Let's hear your VA talent!

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Originally Posted by OneUp

Smeagol/Gollum Voice over :p http://soundcloud.com/kstew86/smeagol-gollum-ffxiv-vo

Real Entry: http://soundcloud.com/kstew86/kstew8..._contest_entry

And added to the video for fun~ http://youtu.be/a50vkwUOJHc

Hope you enjoy! ^_^

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Your Gollum is great. It'd be even better if you added some panicked snorts and gasps here and there but the tone is spot on, and that's the hardest part.

Your real entry is very gritty, weathered, quiet, dark and solemn. Compliments the context very well. Good work.

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Originally Posted by Obsy

Giving a shot!

http://soundcloud.com/obsy3/arr-05

Also, Louisoix for fun
http://soundcloud.com/obsy3/arr-louisoix-1

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Your voice is so rich and crisp. I'm very jealous. Any special recording equipment or post production work to clean it up or are you just that good?

Added both to OP

Props to the people who posted their stuff.

That's all I wanted to say :)

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Originally Posted by Baldur

In my opinion your narration sounds better than the original, but it sounded a bit too generic, like the sound of an old man you would normally hear in trailers for western RPGs. I suggest to make the voice sound a little younger and more smooth, if that makes sense. If I can find a reference of a similar voice I'll show you.

I want to make a narration myself, but for some reason my voice sounds much deeper in audio devices than it does in real life, so my narration would sound worse. :-/.

Edit: Corrected spelling mistakes.

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Kind of double posting here as I should have mentioned this way back when I first responded to you but, do you happen to have an example? I'll try to post another one tomorrow, see if you like it. I'd like to study your example first though but if not, I'll post one anyways.

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Originally Posted by Rhomagus

Your voice is so rich and crisp. I'm very jealous. Any special recording equipment or post production work to clean it up or are you just that good?

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Hah, many thanks! Actually the headset mic I have for my computer has some terrible background noise, so I tried using SoundCloud's Android app and the mic'd earbuds that came stock with my smartphone. I'm glad it turned out well enough.

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Originally Posted by Rhomagus

Your Gollum is great. It'd be even better if you added some panicked snorts and gasps here and there but the tone is spot on, and that's the hardest part.

Your real entry is very gritty, weathered, quiet, dark and solemn. Compliments the context very well. Good work.

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Thanks so much for the compliments :) Made a new Smeagol/Gollum for you ^^ http://soundcloud.com/kstew86/smeagol-gollum_2

^ and liked.

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Originally Posted by OneUp

Thanks so much for the compliments :) Made a new Smeagol/Gollum for you ^^ http://soundcloud.com/kstew86/smeagol-gollum_2

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That was pretty damn good! Wish there were more of the signature Smealgol/Gollum moments, but those specific moments really shined.

i wanna post mine but im too nervous xD

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Originally Posted by LolitaLollipop

i wanna post mine but im too nervous xD

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Just post it! We're all having fun here, but I felt stupid after listen to everyone elses and mine was so serious lol. It happens, but its fun.

Yeah, have fun with it, orrrr don't!

Also even after the contest is over and done with, it'd be fun to keep this alive with different impressions like with OneUp's Gollum... hell, now I wanna do one. *3*

well this was my entry >.<
http://soundcloud.com/lolita-lollipo...-contest-entry

Well done! See, that wasn't so bad.

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Originally Posted by LolitaLollipop

well this was my entry >.<
http://soundcloud.com/lolita-lollipo...-contest-entry

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You have a very nice voice, well done!

Too many good ones! Here is mine and with a bad mic :D (tried to stop the static but my mic explicitly refused lol).

http://soundcloud.com/shougu/we-dub-and-make-it-ours

I have some crazy s sounds.. (not in a good way :( ) ss ss ssss

(check out the thick band of gray on mine and then compare it to everyone else... lol)


I like that a lot of girls have applied (you dont hear female voice overs on trailers too often) so good job girls!

And good job to everyone - makes me feel silly for even trying lol .

We need a game design contest of some sort where all you have to do is write and do silly charts... you guys too good for me lol

http://soundcloud.com/emmanuel-mitch...iv-dub-contest

here's my official one. i don't expect it to win anything, but i really think lalafell voices are under represented.

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Originally Posted by OneUp

Thanks so much for the compliments :) Made a new Smeagol/Gollum for you ^^ http://soundcloud.com/kstew86/smeagol-gollum_2

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I literally clapped IRL. Spot on in my opinion. You really brought home that crazy feeling when you did the high pitches.

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Originally Posted by LolitaLollipop

well this was my entry >.<
http://soundcloud.com/lolita-lollipo...-contest-entry

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I'd have to agree with Shougou. I too love the girl entries. This one really brings a sense of worry/concern to the whole narrative. Good work.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Too many good ones! Here is mine and with a bad mic :D (tried to stop the static but my mic explicitly refused lol).

http://soundcloud.com/shougu/we-dub-and-make-it-ours

I have some crazy s sounds.. (not in a good way :( ) ss ss ssss

(check out the thick band of gray on mine and then compare it to everyone else... lol)


I like that a lot of girls have applied (you dont hear female voice overs on trailers too often) so good job girls!

And good job to everyone - makes me feel silly for even trying lol .

We need a game design contest of some sort where all you have to do is write and do silly charts... you guys too good for me lol

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It's sucks that you didn't mean to have the static in there. You sounded like a Legatus/Judge. Potentially a Bane voiceover could be done with that. I was personally wondering how you pulled off that sound as I've been meaning to do a rewrite for the trailer from a Garlean Legatus' perspective but I haven't found out how to make that masked sound. The best I could think of is just cup my mouth with my hands or speak into an actual cup but it would be difficult to get the sound to go to the mic. Unless I put a hole in the bottom of the cup I guess, but then I'd be worried that my mouth was too close to the mic and I'd cause way too many splosives.

