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Booking
A decision and commitment on the advertisers part to hire you for a session. The client calls the actor or actors agent to book an actor for a job. ...
Boom
An overhead mic stand. These mic stands are often held by a boom operator who holds a long pole above their head.
Booth
An enclosed, soundproofed room where voice talent usually works.
Branching
Recording one part of a sentence with variables within that sentence as a means of customizing a response. Often recorded for multimedia games and voi...
Break up
When vocal audio becomes distorted and unstable, usually caused by equipment problems or telephone line interference.
Bump
Either to remove a person from a casting list, or as an additional amount of studio time in a session. Also known as a bumper.
Butt-cut
When sound files are placed together tightly, particularly for a V-O demo.
Button
A single scripted or improvised word, phrase or sentence at the end of a spot that clinches the commercial without introducing additional copy points....
Buy
As in "That's a buy." Also known as a "keeper". It's the take the client selects as the best. Buy also refers to the amount of money spent on the medi...
Buy-out
A one-time fee paid for voice-over services on a commercial. Common in many non-union situations and industrials, as well as CD ROMs, dubbing, looping...