ponte and then the tops are these I wouldn't make those pants at a jersey again very misleading how they wrote that all right your top can also be 50 stretch you know it doesn't have to be that tight uh half a yard of clear elastic for the top okay and then only three quarter inch elastic in the pants waistband which I guess is surprising alphanumeric sizing and then here's your coat your top and your pants and then length and width all right now the last one are it's another sandra bitzina these are pants and belt so paper bag waist belt carriers some kind of pocket cropped length pleats maybe cute sandra's really coming through this time I love these I think this is a slash pocket somehow built into that pleat maybe and no what happened to all the pleats no no she has pancake but that one looks better I don't know why maybe she just has a naturally smaller bum well that's a bummer very loose fitting pants have front pleats back darts carriers pockets and tie belt front fly closure I mean yeah the pocket is a slash I love the front uh and does anyone know how hard it would be to add pleats like to take out these darts and just add a pleat all the way down not a pleat all the way down that's not what I'm saying add a pleat up here that opens into you know a wide leg like just like this does anybody know it can't be that hard right I love the side zip oh yeah I just needs to have an equally full back to me in my opinion I don't love yeah I don't love that can't be that hard because those are real cute okay wool crepe or rayon crepe three or four ply silk stretch bovins or wool flannel one nine inch zipper hook and bar a flat button and then for b invisible zipper and wonder tape what is the difference does one oh one has a fly front and one does not okay there's her sizing thing with jig again and then here is your fabric requirements interfacing and then finished length is all that they're giving us okay cute all right well that is it because our last pattern is a men's shirt which again I don't know anything about so here's the lookbook let's go through this sometimes they have some patterns hidden in here but while we're looking at this what do you guys think the holiday collection always runs the gamut of like everything from you know every day hanging out at the park all the way up to like gallows and you know very fashion very um fancy black tie events which is fun let me know in the comment section below which ones you guys love I truly do love this love the pants with an alteration to the back loved this one like a lot yep not so bad on the left possibility even this one this one without the sleeves memory lane oh yeah the top love that but as a dress sorry about the sirens yeah so let me know what you guys thought of this collection in the comment section below I feel like the start of this year was a slow it was tough it was tough to get through the spring collections but I really like this one there's a lot of really good stuff here so hope that you guys agree let me know in the comments and happy first impression Friday I will see you all very soon bye


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Hey there, it's time for voiceover body shop tech talk number 72 Tech talk number 72 All this knowledge shoved into a podcast and webcast every every other week Everything you could possibly want to know about the technology of voiceover We've probably talked about it over and over and still we have new stuff and stored online forever to access on YouTube Yes, a little updates about some equipment I've seen coming down the pipeline most of it's just stuff I've heard about or maybe heard seen a review of that looks cool But just thought I would share it with you there wasn't a whole lot of Revolutionary things just a lot of really interesting new tech. Yeah, but it's just fun to talk about too. It is that's my thing Anyway, time for voiceover body shop tech talk coming right up. Don't go away From the outer reaches they came Bearing the knowledge of what it takes to properly record your voice over audio and Together from the center of the VO universe. They bring it to you now George Whidham the engineer to the VO stars of Virginia Tech grad with the skills to build set up and maintain The professional video studios of the biggest names in VO today and you Dan Leonard the voiceover home studio master professional voice talent with the knowledge and experience to help you create a professional sounding home VO studio and Each week they allow you into their world making the complex simple Debunking the myths of what it takes to create great sounding audio Answering your questions showing you the latest and greatest in VO tech and having a dandy time doing it Welcome to voiceover body shop Tech talk Voiceover body shop tech talk is brought to you by voiceover essentials calm home of Harlan Hogan signature products Source elements remote studio connections for everyone voice actor websites calm where your VO website isn't a pain in the butt VO heroes calm become a hero to your clients with award-winning voiceover training Jay Michael Collins demos when Quality matters and voiceover extra your daily resource for VO success And now live to drive from their super secret clubhouse and studio in Sherman Oaks, California Here are the guys Well, hi there, I'm Dan Leonard and I'm George Whidham and this is voiceover body shop or VO BBS Tech tech talk talk tech talk tech talk tech talk and why do we have tech talk because you guys? Apparently can't get enough of it George and I can never get enough of it. We get together. It's like Well about this what about that but it just goes on the great thing about tech is it's always moving That's true But there's a lot of things that never change and we're here to help you sort those that information out So you're not constantly chasing new things that you don't need to worry about that's right But still our phone rings and our our techs go off and our inbox Overflows every week with some of the you know, the same questions You know slight little different variations and the fact of the matter is is You know, we were talking with