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[vorpaldinger]

I'd be interested in donating some line readings, as long as it wasn't for some huge and sprawling indie version of fallout III. I performed on an audiobook recently for simon& schuster, & I have a good digital audio recorder.

[ness io kain]

I love this idea, because I would like to include voices in my games, and my own voice is... not very likable.
What Mr. Sandoval said is an unfortunate and significant problem, though. My solo project is currently in the very early stages, and it may never fully emerge, but if it does, I will need several female voice actors.

Anyway, if my idea for the compo gets off the ground, I'll probably be asking you folks for help!

[Evan Balster]

The shorter mic cable you can get, the better to maintain audio quality. I couldn't say exactly why, but it's the what every professional engineer I've met has told me.

I use a fifteen-foot cable.  It's a convenient length, and I'd stress the importance of being able to get away from your computer.  Even quiet laptops have surprising effects on recordings.

I had the guidance of an audio engineer friend while looking for most of this stuff.

[PaulForey]

On cable length:

It's a matter of the weakest link in the chain. The quality of a recording is bottlenecked by the worst piece of equipment you have or the room's acoustics or the performance itself.

While a shorter cable does indeed mean less analogue signal degradation, this won't matter one bit if you're using a sub-par microphone, or a dodgy soundcard with poor quality analogue to digital conversion, or if you're in a terrible sounding room (Cellulose's advice on this is good stuff). And no-one is going to notice any of these issues if the performance itself isn't up to scratch

To sum it up, only worry about the length/quality of your cables if everything else is awesome first.

And yeah, computer hum/noise in the background is more noticeable than signal degradation in an audio cable. In the studio's I do the occasional work in, most of the cables are 6 meters in length (so that's just under 20 feet).

[Trevor Dunbar]

I wanna join, I can do all kinds of crazy cool cartoon voices <4
(No really, not trolling. I talk in all kinds of different voices during the day because I get bored and like to inflect in all the different voice's mannerisms. I also don't have multiple personality disorder )

[Evan Balster]

So I'm starting to wonder if we should piggyback this on TIGS or have a sister site elsewhere like Newgrounds does.  I could host one easily.  But is that overkill?

Thoughts?  :/

EDIT: ooh, I've got a sexy domain name lined up too...

[mewse]

My trouble is that I don't have a room with good acoustics.. have everything else sorted out, but everything sounds vaguely echo-ey because of nasty audio bouncing off all the walls.. 

I really need to find something to absorb some of that sound..

[LemonScented]

I'm a little concerned that the acronym for this is TIGVAG, but otherwise it's a nice idea. I have a couple of "meh" microphones (better than headset mics but by no means fancy), and can do English accents and hilariously bad accents from some other countries. I'd be happy to contribute if people need a Brit voice (I have no idea if it's a particularly pleasant voice - to me it sounds like nails down a blackboard, but I think that's true of everyone who hears their voice played back from a recording). Mostly I might be interested as a customer. If this thing is going to fly, we need demo reels.

DEMO REEL POSTINGS: ACTIVATE!

[Trevor Dunbar]

If I post some voice stuff, I expect some kind-of instant feedback!

[ink.inc]

If I post some voice stuff, I expect some kind-of instant feedback!

do it

do it for honor

for glory

[MaloEspada]

are there no girls in this

[ink.inc]

TIGS is one big cockmeat sandwich. 

[mankoon]

It would be fun to try this. The links to the resources equipment is helpful but I'm broke right now. I need that sort of stuff anyway for the future. VO is fun. My sneezes sound like link's attacks VO! Too bad that's probably not useful!

[mewse]

I really need to find something to absorb some of that sound..

If you have bad acoustics in your room, make sure your microphone is dynamic (not condenser) and has a cardioid pattern. Or even better, a supercardioid pattern. That will prevent a lot of unwanted noise from going into your recording. An example microphone is the Shure SM58 or Beta 58.

Yeah, mine is a condenser microphone, though it does have a cardioid pattern. 

Anyhow, I don't have a problem with noise;  I can get the room positively silent.  It's just that I end up with a hint of echo bouncing from the mostly-bare walls.

[McMutton]

Why not build some sort of thick curtain on a frame that can surround your workstation?

[vorpaldinger]

You guys need to find some:

1) Girls

2) Old People

3) Kids

I think it's not going to be a problem finding young dudes willing to do all sorts of embarrassing characterizations, but there's nothing worse than hearing a young guy do a fake old person or a fake kid voice. You need to find someone with kids to rent out, or someone with a really bored older aunt/uncle on disability.

[ness io kain]

3) Kids

This is always of high importance to me; it bugs me to no end when people use adult voice actors for child characters. Sometimes it's convincing and it works really well, but even then it irritates me just knowing it wasn't a real kid!

[Evan Balster]

Why not build some sort of thick curtain on a frame that can surround your workstation?

I hear this works really well.  Better solution than going with an inferior dynamic microphone anyway.

Again, try to pad the inside of a closet or something.  Unless you're in a dorm room like me, in which case you're sorta screwed.  (I use another place on campus)


Female members would be incredibly useful; we could look into finding some from outside of TIGS.  I know a community that might have a few takers to that end.

I think I can pull older male voices off pretty well, for whatever that's worth.  I'm still practicing, though.

[Trevor Dunbar]

I just listened to my old stuff; OH THE HUMANITYYYY  
(oh the huge manatee)




Lock a talking toucan in a recording booth = comedy.
(This isn't my old stuff in-case you are wondering...) >_>>>>

[Renton]

I'm willing to do voices for free if you buy me the equipment!