Voice acting for The Phrase Book

[Sotha]

Hi! As you know I'm working on a map. I've also read here on the forums people want more ingame conversations to make the world feel more alive.

 

I've written some custom conversations and Biker and Ocn have already helped me. Thanks guys.

 

Now I need two people who want to do some voice acting.

I have a rather simple conversation between two persons, both having something like 6 lines. The level of difficulty for the acting is probably easy, it is a normal conversation, no great emotions need to be expressed.

 

The actors should mimic the following vocal sets for the characters:

atdm:ai_vocal_set_simpleton_guard_01

http://www.mindplace...impleton_ex.wav

 

atdm:ai_vocal_set_grumbler_guard_01

http://www.mindplace...grumbler_ex.wav

 

You do not need to replicate the voices exactly, but close enough it doesn't sound totally wrong when comparing the AI voices in the conversation and the normal AI sounds.

 

Thanks! Volunteers, please step forward, enroll in this thread (and tell me which of the voices you want to give a go) and contribute your share to the mod. (Also immortalize your voice in a TDM FM!)

I'll send the script via PM to the kind people who want to help.

[SiyahParsomen]

lol, simpleton sounds like peasant from warcraft II.

[pusianka]

my accent is russian, they say... any problems with that?

[Sotha]

Well, just as a test, I tried doing the lines with my finnis äksent (finnish accent) and the result was rather horrible. It really stands out.

 

But give it a go, lets see how it works out. Make a sample of this line mimicing the simpleton voice, and try to mitigate the existink rooshian accent as much as possible. ;D

 

 

"Stop complaining! I've had enough of that. The wife is cranky and just gripes when I'm home. I don't want to hear that from you."

 

 

[RPGista]

Maybe we are lacking actor material right now... Have you considered aproaching other forums where they might be interested in doing it for you? I know that on a site like http://www.freesound.org/ (got a bunch of sounds from there) it's possible to see sounds captured, worked on and uploaded on request, there might be one for voice actors?... I would help, but m not a native speaker.

Edited April 6, 2012 by RPGista

[betpet]

I'll probably have some free time tomorrow if you want me to give it a try. I'm looking at some other stuff for another mapper but I'm sure I can read some lines if you want.

[Sotha]

Great! Try to impersonate the simpleton line at post #4 and PM me a link to the sample.

Let's see how it goes. I am sure you'll do fine.

 

Thanks.

 

As in other news: I did the grumbler lines myself and they are fine. Apparently voice impersonation is easier for me when mimicing lower voices. When I try to mimic the simpleton which is a higher pitch voice than my normal one, it just sounds frickin' awful.

A fine example how you learn new things about yourself when doing all kinds of weird stuff...

 

Now I only need that taffing simpleton voice...

[betpet]

Sorry, been rebuilding the pc. Will give it a try soon

[pusianka]

OK, I WISH TO DIE NOW BUT WELL. Have a laugh!!!

 

http://soundcloud.com/pusianka/voice2

[Sotha]

OK, I WISH TO DIE NOW BUT WELL. Have a laugh!!!

 

http://soundcloud.com/pusianka/voice2

 

Heh! I'm in no position to laugh at anybody, since your take is far better than mine, honestly. If I was immune to critique, I'd post my attempt out there just to amuse other people, but I won't since I ain't.

 

 

You indeed do have a intriguingly thick accent, and that -sadly- does not fit the character in question. Good try anyhow, thanks!

[Sotha]

So.. uhh.. Anyone helping me with this?

 

Is the simpleton too difficult to impersonate? Would it help if an alternative vocal set was used? The thug or the pro? Would that help?

 

Grumbler will not do, since the voice acting I did was impersonated to the grumbler set and I cannot do both, that would be like Gollum aguing with himself..

[Bikerdude]

I could do an alternative simpleton, but it would cool if we could get the original person to do some more lines...

[Sotha]

Or, I could just make the AI to use the jack vocal set and you could use just your normal excellent voice acting skills.

 

Frankly, I wanted to activate the community a bit with the voice acting. So far, I have taxed you and ocn so much that I somehow felt reluctant to bother you again with additional acting. But if you want to help, I'll gladly accept. How will it be?

[Narrator]

Well, it's just a quick shot and not recorded with my usual setup (so the quality would normally be better) but it's probably as close as my voice allows. If you think it's close enough, I would gladly help.

https://hotfile.com/dl/152725758/29c2bbc/Narrator_Simpelton-sample.mp3.html

[SiyahParsomen]

Well, it's just a quick shot and not recorded with my usual setup (so the quality would normally be better) but it's probably as close as my voice allows. If you think it's close enough, I would gladly help.

https://hotfile.com/...sample.mp3.html

 

hi Narrator,

 

Afair, you made a vocal set for pro guard right? If so, I think Sotha can use your help in that way.

[Sotha]

Well, it's just a quick shot and not recorded with my usual setup (so the quality would normally be better) but it's probably as close as my voice allows. If you think it's close enough, I would gladly help.

https://hotfile.com/...sample.mp3.html

 

Hey hey hey! This sounds good enough to me. While the impersonation is not spot on, your voice sounds very interesting and I think it will fit perfectly to the character. I'm sending you the script in PM right now. Thanks so much for your help!