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Hi im Velex and im looking for voice acters to play the following charecters

Gandalf
Frodo
Sam
Merry
Pippin
Aragorn
Random Hobbit1

If interested email me at velex27@aol.com

Hey, I was wondering if there was any Voice Acting pplz here that could speak Japanese... I got some more info here. I also know that some of you might hate me, but I dont care because this is the internet and not real life...

Nobody hates you. There's probably quite a few people here that can speak Japanese. Kagome being one of them ... she probably understands it quite well. I learned only a tiny bit, so I'm sure someone will post a reply to your request.

-Hobbes

Hobbes,Elliair,Kagome, frogs and everone
how you all been, yes it is I gamesdisk back from the dead....well hostile and newbi animations and what you all been up too lots of roles I hope!! :)

Hospital food is the most yuky ,healthy food ever! man do I need some chips/fries
and a drip is the most horrid thing ever

Anyway I been very busy with "my way of life" flash and two new games that are coming nicely (also a tiny bit of VA)

also Im going too need lots of Voice thespians soon as a Untitled project that I and azuros are doing will have over 20 female roles and uncountable male roles think ff10 but that mean only about 2-3 females and 4-5 male and we have a lot of interests

but bar from work and end of year tests I hope to be going down to Southern California
for a holiday after my exams. I hear its nice this time of year…..so its going to rock leaving my family behind and having a holiday by myself, I just wish I knew where things are lol knowing me I spend the whole time just wounding around looking at things.

Welcome back gamesdisk! I'm glad to hear that you're ok, I hope all is well and good luck with exams and the holiday!

Well, the posts have picked up a bit today. Interesting to see how Kagome's threat to leave has made almost everyone sound off.

Gamesdisc: Oh, but it's not nice here right now. It's warm maybe, but we're in the middle of June Gloom. It'll be weeks before we see the sun again...

Speaking of June Gloom, what I knew would be coming has finally happened. I was told just a short while ago that I'll be out of a job. They were quite diplomatic about it. They sorta forced me to resign... they told me they were moving my job back to Boston. The choice was mine, stay here or move and keep the job. Of course they knew what I'd say, but I was tempted to call their bluff any ways. Oh well.

I'm hoping I get severance. I'm basically broke, couldn't make it a week unemployed. We'll see what happens. I'm confident that I'll get another job, it's just a question of what and when. Maybe I should see if I can find any voice acting auditions... HA! That'd be wicked sweet.

Oh, and congrats on an overall 5.00/5.00 on yer audio -frogs-

At 6/2/05 09:29 PM, Evil_Marksmanship wrote: Oh, and congrats on an overall 5.00/5.00 on yer audio -frogs-

Ummm... thanks. But what are you talking about?

At 6/2/05 04:58 PM, bigdsloan wrote: uh hehehe is there any certain format that you want my recording in?
For hollywoodstudio: my recording device is soundforge how do you get clicks and stuff out of that....of do you know
also for anyone that knows this, how do you transport soundfiles to a site like geocites or something like that?

will someone answer my questions?

ISCA UPDATE!

All right, my loverlies, I'm back. And better than ever. New Job, yes. But I've worked out the kinks by now and I'm back in the VA game.

This summer is totally my summer. I'm putting together a new demo to send out to the studios. I'm going to be making contacts, getting names, working my way up the ladders. I've been recording for like.. three hours tonight and my backlog is clean, new auditions are out and everything is running smoothly.

I feel all happy. ^_^

At 6/2/05 11:13 PM, bigdsloan wrote: will someone answer my questions?

I'd love to answer for you, but I don't use Soundforge. I can't think of any of us off the top of my head who DO use it, but someone might. :) Keep waiting.

Oh, I forgot to add, whoever was looking for some Japanese, I speak/write/read it fairly well.

I need to know the name of good mic to buy. I'm playing on doing alot of voice acting in the near future, and I want the best one as possible.

Thanks

Glad to see more interest in voice acting.

Any microphone is good enough to use. Even those microphones that come with your computer. But if you want good quality, I suggest a Logitech brand microphone, or Shure.

And I also suggest you get yourself a good recording program such as Audacity or Cool Edit Pro if you haven't one and familiarize yourself with one of said programs. Good luck! (Any additional help can be found right here. Just ask.)

good kagome, if you are unsatisfied with the quality at hand, stop all export and wait till you feel confortable.

at least that's what i did...

so good.

anyways, sorry i missed a lot guys. school was at the top of my list and i needed good grades.
i guess 4A's and 3 B's will do... in any event, i have been writting and drawing vigorously on the 4th rewrite of my series, whose motivational motto i inscibed: 'just f*ck it. make something stupid!'

and i will.

alright, here is the problem....

