Kayli Mills — Grand Rapids Recording Connection

VO Engineering @ ESAudio - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2016-08-12

As a voice actress of many years working from my own home studio, I have been engineering my own voice over sessions for quite a while... Read More >>

Moving to L.A. - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2016-05-16

Sorry it's been so long since I last blogged! Recently, my boyfriend accepted a VFX position at a game studio here in LA, and so we made the transition here! We've both always wanted to live here, but everything definitely happened very quickly... Read More >>

Drums - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2015-10-05

I have always found drums to be the most interesting and complex to mic, and this week I got to do it hands on, along with another intern (who actually got to do some freelance work with the studio that day as well)... Read More >>

Character Reel - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2015-10-05

In July I made the decision to produce my own character reel. As a voice actress, it's a very important thing to have available to potential clients, but it's also VERY important that it sounds great... Read More >>

Movie Audio - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2015-10-05

I'm playing catch up on my posts, so please bear with me! River City is currently working on a horror film, and I've always been very interested in sound design for film and animation... Read More >>

Mic and Pre-amp Shootout - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2015-05-29

Recently I've been really interested in the difference using different mics and preamps makes in a recording. I also wanted to know what might suit my voice best... Read More >>

Intro to Pro Tools and Work! - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2015-05-28

This week I received my copy of Pro Tools! It was probably the most exciting thing I've ever found in my mailbox and I'm so psyched to be able to utilize it! I started using DAWs about 6 years ago, at age 14 and have quite a lot of experience with Adobe Audition... Read More >>

Mics and Recording - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2015-04-26

This week we talked a lot about microphones and their uses. Since I'm a voice actress, we talked a lot about how different typed of mics could be used for voice overs... Read More >>

Week 4 - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2015-04-17

This week I went into the studio every day. We were recording the same band for 3 of those days, and it was definitely amazing to see everything come together... Read More >>

Mixing! - Posted by Kayli Mills on 2015-03-31

In my third week I helped my mentor pack up for a remote recording of the Grand Rapids Symphony. I learned a lot about placement of room mics as well as spot mics, and how much of a difference they make in the recording, The most important thing with recording an orchestra is making the recording sound as real and unprocessed as possible... Read More >>