I particularly like your "Until Now", as well as your "beyond the reaches of time." You may not have meant this but you sound like a fallen/dying soldier, which is something I hadn't thought of and looking back, maybe I should have tried going that route instead. It's not as bad as you make it out to be. Lots of cool concepts in there.

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Originally Posted by Doho

http://soundcloud.com/emmanuel-mitch...iv-dub-contest

here's my official one. i don't expect it to win anything, but i really think lalafell voices are under represented.

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I agree with you. Lalafells are underrepresented but we haven't seen all of the official entries. Maybe yours made it to the finals? I personally think you did a bit better, or at least on par, job than Papalymo's voice actor. You actually sounded young or lalafellish, while Papalymo sounds like an older gentlemen trying to pass as a kid, which maybe that's what happens to lalafells when they age. If that's the case, what's with the really low voiced Lalafells that I see around.... hmmmmm.....

Another thing I specifically liked about yours is that it sounded like you were informing or instructing a class. I thought that was kind of cute. Kind of like teaching a history lesson of some sort. When I think about it I think about the similarities of Dalamud and Meteor which ultimately brings to mind the children laughing at the end of Final Fantasy VII.

Thanks for nostalgia on that one.

thanks! yeah, I actually went back and listened to Papalymo's voice. there's a little mature, gruffness to it.

>.< thank you for the compliments guys

This is my official entry.

I didn't change it much but I added a bit more drama to the end.

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Originally Posted by Rhomagus

It's sucks that you didn't mean to have the static in there. You sounded like a Legatus/Judge. Potentially a Bane voiceover could be done with that. I was personally wondering how you pulled off that sound as I've been meaning to do a rewrite for the trailer from a Garlean Legatus' perspective but I haven't found out how to make that masked sound. The best I could think of is just cup my mouth with my hands or speak into an actual cup but it would be difficult to get the sound to go to the mic. Unless I put a hole in the bottom of the cup I guess, but then I'd be worried that my mouth was too close to the mic and I'd cause way too many splosives.

I particularly like your "Until Now", as well as your "beyond the reaches of time." You may not have meant this but you sound like a fallen/dying soldier, which is something I hadn't thought of and looking back, maybe I should have tried going that route instead. It's not as bad as you make it out to be. Lots of cool concepts in there.

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Too kind XD!

I actually thought similar to you on the dying part lol. I was trying to make it darker, slightly softer bass, and less poppy exciting though I didnt mean to play dying (wanted darker particularly since we are talking about death and destruction not popcorn and candy hehe).

I was having trouble finding where to strain my voice.. but yeah dying is what I thought too after listening lol.


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I like the great clarity you have in yours - got some good scratch in the voice as well (I think mine requires you to have subtitles and turn up your volume to have a sense of clarity lol).

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Too kind XD!

I actually thought similar to you on the dying part lol. I was trying to make it darker, slightly softer bass, and less poppy exciting though I didnt mean to play dying (wanted darker particularly since we are talking about death and destruction not popcorn and candy hehe).

I was having trouble finding where to strain my voice.. but yeah dying is what I thought too after listening lol.


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I like the great clarity you have in yours - got some good scratch in the voice as well (I think mine requires you to have subtitles and turn up your volume to have a sense of clarity lol).

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Thank you! I think I might try to do a dying soldier and post it up here at a later date. I'd still like to try to figure out the whole mask sound effect first though. I could have a lot of fun with that one.

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Originally Posted by Rhomagus

Thank you! I think I might try to do a dying soldier and post it up here at a later date. I'd still like to try to figure out the whole mask sound effect first though. I could have a lot of fun with that one.

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After watching Bane I tried for a to do it for a while - a hand over the mouth got me closer then anything else I tried (but makes words really mumbled (at least for me)). Tell me if you find anything else that works, I want to troll my TS group lol.

Well, I had my 2yr son help me out with mine I did it when the contest was first announced, and planned on changing it before I sent it. Time got away from me and I never got the chance to fix it or send it in. Thought I'd share it anyways. I was saying phrases and he was repeating me, and I attempted to mix it together (not well, hence having to re-do it :P)

http://soundcloud.com/kneufeld84/loganarrtrailerdub

^ that is awesome lol

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Originally Posted by Mamakat

Well, I had my 2yr son help me out with mine I did it when the contest was first announced, and planned on changing it before I sent it. Time got away from me and I never got the chance to fix it or send it in. Thought I'd share it anyways. I was saying phrases and he was repeating me, and I attempted to mix it together (not well, hence having to re-do it :P)

http://soundcloud.com/kneufeld84/loganarrtrailerdub

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Very awesome! Lot's of energy behind the "until now". Kind of reminds me of "The Landlord" skit by Will Ferrel and his daughter mixed with the opening to Advent Children. Very interesting / creative way to take the narration.

Absolutely adorable. Absolutely added to the OP.

Crud! Realized I submitted my VA via e-mail, but I failed to put "FFXIV Dub Contest" into the Subject line... I left it blank like a dummy lol. I hope that doesn't disqualify me by default </cry>. :(

Took me a while to get into the forums but here is the entry i submitted.

Click here

Added my video to the OP.

It's a mixture of my official entry and my original dub done a while back, so that's why the audio is a little muddled in the end there.

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Originally Posted by ZakarnRosewood

Took me a while to get into the forums but here is the entry i submitted.

Click here

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Suuuuper Low. Very intimidating. I'm sure you can do a pretty awesome Hulk Hogan impression.

Added to OP.