You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery episode number 57.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

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In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks and insider information

to help you portray characters in animation, video games and beyond.

And now here's your host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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It's time for another round of question and answers from my podcast audience.

For those who may not be as familiar with the podcast,

in past episodes, I've given out a phone number where you can call in

and leave me a question about voice acting as a voicemail.

From time to time, I'll pick the most relevant questions I receive

and answer them here on the podcast.

Let's get started. Let's answer some questions

from you, our listeners. Hi, Kristen. This is Ben from Washington, D.C. I've recently started recording

myself at home for some amateur projects and I've noticed that when I start recording myself

screening my head off, I'm getting a lot of reverb.

Do you know any good ways to kind of dead in a room or otherwise shield the microphone from

unwanted echoes without sending a massive amount of money? Thanks for an awesome podcast and keep up the great work.

Hi there, Ben. You've posed a great question. I may go more in depth on how to soundproof

your booth in future podcasts, but let's see if I can give you a quick answer here. The ever-present

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