The talent is allowed the freedom to work from the road, while providing the same level of service and accessibility to their clients. Outofhear.com, a bridging service that allows remote studio users off of ISDN to connect to ISDN only studios, has 8 VO2GO's ready to rent if purchasing a kit of your own is out of reach. Out Of Hear even provides the traveling voice talent a dedicated Telos Zephyr for their clients to dial into, making things as easy as possible for the studio and client.

The gear list: Apple Powerbook or MacBook (PC is available), Mbox 2 Mini (for Pro Tools) or USBPre, Sound Devices MM-1 Mic preamp/headphone amp, Canon ip90 printer, Sennheiser 416 mic, iLok key for Source Connect plugin, pop filter, headphones, desktop mic stand, power supplies, and cables. Nothing on the gear list should be of any huge surprise to any seasoned voice actor with a studio of his/her own. However it's how it is packaged and presented, complete with assembly instructions and video, that makes VO2GO so unique and easy to use.

The key to making VO2GO work as a replacement for ISDN is a stable, highspeed Internet connection. The average DSL modem provides enough bandwidth to handle the data. Is it is reliable as ISDN? No, not yet. ISDN creates a point to point connection completely "off the grid" of the Internet. Once a connection is established with ISDN, it is RARELY lost, and you are guaranteed 128kb/s bandwidth required for the current industry standard audio codec configuration. Anytime you are using the Internet to send/receive data, you are subject to any variations in bandwidth and quality that occurs from Point A to Point B. To create a stable, realtime audio link between two remote users can require a LOT of error correction, which translates into somewhat increased delay over ISDN. However, given a good enough connection (300kb/s Up/Down), the stability is very good, and the sound quality is superb, superior to MP3 quality.