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  • #15468
    David Goldberg
    Edge Studio Staff

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

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  • #81462
    becksflatt
    Participant

    Hi again. I’m back with a quicker read of the Greek vacation narration bit I posted the other day. Curious if this feels like a good middle ground as far as pace goes. I tend to read on the faster side and sometimes overcorrect in the opposite direction. I’ve added a few others I’m working on for my demo. I’m using Izotope De-esser and De-click very lightly on all of these which are new to my setup. Any feedback is welcome. Thanks!

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    • #81512
      Grace17
      Participant

      For App notification, the read is a nice pace. I would recommend more flow between your words while maintaining the great enunciation you already have.

      WorkLife is also a nice pace and great read. Your attitude and tone remain the same throughout and that attitude and tone is great for setting up the “problem” in the copy but there’s a change in the message and it doesn’t sound like your tone and attitude changed enough with it. In my opinion, from “Let’s focus on some of the daily choices you can make.” a more upbeat, tone would match the solutions you’re presenting now.

      The pace is nice in climate change and Greece 2.0. I recommend letting more of your personality out to improve the believability of the reads, especially when it comes to the seriousness of climate change, without pushing of course. Just a little thing, the line “Greece is actually very affordable if you know where to go” could benefit from sounding more like you’re telling me a secret, or like you’re about to reveal something big. You’re on your way to making a great demo though!

      • #81562
        mattjfogarty
        Participant

        I agree with Grace that you are well on your way to a great demo. I too would like to hear a little more of you…a little more variability and personality. You have such a nice sound. It sometimes felt like you weren’t letting enough of it out…give us more goodness :). I always notice technical a lot. Just how my ears are. I noticed a heavy rumble or hum in your noise floor. And in some places you have edited it so the difference between the rumble and the edited quieter spots is really noticeable. I played around in audition and izotope with a few different things. Adobe Auditions plain denoise plugin (not the denoise process) seemed to handle it best. I will upload on of the files after briefly doing that so you can here the diff. I wonder if you have either your computer near where you are recording, or a AC or similar on? Sounded like the computer fan perhaps.

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  • #81436
    curtmartin13
    Participant

    Hi guys,
    Attaching some narration samples here, and welcome any feedback you may be willing to provide. I’ve been working on pacing and enunciation (wanting to enunciate without overdoing it). I’m pending some new equipment, so I’m aware that the technical quality is a bit wanting.
    Thanks very much!
    –Curt

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    • #81704
      jadethevo
      Participant

      Hi there,

      I could only get the Cosmos recording to play. This was very clear and well-paced.

  • #81430
    DillonP
    Participant

    Hello everyone it has been sometime since I had posted anything for feedback on how I am doing regarding my training and improving as a voice actor. I had just submitted new recordings. the first is an commercial witch I had done in the past, and posted on the forum, but is new and improved, and also an narration piece. Please give your feedback and let me know if I am starting to get a bit rusty in my speech, spelling and enunciation skills are starting to dwindle a bit. I will continue to keep on improving and posting new Narration and Commercial too work toward my goal as a voice actor and wish the best for everyone else as well.

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  • #81427
    Aliya
    Participant

    Hey again, I went for a Friendly and Knowledgeable narration for this Dr. Seuss audio tour.
    Feel free to leave feedback on anything.
    Would you take this tour?

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    • #81443
      Grace17
      Participant

      You sound friendly and knowledgeable, professional as well. I really like how pleasant and resonant your voice is. Your read is really good! It’s hard to give feedback on it because there’s nothing really “wrong” with it. It sounds like a tour that would be in a museum. I sensed some genuine emotion in the read, but I think it would benefit from displaying more of that genuine emotion and personality. That would really make it “pop” above the competition in an audition I think. Because this narration is a little long (even though it’s just 1 minute, small attention span I guess), I think it’s very important to keep the listener’s attention. It seemed like you were reading a bit predictably, and by sounding more like a machine in some parts, my mind stopped paying as much attention. I would advise inviting more range in tone and genuine emotion to keep the listener’s attention. But regardless, this was a great read!

  • #81422
    Grace17
    Participant

    Hi everyone,
    Would appreciate feedback on this. Thanks!

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    • #81429
      Aliya
      Participant

      Nice! There was a clear difference between all of you takes! Especially from the compassionate to the happy. Compassionate read sounded really sincere and caring! I wonder how they would sound if you slowed your pace a bit in the more confident reads. You sound confident but my brain had a hard time keeping up with the info you were saying. Great reads!

      • #81442
        Grace17
        Participant

        Thank you Aliya. I really appreciate your feedback. A slower pace is a great suggestion.:)

  • #81414
    Madhatr673110
    Participant

    More Commercial homework. As always, I appreciate the feedback.

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  • #81411
    Aliya
    Participant

    Hey everyone, I’m hoping to sound relatable and genuine in this Beethoven Narration. I would love your feedback.
    Feel free to comment on sound quality or anything else!

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    • #81421
      Lyle Blaker
      Participant

      Love it. I could hear this in a documentary. Very nice to listen to and easy to follow. Your cadence has a nice staccato rhythm without being choppy but I wonder what would happen if you would smooth out a few of the sentences to connect phrases/thoughts. which would add a nice contrast to your natural rhythm. Really nice overall!

  • #81404
    becksflatt
    Participant

    Hi everybody. I’m practicing for my narration demo and would love some feedback on this one. How’s the pace / is it conversational / any technical issues? Thanks!

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    • #81420
      Lyle Blaker
      Participant

      Really nice! You have easy to listen to tone. I agree with Jadethevo as well. I think you could achieve more of the conversational tone you are looking for just by picking up the pace of the read a little, and/or getting rid of intra-sentence micro pauses (example is the list at the top of the script). I’m super cognizant of this because of my own coaching sessions. Keep up the great work!

    • #81408
      jadethevo
      Participant

      This was a very clean read and it does sound conversational. I would love to hear it paced just slightly faster, and I encourage you to lean more into the conversation.

  • #81401
    Declan Waters
    Participant

    Good Evening All,

    A couple practice scripts. Would appreciate any feedback!

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    • #81409
      jadethevo
      Participant

      Loved Six Flags! You did a great job acting, and making distinctions between the different “no”s. I think for Ancient Mysteries, you needed just a little bit more of a deeper inhale before you started, it sounded like you were losing your breath a bit with each word. Still pretty good, though.

      • #81435
        Declan Waters
        Participant

        Tremendously valuable, thanks so much!

  • #81394
    billmull
    Participant

    Hello,

    I would appreciate any feedback as to how conversational I sound. I am not looking for feedback regarding recording quality.

    The script is from Edge Studio’s script library.

    Thanks,

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    • #81440
      Grace17
      Participant

      Your voice sounds really clear with great enunciation. I think you’re getting there with the conversational aspect. I don’t quite feel as an audience member that you’re talking to me. It still has a manufactured sort of robotic tone to it. I advice choosing someone you have a relationship with in real life and REALLY talking to them while still enunciating words well like you do. Practice makes it easier. Forget that you’re recording or putting on a performance and focus on your intent in speaking to your imagined person.

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