David H. Lawrence last week and we were talking about how You know, it shouldn't be difficult people are intimidated by their home voiceover studio by all the technology I gotta have this I gotta have that If you talk to the people who actually understand this as opposed to guys who are Musicians big recording studio engineers salespeople salespeople. We won't mention any particular retail outlets out there It's not difficult and it's it's getting the right stuff and learning how to use the simple stuff in a simple way that makes you sound great and Or as I said to somebody in France this week the idea of a home voiceover studio is to make voo sound like voo I hope they got that I They understood it. Okay, fortunately, it was it was half French half English and all that stuff, but it was a fun conversation Anyway If you need help if you want to learn how to do this properly if you already have a home voiceover Studio and you've been recording and you've been doing things in a certain way and perhaps you're not booking as much as you would like Or you're not happy with the sound which is a whole another question that we could we could address You can you can talk to Georgina. I mean, this is this is what we do There are you know, there aren't only a handful of people on the planet that truly understand what it is You're doing where you're doing it otherwise It's people who are like, you know, they they're experts in one studio their own and they everybody's got suggestions You can go on YouTube you can see all this stuff or you could talk to the guys Who actually get what it is that we're doing and keeping it simple So you can press record and do what it is you do and what you've trained to do and that's be a good voice actor Which is a whole mother thing in itself. Mm-hmm, but if you want to work with one of us You can work with George and what do you do you go over to? George the dot tech. That's my home on the web and You can order services through there Soundcheck is probably one of the most popular things that I do I offer and certainly most affordable Just send in your audio follow the instructions and I'll take a listen to your audio and let you know How you're doing? How's the recording quality you're doing and how's your mic placement? I cannot tell you how many times the first issue and the main problem is Simply mic placement. They got everything else sorted out and we tell them to put in the right place and all is well So you never know sometimes it could be the simplest little thing But you won't know unless you send in your audio So get a sound check and if you just need one-on-one support you can get that too On that same website in the VO tech support menu Dan Supplies tech support and a shoulder to cry on as well The demand a few times Yeah, you can find me over at home voiceover studio calm and believe it or not The new website is going to be going up very shortly. We have to the punch Well, I I didn't get really complex. It's just like take this move it here boo this. Yeah, let's update the pictures from 2008 Oh man, I know And you know and rewrite some stuff and and really update it to 2022 and you know We moved the specimen collection cup up top So it'll be easy. You know when you come to home voiceover studio calm and you're trying to figure out how to submit your audio for me The specimen collection cup is right there. You click on that follow the instructions $25. I will analyze your audio and Tell you what's going on in there and you can do that all over at home voiceover studio calm You know and to go back to what we were talking about a second ago The fact of the matter is and I tell people this all the time If you're trying to satisfy your own ears You got to remember you don't hire you and if you're trying to be geeky about this and you're trying to geek yourself out To make yourself sound amazing.  So That's right or mac and cheese or some of those other things Anyway, it's time for George's weekly tech update and he's got some some voiceover related tech Take it away gadgets gears. What have you? Well, first of all, just get out of the way There's a new macOS update for Monterey if you're if you are running a bleeding edge system like Dan I think Dan you're running Monterey. I am on my MacBook Air because it came with Monterey 12.2 just apparently I mean literally said bug fixes That's really all that really is that there's Safari 15. I think comes with it and it has a security patch Remember the most important updates to ever run on your systems windows or Mac are security updates Always make sure you are up to date with security updates The rest the bug fixes, you know are recommended if you're not having any bugs then maybe Hold off until maybe in a couple of months when they release the next one But anyway, that's that's the only thing I've seen that is relevant in 12.2 is bug fixes There's some gear out there that I've heard some and sort of some of it. I've just heard tell of But I'll run down a few things that look that look pretty interesting First of all is I know we're always Talking about you don't need to travel and do voiceover, but some of you insist on being available Maybe some of you your careers depend on it and others Well, you just go on vacation, but you don't know how to shut your brain down. So you still keep looking for auditions Here's a microphone from road their newest video mic called the video mic go to That looks really promising The thing that's surprising about the package like it's of course, it's small. We knew it'd be small It's basically the very end of this road microphone like the very tip of it That's the whole thing right? That's the whole mic. They've miniaturized it down They call it a shotgun mic It's hard to say if it truly is a shotgun pickup pattern because it's so physically small But it is designed to be directional Of course, it was designed to go on a camera. That was its primary goal But I'll tell you it's such it from what I've heard so far on YouTube videos and things It sounds so good. You could use this as at the very least a travel Voice-over mic, I wouldn't probably make it my primary