My Voiceover Setup (New for 2025)
Updated May 8, 2025.
I recently setup a new voiceover booth and setup at home. You can read about my previous setup here, but suffice it to say my new one blows the old one out of the water. And the kicker? The mic I’m using is older.
COMPUTER
Apple 16” MacBook Pro. I’m still using a MacBook Pro, but I upgraded in 2021. Now, I know 2021 is ancient for a laptop, but I splurged and got the M1 Max chip and I haven’t complained once about any perceived slowness. I do lots of video editing in DaVinci Resolve and have yet to notice any slow down.
SOFTWARE
DaVinci Resolve V20. Speaking of DaVinci Resolve, this is one area where I made a huge switch. In my previous setup, I used Adobe Audition. But I’ve since dumped Adobe and moved to DaVinci Resolve. I just couldn’t stand paying the monthly subscription! The crazy thing is that, technically, you can use the FREE version of DaVinci Resolve to do almost everything you’d need to do as a voice actor. I opted for the paid version, which is a one-time payment of around $300, because I wanted some of the fancier features on the video editing side of things.
MICROPHONE
Sennheiser ME66 with K6P (no link because it’s old). Here’s another big change. Last time we talked I was using the Shure SM7B. But when I recently got back into doing voiceover work, I watched some YouTube videos on mics and noticed some of the people were using shotgun mics. I have a shotgun mic, I thought. And a halfway decent one at that. I used the ME66 exclusively on a recent project I did and really liked the sound, so I started using it in my booth. I LOVE IT. And the crazy part is that I picked this thing up suuuuper used on eBay for $50 years ago. On my wist list are the Sennheiser MKH 416 and the Neumann TLM 103. But until then, the ME66 will do just fine.
RECORDER / AUDIO INTERFACE
Sound Devices MixPre 6 II. Before I was using a Zoom H4N Pro. But now? I’m in love with the Sound Devices MixPre 6 II. This little guy is small enough to fit inside an on-set sound guy’s bag, but clean and quiet enough to be act as an audio interface. It’s also got tons of gain for gain-hungry mics like the Shure SM7B (which, I’m not using much anymore). It’s not entirely “out with the old and in with the new” though. I still use the Zoom H4N Pro to record multitrack audio recordings of comedy shows.
