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The Edge Studio Feedback Forum is the best place for you to post a recording and get feedback from the community! Record in your home studio, upload the file, and see what people think. This is a great place to get some advice on your technique, on your home studio, or to ask for people’s opinion on your reads. Remember, that this is a community forum, so please remain positive and encourage your peers in helpful ways. If Edge Studio feels that a user is too negative, or antagonizing other members of the community, they will have their posts deleted, and risk being banned from further communication.
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Hi Brian! Very Nice! Only thing I can say is that with this read it makes me want to know what you look like for some reason. And I was told that can take away from the focal point of the job. I don’t know if you just sounded intriguing or what. It sounds great just a little less inflection to sound more narrative.
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Sounds great to me Brian! Feels like you’ve got the style and pace right. Audio is good and clear. I did notice 3 or 4 breath sounds along the way, but I’m still quite new to all this and haven’t had any coaching or practise on documentary style reads, so maybe a few breath sounds are acceptable in the longer documentary style reads? Either way, great job! Toque
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If you Google it, you’ll find a whole range of opinions on breath sounds, but from what my coaches have told me, just leave them in unless they are truly distracting. (I took out the weird-sounding mouth noises, they’re just gross.)
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Hi all…I’m starting my coaching work for my animation demo in two weeks, and part of my prep work is to come up with 10 original characters. I recorded a scratch track as a means of testing some of them out…would I be able to get feedback on the variety? Do any of them sound too alike? Are there some that you think I should lean into more? (Don’t worry about the writing or the acting, I’ll dial that in once I have the character voices more solidified.) Thanks!
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Again Brian, great work! You’ve got some good variety in there. I numbered your voices from 1 – 10 in the order they appear on your reel. The only areas I thought there may be some similarity between voices were:
Voices # 2 and #3 (0:11 – 0:35), to my ear anyway, sounded quite similar, with # 3 just being louder.
Voices # 1 (0:00 – 0:11) and #5 (0:52 – 1:06 – “sorry I ate the landlord”) sounded similar to me.
But overall, great stuff! Hope this helps. Toque
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This….is my voice.
There is no music, and there are no sound effects…only the pure, clear sound, recorded for your ears.
I am a voice over artist, a voice actor, a voice talent, and I can convey my message in many ways, in many tones and with many emotions.
I can speak in a very light whisper, to share an intimate message with you. Or my voice can boom deeply, demanding respect from those who are listening. My voice can express sympathy to someone who has just experienced a great loss, or it can reflect the happiness one feels after having accomplished something great!
I sit (or stand) before this tube constructed of metals, of plastics, of wire and of silicon, which listens patiently to me, as if it were alive like a mistress, hour after hour, day after day and night after night. It never judges me, however it is a reflection of me….one which is neither vengeful, nor forgiving.
I am a voice actor…..and this is my voice.-
Good Overall!
If you did want areas I think you could improve, I’d say: When you talk about being sympathetic voice vs expressing happiness, try to express those without changing the volume of your voice. I would also look at changing the tone/inflection when you’re reading items on a list. eg; “I can convey my message in many ways, in many tones and with many emotions” it got a little monotonous.
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Did you write this? I can see this being a very cool project with clips from a bunch of different VOs edited together.
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Hello All! Back with a practice script I did a little editing and added some music I was wholely inspired by Sean my new friend who doesn’t know it yet! Lol But here goes I hope it sonds good I am playing more and more with editing and my Audacity 101 course is tonight! So excited!
M-me? steal the gem M’lord? laughable, really! I’ll admit, I’ve done some petty burglary in the past… But! but, I served my time for that! These preposterous accusations… do you really think I’d be capable of such a heist? P-please M’lord you must reconsider, please? You can’t be serious M’lord you must understand! No! Please, have mercy!
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Sounds great! maybe a little more energy, and maybe a pinch louder. In terms of interpretation, I’m certainly not saying the angle was ‘wrong’, but the vibe I got from this script was that it was a little more sheepish and guilty. The speaker is not just afraid of “M’lord” but also trying to make up excuses on the fly. When they say “But! But, I served my time for that!” it’s a coy coaxing. In “Do you really think ‘I’d’ be capable of such a heist, ‘I’ should be emphasised, as if maybe someone else could be certainly not the speaker. Again, this is strictly how I interpreted it, but it was basically a person of lower stature trying to manipulate their superior (to evade their wrath). Maybe try that as a variation.