But it could definitely be a travel voice-over mic because not only does it plug in with the a mini jack into your camera But it also has a USB connection that can plug into PC Mac or iOS so it'll do it'll hook in directly With their little app that comes with it you can adjust a lot of things that you can adjust the microphone gain You can turn on and off zero latency monitoring So if you really really want to hear yourself in your cans You can do that you can plug your headphones right into the side of the little mic and you can hear yourself There's also a high-pass filter. Oh, wow. I think it has two modes like none Low frequency high frequency something like that and something they carried over from their road NTG I thought it was right over here in arms reach. It's not their NTG for they've also added a high boost button So because of what's roads been doing is they making their mic sound on the flat side not hyped up Not bright not sizzly and so if you wanted to give it that hi that shiny condenser Dare I see TLM 103 sort of sound when you press that bright button you'll get more of that kind of a signature anyway $100 it could be the ultimate Leave it in your glove box Microphone yeah, I saw that in my in my email and I you and I were throwing that one back and forth last week It's like I think I'm gonna get one of those Yeah, I mean it even comes with like a proper Suspension mount like a shock mount which is Really and really impressive. I mean for the the value you're getting it's just it's just they keep upping the ante Of what's cake? What's possible in a small package and speaking of which here's a quick look at it because I forgot to do that I meant to do that. Oh, there it is. See how tiny this I mean It's hard to tell from that picture But just imagine that the very last part of this microphone the tip of it and that's the whole thing and That right coach shotgun mark shot man is really really cool. Yeah, very cool Next up on the agenda. Let's take a look Mackie has they've been making studio monitor speakers for quite a while now But they have a new one that I think is kind of interesting for the for the home voiceover desktop workstation That's compelling. We're getting more and more into having big monitors and more than one monitor And it's not leaving a whole lot of room on our desks for any kind of monitor speakers or Studio speakers anymore. So They are making one now.  It's angled. So it points up toward your ears and I'm not looking for anything. That's like theater quality here Just something that will produce the voice that you play back cleanly without any distortion and I hope that's what it does I have not gotten to try this one for myself. So this is just sort of a You know heads up this thing exists alert But it looks very promising if you don't have a monitor speaker of any kind yet And you're looking for something that will play back audio for when you're you've got fatigue your ears are tired You just want to listen up back on something else and you don't have the space or the budget for real Full-size monitors hundred nineteen dollars for this little Stealth bar pretty cool. Cool another piece of cool tech not so relevant to maybe a lot of the voice actors out there But still I had to bring it up because I was just like whoa, this is awesome Road the road VRC 01 Aerocaster lots of casting devices nowadays Aerocaster, yeah It's it's a $300 device that kind of takes the combination of a few different pieces of gear and Mashes them into one. So it's a video switcher that takes video from up to four Mobile devices so that you can just set them up So you have one iPhone for this shot and you can have another one over here for a wide shot Or one for the guest and then it takes all those wirelessly into a little switcher that lets you switch them It also has two proper Balanced microphone preamp inputs with fan and power for actual studio mics And it ties all that in and plugs it into your computer Like and your computer just looks at it as a webcam. So whatever you're running whether it's zoom Stream yard like we're using or something else to stream video It it just shows up as a device. So These this technology has gotten so much better and so much easier to Step up your your capabilities if you're if you are one of us that watch the show Who actually is dabbling in streaming yourself? This is a really really cool piece of gear. I would check into it Well, last little thing is a little reminder because I already had to remind myself that this feature even exists And that's called sidecar The other day I plugged my iPad in I use my iPad as a A sort of now a dedicated mixer controller. It just sits there next to me Running the user interface for The revelator so where I used to have my roadcaster pro I have an iPad sitting there and the other day I had to plug it in and charge it So I plugged it on the lightning cord and all sudden I realized that on my Mac I can now make it another display and this is called sidecar It's been around for I think more than a year But I've just been playing around with it and it's really cool It basically turns your iPad if it doesn't have any other jobs like mine already does it gives it another job and that is to be a secondary tertiary or Quartenary is that a word? Another display that you can extend your desktop So if you've got that thing you always want to be able to see maybe it's your calendar maybe you always want to just know what's going on next or It's something else you want to have access to from your mouse You can slide it over to your iPad like it's another monitor You still use it with your you still use it with your your your mouse your trackpad or whatever you use and it's just another display And it just seems to work, you know as Apple things do they'll be like a feature You didn't realize was there you forgot about it and then one day just like me you stumble on that feature Realize it's there and you go wow they really thought about that. That's so easy So I had hats off to the sidecar feature. I don't know what model iPad you have to have I think it has to be at least an iPad. I want