Voice Acting Mastery
Like Duolingo, but for Voice Acting Mastery. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Voice Acting Mastery
- Expensive mics capture room flaws more accurately
- Hard, flat surfaces reflect sound waves
- A treated space prevents echo that cannot be removed in editing
- Soft, porous materials absorb sound waves
- Identifying common sound-reflecting surfaces in a home
- Dense fabrics are better at stopping sound than thin ones
- A dead space is the ideal starting point for voiceovers
- Irregular shapes like hanging clothes break up sound reflections
- Digital reverb can be added later, but room echo is permanent
- Using household items for sound absorption
- Ambient noise is often ignored by the human ear but caught by mics
- Headphones are necessary to hear low-level hums
- An XLR or USB microphone is the primary input
- An interface is needed for XLR mics to talk to computers
- The process of testing a room for hidden noises
- Closed-back headphones are required for monitoring without bleed
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Voice Acting Mastery the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
What happens when your voice hits a hard, flat wall in your recording space?
Get it right to open this lesson and 169 more in the app.
Where Voice Acting Mastery takes you
Go from talking to yourself to bringing characters to life. Learn how to use your voice to tell stories, sell products, and land roles in animation and games.
- 1
Your First Recording
- Setting up your home studio on a budget
- Recording your first clear take
- How to stand and breathe for a better sound
- Removing background noise and clicks
- 2
Bringing Characters to Life
- Finding your natural 'money' voice
- Creating a character from a single drawing
- Changing your age and energy level
- The secret to consistent accents
- Adding 'effort' sounds: grunts, sighs, and falls
- 3
Reading Between the Lines
- Marking up a script for performance
- Who are you talking to? Finding the 'you'
- Mastering the 'non-announcer' commercial read
- 4
The Professional Ear
- Spotting 'mouth noise' and how to fix it
- Why your demo sounds amateur (and how to fix it)
- Matching the tone of a brand
- Listening for the 'director's cut'
- The difference between TV, Radio, and Web audio
- Critiquing your own work without being mean
- 5
Handling Real Sessions
- Taking direction and making quick adjustments
- The 'ABC' method: giving three different takes
- Etiquette for live remote sessions
- What to do when your voice gets tired
- 6
The Business of Your Voice
- Where to find your first paying gigs
- Building a portfolio that gets noticed
- Understanding 'buyouts' and 'residuals'
- How to talk to agents and casting directors
- Setting your rates and sending invoices
- 7
Advanced Vocal Mechanics
- The anatomy of the throat and mouth
- Resonance: moving sound from chest to head
- Protecting your voice from long-term damage
- 8
The History of the Mic
- From Radio Plays to Pixar
- How microphone technology changed acting styles
- The evolution of the 'Movie Trailer' voice
- Legendary voice actors you should study
8 sections · 34 units · 170 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Voice Acting Mastery is taught in the Explain Like I'm 5 style: no big words. promise.. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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