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Alright, I've tried recording a different imperial character. All the lines are there

Good, bad, ugly?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9170704/Voicework/SegunivusMantediusTryout.zip

A. Lee

Hi guys, I'm a bit new to the process, but I'd really like to do some voice work. I haven't played much of the games but I've seen a little and got a chance to try out the intros to Morrowind and Skyrim. I had to do some research on the character races, so I don't know if they are quite right but I picked out a few to experiment. The sound quality is not ideal on some of the clips because I'm learning as I go, but I've got a Shure pg42 microphone with Audacity software and I recently received an offer of help from a friend, so I should improve. I'm always open to advice and suggestions. 

I saw that you need a lot of Dunmer so I made an attempt but altered the pitch a wee bit to deepen my voice a little. I could turn the acting up a notch on some of them as well, I just didn't want to overdo it. Also, if you have any other ideas for characters I would be better suited to, I'd be happy to try them out. 

https://soundcloud.com/lielf/tracks

(I hope this link works.) 

Thanks! =)

@A. Lee : Great tracks! I think your Dunmer would fit high ranking house kin. I also like your Khajiit, it's really thief like. Overall, I think each voice type could fit various NPCs. Keep it up.

stijmunkey

noah364

Sorry about that! If Audacity cooperated correctly, this one should be much louder (without blaring your ears off).

And sorry about the long response time. I couldn't find my post!

Feel free contact me again by replying. I won't have a 10-day response time this time.

Voice is great! now just need recording that loud with good quality and we are set!

Oy! Now the quality is off? Alright. I'll have her record again and I'll get it to you by Monday or Tuesday. (I'm at my dad's for the rest of the week, so I'll have her record next time I see her).  

I've been thinking about voicing some Khajiit in the future. To me Khajiit sound very Spanish like. It will take me quite some time to get the voice down. I've listened to many Khajiit lines from Skyrim, and have also found that this cats voice is rather similar ( : http://youtu.be/-8cbBNM63T0

The Dunmer voice is my strength, but I might post some samples later for fun.

Could anyone provide me a link for a female Khajiit voice that isn't Skyrim?   Those are the only ones I'm able to find. 

If you have Morrowind, you can find all the audio files under Bethesda Softworks\Morrowind\Data Files\Sound\Vo\k\f

By Smitehammer's suggestion, I tried a few lines for  the Dunmer Edryno Arethi with some variances. I didn't use any pitch alterations so I'm not so sure my voice is deep enough. I also retried the Khajit Shunari with more trill and animated tone and took down the other ones because they were pretty awful, haha. 

Hopefully there's some improvement. 

https://soundcloud.com/lielf/tracks

I finished Berel Sala, Ordinator leader and fanatic. Prepare for trouble House Hlaalu *cough* *cough* Duke Dren. 

https://soundcloud.com/morrowindshorts/berel-andas

MorrowindShorts

I finished Berel Sala, Ordinator leader and fanatic. Prepare for trouble House Hlaalu *cough* *cough* Duke Dren. 

 

https://soundcloud.com/morrowindshorts/berel-andas

I think you should redo the line where you mention yourself to make 'sense'.  What I've been doing is saying 'myself' instead, and having the file saved as "ATTENTION replace - Berel Sala - with - myself - (rest of file name as usual)"

The same goes for any weird typos, even if it's a misspelling and not something audible, so Gigaflare can make sure the text matches the audio - and makes sense.

MorrowindShorts

@A. Lee : Great tracks! I think your Dunmer would fit high ranking house kin. I also like your Khajiit, it's really thief like. Overall, I think each voice type could fit various NPCs. Keep it up.

Thank you kindly! I'm very critical of my own tracks so they never sound good enough to me, plus I'm not completely familiar with the original voices so I'm just putting out what I can and hoping something will fit somewhere. I heard some of your Dunmer and they are quite impressive! That seems to be a very unique voice type. 

A. Lee

By Smitehammer's suggestion, I tried a few lines for  the Dunmer Edryno Arethi with some variances. I didn't use any pitch alterations so I'm not so sure my voice is deep enough. I also retried the Khajit Shunari with more trill and animated tone and took down the other ones because they were pretty awful, haha. 

