DARK ELF VOICE AUDITIONS

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

SAMPLE LINES

I have long believed it was a mistake to turn from the old gods. Perhaps Azura is with you after all. And perhaps not. I will tell you that I've spoken with Dagoth Ur. He promised me the same thing. That he will drive the foreigners from our lands. But I am not one to ignore opportunity, nor am I one to be troubled by rubbing two sides of a coin. If you are one of your word, I am your ally. I will tell Velanda Omani and Nevena Ules to support you as Hortator of House Hlaalu. VOICE INFORMATION

In general, Dunmer should sound wise, even in their youth. They live in a harsh land, and their lifespans are very long - they are a pragmatic people and venerate the wisdom of their elders from even from a young age. They should speak in a precise manner, taking the time to think through exactly what they mean to say as they say it.

For female Dunmer, the most important thing to consider is the culture they're coming from. Female members of House Hlaalu are the most heavily influenced by Imperial (and therefore Aldmeri) influence. They could very well speak with a lilt of the Imperial nobles, to a degree, though their voices won't be as commanding or crisp as either the Imperials or the Altmer. The old voice for the Altmer would have made a great Hlaalu Dunmer.

Female Redoran Dunmer do not need the British lilt. The Redoran should sound proud, and stalwart. A mature-voiced and not necessarily as crisp version of the more American imperials could work - think 'superhero'.

Telvanni Dunmer females would seem suspicious and cold.

Ashlander females need to crank up the elderly wisdom vibe to 11. Depending on how good they are with Cyrodilic (English) their accent may even sound Dothraki or Mongolian.

For males, the rasp is the most important thing. If you can throat sing, and apply this rasp on top of throat singing, that is the ideal Dunmer voice. That's how Jeff Baker does the voice. After you nail the sound you can think on the cultural influences.

Examples:

Here are some Dunmer examples I recorded.

http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/tholer-saryoni-hates-the

http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/duke-vedam-dren-camonna-tong

http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/king-hlaalu-helseth

http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/master-aryon

Last edited by Smitehammer on 15 Jul 2014 - 11:30.

First one is me going raspy

First one is me going raspy and deep, the second one is straight rasp. Had a shot of whiskey to rough out the vocal cords.

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Hey this is my friend Ben

Hey this is my friend Ben doing a deep voiced recording of some of Dutadalk's lines, not sure if it is what you want for the Dunmer but I think it sounds great.

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Here is my audition using,

Here is my audition using, which I hope you all like.

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Here is my audition! May

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Dunmer Vedam Dren, for

Dunmer Vedam Dren, for example.

https://soundcloud.com/bee_vision/vedam-dren

Hi, I'm new here and wanted

Hi, I'm new here and wanted to help out with voice acting. I believe my brother "metaljoemac" is already doing some voice work for you. Here's my Dark Elf audition. Thanks

https://app.box.com/s/0a8fazg0g1rxg7y60mmw

I gave my try to do a dunmer

I gave my try to do a dunmer voice since i saw on the Voice Acting Recruitment video that you guys need some dark elf voices. I recorded it on a laptop so the quality is really bad, but if i wanted to i could get some good mics and record a lot better, just wanted to post something quick for everyone to see.

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/08v8ol2m1cc1vg3/lowqualityjiubtest.ogg

Hello there!

Here are a couple dark elf samples. I'm willing to do any voices for any characters.

https://soundcloud.com/ikeyiot/ordinator-voice

https://soundcloud.com/ikeyiot/jiub

Generic DarkElf here, what do

Generic DarkElf here, what do you think?

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Hey there! Here's my take on

Hey there! Here's my take on some of Alfe Fyr's lines:

Alfe Fyr

http://mfi.re/listen/dbqapytfao9w5l6/Alfe_Fyr-Greeting-DarkElf-Spellsword.mp3

http://mfi.re/listen/u79rwbee7a0f13h/Alfe_Fyr-Plunder_The_Dungeon-DarkElf-Spellsword.mp3

Let me know what you think, thanks!

Just redid an old Dunmer

Just redid an old Dunmer audition's lines I did months ago ( Since I can't seem to find that list of unvoiced characters)

https://soundcloud.com/veggie55/dark-elf-audtion-1?in=veggie55/sets/skywind-revised-autions

Apologies for leaning on the desk at the very end though :v

I know im not perfect, but...

I know im not perfect, but....I tried
please comment, and enjoy

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0V2uCP7obWT

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0sCQBD3dala

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0toSJ1BVrbW (1st sermon of the 36 lessons of vivec translated into Dunmeri)

I'd be very interested to

I'd be very interested to hear that voice on a higher quality mike, sounds very good as far as I can tell.

Here's my audition, using the

Here's my audition, using the lines for Crazy Legs Arantamo.

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Dark Elf Male audition using

Dark Elf Male audition using the sample lines:
https://soundcloud.com/alpha-walrus/darkelfaudition

Here are two auditions using

Here are two auditions using the sample lines. First one is my regular voice with a little extra grit. Second one I doubled the rasp.

/files/Guy/files/DarkElfAudition.wav

/files/Guy/files/DarkElfAudition2.wav

Attached is my audition

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Submission for the Dark Elf

Submission for the Dark Elf Audition, please let me know if you need any other samples. Thank you!

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My attempt for a Dark Elf

My attempt for a Dark Elf male. Mic is bad cause my good one is broken, but this is just a sample in case you're interested.

