So, What Is a “Donut” in Voiceover? First off, yes—it’s a silly term. And yes, it’s spelled just like the pastry: donut (not “doughnut”). But in the voiceover world, it means something very different. A donut is a hole or blank section inside a piece of copy—typically in commercial scripts. That empty space is deliberately left open so the client can rotate in a different message later.

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.

Have you heard someone say, "we'll fix it in post"? Yeah, well, what even is that?

Acoustic treatment is often unattractive. However, I found some from a company called ArrowZoom and it's not ugly at all! I'm using it around the house and in my office. You can use the code AZ-GAB at check out to get 10% off!

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