Workflow ideas

Harold,

I hope you do not mind my continuation of the conversation.

I have only had short glimpses into the "voice over" world, and you're providing another one of those glimpses into that world. When it comes to projects like one Disney would take on. When the "voice" actor arrives on-set the actor is just one cog in a much larger machine. The two most important parts of that machine are the actor and the director. The actor must "feel" the part and they themselves will practice their lines before they shoot. Or they may get into character and let it flow and letting their talents well up and produce something presentable. Some may prefer to work in a step-by-step process of record, listen, record again or move on, Maybe even   stopping tape and trying the line in a different way. The director is right there as well, and they too will stop tape, or make suggestions, and ask the actor to resay the line "with passion" or "without so much passion". The actor and the directors "workflow" must include an ability to work with others.

You're teaching and you are also playing the role of the actor and the director. You're also playing the engineer, mixer and grip, to keep the analogy and add some perspective. I think that what ryclark​ and SteveG(AudioMasters)​ are suggesting are some great places to focus your thinking in regards to how you develop your workflow. Because that is really what you are doing, is taking this concept of workflow and making it your own. Would I do your job differently? Most likely, because I am a live in the moment kind of personality, and my training experience is "live" oriented which requires an audience. So my workflow would probably be a rough cut of the entire training session in one take, if possible. If it were a narration training video, I would likely do the same thing  by  recording myself in sync with the video as I see that video and how that video impacts me in a live moment. This would give the rough draft of the presentation and help me find the flow of the training, for the way that I work. My work flow is goal oriented as well and a rough draft meets one of my workflow goals as it gives me a sense or feeling of accomplishment. Again, emphasis is here, is seeing that this is me and my ways of doing it.

It is a very personal concept, this thing called "workflow" and sometimes IMHO the word gets used too flippantly at which point it looses meaning. Much like someone saying the workflow of that DAW is blah blah blah bleh bleh. The DAW, in reality, is a tool and a support piece to the workflow of the person using it. The DAW support the workflow of the artist, and just like a hammer, we all had to learn how to hit the nail or hit our thumbs. How often we did the latter is how quickly we learned to use it.

Be inspired and live in the moment and let the workflow be a reflection of the final product. At the end of the day that final product is a  reflection of yourself to those who are listening to your voice. If something that you're doing as you flow through the work, and it does not feel natural to the way you would do it, then do it differently. I cannot tell you how many ways there are to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But I can tell you how I make that sandwich, and you might think I'm crazy to do it the way I do.

You're doing it right, and you're trying it this way and that way. You're seeking peer and professional input. The awesomeness of your you're doing is that you are making it your own. That might mean practicing the presentation or practicing and honing your skills and techniques in the marking up of the recording and using the software, as you seek the input of others. In a world that bombards us with instant gratification, generations of people are going to have and have had some rude awakenings as life moves forward. Life is not as easily and quickly gratifying as we have been lead to believe. It takes hard work, willful determination, and hard work.. (not to mention hard work). Emphasis on the hard work.  I hope that I have inspired you to do your work your way. You are doing just that in the very fact of seeking advise and input. Which is a part of my workflow as well. You're a unique person, so let that uniqueness shine bright!!

Be You and Be Blessed..

haroldlentink  wrote Is there something I can do to speed up this workflow and decrease my spend hours on placing these markers. I hope somebody can relate to my issue and share some good thoughts.

Your workflow sounds fairly typical, but the more you practice this, the quicker you'll get. 40-60 range markers really isn't a lot - I often use more than that, and I'm editing music, which is way more picky about positioning than speech ever is. And there's no way that I'd spend 120 hours making and placing them.

The quickest way to make a range marker is to highlight the section of audio for it on the screen and hit F8 - you don't have to mark each end. It's automatically saved as a range, and all you have to do is give it an appropriate name.