to say five or six So if you have a real old one in the drawer, it may not work. I have an iPad 7 a couple years old I mean you can buy these for probably 200 bucks or less used and It's a really useful little gadget. I got iPads piling up Well, there's there's more uses for them You could have one that's just dedicated to one, you know one task or one screen that just is always there I've got an iPhone on my radio here. That's my music player for all my radio. I love it Yeah, well old meets new right there and what not that all it's in your last generation, but we got new phone I mean the radios are the old part Yeah, well Not not the way I make them They sound like new so cool 1948. Well, that's my tech update And what's your discussion topic of the week? Is it have to do with levels? Yes it has to do with levels because You and I get you know, we get emails all week long and usually it's someone saying They get these little squiggles for waveforms and what's going on, you know So allow me to demonstrate here I got to share my screen here. How do I do that? I hit the share button and share screen and share This piece Alright, can you see that? Here we go. Okay. Can you see audacity here? Not yet. I think it hasn't Taken the shot yet or something like that. Okay. I have to share Okay Screen window this guy share. Oh, there it is. All right So when you're recording a Lot of people just you know, they hit record.  Yeah Exactly because it's supposed to sound like that. It's supposed to look like that. Why is that? Well, there's a lot of reasons why you're getting low levels. So we'll just stop that Stop sharing. Yeah. No. No, okay. Okay. We're back Why is that and it's usually Something you've done if it's different from the last time you did it and a lot of times it can be a Setting more than anything else. How many times has it been because somebody has a pad? Engaged, you know, and I'll look at it and I'll go. Do you is there a pattern? What mic are you using? sometimes they might be using an 18 2035 which has a high pass or a 10 DB pad on it Other mics to weather see now I was gonna go grab mine But you've beat me to it and if you get that right up to the camera and show people where that button is It's a if you see anything that says 10 DB pad That's the one. That's the 10 DB at the pad right there. If you have something that says 10 DB pad Don't turn it on unless you're a rock star Yeah, I mean the the idea what that does into it I know what it does is it makes your microphone less sensitive by 10 DB of gain Meaning you got a really crank it To do that. Now last, you know, I got I got an email this week from somebody. Let me show you this one because they were using a Share screen Share window share this guy Okay, they were using the AGO three to the AGO three. It's a great unit and it It has a pad on it right there and if you click that in suddenly your microphone is also less sensitive by 10 DB so You've got to pay attention to these things. How many times have we you know, have we worked with somebody and Stop the share stop the share Stop screen. There we go George, where'd you go? I'm here. I'm just trying to fix my other camera. Sorry. Okay. All right Anyway, so I just single shot of me until George figures that out there So the thing is is you've got to look for these little things and I know I know You know, Mark Cashman would call me in the middle of the night You know because I was Back east and it would be like 10 o'clock here or 9 o'clock and of course it'd be midnight What do you want? You know the cleaning lady came and Made sure and and did something and now everything's messed up on my you know, what did what did she do? I'm like, let me look at the settings Yeah, 10 DB pad was engaged the compressor had been changed the dial You know, somebody's dusting and suddenly they're turning the dial and Usually if everything was working and then it's not it's generally Something physical that you've done that you don't realize that you've done pressing the wrong button or So I got your microphone like George just did just so life imitates art here. That's right So yeah, I it if you're if you're really frustrated by that because not that I don't mind hearing from you and saying There's something wrong with my audio. It's usually a simple fix And that's usually what it is. What do you think? Yeah, it's it's It's it's amazing how I've been using photography as an acronym and not an acronym analogy Analogy because that word we are so spoiled by these devices that are so brilliant through computational Photography AI Etc. Etc. Learning engines blah blah blah that these things can take an amazing Photo if you can hold your hands still long enough you can get an amazing photo with an iPhone, right? The there's so much that goes into getting a great photo That same technology we are still way behind with audio recording, you know, I think and I think a lot of folks just don't know That they assume that well if I'm buying the newest might doesn't it just do that for you? And that's a reasonable assumption I think but if you're buying professional gear that plugs in to a professional audio interface it's likely not gonna have those kinds of features and you do have to learn some basics and So don't assume that it's plug-and-play. You can necessarily get a level But you need to know how to make adjustments to those levels. You just it's not complicated Just a little bit of knowledge will get you a long way so Never hesitate to ask someone that you that you really respect or Text like Dan and I to get the right advice who you should respect Well, you must be because you're watching this you're watching us. Yeah, well and we appreciate that respect Yeah, levels are something that we you know, we're always talking about but we're always talking about it because we have to Right because we wouldn't keep mentioning and it's item number three on my on my you know my hierarchy of Good voice over your home studio sound, you know acoustics Mike technique which we've already talked about and number three is setting proper levels and You know if you're if you're not getting enough