[David Goldberg]

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

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[Carita]

Would love some feedback on these two recordings.

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[Tates-VO]

The voice was pretty good though I wish you can slow down a little. If there pauses in the script it will help but otherwise good job

[Silver Wit]

Love your voice, but I feel like you’re rushing through the script. Your celeb read was good, but I’d say slow down a little and give the material a pause every now and then.

[raven808]

You have a wonderfully unique voice! For the celeb one.. perhaps emphasize a different word in the second sentence because “what if” stands out twice in a row.. On a different note, I bet you would sound great on cooking related scripts!

[latyesemca]

For Excedrin, I would say to slow down. The pacing was pretty fast and I jarring. Felt like one big sentence. Plosives weren’t noticeable so that’s a plus!

[ShellyMadison]

Hello again! I really appreciate this forum for the feedback I’ve received so far and learning from simply listening to you all work! Hoping to comment some more soon to try to be a modicum of helpful.

Would love some feedback on these to take into my next coaching session. Much thanks!

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[raven808]

I have to say, I genuinely enjoyed your voice! I loved the Cosmos one! I felt like I was listening to an intellectual engaging college professor in a lecture hall at a small boutique college. I also like the way you added emotions to the words in the the jazz one.

[Hazaro]

I enjoyed both these reads. The enunciation and pace were good and the tone(s) were engaging and felt appropriate for each piece.

[ikrani]

Another order from the boss (meaning my coach). I picked these two out myself to try to practice being a character without obviously affecting my voice. There’s a little vocal effect there in terms of accent in the “I Am Anxiety” read, but I hope it’s subtle yet distinct enough from my “normal” voice reading the tag at the end. I wanted to do an English accent for the former, since it’s all about fantasy, but I felt 1) the accent would be too obvious a vocal change and 2) the artist who designed the product being talked about is an American who primarily illustrated for American products.

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[Tates-VO]

I like the first one because your voice is telling a story which is pretty accurate so the tone was just fitting for this nice job

[Nikka Kowidge]

Love it! Great reads and vocal range. The anxiety character was excellent, the way you hit the consonants at the end of words and used a staccato for the lists really made me feel the anxiety! I also really appreciated the shift into the “info” voice at the end.

The Franklin mint one was also great. I loved the vocal tone. This read was long and technical, maybe it could benefit from a little more variety in tone or pacing.

[latyesemca]

I really enjoyed I am Anxiety! I would say that the pacing could’ve been a bit slower but I liked the character a lot! It sort of sent my mind into a spiral which was AWESOME! Fantastic read overall.

[RCampos]

Hi All,
I welcome your feedback on my pace in this VO. Recorded on cell phone, so no need for technical notes. Does this sound conversational? Thanks very much for sharing your thoughts.

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[Tates-VO]

I like how your voice sounds very mysterious but yet informative and the tone sounds good very nice

[RCampos]

Thanks very much for the helpful feedback!

[Hazaro]

I liked the pacing and enjoyed this read. It felt like the opening of documentary…and somehow the cell phone sounded like the actual distress call you were referring to was playing in the background and only lended to its authenticity! LOL

[RCampos]

Thanks very much for checking out the VO and taking the time to send me some feedback! I actually found an audio clip online of the “Julia” sound and I played that in the background. All the best, R

[RBenesVO]

Good Evening,

Looking for some feedback on a couple samples for an upcoming commercial demo. Inflection, pacing, and if I sound human or more robotic is helpful. Thanks!

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[Silver Wit]

You’ve got a great voice, but I feel like you could’ve put a bit more emotion behind your Mountain America read. Your voice sounds warm, but I wanted to feel warm, if that makes sense.

[Hazaro]

Good Reads! These are good spot choices for you. Would have loved to have heard a smile from you at the end of Mountain America to just drive it home.

[AJS10]

Hello! Not sure if you’ve already recorded this demo but thought I’d give some feedback! Re: Stihl: Really good read. I think if in the booth the main thing that would come up/be re-done is the way you say “three” in the beginning. It seems to go a little high. Mountain America is another great read… I’d only suggest adding a smile when you’re saying “A smile” in the beginning. I couldn’t really “hear” a smile from you. Overall… awesome job and I think your demo is going to be great… good luck!

[RBenesVO]

Appreciate the input, I’ll work on both! And demo is next month. Thanks again!

[Silver Wit]

Hello all! I have some recordings for my second commercial assignment that I’d love some feedback on. (part 3)

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[Hazaro]

The Tire spot sounded the best overall in tone, pacing and clarity. Very natural! (I think the disclaimer gets sped up if needed in post, though you can clearly do fast! LOL)
Really liked your tones for Crayola and Beringer. I would say just to be careful as some words sounded rushed rather than inflected, and then got lost. Tennessee Whiskey felt a bit disconnected – it’s anthem writing style not the most conversational to begin with. Maybe you can try responding to someone asking the question “But where are you born from?” to see if that might help the flow of it.

[Silver Wit]

Hello all! I have some recordings for my second commercial assignment that I’d love some feedback on. (Part 2)

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[Silver Wit]

Hello all! I have some recordings for my second commercial assignment that I’d love some feedback on.

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[ShellyMadison]

Howdy and hello!
This is my first time posting to the forum. I’m looking for any and all critiques and comments you have. I’m specifically working on my diction, especially endings of words, pace, and that ever important conversational tone. Recorded on phone voice memo app.

Thanks in advance!

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[latyesemca]

Documentary on Jazz sounded really smooth! The pacing for it was stable as well. I will say that the s’s were noticeable in the beginning but toned down throughout. Good job!

[RBenesVO]

I liked Bayer. You’ve got great diction and pronunciation. The pacing was also really good. The same items like breathes and plosives I mentioned earlier are there but overall I liked this read.

[RBenesVO]

Shelly, welcome to the forum! I’ll list out what I noticed. Volume sounds good, your voice is great, and I liked your drop off with “begins, here.” The others that stood out are a lot of plosives. I’m not sure if you are using a pop filter and/or how close you are to your mic but ~6″ is good and you can kinda talk over, under or to the side of the mic depending on which one you have and whether it’s inverted or not. I can also hear all your breathes distinctly. Sometime breathes are good but you can dial them down in editing for narration purposes so it’s less noticeable. I’m gonna look at your Bayer clip next.

[Kamasch]

Hi! Looking for feedback on this commercial clip. I’m focusing on sounding conversational and connected, but felt like I struggled with this one a bit. Any thoughts are appreciated!

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[cbehrens]

Great read! A thought I had would be to add in more of your perspective — what feeling would you imagine the listener experiencing related to this copy?

[latyesemca]

This was so nice to listen to! I will say, the sound was a bit low, so maybe it was the recording, or you were too far away from the mic? Either way, the pacing and infliction was convincing and made me want to hop on the website right then and there!

[RBenesVO]

I liked your read. Very clear voice, and pleasant to listen too. The volume was pretty low so I couldn’t listen for any smaller details without pulling it into my DAW. Are you normalizing your file to -3db? That’ll really help it stand out, and in a good way.

[Kamasch]

Thanks for the tip!! These were my first recordings, and I have a bit of a learning curve where the technical aspects are concerned. I’ll try normalizing the file next time.

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