First time trying to build a booth, how's it look?

Voiceover is a long journey.

Voiceover is a process.

Voiceover is not just reading.

Voiceover is NOT easy.

EVERYONE was told the same thing---"you have a great voice!"

Voiceover is not about your voice. It's what you do with it.

Be humble.

Don't expect success.

Don't expect to be the voice of McDonald's in your first week.

Market yourself----it's a business even if you're doing in part-time.

Start part-time.

Keep your full-time job to pay the bills.

Be humble.

Beware of shitty people they're everywhere.

Beware of people who just want your $$$

Don't try to sound like anyone else.

Be yourself.

We all do it.......try not to compare yourself to anyone.

Set attainable but REALISTIC goals.

Be humble.

Not trying to be negative....just a realist.

Hi all! I ordered a Studiobricks One Plus VO Edition and it arrived/was partially built last week-- the experience hasn't been stellar (though the booth sounds great!)...

The booth arrived nearly falling over sideways (all 1300 lbs) off the palette and we had to have someone hold it upright as we unpacked because it was tipping over upon delivery. This was to the point that the deliveryman was worried about it falling over and asked us to help him unload it off the truck. Also, several building blocks were lightly damaged, I think due to items shifting during transit.

After building the exterior and giving Studiobricks a head's up about some of the damage, I realized that the desk table and its cable management didn't fit/was miscut (you can still see the pencil marks from where they were supposed to cut the desk) and my Yellowtec mic arm's XLR cable was damaged to the point that the wiring was showing, rendering the arm unusable.

They seemed to take the damage seriously and offered me a bit of money off for the original damages to the booth exterior, which were mostly superficial. They have said they're sending me new desk parts (though the weight of the package sent does not match the weight of the desk, so I'm not sure what specifically is being sent) and, as of now, replacing the mic arm is up in the air because it's through another company. I also believe contractually I have to pay for shipping and customs for these additional parts.

I have a few questions to folks who have bought the booth before:

1. Is this a typical experience, haha? I've only heard good things about Studiobricks before this!
2. My booth came with instructions (via email) that were years old and didn't match the current model of booth I had, was that also the case for other folks? The instruction QR code for the booth led to a broken link for me.
3. Which kind of leads me to this point... was there a space on the wall to place your monitor mount, or did you have to pull off some of the foam paneling? I'm not sure where to put the mount! Thanks :)

I can attach images if that's helpful. Thank you all for your thoughts.

I 13M wanna know if I sound like a young adult 18 to 23 Cuse to me I sound like a young man but I dont know if I sound like that to other people https://voca.ro/19VLkEvK4Kms

Hello,

I currently operate a fast-growing police bodycam YouTube channel with a large and highly engaged viewer base, and we are looking for a spokesperson/presenter to appear in our videos, react to bodycam footage, and provide light commentary throughout.

The style would be similar to channels like:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheSergeantSteve

We provide you with the script, footage, talking points, and everything else you need to complete each video. Our team handles the research, editing, thumbnails, publishing, and overall production process. Your main responsibility would simply be recording your presenting and reaction segments.

Each bodycam video should take a maximum of around 30–40 minutes to react to and provide commentary on. We are looking for someone who can consistently present and react to approximately 10–15 bodycam videos per week.

Payment: $500 USD per week / $2,000 USD per month

You can choose whether you prefer to be paid weekly or monthly. We also offer additional performance-based bonuses for videos that perform particularly well.

We are specifically looking for someone who is based in the United States and speaks with a natural American accent.

What we're looking for:

• Confident and natural on camera
• A strong personality and the ability to keep viewers engaged
• Fluent English with a natural American accent
• Comfortable reacting to police bodycam footage
• Genuinely enjoys and has an interest in watching police bodycam content on YouTube
• Able to deliver scripted sections naturally without sounding overly rehearsed
• Reliable and able to record consistently

Previous presenting, YouTube, podcasting, acting, commentary, or law-enforcement experience would be a strong advantage, but it is not absolutely required.

Our videos regularly reach hundreds of thousands of viewers, and we are looking for someone who could potentially become a recognizable long-term face of the channel. There is significant room to grow with us as the channel continues to expand.

We are also open to working with existing creators and can help promote your personal brand, YouTube channel, or social media through the videos you appear in.

How to Apply:

Please send me a 60-second video recording of yourself explaining why you believe you would be a good fit for this role. This will help us get a sense of your personality, confidence, and on-camera presence.

Please send your application video directly to me on Discord:

Discord: tomdolton95

We are looking to find the right person to build a strong, long-term working relationship with and look forward to hearing from you.

I'm looking to upgrade my setup for voice acting for 200$

For mics I was thinking about getting the AKG P120 or the Maono PM320 with the Fifine SC-1 what Microphone should I pick and do you have any other options

Hello sound engineer guys , I need your advice about something.
While filming, my English isn’t always strong enough, so I sometimes end up using the wrong words during the conversation.
Imagine this scene: Someone XYZ and I are walking along the beach, talking about history. I’m asking questions, and he’s answering.
I have a few questions:
During editing, is it possible to replace some of my dialogue with a voice-over and remove the original lines where I spoke incorrectly?
Will it still feel natural? Since the original recording has background sounds from the beach, I’m wondering if adding a voice-over later will sound different or unnatural because the ambient sound won’t match.
Even if the voice-over is done well, the lip movement won’t match exactly, right? I’m okay if the mismatch isn’t too noticeable. I was also thinking that, during those moments, I could cut away to B-roll footage of the beach or the surroundings while the corrected voice-over plays. Do you think that would work?