gain out of your interface and it's a good interface and you've got a good mic it's not the interface in the mic it's something you've set and Remember look at the VU meter again. We used to use this guy. We don't use these anymore, but it's still the same thing Now we do it by by colors Look at the meter on your input always in the green Always in the yellow if you're in audacity into the orange a little bit But if it's just green, it's not loud enough if it's green and yellow. It's probably okay But you got to have a little bit of hard hard modulation in there over minus six up to minus three for it to be the way it's supposed to be and We can't tell you that enough and apparently for the next, you know until we do tech talk number 172 we're gonna keep telling you that because that's the most important thing you got to know at least out of the three You know so it you know no no noise coming in no reflections proper mic technique Setting your levels green yellow with a little bit of red every now and again Already we got a ton of questions tonight. I love it So we're gonna get to those we're gonna take a quick break and we'll be right back here on voice over body shop with the answers to your questions Right after this don't go away. This is the Latin lover narrator from Jane the Virgin Anthony Mendes And you're enjoying Dan and George on the voice over body shop Voice over essentials comm is happy to announce our VO recording sign winner who had the most creative use for the color codes Benjamin Britain and here's his entry green currently taking a break feel free to wail babble yodel and just get all that noise out Blue currently shaking my head while editing. Well, we need to redo that take red currently embarrassing myself Please no eavesdropping and keep the noise to a minimum yellow talking to a client I'm trying hard to convince them that I'm the one they want to hire for this gig Shh, please purple currently recording with live direction from the client now is definitely not the time to yodel Please wait until the sign is green Congrats, Ben in other news voice over essentials has the equally exciting new version of the fabulous mic port pro 3.0 with a limiter with the next generation of the mic port pro Sentrants raised the bar on portable recording the new mic port pro has a built-in rechargeable battery and records to phones and tablets in addition to laptops and desktop computers with a host of professional features mic port pro is versatile easy to use and travel friendly Get it now at voice over essentials calm Well, it's that time to thank source elements because of their long ongoing support of VOBS and they've been able to do that because of their development of a tool that has stood the test of time and Actually, really its use has been has been cemented as a studio tool as The as we've all been forced into our home studios the last two years Even more than before and that is source connect and this tool is what the pros love to use to bring your audio the voice actor Straight into their systems, which are almost always Gonna be pro tools that it's a plug-in in pro tools that producers can use That doesn't mean you need pro tools You do not need pro tools as a voice actor or talent to use source connect It's a standalone application You install it you get the license set up with the iLock account, which is free And you now have a system that you can use to connect to studios that produces very high sound quality And there's another really cool thing that it does that producers that are learning to use this feature love And that's called the cue manager. It's always recording you in the background As long as the cue manager is open It's keeping a recording of your voice in the in cash or in memory It's actually storing it in a temporary file on your hard drive And at the end of the session the producer can have that Sent to them and now they get the completely unprocessed uncompressed Raw audio right from your computer straight into the pro tools session It's really amazing technology And it's something that I think you should probably be ready to use When your studio gets to that stage of production quality If you're not sure get a sound check from me or drop your audio in the specimen cup for dam We'll let you know if your audio is at that level But you need to have a great sounding studio to to take advantage of it Go over to source dash elements dot com and get your 15 day free trial Get up to speed get comfortable with what it can do And have that on your list of features and sources of features and Accessories and tools On your website. 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It's j michael at jmc voiceover dot com Now if they will stop waxing this mustache for a minute, we'll get back to the show Hi, this is bill farmer and you are watching voiceover body shop. It's great Oops, you caught me. Anyway, are you waxing your mustache again?  Yeah Yeah, I think you say signaling for a left turn Exactly. Yeah Now with that red background you look like a Byzantine religious icon Oh I meant to change the tone the break. Thanks for reminding me All righty Well, it is time for george's and I favorite part of this show We wait every two weeks just for the opportunity to answer your questions And we get to start off and the first one comes from tammy anderson who wrote in if you write in that gets priority If you actually write us an email, yeah, we get to start she goes I'm looking to get an additional mic for my female tenor alto voice All right, that's tenor alto All right. Yeah, okay Are women described as tenors? Not that I can remember if you're deep enough. I guess contra alto. All right, whatever I can't even read music. What do I care? Uh, I use a windows 10 pc My current mark mic is a rote nt2 a self noise 8 db. That's fine. Okay considering an at 40 50 self noise 17 db Or a lewitt lct 440 self noise the lewitt, of course has probably one of the lowest of self noise All of those mics the self noise is irrelevant They're all really really quiet and they're they're all great mics Will the self noise be an issue with my noise floor? Not