I have a microphone built inside my laptop right....it works pretty good and all but...whenver I try to plug an external mic into the "mic" slot, nothing happnes. I cant record, It just comes up blank. When I take it out, records fine. Ive tried this with 2 diff mics and bot mics work on my other computer....suggestions?

At 6/3/05 01:17 AM, Elliair wrote: And I also suggest you get yourself a good recording program such as Audacity or Cool Edit Pro if you haven't one and familiarize yourself with one of said programs. Good luck! (Any additional help can be found right here. Just ask.)

I'll look into those products. Thanks for the assistance.

Kagome - I hope you don't actually quite voice-acting. You're my go-to girl for that sorta thing. I mean, I would like to use others on occasion, but when I want something to be awesome there's only one name that comes to mind.

Hobbes - I keep wondering if grims is gonna kill me 'cos I haven't done my Robo-Bob lines yet, but if you're only half done, then I'm not as worried. Maybe tommorrow I'll finish 'em up.

Also, I want to thank all the people who've emailed me about voice roles lately. I'm sorry that I haven't responded to a lot of you as I've been horrendously busy. I hope this will change, but if it doesn't I may not be very available.

I'm not a voice actor, but I hope it's OK that I reply anyway.

Kagome:

First: good friends don't tell you you're not good at something. Good friends tell you what you could do better. I feel really sorry that you don't find this fun anymore, because you're one of my favourite voice actors, but... if none of us ever got to hear what we're bad at, the world would probably never improve. Personally, one thing annoys me more than being told I'm bad at something by friends and family, and that is being told that I'm GOOD at something by friends and family, as I don't need that - whatever I do, I wish to do it as good as possible, so I need people to tell me what I can do better, not what I already do good. I sometimes show stuff I make to my mother - there's a sure way of knowing you won't recieve anything constructive, just a "wow, this is great, how wonderful dear". That's what mothers are for. Friends often try taking that part, too. Although. I hate it when they do, because I want to be a professional one day (though not in voice acting). I have no problem realizing that I'm not the king of the world and that I have my mistakes, and if I really wish to make it, I need people to tell me that I suck, so that I can ask them "OK, what do you think I could do better?".

There's no such thing as "no talent" in voice acting. If voice acting is what you wish to do, you should do it. Everybody can become a GREAT voice actor if they work really really hard and truly madly deeply wants it from the bottom of their heart - even the worst ones. And you're definitely not one of them! So, if your friends say you don't have the talent for this, just ask them "What do you think I could do better, then?" - even the worst voice actor on Earth could become a champion from listening to his critics and working really, really hard on improving. In your case, you are already a very good voice actor, and like others, I seriously believe you will go pro one day.

You're not perfect. Of course you're not - I mean, you are very, very young. You have many years to improve. And even for the greatest champion in the world, realizing one's weak sides and working on improving in those areas should be an important task. Take all advice as good advice, talk everybody into telling you WHY they think you don't have any talent, and you have mapped your weakest sides, which has to be a priority for everybody wishing to really, really go for something.

My opinion is you have LOTS of talent as a voice actor. I have downloaded all your demo clips and sometimes just listen to them on repeat to find inspiration in your voice. The second I decide to create a professional movie where I actually will pay the voice actors for what they do, you - and a couple of other VACers - are the first people I will e-mail.

And yeah, it sucks being owned by a n00b with one day of experience when you have years yourself, but that's what working with anything is all about, isn't it? Ever read "Dilbert"? In most cases, bosses are idiots. They're not always n00bs, but they practically always act that way. That goes for managers, CEOs, directors, the American president and basically most of the bosses in the world. They think they know everything, and they absolutely don't, which is why they treat you as an actor or employee the way they do. In that way, doing voicejobs for n00bs like me or other n00bs trying to find actors for our silly animations in here (or am I the only n00b in here? I don't know, actually, so I'm sorry if anyone feels offended) is great practice for when it's actually time for going out into real life and realizing the director on your first big voice job is the biggest jerk you've ever met.

That's not a fun part of voice-acting at all. But you don't care about that! And why don't you care about that? Because you want to be the best voice actor in the world, and to get there, you have to talk thousands of morons and idiots into actually realizing how good you are. So take working with us n00bs as good advice for the day your main income will be to voice-act while at the same time convincing idiots that you know more about voice-acting than them and that what they're trying to make you do is a really, really lousy idea.

