ARGONIAN VOICE AUDITIONS

This is where you can upload your Argonian voice auditions. Please keep this thread only for auditions - feedback and other comments relating to voice work can be posted in the hub thread.

Sample Lines:

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Huleeya I welcome you as the friend of my friend, outlander. But I wish to go to my friend's bookstore, and these troublesome fools are in my way. I have tried to persuade them, but they hate my race, and I fear there will be violence. Perhaps if you speak with them... but be careful... and be ready. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Okur I will return Julielle Aumine's amulet to her husband as she requested. Then I shall wait for her spirit to visit me again. At that time, I am confident that can lay the ghost of Julielle Aumine to rest. So thank you again, for all you've done.

Argonian voices should sound heavily asparated, like their lungs have to work extra hard on land. Their voice has some 'hiss' to it, but it is more of an 'h' hiss, not an 's' hiss like a snake. They should also speak fairly slowly, like an amphibious ent from Lord of the Rings. In keeping with the Native American style of their phrase-names, I would like them to also keep the monotonous accent of the Hollywood stereotype Native American.

Voice Description;

I will post some new examples eventually.

Here's one example of how Argonians could sound. Do not roll your Rs here, though. I want to distinguish them from Khajiit as much as possible.

Here's a clip of the original Argonian from Morrowind. http://www.mediafire.com/listen/d0ncl23w727v276/Hlo_AM062.mp3 Listen to how it sounds like a struggle to get enough breath to say the words.

And another. http://www.mediafire.com/?v1cq9k389qywnss

Last edited by Smitehammer on 25 Jul 2014 - 00:18.

Just for fun. -F

Just for fun.

-F

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https://soundcloud.com/nikita

https://soundcloud.com/nikita-ossipov/huleeya-better

Huleeya, but better hopefully.

Here is my Argonian audition.

Here is my Argonian audition. I have potential access to a better recording space and microphone.

https://soundcloud.com/kanashigd/tesrenewal-argonian

Now I need to go drink like a

Now I need to go drink like a gallon of water... Totally tears my voice up but it's alot of fun! :) Would love to do some Argonian voices

https://soundcloud.com/need-cheap-games/argonian-huleeya-skywind-audition

Using the sample script for

I recorded a few of Huleeya's lines from the excel file. Hopefully this is gearing towards what you're looking for! Also, I hope normalizing the file didn't make it too loud. If so, I can always re-upload it without the effect.

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Auditions for Argonians.

https://soundcloud.com/mrells/argonian

https://soundcloud.com/mrells/arg-misc

Hello, I've got quite a bit

Hello, I've got quite a bit of amateur acting experience and I've done voice acting for a couple mods (Black Mesa and the Fallout 2 Restoration Project). I thought it might be fun to lend my voice to this mod, if I fit in anywhere.

Here's my take on a male argonian:

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Good evening!

Attached is my general audition for an Argonian part. Please let me know if there are any issues with the file!

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Here's an attempt.

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My Argonian audition... I did

My Argonian audition... I did two versions in the same file, the first being more upbeat while the second being more labored. Would love some feedback when you can!

https://soundcloud.com/cody-shults/skywind-argonian-audition-huleeya

Who can resist doing a lizard

Who can resist doing a lizard voice. Playing up the laboured breath as much as anything...

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A raspy Argonian? Count me in

A raspy Argonian? Count me in! =D

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Here is my read for the

Here is my read for the female Argonians.

https://soundcloud.com/dianna-conley/diannaconleyargonians-1

Hello all!

Hello all!
Argonian auditions incoming:

Huleeya: https://soundcloud.com/campbell_vo/argonian-huleeya-3-takes-7-21-14

Okur: https://soundcloud.com/campbell_vo/argonian-okur-3-takes-7-21-14

Thanks for listening!!

Hello folks! Ben Wilk here, I

Hello folks! Ben Wilk here, I found out about this project and I decided to do some auditions, I will also put a link to my Vocal Demo here just in case there is a voice that you feel may work for the project.

https://soundcloud.com/ben-wilk/vocal-demo-1

Feel free to be harsh if needed, as long as it is constructive so that I can try to improve from it.

[External image]argonian_huleeya_ben_wilk.mp3

Best Wishes, Ben.

Hello, my name is Victor and

Hello, my name is Victor and this is my audition for the argonian assassin.
Take one is more concentrated on the acting and he's angry: https://soundcloud.com/viktor-stark-2/argonian/s-zDQSw
Take two is much slower: https://soundcloud.com/viktor-stark-2/argonian2/s-1wdFe

Here is my audition/re

Here is my audition/re-audition for an Argonian.