Hopefully there's some improvement. 

https://soundcloud.com/lielf/tracks

Both the first and 'commanding' versions sounded good to me - maybe a bit of lowering could help, but not too much would be needed.

For the Khajiit, the tongue trill sounds too forced.  A uvular trill would sound more like the purr the original voice actor had.  This is where you let your uvula do the 'roll' - like gargling.

It's good to know I can fix up little messed up lines and typos. That line didn't make sense to me either. I sent in the edited line, thanks for the tip Smite.

Here's my attempte at Gilvas Barelo.

I love voice acting, and I'm really interested in contributing. Unfortunately, it seems that my voice is just a bit too high, too nasal-y to do the dark elves I so cherish.

I'll try to post at attempt at some Wood Elf, Breton, or Imperial lines later today. Maybe I'd do better.

In the meantime, what's your #1 trick you've used to get the rolling, throaty voices of Argonians and Dark Elves? 

The easiest way to pull off male Dunmer is to throat sing.  If you don't know how, it's apparently hard to learn.  Once you 'get it' you can just turn on at will.  This is how Dragomir does Dunmer, and it's part of mine and even Jeff Baker's (he did Dunmer in Morrowind and Ghouls in Fallout this way).  It's also the secret to Popeye's voice.  No matter how high your voice is normally, your throat singy voice will be deep.  Add a but of rasp to it and boom - instant Dunmer.

You're right. It is hard. It's still something I'd like to do, considering how many Dark Elves are in Morrowind. (What a surprise!) 

Here's another, unrelated attempt for less-interesting yet-still vital bit character Graitan Carelli.

Smitehammer

If you have Morrowind, you can find all the audio files under Bethesda Softworks\Morrowind\Data Files\Sound\Vo\k\f

Unfortunately I don't ^^;   How was the Khajiit I did in my other post?  Too gravely?  That's the kind of Khajiit voice I'm used to. 

I have assembled a several auditions. Give 'em a listen, will you?

Hircine

Gudling the Rascal (Nord)

Geon Auline (Breton)

Elvil Vidron (Dunmer)

Assantus Hansar (Dunmer)

Oh man, I know it's not generally the kind of hardcore chain smoker voice we look for in a Dunmer, but I want to make an exception for your Assantus Hansar.  That was awesome - I just about died when you said 'I have droops!'  So campy, but it works!

I want you to be that guy in this game so bad.

Hello my Name is Daniel i have a Question,

WIll be Skywind translate to german ? :) this is my greatest Wish that i have to this community.

I would to play in German , because its my homeland and i cant not so good play roleplaygames in English :D

greetz Daniel Ritter

Alright guys, I'm still working on this Dunmer voice thing. I think I'm getting closer now, I feel it fits closer to the voice type. Not the cleanest recording, but still.

Hello, my name is Anthony Sardinha. I'm a Toronto based voice actor who has been doing professional work since 2010. I saw that you guys were in need of volunteer voice actors, so I would like to help out.

Here is a link to my website with all of my credentials and Demo Reels

antfish.webs.com

you can also find me on my facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/AnthonySardinhaVO

Hope to hear from you guys soon!

Antfish

Hello, my name is Anthony Sardinha. I'm a Toronto based voice actor who has been doing professional work since 2010. I saw that you guys were in need of volunteer voice actors, so I would like to help out.

Here is a link to my website with all of my credentials and Demo Reels

antfish.webs.com

you can also find me on my facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/AnthonySardinhaVO

Hope to hear from you guys soon!

I really liked your character reel!  I think you would be perfect for Redguards.  Many of them have been assigned, but I feel your voice might work better for some of them than the ones that are currently listed.  Likewise, you would be great for imperials and potentially Dunmer (judging from your pro-wrestler clip you can probably do the rasp well).

Thank you, Smite. I take it all the audition sides are in the first post? If oyu are lookign for vocie actors. I would HIGHLY recomend posting on this forum

http://voiceacting.proboards.com/

Allot of great talent have gone from there to go onto professional work

My first serious attempt at a Khajiit, let me know what you think ( : 

https://soundcloud.com/morrowindshorts/a-dunmer-attempts-to-sound

That sounds fantastic MorrowindShorts!