I know that film, tv, and theatre actors will take their scripts home and really pore over them. But I've heard you don't really have the time for that when you're voice acting in a studio with an engineer and a director.

Is there a list of starter equipment, like mics, headsets and easy to use computer programs for recording? Im looking into dipping my toes in VA but im not sure about having to spend so much only to lose interest, are there any sites or brands y'all recommend?

Hello there everyone! I've been planning and practicing how to do Kaedehara Kazuha's voice from Genshin Impact.

As a beginner, my range of voice is low or narrow whatever..

I think I'm on the same voice range as him. I'm having a problem with my voice is raspier than him, the way he pronounces his words, and so on.

My main questions here are, will understanding his character help me? And with enough practice, will I eventually get rid or just reduce raspy voice.

I do know that that the voice editing is not going to magically make a voice good, but I just want to know how they did it with Nyarlathotep and Apocalypse.

They are not 1:1, but they just sound so badass and mighty.

I tried to search around the internet about this, but so far all I got was "How to make a demonic voice!!" videos, and they are just voices with lower pitch.

Also, sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this question. If there's any subreddit meant for this, please just tell me!

I live with my sister and my mom and dad in the same house. I usually do voice acting in my room. however, 99% of the day, my parents and sister are upstairs almost right next to my room. if I want to voice acting for a character when they’re screaming, how can I do so without annoying my family or humiliating myself?

I’ve briefly thought about trying VA but decided to steer away because of the competition and my lack of talent/obsession with the field. However, I was wondering if you could improve your everyday speaking voice through the training you might undertake when VA. So I decided to upload a short audio of me speaking. You can criticize freely as I genuinely want to improve my vocal clarity and tone.

When do you feel ready to send your audition tape?

I was practicing my voice acting with my newest microphone I bought, a Fifine Mic with Boomarm, and each time that I try to voice act with it, such as when I get to a loud scene where I have to be like slightly above normal volume, it makes this like metallic ringing after each word. I never had this issue with other mics but I'm wondering if anyone else has ever had this issue before with some microphones

We are looking for high quality, natural sounding voices for this animated pilot! The pilot is aimed to be rated TV-14, for young adults with slightly mature subject matter and slightly mature language. 

This pilot is about a boy named Stan, a boy who lives in a world of hellish creatures who want him and the people he loves to cease to exist. And he'll do anything he has to do to keep his loved ones safe. YOU will be auditioning as the main characters MOTHER!!!

PAYMENT RATES - $60 ($20 per line/3 lines)

AUDITION:
https://forms.gle/zZakJNviDvgf661D7

Hi r/VoiceActing,

I'm developing a murder mystery game in my spare time and I'm adding a voicemail as a piece of evidence. I'm looking for a voice actor to record the lines and also edit the audio to sound like its coming from a phone speaker, similar to the "Phone Guy" calls in Five Nights at Freddy's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egYTAXLRsqM

Voice: American Male, 30's-40's
Background: A police officer leaves a voicemail to another police officer in a different county with some bad news.
Script: About 10 lines long
Additional Editing: Please edit your voice to sound like its coming from a phone speaker.
Pay: $50

If you're interested, please reply or DM me with some kind of portfolio or sample of your work. Thanks!

Hi all! Wondering if any of you would be willing to share stories of successfully beginning VA whilst working a full time job, and it eventually becoming your main job?

Juggling VA and full time work is a necessity at the moment as I’m in no position to quit my day job, but I would love to hear any advice or tips for how you managed without burning yourself out, tips for recording and doing VA admin when you have a main job, and eventually how you managed to get to full time.

With the auditioning, querying, marketing etc all on top of a day job, it feels quite overwhelming sometimes (but worth it). Thanks so much for reading ✨

Looking for some advice! Recently got a Røde NT1 Signature, paired with a Scarlett 2i2 4th Generation interface. Problem is, when I listen to recordings back, the 's' sounds are awfully muffled and makes the overall quality sound really bad. Does anyone have any advice as to how to sort this issue? Maybe I have the wrong settings on my interface, but I'm really new to the professional set up. Any advice would be much appreciated, as I'm due to record for a series soon, and the S sounds were an issue picked up by production. I'd ideally like to sort it out before recording the pilot!

Still new to the VO scene, but this is roughly what my organization looks like. In the edited files folder I keep edited audacity files for each voice line and their corresponding .mp3 files, and in the backup files folder I keep just the raw audacity files. I don't know if keeping the audacity files is worth it or if I should change the file format?

I know it’s not the biggest thing over here but man it’s seriously hard to find anything voiceover related outside of sunspot studios. I’m not yet ready for an agency though so does anyone know of ways to connect with others or should I just stick to online workshops?

Tara Strong ran an open gym last Saturday, about 3 hours coaching volunteers through cold reads from previous audition scripts she read. One note she kept giving people stuck with us.

When someone did three takes of the same line, she’d tell them to read them in a way that was completely different from the other but not too different that it was a completely different character.

The skill is finding the gap in between. Same person, same voice, but one take runs differently. Maybe they’re more hurt or angry vs nervous. Pacing works too, slower and deliberate vs quicker and reactive, without touching the voice itself.

That’s really what casting directors are checking for when they ask for three takes. Are you guys already doing this for your auditions?