I welcome and criticism and or advice and hope I can contribute.

https://soundcloud.com/derelictsystem/argonian-audition-1

https://soundcloud.com/derelictsystem/argonian-audition-2

First attempt at an Argonian

First attempt at an Argonian voice. May be much to slow, and raspy or even too sinister but I can change it around fi need be.

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Hello, this is my audition

Hello, this is my audition for Male Argonian - sample lines from: Huleeya

I also realized this is a very easy one for a guy to do a female voice.

Feedback is much welcome. I'm flexible to change.

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https://soundcloud.com/magnus

https://soundcloud.com/magnus-helvetti/tongue-toad-va/s-3SbmI
https://soundcloud.com/magnus-helvetti/ten-tongues-weerhat-va/s-HHU6A

Two argonians, Tongue-toad and Ten-Tongues Weerhat.

I can make a higher quality version.

Alright, took me a while to

Alright, took me a while to find the time to go through these, and I've got a new idea for a direction for the Argonians that I hadn't put into the original post. I want them to go with more of a Hollywood Native American monotonous accent, and keep the amphibious voice. Slow like an ent from Lord of the Rings. Hard to explain until I get a proper sample.

Anyway, here are the quick feedbackings.

Ben

The sound quality is good. I like the hissy quality of the voice, but I would ask that you go with more of a monotone, ‘Hollywood native American’. A bit lower and slower, too.

Frenchifrench

The sound quality needs some work. The voice is alright, but I would like to see more of a stereotypical Native American cadence.

Sleepless

You might need a new mic, and definitely need to clean the audio first. There’s a lot of noise. It’s hard to evaluate your voice, but look at the updated first post for a better idea of what to go for.

Thoronil

Your sound quality needs some work. The accent is currently too British. The aspiration of the voice is good, and the ‘slowness’ is good. Just try a Hollywood Native American accent.

Billy_Ambrose

A bit fast, and not quite as ‘fish out of water’ as I would like, as far as breathy voice goes. Like others, try for a native American accent.

Midnight_Trooper

Jewish Argonian? An interesting direction to go with it, but for consistency we’ll have to keep a similar dialect between actors. The voice is nice, though the sound quality is not up to scratch as it is. I think your voice could handle the Argonian sound well. See if you can get the stereotypical ‘Hollywood native American’ accent, and clean your audio.

Deadpool Dash

This voice doesn’t sound particularly modulated to fit an ‘Argonian’.

DoubleSickle

The first voice is the best. Try for the Native American accent, and don’t roll Rs. That’s getting more into Khajiit territory.

Thor

The voice is a little too far over in the croaky range, and the sound quality isn’t the best.

Boottothehead

I couldn’t listen, 404 error.

ifoughtamudcrab

Couldn’t listen to the tracks.

hazencruz

Voice has promise. Sound quality needs work. You already have the right monotone quality. If you want to refine the accent, feel free to post more.

zlymaciek

Polish accent’s a bit too heavy, I think.

Zopherious

The sound quality is very low. The audio needs to be cleaned, and you might need a better mic. The voice is a bit too quiet. I can’t say much more than that without cleaner audio.

xiro

You have a good voice, though there are a few pops and some noise in the background. The voice needs to be more aspirated, and try for a Native American accent, if you can.

BalruneDarkbrew

Sound quality needs improvement. Read slower, and with the monotony of the Hollywood stereotyped Native American.

Ruski_Nick116

Interesting voice. Not heavily aspirated, but croaky in a throat-sing sort of way. Maybe a bit too Dunmerish? Try for more of a low true voice with lots of ‘air’, and keep the monotony and slowness.

Vilenesko

I really like your voice, and I think it’s malleable enough to handle Argonians well. Speak slower, more breathy, and with the monotonous Hollywood Native American accent.

Speccius

Clean the audio. Don’t roll your Rs. Speak slower, with Native American accent.

EmperorOfJustice

Not a fan of the voice, sorry.

nandrejco

Very short clip, but I can already tell the sound quality needs work. The voice and accent you can glean from reading other feedback.

fhudkins

Great sound quality, and a good voice. Just try it a bit more heavily aspirated, and a bit more ‘monotonous’ like the stereotypical Hollywood Native American.