Smitehammer

A. Lee

By Smitehammer's suggestion, I tried a few lines for  the Dunmer Edryno Arethi with some variances. I didn't use any pitch alterations so I'm not so sure my voice is deep enough. I also retried the Khajit Shunari with more trill and animated tone and took down the other ones because they were pretty awful, haha. 

Hopefully there's some improvement. 

https://soundcloud.com/lielf/tracks

For the Khajiit, the tongue trill sounds too forced.  A uvular trill would sound more like the purr the original voice actor had.  This is where you let your uvula do the 'roll' - like gargling.

I hope it's Ok if I offer some advice as well! ^_^

I think a tongue trill could work.  It just needs to be softer.  Listening to the Khajiit sounds from Morrowind, I've noticed she does both uvular and tongue trills.  You just have to let them come naturally.  Don't overthink it. ^-^

Ok, after some discussion, I've gone with a more gargly voice for Aesliip, here are the new files

MorrowindShorts

My first serious attempt at a Khajiit, let me know what you think ( : 

https://soundcloud.com/morrowindshorts/a-dunmer-attempts-to-sound

The voice itself sounds like it could be good, but there's a lot of noise and it's hard to listen for nuance.  Also, listening to other clips from your Soundcloud you can hear noise artifacts that would have to be cleaned up.  Listen to the 'gaps' between lines in your Ordinator voice and you'll hear an undulating scrawly sound.  Some of my recordings had that, too, for a while.  Langotriel's tricks work wonders, though.  Definitely look at his two tutorials on the first page of this thread.

Whenever you have a region you think is quiet, just highlight a small portion of it and 'normalize it', just to see what's really detected there.  Whenever you increase the bass, compress, or normalize the rest of the track, you will also be normalizing that noise, too - making it more noticeable.

BlazeStorm

Ok, after some discussion, I've gone with a more gargly voice for Aesliip, here are the new files

I love that Aesliip.  Good job, sticking with it an just nailing it!

@Smitehammer I never clean up my samples 100%. Can anyone else give me their opinion on my Khajiit?

MorrowindShorts

@Smitehammer I never clean up my samples 100%. Can anyone else give me their opinion on my Khajiit?

Hello,

I have loved TES for a long time now and would love to help do some voicework for Skywind.

Here's an example of S'virr the male Khajit for you consideration:

https://soundcloud.com/montague-arthur-kimball-evans

How do I proceed?

-Monty

montyake

Hello,

I have loved TES for a long time now and would love to help do some voicework for Skywind.

Here's an example of S'virr the male Khajit for you consideration:

https://soundcloud.com/montague-arthur-kimball-evans

How do I proceed?

-Monty

As far as I can tell, Khajiit have all been taken - save for S'virr.  That part just opened up recently as te one who had 'called it' disappeared without completing it.  Since, there have been quite a few people who can do a decent Khajiit who have showed interest in it.  I'll have to find out from other folks who gets 'dibs'ing rights.  In the future, I truly hope we'll have several more 'idle' lines, and since there are several prisoners and slaves, this would increase the need for new Khajiit and Argonian voice actors.  You might want to try out for some other races for now, though.  

That bring said, your recordings have a lot of white noise in them.  Follow Langotriel's tutorials on the first page of this thread for ideas on how to clean up your audio.

Thanks for the help and suggestions, guys! I'll work on my trills and post new samples when I get around to them. I've been listening to some of the original Morrowind voice files so that should help. 

I don't know if this is blasphemy to say, but I found some of the original female voice/accent choices to be rather odd. I suppose it's different when immersed in the game though. 

Has anyone had a chance to hear the voice work in TESO? It's AMAZING. But then again, they got some pretty big names for that one. [External image]

I sent you a PM Thornheart good job.

Can someone please check the Audio quality for these?

I would be really interested in voicing Vivec. I looked up his voice that was found in the original game files but not used. I also have a YouTube channel and I am planning on doing a Role Play of Skywind once it is ready. I would love to be able to tell my subs that I took part in the game and I am already stirring hype for it. I just don't know where to find the script for Vivec. I have tried to look all around this page and can't find anything. I would love to help. Thanks.

