Voice For Hire!

[Horror.Man]

I'd just like to put the option out there. I have a pretty unique voice with over a known fifty voices, all of different ranges and factions. I'd love to help voice a campaign, or even a personal project. Being an actor for the last four years has helped to increase my range of voice talent, so I'm well prepared to help.

If you'd like to PM me with directions, or even a "trial" version of my voice, just post the requirements and I'll give it my best. Thanks all.

 

[DwarfZealot]

can i just hear a sample?

 

[Horn]

Samples.

 

[Horror.Man]

Will do. Just gotta set up some sound stuff. I'll upload two-three samples tonight. Anything in particular?

 

[Horn]

Troll, Elf, Nerubian

 

[Horror.Man]

Ah, alright. Nerubian I will have to work on.

/grows a second pair of vocal chords

 

[Horror.Man]

My apologies for the delay. Here are some samples I did last night and this morning.

They feature an Orc summoner whose chance of resurrecting a well known pit-lord has just become easier, a Troll who fears that Human forces are encroaching on his homeland, and a Priest who delivers a foreshadowing monologue prior to the destruction of Dalaran...

EDIT: I added a Dwarven voice.

Mind you, they are all in MP3 format. Sorry for the inconveinence, but it's the only format I can save to at this time.

ENJOY

 

[operator]

They're quite nice

I'm thinking about making a cinematic. Would love to have you as an actor !

Edit:

Can I hear your Dwarf ?

 

[Horror.Man]

I would love to act for your cinematic. I'll get on the dwarf voice right away.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to them, by the way.

 

[operator]

No problem. Add me to your MSN if you feel like it;

[email protected]

 

[brad.dude03]

Very nice voice work! Easily the best in the Hive

 

[Horn]

Not bad. The Undead sounds more like an Orc though.

 

[Horror.Man]

brad.dude03, that was seriously an awesome thing you said. Thanks for all the support.

Whitehorn, you could very well be right. I was aiming for a gutteral voice, similar to Mannoroth's but when I heard it again, it really does sound orcish. It makes sens though right? A fel orc necromancer could very well want to resurrect the infamous pit-lord. Afterall, Mannoroth was the fel orcs' master.

 

[Horn]

Don't suppose you could try a nice croaky guttural Nerubian voice?

 

[operator]

Don't suppose you could try a nice croaky guttural Nerubian voice?

Nope, he's too busy making a Dwarf : p

 

[Horror.Man]

Whitehorn, I will voice a "nice croaky nerubian voice" after I complete operator's request. It may take some time to practice it, but I'll try my best.

operator, yes you first!

/tosses a cookie at operator

 

[brad.dude03]

When I first heard the Undead voice, I almost thought that it *was* Mannoroth lol.

 

[Horror.Man]

Haha. Maybe a distant relative? Perhaps a cousin? We'll never know..

 

[SuPa-]

Horror, what program(s) do you use for voice recording?
Nice voice acting

 

[Horror.Man]

I use Audacity. It's free, and you can tamper with just about any aspect of voicing.

And, thank you.

 

[DwarfZealot]

i would really like to hear your dwarf voice (i LOVE dwarves) i might be needing another voice iin my campaign (which i jus started up again by the way)

 

[Horror.Man]

Yes, I could tell you LOVE dwarves. Hence the dwarf sig and dwarf avatar. Very nice. Don't get your pants in a bunch now, I'll get the dwarf voice up as soon as I can. As for now, continue to bask in your awesome dwarfiness..

lmao. dwarfiness.

 

[operator]

How do you get the sound so ''clean'' ? Whenever I try to record, my breath allways gets in the way. Like it's blowing.

 

[Horror.Man]

Operator, firstly, I have a really cheap microphone. I had been trying to voice act for a few years now, but the computer I used always recorded awful background feedback and my breath became a horrible distraction. I fixed one of the problems. If you hold the microphone, away and to the side, making sure not to blow on it, you can really fix the breath problem. I stopped using my PC and started using a labtop. I have no idea why the laptop recorded no background fuzz, while my PC did.

I also found that when my laptop was plugged in (charging) it created a really nasty buzzing sound when I recorded. When I took the battery charger plug out, it stopped the buzzing.

I'm not saying these are your problems, but you could also try looking at your sound options in your control panel. Also, there are several tools with Audacity that take out, and even silence some noises

Personally, keep trying. Your best bets lay in fixing it yourself, and figuring just how you want your voice to sound. Tinker with the effects a little, and you'll find that you can easily voice act.

Best wishes!

 

[Gausslander]

I don't know it's missing a certain quality, it's a little kiddish. Work on your breathing, you'll notice undead (skeletons etc.) don't breath, therefore you should pause the recording in between words if you must to take a breather.

 

[Horror.Man]

The Undead voice is kinda iffy. I'm probably going to change it to Orc. It fits, and maybe I'm not ready to tackle Undead.

Thanks for the comment though Scyth-master. I'll work on breathing.

 

[SuPa-]

Ok... Horror gave me permission to post up a sample in this thread, and I want to learn how to voice act. I tried to do what he did with the whole Mannoroth thing. What it says is a little cheesey... couldn't think of anything to say lol. Well, here it is

 

[Horror.Man]

SuPa-, It's a little hard to understand. I can make out, "Mortals, the time of darkness has come..." The rest is illegible to my ears. Mannoroth's voice is definitely a hard voice to do. The power of his voice doesn't come from his mouth or throat, it comes from deep within his stomach. If you'd like, you could look up on youtube the cinematic between Mannoroth, Thrall, and Grom. I practiced for a little bit getting the voice portion of it, then added in the laughing and maniacal demon we all know.

