[VO MegaThread] So...You Want To Be A Voice Actor

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Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

Name: CanuckErrant

Specialties: An average Canadian / Midwestern accent is my default speaking voice, though I can do the Stereotypical Radio Announcer and a pseudo-Russian accent. I've also got a half-decent singing voice, but don't ask me to sing Billy Idol.

Tindeck: Here. Note that since these recordings I've gotten a much, MUCH better mic. One that isn't a headset mic. Ugh.

Contact: PM me, and I'll see it probably within the hour.

Payment: Paypal is perfectly fine.

Edit:

oh god I can't pronounce technobabble without fumbling I am so ashamed

Canuck-Errant fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Feb 7, 2012

# ¿ Feb 7, 2012 01:01

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# ¿ May 4, 2024 04:21

Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

Dudley Downright posted:

Hey, uh, don't sign your posts. We don't do that around here unless we're cruising for a mocking. And prefacing your posts with a salutation is kinda silly if you're quoting them in your post.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2012 19:36

Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

So, a little while ago I recorded a thing:

Now, apart from "sound less Canadian", "don't breathe into the mic" and "never do that again, for the love of god, Montessor", does anyone have any specific advice to offer?

# ¿ Apr 20, 2012 01:22

Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

Doesn't Audacity actually have a built-in noise removal tool under the "Analyze" thing in the menu? You just have to have a long enough sample for it to work well.

# ¿ May 19, 2012 04:59

Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

My try at the Captain Fantastic script - I really should have kept my hands off that clicky pen, ugh.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 20:37

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# ¿ May 4, 2024 04:21

Canuck-Errant: Oct 28, 2003; MOOD: BURNING - MUSIC: DISCO INFERNO BY THE TRAMMPS; Grimey Drawer

INTERNET NERD RAGE posted:

The reason I'm bothering with CD's at all is for my local market. I did a workshop with a guy who acknowledges that while CD's are fading out pretty quickly, for commercial work it's not a bad idea to get in touch with local ad agencies' broadcast departments and try to schedule something for some quick face to face interaction. That way, they are more inclined to actually listen to the demo and hopefully keep me in mind for work down the road.

Or so I'm told. Can't hurt to try, right?

By the way, I'm having some technical issues with my Yeti mic. I've got a pair of headphones plugged in to the bottom and can listen out of them, but if I'm trying to monitor my voice through them there's still a lag with enough of a delay that makes it literally impossible for me to continue speaking. This microphone isn't supposed to have that lag because of the headphone jack built in to it but I can't find the right settings to fix the issue. The computer I'm using doesn't have a set of speakers plugged in to it and I don't have an extra pair lying around to see if that fixes it just yet. Thoughts?

Mine has a very slight delay, so I'm thinking it could just be something in Windows settings that's feeding back the audio input - check the Yeti mic properties to see if "Listen to this device" is set under the Listen tab.

# ¿ Sep 12, 2012 22:40

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