if you're Over driving your mic, I guess. Well, yeah, I mean if your noise of your studio is A problem if your noise at the noise of your studio is loud enough that you can't hear the noise floor of the mic Then you're not worried about the noise Mike you're loaded with the noise of your studio So if your studio is really quiet Then you might hear the difference in noise floor between that the say the 40 50 And the 440 lewitt But that's only if you had the gain Really high like way high on your interface. So it's not likely you're gonna notice the difference The thing is you never talk about why you don't like The rote nt2 a You're you're shopping for mics. Well, we don't know why I mean what is what is the rote nt2 a not doing? That that you need it to do because you know people talk about you know my voice is in this range I'm like well the microphone hears From way down here Way way up here your voice is in a little Window in here the lead 20 Hertz to 20 20,000 Hertz our voice fits in there and all these mics carry that The mics don't differ all that much in the low mid range range They really seem to differ the most in the upper mid range to treble range. That's where They see the character of the different microphones starts to come out the The responses have little some of them have a rising response that have more trouble Some of them have a little bit of a weird curve or a bump in the response but I don't think there's probably anything wrong with the mic you already have Unless there is and we haven't heard it. So we don't know um And you're also planning to get a revelator that i'm the same thing i'm using here And you currently have the forkus right scarlet solo And I have a homemade double walled studio with sound insulation and record with audacity It really comes down to we got to hear it Yeah, you know and again as I said at the top of the show You know if you're trying to satisfy your own ears with all this technology you're saying well, this is what's gonna i'm gonna sound best on You may not know what's gonna what's gonna sound best to you Yeah, so it's important that you let somebody who actually knows what it's supposed to sound like Listen to it and the old whistle whistle What it's supposed to sound like yeah, um, but yeah upgrades from a scarlet to a revelator I don't know if there's a you know, I don't know what scarlet you have the gen three is is really quite good What you're going to gain with the revelator is something you're going to lose, right? So you gain functionality You lose the extremely simple operation of the scarlet, right? You the scarlet has one knob for gain One switch for phantom power one knob for your head, you know, it's got it's very simple The revelator isn't it's it's a lot more complicated to to operate. Um, so that's what you lose Sound quality difference. I don't think you could probably Find a true difference in quality between those Two pieces of gear it's just more More power comes more responsibility I guess it's the best way to put it and the and the more you got the more it can go wrong with it and the more you If you're going to get something with a lot of features you have to understand what those features are And how to use them Otherwise it's a lot of money for stuff.  Um, I I I guess between those two mics since you're picking two very very different mics the 40 50 is a multi pattern Mic the 440 isn't Um I would I would probably pick the cleaner the newer quieter mic of the two. I'd probably pick the lewitt Um, there's so many other mics out there. Yeah 40 50 again multi pattern So it has a whole different set of tools available to you, but do you need them? So I think we need to hear it first. You're all yeah Yes, let's let's hear the difference. And the fact of the matter is is Nobody can tell what mic you're using unless it's a really crappy one. Right. Very exactly unless there's something out of whack Really noisy distorted or Sounds funky.  They're not exactly exactly Jeff Holman asks last time you guys discussed pixelation on 4k monitors that are too big for a desk You both said you love the 27 inch 4k monitors you have in the 55 inches a little too big Since I have an m1 macbook air and can only add one monitor unless I use sidecar I want to be the biggest I want it to be the biggest it can be without pixelation for came 4k seems like the sweet spot for price. So it was a 32 inch too big for a desk And a little more than arms length. What do you think the sweet spot for size is? Ask your optometrist because we all see differently. It definitely starts there. How's your eyesight and how big is your desk? Yeah, how's your eyesight? I so I'm using a 27 inch screen right in front of me And let's see Yeah, it's about arms length if I put my arms fully out. I can just touch this a little further Mine's more like about a yard. Okay. Yeah, so that's part of it And then also I do recommend a 4k screen absolutely recommend it Because you have a lot more flexibility as to how big you see things so If you're as as you age your eyesight, you know, you need things to be a little larger to make them out sharply You have that ability to scale up and make images larger But if you want to do some something complex if you want to do Some kind of production and you want to see a lot at once A 4k screen will also allow you to do that and now yes, everything on the screen is going to be tiny You can choose to make everything on the screen Very small indeed, but then you can squeeze a lot more onto the screen So it depends on on your eyesight what you're planning to do but I run mine at like actually If you go into the apple menu you go to system preferences you go to displays and then you get um resolution default for display or there's another option scaled And you'll see there's larger text on the left side And there's more space on the other side I've had to take out the loop with the one I when I said like that If you put it on the last to the right setting more space That's where you get to squeeze a lot on the screen, but you have to look at it You got to really get up on it because everything gets super tight