[QUOTE=Dominic0904;35587385]
Though I just sound really stupid :/ Maybe it's because I'm listening to my own voice so it just sounds weird.[/QUOTE]
That's totally normal. It was even a joke on Family Guy where Lois talks into a supermarket microphone and goes "Oh my gosh, is that what my voice sounds like!?"
For those who are serious about this, it isn't all about equipment and just the natural sound of your voice. You need to be able to speak fluently and consistently without stuttering, and voice acting is still [b]acting[/b]. Your character needs to sound natural and believable.
For example, lithifold, you need to work on your enunciation and pronunciation. I understand the character you were going for and I commend you for it, but it sounded a bit over the top and forced.
[QUOTE=DanTehMan;35589697]For example, lithifold, you need to work on your enunciation and pronunciation. I understand the character you were going for and I commend you for it, but it sounded a bit over the top and forced.[/QUOTE]
The whole point was that it was over the top and forced, I was doing it for my WoW guild, it was nothing serious. I've not done a serious audition in about two years.
I do boat loads of LP's on my youtube channel and as such I usually imitate the characters, usually badly. But oddly enough I get requests a lot to voice over characters for various small machinima's.
If you want to find what I sound like just head to my YT channel, I do basic editing even for the smallest videos. Usually small NR to take out my still rather quiet computer and some slight compression to bring it over the game audio. I have fun with it. My issue is small mumbling and sometimes tripping over my words. Doing recordings for the past year or so on YT has helped my speech a lot though. Going back to when I started I didn't speak too well or as clearly.
I am looking to upgrade my kit from my USB AT2020 to a nice XLR mic and mixer kit.
Edit: And any of my followers on CIPWICKET or Twitter know I spent many weeks and hundreds of dollars on various fans and cooling to keep my whole room quiet, so even my raw recordings don't have really any noise.
[QUOTE=Lithifold;35591191]The whole point was that it was over the top and forced, I was doing it for my WoW guild, it was nothing serious. I've not done a serious audition in about two years.[/QUOTE]
Im not trying to sound unfairly critical, you were the only one who posted an example of your work and the op does say to expect criticism.
That said, i understand it wasnt a serious audition but those are still some aspects you should look into working on if you arent already :)
People have told me I've got a great VA voice because mine is very deep and not growly at all. I'd post a recording of my voice sounding like that but my microphone/headset is at my mum's house because I forgot it there the last time I visited. Instead, please have this meager offering of me attempting to read a Refugee Camp post with a British accent into a shitty webcam mic:
[media]http://soundcloud.com/zack-murray/voice-acting-and-stuff[/media]
[QUOTE=FFStudios;35594314]People have told me I've got a great VA voice because mine is very deep and not growly at all. I'd post a recording of my voice sounding like that but my microphone/headset is at my mum's house because I forgot it there the last time I visited. Instead, please have this meager offering of me attempting to read a Refugee Camp post with a British accent into a shitty webcam mic:
[media]http://soundcloud.com/zack-murray/voice-acting-and-stuff[/media][/QUOTE]
Funny but that shit needs some windscreening
[QUOTE=DanTehMan;35593490]Im not trying to sound unfairly critical, you were the only one who posted an example of your work and the op does say to expect criticism.
That said, i understand it wasnt a serious audition but those are still some aspects you should look into working on if you arent already :)[/QUOTE]
That bit was added to the OP after I posted it ;D
But yeah, I understand what you mean.
[QUOTE=AlphaGunman;35571686]if any of you guys think you have a bad voice you've never heard someone with a finnish accent trying to speak english[/quote]
it doesn't sound that bad, unless if the person doesn't speak English often.
where's Yuri Lowenthal in this list?
he voiced just about everyone in new vegas. :wink:
I read things sometimes:
[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24770615/WhackShack.mp3[/url]
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;35601177]I read things sometimes:
[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24770615/WhackShack.mp3[/url][/QUOTE]
You sound like you could narrate a war movie
[QUOTE=PelPix123;35625909][media]http://soundcloud.com/pelpixva/audio-recording-on-wednesday[/media][/QUOTE]
Whats your setup like? Sounds so clear with no background noise.
Well I have an AT2020, but I normally do NR on it for everything. I don't have loud backhround noise, but I still end up cleaning it up.
I'm still really new to audio in general. What should I consider for an upgrade?
What should I record? I just got my headset back and I'm jonesin
[QUOTE=PelPix123;35628336]The secret is to almost never use a condenser mic with male vocal. I'm actually an audio engineer by profession, and I actually can''t name off the top of my head [I]anything[/I] I'd mic with a condenser. They pick up too much noise and they don't sound as natural as an expensive dynamic or a ribbon.
Haha I forgot about this, my fact sphere impression after Portal 2 was release:
[media]http://soundcloud.com/kylebloss/fact-sphere-impression-3[/media]
[media]http://soundcloud.com/kylebloss/the-fact-sphere-impression-2[/media]
It kept ruining the soft sounds.
That was actually all improv. I made it up on the spot while I delivered it.[/QUOTE]
A guide on how to achieve these effects?
