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Good work folks, never stop being awesome! Dee, it's great to see how much you've progressed since you started on NG.

LuckyDee responds:

Cheers man

LexRodent responds:

Thanks a lot mate.

This is absolutely lovely, I don't even have tangible feedback on what to improve upon. Good luck on the contest!

AceMantra responds:

I'm not in the contest because I'm judging this year, but I still wanted to make something. Thanks for the kind words!

Awesome work from everyone, let's try and get some listens for you.

Bro-son responds:

Hey, Thanks man! Glad you liked it

VoicesByCorey responds:

Peregrinus coming in clutch!!!

LuckyDee responds:

W000000000000t!

I'd suggest recording into Audacity (free program) rather than the program you use, which seems to overlay a vocal watermark.

InkyAnimationsInc responds:

lol yeah this is so old lmao

It's an interesting blend of ambient and rock. The first little bit has abandoned mall vibes, and I could picture it playing out of a small kiosk in the distance. I might suggest seeing how it would be with the ambient stem at a lower volume and subordinate to the rock track, as once they both go they kind of compete with each other too much.

Arika2 responds:

Thanks for the feedback :P
Yah I agree that the two main sounds has a feeling like they are competing in the track...
That's because I wanted to make an ambient song but in the middle of the work I found these guitar samples so I thought to make a post-rock song out of this
However.... I was wondering how to set the volumes of these lines but there were too many of them so it would have been too tireing and complicated to get the right sounding. I'm so impatient and I would have liked to get reviews as soon as possible so I finished it without trying to fix the lines...
It was a great opinion thanks :P <3

I liked the theme in this. Crime scene cleanup is its own industry, so why not crime scene creation.

Not much to pick at for quality. I caught mouth noise at 1:44 but it's very subtle, I was just listening for little quirks.

This was a great first foray into the VO world, and resulted in a solid standing in the competition. I hope you stick around and continue to submit some great works.

LuckyDee responds:

Straight up thanks. You may or may not know how great it feels to be appreciated for something you always thought you'd had a good chance at accomplishing. Thanks again for the opportunity and for the time being, I'll definitely stick around; got a feeling there's a lot of opportunities here to find like-minded people who are willing to throw stuff together and see what makes for interesting entertainment. Thanks again to all involved <3

The script was well written, and the characters were distinct. The social worker seemed pompous.

I'm going to build on what LuckyDee mentioned. It sounds like you were adjusting off the raw microphone input. With low power microphones, it helps to Normalize the audio track (in Audacity, under the Effect tab), which raises the volume of the selection.

The double edge of normalizing is that it boosts everything, so it increases the ambient background noise as well. If your computer is anything like mine and sounds like an entire air force breaking the sound barrier, that can be a challenge. More on that in the VO Home Studio link on the VAC rules post if you're interested.

Nice to see you submit again after a four year break, I hope you stick around :)

grimview responds:

Thanks.
My reoccurring problem seem to be static, volume & consistency. For this I used an Olympus hand recorder inside foam box & then edited in Audacity. I also have a Blue Yeti but when I plug it in the results are not consistent. Like you said using Audacity to "normalize" does increase static and volume. Using the equalizer ( filter curve) as LuckyDee suggested removed static & increase volume some. I did try normalizing after equalizing but that added static. The new version of Audacity seems to have replaced noise removal with noise reduction.

Most of my animations, I record my own voice for and reviewers do raise issues with understanding the audio, but unlike this contest I don't usually get specifics to the issue or how to fix.

I love the writing in this piece. Interesting conversion of a dream into tangible media, it must have been a heck of a nightmare to stick with you.

A few small pops here and there roughly matching the volume spikes one the waveform (3:19 for example).

Looks like this was your first VO piece, welcome to the genre and I hope you stick around and continue down this road!

mutty99 responds:

Even if i didn't win in the end, i was pretty close and overall did the best i could.
And yes, it was one heck of a nightmare indeed; will do more skits in the future.

The mixing and general sound quality in this is really well done, and the only exception I can find is a higher volume "and" at 2:22 which doesn't match its surroundings. The trills of the clock were a smidge high, but I think the sound is intentionally obnoxious so I wouldn't dock that.

Good quality written dialogue throughout, I liked how you framed the corporate hell of Wal-azon and its staff and management. This was a big step forward from the Cellphone Monologue from August. You're able to show more of your range and skill in this than your prior submissions, which is great. I hope we can get you in to the next VAC.

Cheers mate.

BigTaro responds:

Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback. I'll -actually- be on time in the next one. This fills me with a great deal of confidence.

VAC13 Judge Review

I never would have thought of a dating show as a means of showcasing several voices, good call.

Just be cautious with the creep of voice from one style to another within a single character. Contestant 3 started as Evil Elmo until the squishing sound and got more gruff suddenly at 2:12, which I'm not sure was intentional or not. It sounds like it was one take, which did sustain a fast pace and could explain the change of energy.

Audio was clear and well mixed.

Good luck!

Evil-Iron responds:

Thank you. No, I had to do a second take on Con 3, so that might be the change of voice (And my vocals were getting a tad tired after many other takes in the clip.)

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