KanashiGD

Voice seems good. Sound quality needs work. It sounds like you’re far away. Make sure you follow Langotriel’s tutorial from the hub thread.

jympagel

We need to have clean recordings. Don’t add music to your auditions. I can’t evaluate the sound quality without it. The voice seems alright, but the accent will have to change. I still hear a bit of noise and popping over the music. That will have to be fixed.

RooksDA

The voice needs more ‘air’ in it. The accent and speed is good.

MrEllsworth

I like it. It’s a good voice for Argonians. Try with a Native American accent. There are some audio issues, though. Lots of popping. Clean your audio according to Langotriel’s tutorial.

Adam Dravian

Bad sound quality. Low hum pervades the recording. The voice needs to be lower and more heavily aspirated, and try for the Native American accent.

Fefnir

I hear some noise in the background. Voice needs to be slower, more airy, and the monotony mentioned elsewhere in my reviews.

TriumphantBass

Sound quality needs work. You sound far away.

seafyre

Some popping P and B sounds. Your voice is also a little quiet. The more heavily aspirated voice at ~30 seconds in is good, and the speed is good. Just try for more ‘monotonous’.

whirby

Too much like Khajiit. Don’t roll your Rs, don’t speak so fast, and speak with the Hollywood version of Native Americans’ accent.

Harry101UK

Booming audio, hard to determine the audio quality. Other than that, too much like Khajiit. Try to get the voice to sound like an airy Native American ent from Lord of the Rings.

dbconley

Not quite what we’re going for.

Campbell

Good job. I like it.

SIlverhunter

Couldn’t listen to the Argonian audition?

Vicnedel

It sounds like you’re far away. Record 6-8 inches from the mic, and edit according to Lango’s tutorial. Don’t roll your Rs.

ifoughtamudcrab

Too quiet to hear.

xBbloodxTitanx

Listening to it, I think the breaths between lines need to be edited out. The way you say the lines needs that Native American accent, but you’ve got the idea for the basic idea of the voice aspiration.

Racuvar

The sound quality needs some serious work. You might need a new mic. hard to comment on the quality of the voice. It might be okay.

Helvetti

Too quiet for me to hear.

Wow, I haven't been here in a

Wow, I haven't been here in a while. I guess I'll re-audition, since you put up sample lines! Before the VA department got reorganized, I did a few Argonian characters that got accepted. I recorded the sample line using the same voice I used for my old Argonian lines, but I'm not sure if what you are looking for has changed?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/220816726/Huleeya.wav

Hello again! Sorry for the

Hello again! Sorry for the files having broken links, I am not sure what happened there. Regardless though allow me to retry with my submissions.

https://soundcloud.com/ben-wilk/argonian-huleeya-ben-wilk-skywind-auditions

Like I said before please feel free to be harsh if needed, just please be constructive also.

Best Wishes, Ben.

Zres wrote:

Zres
Wow, I haven't been here in a while. I guess I'll re-audition, since you put up sample lines! Before the VA department got reorganized, I did a few Argonian characters that got accepted. I recorded the sample line using the same voice I used for my old Argonian lines, but I'm not sure if what you are looking for has changed?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/220816726/Huleeya.wav

I would like for there to be a little more distinction between the Argonians and the Khajiit. The same man did the voice for each in Morrowind, and they sounded quite similar.

So don't roll tour Rs for Argonians, and keep the asparated hissing voice, but with a monotonous 'Native American' accent, and with a slowness like you might imagine a cold blooded creature in a chilly environment might display.

I just realized the sample line pulled for Argonians from the old Excel file calls the player 'outlander'. Ugh. Another relic if that horrible editing job where any instance of the player name was replaced with 'outlander' regardless of the race of the character saying it. It's like a white guy moving to Japan for a year, and then calling any American born Japanese guys that come to Japan a gaijin. So stupid.

Okay, no rolling Rs. I'm not

Smitehammer
I would like for there to be a little more distinction between the Argonians and the Khajiit. The same man did the voice for each in Morrowind, and they sounded quite similar.

So don't roll tour Rs for Argonians, and keep the asparated hissing voice, but with a monotonous 'Native American' accent, and with a slowness like you might imagine a cold blooded creature in a chilly environment might display.

I just realized the sample line pulled for Argonians from the old Excel file calls the player 'outlander'. Ugh. Another relic if that horrible editing job where any instance of the player name was replaced with 'outlander' regardless of the race of the character saying it. It's like a white guy moving to Japan for a year, and then calling any American born Japanese guys that come to Japan a gaijin. So stupid.