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Wow, another great read Lexi! You’re killing it! If this is for an audiobook, it was spot on. If for an animation soundtrack, maybe the tempo should pick up a tiny bit? Tiny bit. Love the music!
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Hi I’m just beginning to get my feet wet in the VO world. Been enjoying the learning curve thus far. Have been learning the ropes with my
DAW and been practicing with some scripts. Would like to receive some feedback on one of my first recordings. Thanks-
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Great tone. You definitely have the pipes for it. Only 2 suggestions/notes:
1) slow down the delivery some. Don’t rush. Your natural tone just oozes gravitas, so no need to go fast to convey importance.
2) more of a production thing (I come from the production side of things and just always have an ear out): I heard a couple of little mouth clicks in there over the music, but they were isolated, so I would just take them out and it would be smooth as h**l from that side. -
Sean, that was great! Loved it all…if I would change one thing, it would be the pause between the last two words, which sounded more like a period (We think you’ll find the difference. Considerable.) than an ellipsis (We think you’ll find the difference…considerable!). Barely noticeable though. Great read.
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Sean Ima need you to stop ok. Just getting your feet wet??? You sound like a pro my man!!! Sound quality is tight added music sounds right! You must be extremly good with the technical side of things like editing and mastering. This sounds amazing I have nothing but kudos for you! And can we be friends?
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Hi everyone! here are 2 takes on the same script for any and all feedback. Just started experimenting with Audacity as a beginner. Let me know what you think. Thank you!
P.S. – The first recording is much quieter than the second, just a notice to turn the second one down a notch before listening.Mary
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Hi Mary. The second read is definitely the better one (no background static, and good volume). Toque
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Good afternoon! Here’s another quick recording I did. Please let me know what you think! I’m especially looking for feedback on tone and pace.
Trendi
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Hi Svenbot! Great energy and tone! Pace was good throughout, too; the only thing I might consider trying differently is that first Trendi.com. After listening a couple times, you basically say it the same way in both spots, but the first one has just a millisecond more of a pause before saying ‘dotcom’. To me it seemed the slightest bit awkward, as though it was a one-word sentence (“Trendi.” then “dot com.”) I’m REALLY nitpicking here…it was a great read! Looking forward to hearing more!
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Hi there! This is another audition piece for a campus tour video narration. The direction was “Looking for a positive informative voice to lead viewers through a virtual tour of campus.” Thanks for any feedback!
Katelyn
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Great job Katelyn! Very bright, clear read, nice pace. Makes me want to listen and learn. If I had any feedback for improvement, it would be that once or twice your “to” sounded like “ta”. I’ve done it myself many times. I try to avoid it by writing the word on my script as “2” rather than “to”. (Same thing with “4” instead of “for”). Excellent work! Toque
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Hello, everyone! Another raw home record (no filtering save a quick “de-noise”)
VO for spot where the visual is a sustained shot of a man quietly dumbfounded and mesmerized by the incredible TV picture he’s seeing (hence the hushed tone of the read).
Two selects from multiple takes for review. All comments welcome–my thanks for taking the time to listen!
SAMSUNG
This is the face of a man watching college football on an 82” Samsung QLED TV. He’s not watching his team, he doesn’t even have a team. He’s more of a golf guy. And yet, here we are. Captivating color. Gripping 4K. The massive 82” Samsung QLED TV. See nothing else.
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Hey Rogue1, I liked both reads! I could totally picture a guy watching as if hypnotized for the first read, really made me chuckle thinking about it. The second read was good as well, and I think draws you in more quickly and then brings you to the same ending point of the other script where you see a man hypnotized, like at first maybe he runs into the room then is stopped dead in his tracks by the awesome TV, whereas in the first one he is hypnotized the whole time.
I too think that you could really emphasize “82” SAMSUNG QLED TV” both times, to make it even more like a “Wow this is happening!” sort of moment, which might make it even more humorous. Really good!
Mary
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Hi hi! nice luxurious reads. I prefer the second option because I think it is hitting your goal but still has some energy to it. Without something visual to look at the first one was lulling me into a meditative state 🙂 Nice piece!
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Great reads! I can definitely picture what you described in regards to the man staring at the tv. I think it would be cool to blend both of your reads and start a little slower with the first line and really punch up the ” 82” Samsung QLED TV, and then more conversational and slightly faster pace with the rest. I love the quirkiness of this script and I totally thought this is something William Shatner would be suited to read as he has that sarcastic wit. Hopefully this is helpful. haha.
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