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Hi! Upload your recordings, and get feedback from your peers!
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I would love any feedback.
I’m aware that I have some breathing sounds in some of the pauses but I chose to leave those in.
Thanks
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I’m hearing alot of sibilance in this. I like the sound of your voice. But this not the copy to showcase it. You sound detached from the basketball lines if that makes sense. Any copy I read I always try to find some attachment to it. To relate it to my own personal experience. I’d love to hear some other copy that really resonates with you.
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Thanks for the response.
Your feedback is very perceptive. Truth be told, I did not feel very good copy connection to the script, but I decided to take a shot at it anyway to see if I could pull it off (which obviously I didn’t). A lesson which I continue to learn about VO is that you can’t fake it. We have to believe what we’re saying or the listeners will be able to tell.
You’re the second person who has told me that they hear sibilance in my reads, so I’ve gotten a hold of a de-esser which I plan to start applying to my audio recordings.
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Yeah, it’s difficult finding our niche. I still attempt reads that I know I’m not geared for. It’s good practice. As for the sibilance it’s a b***h lol I’ve been messing mith my settings all weekend as well as playing with the de-esser and de-clicker that I just installed on Audacity. Which daw do you use ?
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Took Alex S’s advice and lengthened the pauses slightly. Also cleaned up the clicks and mouth noises as much
as Audacity allows. I also bumped up the volume of the music bed. Any comments or critiques welcomed.-
I like this read very much. I’ve produced quite a few television specials for Discovery and other channels, and your style, I think, fits many of those shows very well. Here are a couple of notes.
I hear a couple of rapid shifts in your voice, almost like cracks, in the words “day” and “across.” I saw in your notes that you have been working with settings in Audacity. I’m wondering if that has boosted sibilance on these words: grass, some, months, grasslands, abundance. Having said that, you do an excellent job, and I also appreciated your feedback on my AIG VO. If you’re going to be around on the Forum I would welcome your thoughts on my future uploads. Thank you! -
I’m having trouble finding anything not to like about this read.
Not sure if you know this or not but there is a free de-clicking plug-in you can download for audacity. Search on “de-clicker plugin audacity” and you’ll find it.
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Thanks Bill. I did apply the de-clicker to this one. It eliminated most of them except for a couple of stubborn ones.
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Hi Everyone,
This is my first time posting to the Feedback Forum. I’m in the one-on-one coaching process for narration and commercials. I’m new to VO so any feedback on these two reads would be great! Thank you for your time!
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Very nice for your first efforts on the feedback forum! (Also, welcome to VO!)
For both reads I suggest that you make sure to smile while reading. I suggest an especially big smile for HookedOnPhonics since its related to something for children.
Technically, keep in mind that when you export an audio file as an MP3 you are getting a compressed version of the full digital recording. So you need to make sure to leave about 2 seconds of dead air at the very start and very end of the original audio file. Otherwise either the very start or the very end of the speaking will get cut off in the MP3. This is what happened at the end of AmericanAirlines.
Keep up the good work.
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Good Afternoon – I’ve attached a piece I am working on for my narration reel. I would be appreciative of any type of feedback. Thanks so much.
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Oh my gosh I love the way you annunciate ‘hundreds!’ I was hooked on the narration, but when you get to the ‘great for humans’ bit your narration could be more conversational. As a listener, I felt like you were reading a brochure rather than talking to me about the migration.
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Hello Everyone,
Happy New Year! This is my first time participating in the forum, and I am really excited to get started. I have uploaded two recordings, and would love some feedback. I recorded them on my phone, so please keep the feedback centered around the content and not the quality 🙂
I am currently working on my speed and diction, here are a couple of questions I would appreciate you answering:
-How is my pace?
-Can you understand me clearly?
-How is my diction?
-Does my read sound conversational?Thank you so much for your time! I look forward to your feedback.
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I give you high marks on pace, diction, and conversational style for both reads.
For recording2 I suggest that when you get to the punchline to go a bit more over the top to accentuate the joke (because it’s a good one).
I understand that you recorded these on your phone, but the muffled quality of the sound does make it hard to clearly hear your voice and evaluate your speaking as much as would be ideal. So if there is a way that in the future you could find another way to record your speaking that may be a good idea.
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Hello VO Colleagues, and Belated HNY to you! May much success (and good health) characterize your ’23. Stylistic and Technical feedback welcome on this “Nike No Limit” recording. No direction given–just a link to a video with a staccato of athletic visuals echoing the copy. Your typical, iconic Nike intensity and aspiration. Thank you!
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Hi ALex, There are a lot of short phrases and action words in this copy. I thought you did a good job of varying pitch while going through them. About 5 seconds in, I think you say ‘through sunrise’ or ‘through some highs’, so you might want to work on that piece, but otherwise, it was pretty good. Keep it up!
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I’m working on being more conversational for narration and tutorials. No technical notes please, but any other feedback is appreciated!
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Hi, Earthbul. Man, your timbre is enviable for this type of copy. I think if you address just a couple of issues, I’m ready to tune into this nature special: (1) I hear several clicks and some juiciness in your narration–edit these out for smoothness or try another take with these mouth-noises in mind; and (2) I believe if you slow your pace down a bit to allow me to absorb the visuals of your narration (and images that would be on screen) that would make your good read greater. Well done! Best, Alex
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I fully agree on the mouth noise. Hoped the music would distract from it in earlier versions lol I also feel the pauses should be longer in spots. I enjoy narration but I’m more comfortable with an upbeat commercial read. As for audio, I’m always tinkering with audacity settings to find the sweet spot. Thanks again for your take on it. I appreciate it.
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Hello fellow, VO actors! I’m looking for feedback on the following practice read. I’m looking to sound conversational and reduce my glottal stops. Thoughts? Any and all feedback minus the technical appreciated! Thank you all so much.
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Hi Nikka, I really appreciate the energy you’re bringing to this read and can tell you connect with the material. I think picturing a particular person and really speaking to them might help you with being conversational. With regard to glottal stops, one trick I learned a long time ago in a theatre context is to put a teeny ‘h’ before the vowel, just to get your air moving. Full disclosure: I’m a newbie to the world of VO and I have no idea whether the pros would agree with me — that might be something that microphones would too easily catch. But, could be worth a try! -Hondo
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