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Hello, here is a submission

Hello, here is a submission to try and fill any remaining roles for a dark elf position. I've used the sample in the first post for my script. I've got more than enough free time and am willing to fill any position necessary.

https://soundcloud.com/bannedvoiceworks/dark-elf-audition

Hi, this is my first audition

Hi, this is my first audition. Please let me know if my voice is suitable for the job (may need a better microphone) :P

https://soundcloud.com/kohl-4/alven-salas

https://soundcloud.com/kohl-4/abishpulu-shand

https://soundcloud.com/kohl-4/anes-hlare

update: got a new microphone now

https://soundcloud.com/kohl-4/assantus-hansar

https://soundcloud.com/kohl-4/balur-salvu

This is very good, I like the

This is very good, I like the voice and microphone.

Hello I have here my audition

Hello I have here my audition for the Dark Elven roles.

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I saw you needed Voices for

I saw you needed Voices for roles in the Skywind Project and thought why not.

So here is my audition for no specific Dark Elf Role

https://soundcloud.com/john-burnette-3/dark-elf-audition-01

So I've been meaning to do

So I've been meaning to do some voice acting myself for a while after producing DOTA2's Pirate Captain Announcer pack, so here's a clip of Beldrose Dralor :)

https://soundcloud.com/amnzerouk/skywind-beldrose-dralor

Hold the elevator!

https://soundcloud.com/riverk/rk-tesr-dunmer-aud

Here is my Dunmer male

Here is my Dunmer male audition using the sample lines provided by Smitehammer.

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A new audition using my new

A new audition. UPDATE 9th Dec 2014. An additional Dark Elf.

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I have upgraded my recording

I have upgraded my recording setup since my last upload, so I thought I would submit new auditions before you guys hand out the new scripts.

Dunmer:

https://soundcloud.com/ryjoco/skywind-auditions

I auditioned a few months

I auditioned a few months back but I've got access to better equipment now so I've recorded some new auditions. Here is my Dark Elf:

https://app.box.com/s/yshxorqf116wrkgrno70

Thanks.

My audition. fun stuff!

http://soundcloud.com/jon-alderink/dunmer-audition/s-shN15

Here is my audition, if you

Here is my audition, if you are interested I am happy to do other reads.

https://soundcloud.com/eric19912010/dark-elf

Here's a female twist on an

Here's a female twist on an old line:

http://soundcloud.com/manelliballs2u/jilldunmer

A lot of fun, the Dark Elves.

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These are 2 more (hopefully

These are 2 more (hopefully better) Dark Elf Auditions.

https://soundcloud.com/john-burnette-3/dark-elf

https://soundcloud.com/john-burnette-3/dark-elf-2

You definitely have the Dark

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Skoomahead wrote:

Skoomahead
Here is my Dunmer male audition using the sample lines provided by Smitehammer.

You definitely have the Dark Elf voice down rather well, only issue is the audio quality is a little bad. Make sure to run it through audacity and eliminate any excess noise while recording if possible.

I cleaned up your Azura file the best I was able, but you need to make sure you're recording in a place where there is as little noise as possible, try and re-record while getting rid of all that extra noise.

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JamesMVA wrote:

JamesMVA
A new audition. UPDATE 9th Dec 2014. An additional Dark Elf.

Sadly there's not enough rasp to this, check out the OP and try and imitate Smitehammer's impression as close as possible.

Rowan1000 wrote:

Rowan1000
A lot of fun, the Dark Elves.

Check out Smitehammer's first post on this, your other stuff is pretty dang good, so I'm sure if you work on your Dark Elf rasp you'll nail it.

eric1991 wrote:

eric1991
Here is my audition, if you are interested I am happy to do other reads.

https://soundcloud.com/eric19912010/dark-elf

Couple issues here, for one you need to make sure you have a pop filter to cut off all of those pops you're getting from the P sounds. Secondly the dark elf needs to sound like Jeff Baker's dark elf, you can see the first post on this thread to get an idea of what that sounds like. Your recording equipment sounds O.K. but you will need to make sure your audio is cleaned up for the final product. Last but not least Voice acting is a lot about how you present your lines, don't just read the lines with a slight accent.

VilrenOthaendas39 wrote:

VilrenOthaendas39
These are 2 more (hopefully better) Dark Elf Auditions.

https://soundcloud.com/john-burnette-3/dark-elf

https://soundcloud.com/john-burnette-3/dark-elf-2

I think you're definitely getting closer to the actual Dark Elf sound, not sure what Smitehammer will say but I imagine it would be "need more rasp, less of your actual voice getting through." Keep working on a complete rasp, then try and add some personality to it.

I've put this on soundcloud

I've put this on soundcloud now for more convenient listening. Played with the bass a bit to make it sound richer too. Cheers.

https://soundcloud.com/glen-cooper-13/dunmer-audition-for-skywind

Are Dunmer Voice Auditions

Are Dunmer Voice Auditions closed? It has been months since Smitehammer has replied to this thread. I Posted my audition back in July.

I don't generally reply here,

I don't generally reply here, but I do use it to listen to recordings.

Ok I wasn't sure, I had just

Ok I wasn't sure, I had just seen other replies in the past and thought that was how you did it still. Thanks for clearing it up. Any thoughts on my voice lines?

If not this thread where do I go to be considered for a part?

You've definitely got a good

You've definitely got a good Dunmer voice, if you can get the audio cleaned up a bit. Taerkalith says in the next few days he should have the greetings sorted, and I hope that will be the last step before we start recording. Then we'll have a mass assignment of parts to roll out with the lines.

No specific character, just

No specific character, just general Dark Elf (And whatever isn't taken)

I used the sample script!

https://soundcloud.com/bricker-rylan/dunmer-audition

I didn't do much editing here, a little noise reduction and compression, but that was about it!

Hello, Here is my audition

Hello, Here is my audition for a Dark Elf for the project. Thank you for listening!

~K

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My attempt at a female dark

My attempt at a female dark elf. I guess this is closest to Redoran?

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I updated my post a couple

EDIT: Ignore this post. Newer audition here: https://tesrenewal.com/comment/75232#comment-75232

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