Our Excel sheet is the one used for Morroblivion before, and I think they may have just used the direct voice files from Morrowind for those lines - so they weren't included.  We'll have all new actors for the lines, but for now I think Stij is talking with higher powers on how they should sound.

@DeathBlackWish I used this page for my Vivec sample. Hope it helps! http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Vivec_(god)

Thanks. It would be awesome to take part in this awesome project.

Okay. So i've made my audition for Vivec. I hope it's okay. I really do need to get a professional mic but unfortunately I am poor, at least so much so that I can't buy myself a good mic. But I really do want to take part in this project and will save up if it means I can. Hope it's good enough. Thanks.

https://soundcloud.com/deathblackwish/sets/skywind-vivec-audition

What kind of microphone are you using?

Hi guys,
here are a few nords. If someone gets the chance to tick off and assign me some/all of them that would be great, and I can go ahead and record the lines cleanly.

Here is my Vivec voice. I hope you guys enjoy.
All feedback and criticism appreciated.
http://youtu.be/A3KQAoIcZAc

I think something special is being planned for the gods and Daedric Princes.

I'm assuming you mean me. Um I'm using the mic on my headset which is a Rosewill RHM-6308

Okidokes, guys.  Thank you so much for the feedback, Gigaflare! Glad to know they sound okay!

I'm attaching a link to some samples of my work for Ahnassi here.  I didn't make her voice quite as abrasive as some other Khajiit, because I figured she's supposed to be a bit sexier (she is a romance option, afterall) but *hopefully* she still has that signature Khajiit flare. 

Let me know what you think!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k94p9yun0lf6upa/2bDWwK3m0r

(btw, none of these lines have gone through noise reduction or EQ yet.  Wanted to make sure you liked her sound, first.  Also, none of her very angry lines are here, so I may post those later for your perusal.)

Thanks!

noah364

stijmunkey

noah364

Sorry about that! If Audacity cooperated correctly, this one should be much louder (without blaring your ears off).

And sorry about the long response time. I couldn't find my post!

Feel free contact me again by replying. I won't have a 10-day response time this time.

Voice is great! now just need recording that loud with good quality and we are set!

 

Oy! Now the quality is off? Alright. I'll have her record again and I'll get it to you by Monday or Tuesday. (I'm at my dad's for the rest of the week, so I'll have her record next time I see her).  

Okay! Hopefully this one's a winner. I tested it, and it seems to have good quality and volume (my computer's volume is at 50%). 

I had her re-record it, and she (my mom, the woman in the recording) read each line multiple times, with different timing and emphasis, to try to demonstrate her flexibility with voice-acting. I hope you like it!

I really like the timbre of her voice.  As it is she would be great for Imperials.  I would like to hear her take on other races too.  Also, what types of roles would she be looking for - just a few of the several smaller roles that would give her some freedom to 'change it up a bit', or might she be willing to take on some more substantial roles?

I could assign her to some imperials now, but the real priority is on filling roles for the Dunmer.  There are well over 200 parts of various sizes and right now only 4 women assigned to any of them.  I wonder if you could have your mother give it a try?

Linda Kenyon (the woman who voiced the Dunmer in Morrowind and all the elves in Oblivion) had a very distinctive voice and read her lines in a slow and thoughtful manner.  She was elderly, and her voice was clear with a slight quaver.  These traits combined leant her characters a sense of wisdom beyond their age, which was perfect for the pragmatic and long-lived Dunmer.

If your mother has a malleable enough voice, could she read some Dunmer lines with an 'elderly yet powerful' voice?  If she could emulate the dignified tone and careful enunciation of Angela Bassett with the poetic rhythm of Maya Angelou, that would be ideal - for Ashlanders especially!

A couple pages back at the bottom you can listen to Apsara's audition using her normal voice and then modulated slightly to appear 'older' as a good reference (though a British accent is not necessarily required for all Dunmer roles).

Hey guys!

I'd like to help out in voice acting. I think, that my voice fits best for some dark or wood elf. So, I recorded some samples on these races.

It would be nice, if you give me some feedback [External image]

Thanks!