Okay, no rolling Rs. I'm not quite sure what you wanted out of a Native American accent; I originally went for the low, rounded voice ("Hao."), but when I started making it breathy, it got lighter and turned into this sort of naive-yet-mystical voice. Here it is: https://db.tt/9uJzwJ4C

It just sounds mostly like a modern American accent, though. Again, I'm not quite sure of the accent. Could you explain it more?

Also, was the bad editing a result of not being thorough when making that Excel file, or was it something that Morrowind's text-based conversation system just did badly?

My Argonian submission;

My Argonian submission; thanks!

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Not auditioning for any

Not auditioning for any specific character, so I just recorded Huleeya's lines as an example.

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Ok, I tried to slow the

EDIT: Previous version was way too loud, so I brough down the output through the mixer. Sounds a lot better now.

Ok, I tried to slow the cadence down a bit, and boosted the audio. Really trying to suck some breath in on each vocalization.

https://soundcloud.com/cody-shults/argonian-skywind-audition-redone

https://soundcloud.com/cody-shults/argonian-skywind-audition-v2

Figured I'd give Argonian a

Figured I'd give Argonian a try, too. Here's my audition with 2 slightly different versions of the same line:

http://soundcloud.com/enjikitsune/sets/skywind-auditions-2

Hello, my name is Jack Sumner

Hello, my name is Jack Sumner.

This is my audition for Argonians. The soundcloud has three examples on it, the last more elongated than the first two. Any constructive criticism is appreciated, I look forward to helping out this great mod as best as I can.

Soundcloud

Thank you.

Hi everyone i hope you like

Hi everyone i hope you like my voices

for Huleeya, because he is an assassin i gave him a more evil deep voice

and for Okur is more soft and average.

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awesome voice love it.

the guy before me has an awesome voice love it.

Hi! Here is an audition for

Hi! Here is an audition for myself for an Argonian. I guess I kinda leaned more towards the Skyrim style of a raspy voice, although I'm not 100% on some of my pronunciations.

Argonian - https://soundcloud.com/newt24/ian-argonian-01?in=newt24/sets/skywind-voice-over-auditions

Here is the second audition

Here is the second audition for Argonian.

What did I do?: Improved sound quality.

https://soundcloud.com/kanashigd/tesrenewal-argonian-2nd

https://soundcloud.com/kanashigd/argonian-3rd-audition-01

Hello. This is my

Hello. This is my interpretation of argonian voice. Please, welcome.

https://soundcloud.com/bee_vision/only-he-stands-there

Hi. My Argonian here. Just

Hi. My Argonian here. Just tell me, what to record, and I will do it :)

https://soundcloud.com/mi-osz-siedlecki/argonian-for-skywind

Here is my audition for the

Here is my audition for the Argonians. All auditions are within one file.

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Thank you for the opportunity

Thank you for the opportunity to play.

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Hello, everyone! These are my

Hello, everyone! These are my two Argonians, On-Wan and Chanil-Lee (I chose them ad random, so it's not a specific audition)
Feedback is more than appreciated!

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Hey there, you people!

Hey there, you people! This is my very first post on here, and I immediately throw on an audition aswell. Quality may not be optimal, didn't feel like dragging the file through all of my equalizers and stuff. So yeah, here are my sample lines for Huleeya.

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Here's me doing the voice

Here's me doing the voice Miun-Gei.

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Here's my audition for an

Here's my audition for an Argonian, using the sample lines. Any feedback is appreciated!

Thank you for taking the time to listen to all our auditions!

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Literally running out the

Literally running out the door while doing these, great timing as always :p

Did two variants of Huleeya's line given in the OP;

https://soundcloud.com/veggie55/argonian-audition-v1-1?in=veggie55/sets/skywind-revised-autions

https://soundcloud.com/veggie55/argonian-audition-v2-1?in=veggie55/sets/skywind-revised-autions

Male Argonian Audition

Still need some practice on that accent. It's tricky!

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback Smitehammer, I've redone my sample of an Argonian, keeping it more monotone, slower & lower and uploaded to Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/bengalpinuk/skywind-argonian-huleeya

Is this more in keeping with what you are looking for with the Argonians?

(Here was the original Miun Gel audition: https://soundcloud.com/bengalpinuk/skywind-argonian-miun-gei )

I would like to voice act as

I would like to voice act as an Argonian.

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Attached is my audition.

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