Will my suffering ever end? :,)

>>Link with an example of this "fade out"<<

(I didn't raise the volume, this is how the recording came out with my gain settings)

Hey! So I’m a voice actor and after my older mic started causing unbearable background noise I decided to get a RODE NT1 Signature Series. I just got it today after I ordered it yesterday from Amazon and although everything seemed great at first after about 15 minutes of recording the sound started to fade out until no input was being recorded.

I have an SSL2 which comes with a meter that lights up to indicate input and volume level, which after this fade out showed completely unresponsive, as if there were no microphone connected effectively.

After this happened I assumed maybe it was my XLR cable so I swapped it with the new one that came with the NT1. After about 10 minutes the same fade out thing happened. It happened twice more afterwards.

The only thing I think possible is the capsule dying after some loud input but although I notice this mic requires less gain than my previous one (At2020) and I did clip the audio a few times, my gain was never set up at a really high level (only up to about the halfway point).

What I did try out at the end tho, is I set my gain at about 1/3 of the way through and simply recorded my talking into the mic at a regular speaking level for a while. 25+ minutes passed and the audio was fine all throughout.

So now I’m just left wondering if this issue is resolved by simply setting my gain at a lower level, if it’s a preset that caps off sound past a certain level in either the mic or my DAW (audacity) or if there’s actually just something wrong with the microphone, in which case I’d rather just return it ASAP and get a new one!

Thanks for any and all help!

This kind of issue had never happened to me before and I’m just so tired of struggling with my equipment (it’s been months at this point and I’ve literally replaced all of my stuff now) :,)

I love how they laugh, but I can't seem to mimic them. Everytime I try I end up sounding like a monkey.

I want to add royalty-free music to my demo. Can anyone recommend music platforms to use? I want to post my demo on YouTube, my website, and Voices.com.

Pretty much the subject.

I just wanted to share my VO accomplishments from 2024. This year has been big for me, career-wise. At the beginning of the year, I got representation with a small LA agency. I became good friends with my mentor, Debi Derryberry (Jimmy Neutron), who I'll be forever grateful for. I got to hang out with her in studio for a week, and work alongside her. I met some other really important industry individuals, and my husband and I bought a house in LA - thanks to her hooking me up with my amazing realtor.

This summer I got to do some background voices on a Netflix anime. Then last week, I got signed by one of the big agencies in Los Angeles. They do a ton of animation and games, which is what I'm looking to specialize in, and the reason I'm moving to LA. I'm currently packing up my life in Seattle, and I'm ready to start a new chapter in CA. :)

I'm hoping next year is even better than this year, career-wise!

I recently decided that I would like to start my va career. I am already a model and I did few commercials with my agency. I know that probably doesn't count as an expirence but can anyone help me understand how to get a va coach? Can they be online classes or in-person? I know that most of vo jobs require an agent, so how do I get expirence and trough what do I find open casting calls for voice acting? I made voices.com account just recently and it's under review. Shortly, can someone please tell me how to start va at 14 very detailed?

How'd I do?

I know I’ve been making a lot of posts recently but I’ve just hit a rough patch mentally, this is all I’ve ever wanted to do and everything I have done feels like the wrong thing to do and it has cost me so much; so please rate my home studio and tell me how I messed up this part, maybe I’ll learn something finally.

I am so sorry if this isn’t an allowed (I swear I read the rules) but I have no one to share this with. I’m so excited!!!!

Do you all have any recommendations or warnings for me? I’m looking at 4 hour sessions over 2 days and even just advice how to pace myself would be nice!

My nose can be perfectly fine when I start recording, but over time, I suddenly start to become conscious of it getting stuffier. Like he more I talk, the harsher it gets. I'm guessing it's dehydration, but I drink a lot all the time.

I am a voice actor and usually go to the studios to record but I have recorded for one indie game at home and it was passable. However I moved apartments and with the same mic but my main room is too big and echoey, so I moved to a smaller room, played with the settings and improved it but the quality was not good enough for the guy and he couldn't use it for the DLC ( I think he could have cleaned it up but he is on a tight deadline )

So, I plan on getting the best studio quality that I can for Video games, audiobooks and just general voice over work that I can record at home, that is my main priority. I also teach remotely so good sound and video is also important but I wouldn't choose a mic over having both.