Okay, so to answer the question. I think either 27 inch or 32 inch is going to be good for you um go to I guess Best buy for lack of a better idea and look at some monitors and see but i'm using the lg 4k 27 inch screen. I think it was like a 300 ish monitor and it's I think we're using the exact same I'm extremely happy with it. I have an older 1080p hp display, which is one of my original ones That's just because I do a lot of multitasking like during the show. I've got other stuff over here So I do use that display, but if you only have one a 32 inch is probably Awesome, and you know, I think you'll be extremely happy. Yeah, it's working for me All right, you've got the next question from mike max goldberg What are your feelings on base traps in the corners of an eight by six foot ish? Parallel walled booth. Is it necessary? Um, yeah, I think so. That's a that's a relatively small It's a big booth as booth go, but it's still a pretty small room So you likely are going to need some kind of base trapping to control the low end in that room So I would say it's a good idea You could also just go with very thick panels on the walls that have a good low end control four inch thick Rockwool or something like that That will probably do everything you need to do. But if you have a deep deep voice Then you will and make that low end of that booth still you'll still energize the low end of the booth I love the ats acoustics bass traps If you've got a room that big You've got room to sacrifice two corners To these big ats corner bass traps and they work. They really work. I mean they're Those things are an instant fix Of course the question he he says necessary Yeah, we don't know your voice.  And that's the deepest you ever get then you're probably not a problem Yeah, but if you're down, well knocked of below that down in the basement Yeah, you're probably gonna ring that room. I go into people's booth all the time I don't have a super deep voice, but I'll go Hmm I'll just keep making noise until I get the room to start ringing, you know And if I can't get the room to ring and resonate That's a really good sounding studio. Yeah, I think that's probably one of the most fun things I think for someone when we'd go do a house call or something and we're we're doing that kind of stuff One two one two one two Okay They're all like looking at us like that and I'm like like I can hear okay There's this ringing here and that sort of thing, you know, and that's that really is the uh, you know, the the ring of truth there Of course, I find that people who who tend to have a really deep voice They may also be over projecting And you know and the louder you talk the more the acoustics of the room come into play Right, so Inside voice use your inside voice when you're doing voice That's the important thing Uh Theodore j medsa from youtube says what audio interface preamp would you guys recommend at about 200 dollars or lower all sorts Uh, there are so many and and as we were saying earlier as we were talking about the uh The personas or the personas revelator the revelator for you all the all these things The more stuff it has the more stuff that you're not going to use Uh, you don't get the equipment for all its features you get the equipment So it does the basics of what you need done And so you don't go hog wild, uh, and at 200 dollars 150 to 200 dollars You got lots of choices. It's the under 150 dollars that you want to avoid Uh, I mean the the focus right scarlet solo is around that price Maybe it's 119 now. It's 119. Yeah, so that one's that one's okay. The gen three is a good one Of the scarlet, right Yeah, all all the scarlets the two i2 the two i4 because unless you're using a midi Why would you go anywhere besides a two i2 or a solo? Uh, but you know, there are a lot of other good ones as well the Steinberg you are the Steinberg you are we were just talking about the the yamaha ago 3 and the ago 6 Some people have had good success with the Audience equipment. I've had mixed success with audience stuff. Um, their sound quality is fantastic The id4 is really really really good for the price. Yeah the The uh, what else am I thinking about the motu another one of those that looks awesome on paper Some people say it's awesome and I've had too many clients with Weird behavior of their motu m3 or m2 or m4 so You know, there's some things I'm not going to recommend not because they have great features or they don't have great features They don't have great sound quality Just that I've had enough people say I had an issue To make me shy away, you know So some i'm not going to recommend because of because of that If you can stretch your budget a little bit the ssl2 Yeah, which is really nice one. 229 usually i've seen them for 200. Yeah A lot of people using those, you know, nice quiet gain of really simple interface So easy to use that's the thing. Yeah, just simple to operate very clear controls very easy to Access. Yeah. Yeah, so we have to call the people that sound logic and Hey, you want to sponsor our show we just gave you a big ad right there Yeah, no all all of those preamps and interfaces between You know 200 and 150 and 200 even up to 220 you can't go wrong you start going more expensive And you're not going to notice the difference You know, you can say I got this really expensive interface, but it doesn't really make a whole lot of difference I have a client who has an apogee symphony desktop. This is a $1,500 It's like a rack mount thing. Isn't it she has spent two weeks locked in You know a source locked in a tech support thread with With apogee and it doesn't work, right? She's outside of the return window with the dealer guitar center won't take it back. She's stuck in this purgatory So it doesn't matter what you paid for at the reputation of the company Sometimes the most complicated high-end of gear is just going to cause pain Yeah, so hours of mind numbing frustration. Yeah All right, you get the tony hoover question. Okay. Um, is that a decoupler from the hook studios on your boom It is indeed. So how do you like it? Well, this one's a this one was a prototype It's actually