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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Apr 14, 2017 16:04:44 GMT -8
Mine are a mix of tongue twister phrases and warm up notes I borrowed from my old theater and choir days:
- Black Socks, they never get dirty the longer you wear them the stronger they get. Sometimes I think I should launder them but something keeps telling me don't wash them yet, not yet, not yet.
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
- Singing vowels up and down the scale and like an ambulance (Aaah, Eee, Iiii, Oooh, Ooou).
- Consonant pronunciation - PTKT & BDGD (say the latter one fast enough and it sounds like butter gutter, haha.)
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Mar 1, 2017 10:18:33 GMT -8
You can try, but I wouldn't use this form to submit to Voiceiyuu. Voiceiyuu hasn't been really been active in over a year. Ah. That would explain a lot, actually. Thanks for the update.
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Feb 24, 2017 18:18:36 GMT -8
I agree with LadyStardust, it's mostly through networking. I also found it helpful to use some keyword searches through various social media, you'd be surprised with what you can find with just that (Twitter and Reddit in particular). With that being said, I also have a few links that you can check out and see if it can help you: 1) This is a PDF compiled by Amy Jo Berman, it is a list of casting directors that you can find on twitter. Even though most are more aligned with TV and Film casting, they may post voice over casting calls/casting pools. amyjoberman.com/lp/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/193-CDs-on-Twitter-Amy-Jo-Berman-Mar-2016-v.1.pdf2) This a form you can fill out for a voice over talent pool hosted by Voiceiyuu. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkgWb7d7El-ESvt6TwHCRUMbtrxdggVdm6qZTMDARj4QfOGg/viewform3) Michaela Amanda Laws (the voice of Yandere Chan in Yandere Simulator and Director of Seraphim Entertainment) also posts casting calls for private casting pools for her upcoming visual novels once in awhile on her FaceBook page. Edit: 4) Oh! There is a community where those who are working on visual novels can post their work in progress. They also have threads exclusive for show casing voice talent and offering paid work (although the latter is mostly for writers and artists, but sometimes casting calls are posted there too.) lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewforum.php?f=58That's all I can think of right off the bat. If I remember any others I'll edit them into this post. Brittany Ann
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Feb 10, 2017 10:38:45 GMT -8
I've probably said it a zillion times already, but thank you duffyweber! I probably wouldn't have been able to figure it out without your help. If there's anything I can do to return the favour, please let me know.
- Brittany Ann
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Jan 31, 2017 13:47:04 GMT -8
I actually only started applying noise gate recently, as the hissing has been going on long before that and I thought it might help. I also took the suggestion to adjust the noise reduction level to 12/13 dB and ran through it twice. It does help some but unfortunately the hiss is still there.
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Jan 31, 2017 12:53:32 GMT -8
I found that warm-up exercises before a theatre performance works really well when it comes to warming up before recording. This is what I do: 1. I do some neck rolls by rotating my head very slowly clockwise and anti-clockwise. I also do some shoulder rolls by rotating them forward and backward. This helps warms up my neck and throat muscles. 2. I massage my whole face by drawing slow circles with the tip on my fingers to relax the muscles of my face (my jaw especially). 3. Sometimes I also jump up and down and move around to get the circulation going, especially if I'm going to be sitting for a long while. 4. Then comes Lion/Mouse technique, which is stretching the facial muscles. The first part is to stretch the mouth wide open, imitating a lion’s roar and snarl. After that switch to a mouse face immediately, by scrunching the facial muscles and looking small and meek. Switching between the lion and mouse helps in improving circulation in my face and gives my jaw a good workout. 5. There's also sticking out my tongue out as far as I can, trying to reach my chin by pulling it down or the tip of my nose by stretching it up. After that that doing tongue folds and trills - it helps make me less likely trip over myself when I speak. 6. Sirens are fun too. I practice with various vowels going up and down the scale, increasing and decreasing in volume and so on. 7. Then I start practicing with my articulation. PTKT (pronounced as puhh tuhh kuhh tuhh) and BDGD (pronounced buhh duhh guhh duhh). I practice saying them in various tempos. 8. Then come the tongue twisters. I pair those up with words with letters that are prone to plosives (t, k, p, d, g, and b) and excessive "puffing" (w/wh, h, and f). Doing that helps me to have better control over pronouncing those letters.
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Jan 29, 2017 15:26:29 GMT -8
Thanks duffyweber, I'll give it a try and I'll let you know how it turns out.
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Jan 29, 2017 9:36:21 GMT -8
Thank you.
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Jan 29, 2017 9:30:56 GMT -8
Hello duffyweber,
- Unfortunately I don't own an interface, as my microphone is a USB. The gain level in my DAW (Audacity 2.0.6) is set around 65% (which happens automatically when I adjust the level on my microphone). The gain level on the audio tracks themselves I usually don't touch, if I do it's never more than +5dB.
- After applying noise gate, which helps reduce anything at -48dB or lower, I select several seconds of background noise that is devoid of clicks, pops, breathing etc., select 'get noise profile,' then select the entire track and apply the noise removal. These are the settings I use: Noise Reduction: 24dB Sensitivity: 0.00dB Frequency Smoothing: 150Hz Attack/Decay: 0.15 Seconds (Note: I've tried playing around with these settings and it can remove the hiss, but it leaves the audio sounding very muted.)
- I also record the audio in 44100Hz, 24-bit rate, and save the initial recordings in .wav before doing any editing/clean up.
- I have a Pro-Tool M-Audio Producer USB microphone with a pop filter. The recording software I use is Audacity 2.0.6. I have a make-shift recording area with a combination of foam pads and blankets.
- Before I apply noise removal, the background noise is mostly low humming from my computer (which is easily removed, except for the hissing part during the dialogue of course.)
I have a strong suspicion that the hissing is a result of my microphone picking up noise from my computer. Unfortunately with a USB microphone and a short cord, I can't really get too far from it.
Thank you for replying , duffyweber. Any advice you may have is truly appreciated.
Brittany Ann
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Jan 28, 2017 11:50:48 GMT -8
Hello everyone! I am Brittany Ann. I have been voice acting since early 2010 (mostly machinimas and the like). I look forward to getting to know the other voice actors here. I'm not really sure what else to say about myself but if anyone has any questions they'd like to ask feel absolutely free. - Brittany Ann
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Post by Brittany Ann Phillips on Jan 28, 2017 11:19:28 GMT -8
I have a question. Is there anything that can be done if the hissing is still present in the dialogue portion of the recording? I follow the same process in audacity that duffyweber had explained but I still can't seem to reduce the hissing. In my recordings, the spaces between the dialogue is silent, which is good, however the moment that it starts so does the hissing. At first I thought I wasn't speaking loud enough, so I made sure that when I speak it is at least at -18db. However that didn't work so I tried adjust my microphone levels/sensitivity (both lower and higher) and that hasn't worked either. At this point I am stumped and any help would be greatly appreciated.
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