I have attached a photo of the soundbox that I made that I place the microphone inside and I will most likely work in the smaller room for recording, cover the windows ( at the moment there are blinds no curtains ) and then put up some sound materials on the walls.

One audio guy seemed to think that the mke600 had a more natural sound than the NT1-A and that his clients liked it more since he switched.

With the SM7B it seems that it has a good sound just for voice and with a decent enough interface or with a cloud lifter it can give a warmer sound with good reduction of background noise.

So I am a bit stuck.

I am willing to pay whatever I need and to buy whatever accessories and bits I need for each setup and so far only want to focus on the voice acting and then can look into music production and stuff later.

I know that I will have to treat the space in any case and maybe even after doing that get one of those vocal booths so I really don't want to buy a microphone now, then get another when the "project" is finished.

What do you guys think between these mics, assuming that I will make the space as good as I can with the walls, floor, windows covered and treated ( my place is quiet BTW so I don't have outside noise really) and using a booth and or box. I would focus on video game VO, audiobooks, Ad VOs and even educational instructional. If I can do my own VO narration for Youtube too that would be great.

I know I am kind of doing this backwards but appreciate advice.

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Hello. I'm new to voiceover and am seriously stuck on whether to purchase a MacBook Air or a Microsoft Surface. I also plan to use this laptop for my photography as well. Please help guide me!

Thank you.

Hello folks Tomorrow is the third brilliant friendly and fun AUDIO DRAMA HUB PODFEST with some astoundingly talented folks from the indie audio drama world delivering workshops and chatting on unmissable panels.

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Hey!

I’m producing a new audio project and there are two roles open for audition: Nana (55-75) and Boy (5-8ish).

For this audition, there’s a theme song and some lines of dialogue.

We anticipate approximately 8 hours of work per character in total over the next couple of months. The majority will be dialogue, with a handful of ditties and the gently customized end lullaby sung by Nana.

This a non-union work-for-hire and the pay is $1,600 per character.

Please send inquiries to uobucasting@gmail.com. We hope to begin call backs by November 5, 2024.

Thanks!

This is a link to my bodalgo page, I’m just starting out and I was wondering if anyone could critique my demo or give me any advice. I got it made last week and now I'm scared and not sure if I'm putting the right foot forward: I was auditioning for roles and I feel like I'm doing something wrong, like I'm missing a step; please help anyway you can, I just joined this community and everyone seems so nice and helpful, it makes me feel like I chose the right career.

Thanks in Advance.

So I've been told a few times that I have a distinct voice and I've always wanted to do voice work. I'm working up the courage to make an audio post but I'm nervous. Where can I submit a recording and get feed back from people who do that type of thing and see if I have a digestible voice? Ya know, whether or not I have the chops kind of thing. I'm so scared to record because I don't want to make an ass of myself. 😅 😳

I've tried before and got laughs for the funny voice I was doing but I don't know whether they were laughing with me or at me. I got partially embarrassed and that feeling sucks.

I need a woman voice actor who's Polish and can speak english for a Maus animation I made. The animation is of a scene in the novel where Vladek's wife gets a letter from the mail. Letter defamed Vladek for using women for money. Anja is distraught from this letter. The animation is 8 seconds and I will pay $50-$75 with tip and the payment will go through PayPal or possibly Cashapp. Price is non negotiatable

I have a ton of professionally done recordings of my own voice work from voice classes - commercial and animation.

I don't have the money to create a professional Demo right now, but I do have the knowledge to cut and paste these recordings together and make some form of demo - Not for agents, but for P2P until I have the finances for a real Demo.

Is this uncouth? I can't decide if this is kinda dirty or if it's ok to cheat the system. Thoughts?