coming apart a little bit right now. I already did I've had it for a long time Dan and I each had prototypes of them. He was giving how do I like it? Uh, my again if as long as the final version that he has doesn't ever start separating like this Um, I think it's awesome because it's a lot more compact than a big Giant spider shock mount that takes up a lot more space and I just happen to have it So I threw it on my arm boom arm Beating on the boom on there it it's definitely damping things if I tap on the mic itself Versus the arm It definitely absorbs quite a bit of of It definitely absorbs quite a bit of thumping and low frequency noise. So I mean I'd have to say I like it. It works. Yeah, I think that the the the question comes up is How do you have the mic mounted? Uh, and you know, do you have it on a boom stand that is connected to your desk? Or connected to the wall this particular boom arm is connected to the wall Yes, if you bank if you bump into your desk, you don't get any No, you don't get any transmission of noise at all then you're gonna get something on right So I I always tell people look if you're gonna if you're gonna, you know Do something like that and even you know this the shock mount is only as good as where you put the mic stand Uh, because I've seen you know, if you put it on your desk and you've got your computer on your desk Even if it's you know, it still has a mechanical external hard drives or an external hard Oh man, those things calming and vibrating all sorts of stuff. Yeah So anyway, uh, yeah, uh, yeah, it's okay, you know, but Better to get the spider. It's a lot easier to use and you know, let's let's see if has he improved Is he still making those? We don't even know I somebody asked they recognized it knew what it was and knew to ask so either they'd seen it I don't know where you saw it because I don't know where to get it. I guess the hook studios.com is probably where he's still Yeah, we just they just show up in our mailbox somehow and We've known mike french for a long time. He he made prototype products that we got to demonstrate and test out And uh, he's a good guy. We love that. They're still Made as far as we know totally by hand here in los angeles. Yeah, that's kind of cool. Yeah, mike max goldberg How does one go about sending a booth review dry demo? I'm so glad you asked that question because george and I talked about that at the top of the show um We both have places to do that Uh, george has his what do you call yours? soundcheck soundcheck Great name. Uh, I have my specimen collection cup Uh over home voiceover studio dot com. Uh, and you just click on that or over in george's site I charge $25 for an analysis. I will give you a very thorough analysis Of your audio what i'm really listening for Is the acoustics of your room how you're using your mike and are your levels right because if you're thinking about other stuff That's distracting you from what you're supposed to be doing Which is looking at copy. Who are you who you're talking to?   So we're gonna all those things We're gonna hear when we listen to your sample and give you Give you our thoughts about what you need to change or if you're really on par We'll let you know I mean within five seconds. We'll know we pretty yeah Yeah, we we've listened to thousands and thousands of files and it's like Oh, yeah, we know what's going on without even seeing the room. We know exactly what's going on Okay, you get the the last question from the theodore j mesle All right. Yes. He says uh, um, he has a three by three portable vocal booth from vocal booth to go So that's basically a a tent made out of heavy blanket material On four sides and a roof um work general tips you could give to optimize the sound in audacity What I don't know what you need to optimize So like if if you are in a noisy room because those any of these portable booths don't stop a lot of noise You may still need to apply things like a high pass filter to take out rumble low frequency noise You may have um because of the mic you're using and your particular voice. You may be overly sibilant So maybe you need to reduce some sibilant treble range a little bit Um, maybe you're not a seasoned voice actor So your dynamic range is kind of all over the place and you're getting loud and soft and so a little compression Might be helpful. Um, these are all things that depend on all of the aspects of your studio not just the space But those those portable type booths that are surrounding you on basically all sides Generally do a really really good job of getting rid of the room reverb and the room echo And that kind of stuff they but they'd have to be in a quiet room to use but it has to be quiet. That's right Yeah, so if we hear noise levels and things that you can't fix With your setup in your room, then we'll we'll give you tips and um another thing I do is I make macros they're called they're presets but in On audacity, they call it a macro and I will build a an effects chain that will Try to adjust certain things in your voice not your voice But in the sound quality of your recording To optimize things, but it's something that I do By ear and it's not a formula. It's just 10 000 hours, you know what they say Of of doing this kind of thing, you know, so yeah, it's it's amazing what people don't hear They don't realize it and we see this every time we get we get a sample from somebody Uh, is the low frequency rumble or a fan running somewhere?  Yes So if there's a constant, you know, if there's a rumble that Mostly we don't hear that because it's below the range of our hearing But it shows up on the vu meter and see it very well You know, but but fan noise is generally something you generally won't hear until you stop It's like your refrigerator.  That's what a professional recording studio sounds like inside Imagine that quiet That's what that's why they they spend tens of hundreds of thousands of dollars Trying to get their studios to that point and still having electricity air conditioning Uh in all of the comforts you need to to enjoy your studio. 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