An audio interface is a small (usually small!) piece of equipment that sits between your microphone and your computer. It literally interfaces between the two. In my opinion, an interface is one of a very small handful of absolutely essential items in your recording chain or studio setup. Your microphone on its own might be amazing. Your computer on its own might be amazing. But neither of them can produce or transmit clean, clear audio without help.

You may have heard the term "Bump" at some point in your life, but it's a VO term as well. And no it doesn't mean that other thing.

What is room tone? Should you have it? Can you have too much of it?