Just to be clear, I'm not trying to talk you out of taking a break. If you feel like it, I think you should - and all the best of luck to you! Taking a break to clear one's mind can sometimes be the best thing to do, and whatever decision you land on, I wish you all the best for the future (although, I hope to hear your voice in pro voiceacting one day).

All I'm saying is: don't let the facts that everybody has different taste and that you're not perfect take the joy of voice acting away from you. Instead, find your weak spots, and strengthen them. Have faith in yourself, but never tell yourself that you're perfect - instead, keep looking for new flaws to improve on. And whenever you get a rejection, or a n00b tells you he thinks you suck, find out what they think you're doing wrong, and improve on that area. Have faith, Kagome - you can do this, because you have a so huge potential when it comes to voice acting, and as long as you really, really want it, it's worth it.

(my apologies for the bad English, I'm Norwegian)

Well said, olaftheblue, well said. I agree with him. I would love for Kagome to keep it up.

At 6/3/05 02:44 AM, Bezo wrote: Kagome - I hope you don't actually quite voice-acting. You're my go-to girl for that sorta thing. I mean, I would like to use others on occasion, but when I want something to be awesome there's only one name that comes to mind.

Don't worry. I will voice act for you any time I need it. I just want to keep it away from my real life friends and stop working so hard to do it professionally because those things only hurt me in the end. But I would still love to help you out in your projects.

Frogs - I wasn't threatening at all...I'm staying in the club, I'm just taking a break from posting mp3s here or anywhere, or actively emailing producers 'cause 99% of the time nothing comes out of it, as I believe Omahdon once mentioned. I figure if the majority here have roles falling in their lap, then something's wrong here so I won't contest it.

MC - I loved talking to you on the phone this afternoon =^___^= *kittyface*

Evil - I speak Japanese. In fact, I did all the Japanese lines for the Runaway Shinobi flash. If you're looking for someone really fluent though, I'd suggest contacting Aimi.

Olaf - Thank you for your concern. My friends basically just told me that all my voices sound the same and if I worked this long at it without improving then it's just not what I have a talent for. They were being honest, and that's okay. I would still be happy to be in your project. I just notice that every voice actor I've ever heard in interviews, etc. has a good natural voice which is how they get the job.
btw I'm not all that young...I'll be an adult next month. ;)

Everyone else - I totally appreciate the support and will continue to voice in your movies if you ask me to.. Other than that I'm just taking a break from posting anything or trying insanely to find work. It either has bad results or no results so it's just time to stop for a while and figure out something else, ne? :)

Why come you never get on yahoo? I'd like to talk to you about the flash sometime. (I wonder if I'm gonna get mauled for posting here...) O_O

*gets on Yahoo just for Lucent-san*

At 6/3/05 01:56 AM, Jerma wrote: alright, here is the problem....

I have a microphone built inside my laptop right....it works pretty good and all but...whenver I try to plug an external mic into the "mic" slot, nothing happnes. I cant record, It just comes up blank. When I take it out, records fine. Ive tried this with 2 diff mics and bot mics work on my other computer....suggestions?

I had a similar problem with my plugged in mic recoridng reeeeaaalllly faint. Try going into the control panel and looking at 'Sound and Audio Devices'. In there you'll want to go to the 'voice' tab and go take a look at the 'volume' or possibly 'advanced' items below the voice recording device. Also, you could try double clicking the 'volume' icon in the bottom right hand corner of your screen then play around with what you can find in there (ie options -> properties, options -> advanced controls, the advanced button under mic... etc). Also in the program you're recording in check the microphone input/gain levels... I've had to increase them signifigantly whilst working with audigy.

Hi guys I've been pretty busy but I just wanted to say hi and stuff. I hope that this "June Gloom" doesn't stay :( I hope things get better, maybe we're all in just a early or pre summer funk. Peace everybody

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I may be getting better recording equiptment by Saturday,

The hell did I miss in here? Suddenly everyone is proclaiming the club to be dead and now the leader quits. Meh, not a whole lot I could say that'd help things I suppose. Though I did have a project idea in mind, and I suppose I might as well still send the e-mail out, cause talking about it here would make people very angry and upset and whatnot.

Er, back to the subject.

I forgot the subject, hold up.

Oh yeah, the subject.

Oh wait, I already said I wasn't gonna say anything.

Ah hell, I'll just send that damn e-mail, no one even reads these posts this far anyways.