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  • #15468
    David Goldberg
    Edge Studio Staff

    Hi! Upload your recordings, and get feedback from your peers!

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  • #77975
    iSynge
    Participant

    Hey everyone! I’d like feedback on a couple of recordings I’ve been using to practice. Thank you for your time!

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    • #77978
      LindsayCampbell
      Participant

      Hi! I thought these were both pretty good, natural sounding reads! I would say pay attention to your brand, though. Excedrin was not pronounced correctly. Listen to a commercial of theirs if you aren’t sure! should be exCEDrin. (as opposed to EXcedrin) Definitely wouldn’t want to mess this up in an audition 🙂

  • #77973
    Cheechman
    Participant

    This is the last one required for my homework.
    I appreciate all your patience listening to me read.

    Moving on to class #2!

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    • #78021
      RoxyMel
      Participant

      Sounds very smooth and I love your voice quality. If I had to give constructive feedback I would say maybe a little more variation in accentuating or highlighting parts of the copy 😉

  • #77969
    Cheechman
    Participant

    This one has different styles.
    Personally, I like the 3rd one best.

    Let me know

    Thanks

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    • #78008
      Gill
      Participant

      I like the third one as well you lifted this script and made it entertaining in your own style.

  • #77959
    Cheechman
    Participant

    The attached ae submitted for feedback for my demo class.
    Any and all comments are appreciated

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  • #77923
    LindsayCampbell
    Participant

    Hi All- here are some narration scripts for critique!

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    • #78073
      Thomas_D
      Participant

      Hey Lindsay, agreed with Nicolance as well re: the acting training! What I like the most about your voices is that they all sound believable, like you really have internalized each of the scripts. I actually like B****r Creek and Depreciation the best, even though they were a bit faster than the Ulta and Plastic. The latter felt a bit too slow, but not to the point of being unbelievable. Maybe they sounded less conversational?

    • #77963
      Cheechman
      Participant

      Do you utilize a pop filter?

      The S sound is very strong.

      Other than that, I think all sounded pretty good!

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    • #77957
      Joel
      Participant

      Lindsay, you have terrific voices! And that is plural on purpose. It almost seems like you have distinctive high register and low registers to your voice. Depending on the copy, I wonder if you want to stick to a lower kind of voice or combine the two when needed.

    • #77955
      nicolance
      Participant

      Hello Lindsay – all of your samples have a conversational and natural – believable! – quality – WOW! I am guessing you have some acting training? You seem to be “hurrying” the copy. Slow down a bit and think about the person you are talking to – and who you are. In all of the samples, there are key words or phrases that you may have hit differently depending on character. Your plastic sample is a bit slower in pace than the other three, and your character seems more developed. That one is a winner! Keep at it – Lance

  • #77921
    nicolance
    Participant

    Corporate e-learning – going for friendly, inviting and confident. How’d I do? thanks – Lance

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    • #77965
      Cheechman
      Participant

      A little sing Songy for my tastes.

      May try to hold the highs a little.

    • #77958
      RGK3
      Participant

      Hi Lance:

      Friendly, inviting, and confident do come through. On the whole, I liked this read a lot and could imagine it in actual use. There are a couple of minor places where the phrasing felt less natural to me than in others, like the strong upward inflection on “website,” leading into the next phrase.

  • #77919
    nicolance
    Participant

    House tour narration – trying to sound warm and friendly. How’s my diction? Lance

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    • #77995
      JoyceVOA
      Participant

      I didn’t hear any warm and friendly in the beginning. You did warm up towards the end. I thought your diction was excellent.

  • #77917
    nicolance
    Participant

    Hi again – this is a travelogue narration – again, working on pacing and diction. Thanks, Lance

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  • #77915
    nicolance
    Participant

    Bio Narration – working on pacing and diction. Any feedback is welcome, including any tech stuff – thanks, Lance

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  • #77908
    Swimmer1
    Participant

    Hello,
    I am a novice and forwarding a brief recording for a homework assignment. I have lots to learn on the recording and voice side, open to suggestions.

    Thanks

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    • #77966
      Cheechman
      Participant

      Alot more energy.

      I tend to go into the “over the top am disc jockey” voice for these.

    • #77956
      nicolance
      Participant

      My first suggestion is to always think about who you are, who you are talking to, and why are you telling them this info? You are definitely reading the copy and so it sounds a bit robotic and not at all conversational. That is the key word for you at this point – conversational. You have a nice voice with a friendly tone. Keep at it – Lance

    • #77911
      Joel
      Participant

      Hi Swimmer1, I might suggest you put some more energy into your reading so it does not have a monotone type of reading. The script also says three times, “when,” so you might think about how you might want to make each time you say “when” it’s not the same each time. A slight change in tone might help. We are all novice’s in this VO world that’s for sure!

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