It's difficult to do, but it takes time as well. Many comedic improvisations take years to practice. Work on it, and when you're ready we can hear it again.

 

[operator]

How's that dwarf coming along ?

 

[Horror.Man]

My girlfriend has been present at my house for a day or so now, and I've decided that I should pay attention to her a little more being that I've been working on a project of mine non-stop for the last week or so.

Sorry for the wait Operator, but I promise that the dwarf voice will be done tomorrow if not as early as later tonight.

 

[SuPa-]

Well... if anyone ever needs a tauren I'm your man!

I also have 5 dwarf things... but they suck so I'm not gonna put them up *weeps* :'(

 

[Horror.Man]

No offense SuPa-, but it sounded almost exactly like the cockroah alien from Men In Black. Yeah, it also sounds like a Tauren, but I thought it was interesting.

Here's a sample of my Dwarven voice. It took some time trying to memorize Muradin's and even the rifleman. As far as I can tell, it sounds similar, but not exactly. Also, I tried working a bit on a Scottish accent which helped a lot.

In this clip, you'll hear the aftermath of Arthas obtaining his infamous sword and (not seen in WC III) dragging back Muradin's sacrificed corpse to his basecamp.

Enjoy!

 

[SuPa-]

Yeah.. my 14 year old voice is horrible for voice acting things. Mainly because it's a 14 year that's not very manipulative XD

 

[Horror.Man]

Haha, I didn't mean to offend you. Fourteen year olds are cool, because I used to be one. Being seventeen doesn't help either. I'm half-way stuck between being a child and being a man.

It kind of makes me jealous to see how many users on The Hive who are younger than me, and can do so much more than what I ever tried. Oh well.

 

[SuPa-]

Oh, sorry for having you misunderstand. I know you weren't trying to offend me and I wasn't offended. Just saying that my voice is rather kiddish and I can't make it deep or like an adult (which about all wc3 units would be considered). And distorting it to make it deeper doesn't help that much

Yeah, at the end it dose sound a lot like the cockroach alien from MIB, but that's because at the end I messed up. I think it sounds fine at the beginning though

 

[Horror.Man]

Oh, I know what you mean. And yeah, pretty much all Wc3 units' voices are either demonic or have some sort of rasp.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Nice voices, nice. I am starting up a campaign project along with Bob27 and I were wondering how long you plan to stick around here at the Hive? Because I would like to use your voice talents in the campaign if you are still here in perhaps a month or 2 (depending on when we have the plot and dialog done)?

 

[Horror.Man]

raginspeedhorn, I'll be sticking around The Hive until Wc3 is long gone. So, I'll be able to help whenever you need me.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Sounds good, I'll contact you when the time comes.

 

[Horn]

Pretty ambitious statement since you've been here less than 10 days.

 

[Horror.Man]

Well, honestly I don't see any reason why I would leave. I've always loved joining mapping communities, and now that Wc3sear is gone, The Hive was the next best place. I will always love Warcraft and its lore, but more than that, I will continue to devote my time to learning what it means to "create" in the Warcraft universe.

Also, I love belonging to something.

 

[operator]

The Hive IS wc3sear

 

[brad.dude03]

It is now, anyway. We were always the underdog with the giant wc3sear stealing all of our hits, and I liked it that way, but now we're on top, and no one can steal our hits!

Glad that you plan to hang around though Horror.Man.

 

[Gausslander]

Your girl, huh? What's the lass' name? I just got cut up pretty badly, I could use some more bandages, but meh. Anyway, keep it up, and Audacity isn't as good as Sound Recorder for voice recording once you have a quality Microphone. Audacity is still useful for shrinking file size.

 

[Horror.Man]

Your girl, huh? What's the lass' name? I just got cut up pretty badly, I could use some more bandages, but meh.

I have no idea what you mean with the above sentence.

I like Audacity just because it's simple to use, but unfortunately I don't have a high-quality mic, so it's tough using the default Sound Recorder.

 

[Gausslander]

I meant your girlfriend, tu novia, la amiga de chucar. And I'm in the National Guard, so it's kind of hard not to get cut up.

 

[Horror.Man]

Oh! Haha, I understood the girlfriend thing, but I didn't understand why you were saying it. Now I get it, because I forgot I posted something about my girlfriend. Heh, some boyfriend I am.

Anyways, back on track.

I tried doing a Nerubian voice, but it is horrible. I can't get the right amount of beats in my voice to fluctuate the true Nerubian sound. Oh well.

 

[Gausslander]

Do you have an electric piano at home? That can be a simple but very effective tool for loops and enhancing the "dark" feeling.

 

[Horror.Man]

What would I do with an electric piano exactly? Would I put some looping "echo" sounds in the background?

 

[Darkmagi]

Nice voices man! the Human one could use some work and the dwarf one as well, But the troll one was awsome! Keep on working your demon voice too. And if you can do that demon one good i might have a spot for you in my project...


PS you would be the evil guy i need a good Balhrog voice for Dastranor and/or Shadowstalker.