When I record I always have to edit out the sounds of clicks and smacking right before I talk. I think I just have a bad habit of making those little mouth sounds before I talk. Does anyone else do this and did you change the way you talk to not do that anymore?

I was recently hired to do the voice of the villain "Nanite" in the comic book series Captain Fire, what do you guys think? I had alot of fun working on it! Anything that I can do to improve and get better is always much appreciated. https://youtu.be/e_cHI7caUAY?si=HtfrTNjBhjvZwGUQ

TransPerfect has been a known AI issue for a while now in the community, with people recruiting on Casting Call Club and on here, and it appearing incredibly shady. Now it seems they've found a sneakier way to do it, most likely through this Reddit.

I got an email from their company "Dataforce" letting me know that they found me on their email list because I've previously applied to jobs from them before, which I've never knowingly done. With a little bit of Googling, they seem to be AI based, and the work they were requested was translation work with clear audio and no speech impediments, which is a usual mark for AI. The only time that email address has ever been given out was through this Reddit. I imagine it probably came from one of the people on here who said they'd email me an audition script but never sent one and instead used my email for this company.

Please be aware of this company trying more strategies to get your voice for their AI.

Please take down if not allowed. My wife and I do very intricate roleplays over text, and I create the worlds and play all characters but hers. The stories I create last a very long time and are very in depth. I have to kill one of her favorite characters to cement a villain, and I wanted to create a sort of an “audio-cutscene” for the scene where they die. (We both enjoy gut wrenching stories, I’m not being mean to her) I need a male and a female voice, both will need to speak while crying, the woman will need to scream/wail. The entire scene won’t be more than 3-4 minutes. Both young voices (mid twenties) and happy to pay what’s fair! (I’d like to stay under $100 per person, I don’t know if that’s too cheap, please lmk) (Depending on what this costs, maybe a narrator too)

So far I’ve gotten all of my jobs from P2Ps but recently a client wants to hire me long term for a meditation type app. Each recording would typically be around 5 mins or so. So 2 questions:

1. What would I charge for something like that? Usually I go by GVAA but I can’t quite figure out what category this would fall under.

2. What’s all the business and legal stuff I should know dealing with a client on my own? I’ve heard mentions of things like contracts, taxes, and such, but I want to make sure I’ve got all my T’s and C’s nailed down so I can handle this professionally and legally and won’t accidentally screw myself over.

My current main Mic is my Neumann TLM-102. I love it and it does really well in my recording space. I made my recording space myself and tweak and add to it to make it better when I can. I chose the 102 instead of the 103 because it isn’t as sensitive and pics up less background noise. I recently had an amazing opportunity to talk with a fairly well know voice actor who narrates a multiple books a month. They told me they use an Electro-Voice RE 20 because it does really well eliminating background noise. I’m looking into getting one but I wanted opinions from a home I can on there thoughts about the RE 20. Is it really that good if background noise is a regular concern?

I'm not too sure if this is the right place to talk about this?

Hello everybody, I just started my voice acting journey (kinda) and I was wondering when should I create a website and things like that, I have multiple accounts on multiple platforms and i would love a way for people to find me easier. What should I do and is there anything else I would need a website for?

Hello I need help identifying a voice in an obscure anime but everything in me is telling me it’s a huge voice but for whatever reason I can’t find any info the character is An Baba in 100 girlfriends episode 2 17:39 (the character is the old woman) please help this is driving me insane (English Va )

Hey VoiceActing sub! Something that has surprised me a little bit is that no one has talked about THIS.

Apple M-silicon laptops! Finally, technology has delivered to us this “God sent”. (Okay, it’s been around for a couple years now).

So listen, the “new” Apple “M” MacBook Airs are all FAN-LESS! This means you can have your computer right next to your microphone without any worry of fan noise. Note that the MacBook Pros still have fans, however.

Essentially, with the advent of the M chips, any new MacBook Air (M1, M2, M3) totally eliminates the concern of having to isolate your computer or putting it in a different space.

Fan noise sucks, and will wreck your noise floor. A new MacBook Air doesn’t have a fan! Silent as an iPad.