[QUOTE=FFStudios;35640584]What should I record? I just got my headset back and I'm jonesin[/QUOTE]
If you're American a series of "number 5/in at number 5" etc... all the way to 1 would be waaay useful
[editline]20th April 2012[/editline]
but thats boring nvm
So I can do all types of accents. American, British, Australian, Russian, German, Canadian/N. Dakota etc. (but only in English) But I can not only do simple accents, I can also change my enunciation, pronunciation, and pitch to where it can be the same accent, but sound like completely different people, and yet, I've never really considered voice acting.
I also have a high quality mic I use for my short films.
Well since this thread is somewhat alive after my 3 day hiatus, anyone here have any suggestions for processing clean vocal/sound recordings to make it sound like it's from a movie/radio show of the 50's? I think it has something to do with the lower Hz
[QUOTE=PelPix123;35628336]The secret is to almost never use a condenser mic with male vocal. I'm actually an audio engineer by profession, and I actually can''t name off the top of my head [I]anything[/I] I'd mic with a condenser. They pick up too much noise and they don't sound as natural as an expensive dynamic or a ribbon.
Haha I forgot about this, my fact sphere impression after Portal 2 was release:
[media]http://soundcloud.com/kylebloss/fact-sphere-impression-3[/media]
[media]http://soundcloud.com/kylebloss/the-fact-sphere-impression-2[/media]
It kept ruining the soft sounds.
That was actually all improv. I made it up on the spot while I delivered it.[/QUOTE]I can name some things that I'd mic with a condenser.
1. Ambient sounds
2. Cello/Violin/ pretty much any orchestra instrument except maybe a bass instrument
3. Some vocals (All mics are different in how they are made) Amy Winehouse used a sE 2200a instead of a U47 or U87, why? Because it sounded great on her voice.
4. Recording Orchestras/Choirs (I recently recorded a church choir/orchestra with a matched pair of AKG condenser and a matched pair of Gefell
5. ADR
6. Foley
I can name off way more but holy shit wtf what are you smoking man. How can you call yourself an Audio Engineer when you're so one sided with your mic choice.
Dynamics/Condensers/Ribbons all work differently with Dynamics typically sounding more smooth and being able to take on those harsh transients. Compared to Condensers sounding more open and more life like and Ribbons have their own color to the sound.
I'm curious what mics you are using because what you are saying completely baffles me.
Typically I use an SM7b with my voice overs, though it is very gain hungry. When I want a more open sound I'll use my AT4071 and when I want crisp I'll use a AKG C414.
as some of you know I'm a professional working voice actor
so if you have any questions ask away.
[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;35656520]Well since this thread is somewhat alive after my 3 day hiatus, anyone here have any suggestions for processing clean vocal/sound recordings to make it sound like it's from a movie/radio show of the 50's? I think it has something to do with the lower Hz[/QUOTE]
if you want that tinny, old-timey radio sound, and you use audacity, experiment with equalization, i use it for creating megaphone sounds, radios etc.
I'll keep this thread bookmarked just in case I ever need voice acting for a game I'll maybe make in a very distant future :v:
[QUOTE=Dr. Fishtastic;35656520]Well since this thread is somewhat alive after my 3 day hiatus, anyone here have any suggestions for processing clean vocal/sound recordings to make it sound like it's from a movie/radio show of the 50's? I think it has something to do with the lower Hz[/QUOTE]HPF @ 300hz, LPF at 3k, little room reverb, little distortion, bit reduction (12bits)
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?lo14yp94q1eco26[/url]
I think with the reverb tweaked, that could fit in nicely with bioshock.
[QUOTE=robersdee;35663512]as some of you know I'm a professional working voice actor
so if you have any questions ask away.[/QUOTE]
Does it pay well?
[QUOTE=peterson;35663739]HPF @ 300hz, LPF at 3k, little room reverb, little distortion, bit reduction (12bits)
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?lo14yp94q1eco26[/url][/QUOTE]
That sounds close, but the echo sounds more like a megaphone than an old TV set/movie
[QUOTE=PelPix123;35667597]I've just never heard a condenser that sounds very good. All the condensers I've ever heard have this weird area in the treble and they pick up background noise in odd, counterintuitive ways. I don't even like the U87 or the Bottle.
I'm kind of picky about my mics, which is why I like to make my own microphones from scratch unless I'm just recording voice over. I like to have my mics as even-sounding and linear as possible. Why capture colored sound when you can build a reference mic, capture the sound precisely, and color it all you want in post?
Not saying that all condenser mics are worse than all ribbon and dynamics for all jobs, but I've just never really encountered a scenario where I have to use one.[/QUOTE]
Because every single microphone's electronics are different and no amount of screwing with a mix is going to fix it so that it sounds substantial, which is what we strive for, right?
What do you record?
[QUOTE=PelPix123;35667880]Everything I can. I just enjoy doing it. I do it to relax even if I don't have any work. I especially love foley, though. It's always fun to figure out creative ways to produce sounds.
I don't know what you're talking about about the screwing with the mix. After I listen to the individual tracks, I can immediately combine them into the final mix in my head, play it through, change instrument positions to my liking, and know exactly what I need to do to on my equipment get it to sound like that.[/QUOTE]
I'm curious to hear some of your work.
[QUOTE=robersdee;35663512]as some of you know I'm a professional working voice actor
so if you have any questions ask away.[/QUOTE]
what have you worked on?
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