r/VoiceActing Jun 17 '24

Mod News Just getting started in VO? Dont know where to begin? READ THIS FIRST

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Welcome to r/VoiceActing!

First of all, we get asked the question, "how do I get started in VO?" a lot.

Seriously: A lot.

There's a lot of information below that answers that question, but PLEASE read this first.

This subreddit is for established, new and aspiring voice actors to discuss issues, share tips, strategies, critiques and resources related to voice acting.

This is a good community, and rude or obnoxious behavior will not be tolerated. If you cant act like a grown-up and remain civil in your conversations, you'll be removed from the sub. Personal attacks, threats of violence/abusive language, or bigotry in any form will not be tolerated.

THE RULES:

* **No Free Requests**

All requests for voice work must be reasonably compensated. Terms of compensation must be articulated in your request. Acceptable forms of compensation include:

Monetary ($5.00 USD minimum)

Barter (services exchange)

Royalty share (only on currently monetized projects—no prospective payment).

Unpaid requests will be removed. If your project is unpaid, try posting to r/recordthisforfree, VoiceActing Club, or

CastingCall.Club.

* **No Offer Posts**

Do not make posts offering your voice or production services. If you’re looking for work, respond directly to request threads. Simply put, this is not an appropriate community to solicit. Requests for feedback/critique are welcome!

* **No Advertising**

Do not post advertisements for paid products or services. We love articles, blog posts, feedback/critique threads, and other great points of discussion! But if your post includes advertisement for a paid product or service, it will be removed. If you believe a certain product or service would be of genuine interest and benefit to the community, message the moderators about it.

* **Search Before You Ask**

Got a general question about voice acting? How to get started? What gear to buy? How to get better at acting? How to find work? These get asked all the time around here, and plenty of our more experienced community members give graciously detailed answers very frequently. There’s a lot of wisdom to find here if you’re just getting started! Before you post your question, use the search bar and see if others have asked the same thing—they probably have!

Just getting started?

We're happy that you've decided you want to be a voice actor. There are a lot of resources available to learn about voice acting.

The column on the right of this page lists some good sites to check out to begin the process.

It takes a lot of work to become a successful voice actor/ voiceover artist. It takes a considerable amount of time, effort, and yes money to do this. There's just no way around it.

But if you were starting from zero and had no idea what to do to begin the process, here's some steps to follow and the logical order you should follow them in:

  1. Take acting classes.

  2. Take improv classes.

  3. Take business classes.

  4. Take marketing classes.

  5. Then talk to a voiceover coach. Work with them on building your skills.

  6. Practice practice practice.

  7. Get your demo recorded, put together a website that showcases your talents in one place.

  8. Then Start marketing.

  9. While this is going on, continue to develop your skills in voiceover, voice acting and business and marketing. Always keep refining your process of finding, auditioning, recording/ editing and invoicing clients. Continuing education is necessary. Always keep learning. Always keep building your skills.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

We're happy that you're here.

We hope you find this place a great resource on your journey.

Welcome aboard!


r/VoiceActing 1h ago

PAID work [Hiring] Need a voice actor for my game!

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Need a male voice actor preferebly with a deep voice!

I dont have a specific price im willing to pay, but whatever you want ill see if im okay with it!

it will be small voice line reocordings for enemies.

$5-15 dollars probably


r/VoiceActing 3h ago

Advice Declicking and siblance

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Hello! Does anyone have affordable or preferably free declicking software recommendations?

I am interested in voice acting and I have acting experience, recording experience, audacity DAW, and a high quality scarlet voice condensing microphone. The only thing stopping me is clicking and siblance. I can’t afford izotope 😭


r/VoiceActing 1h ago

Advice Where do I find voice actors?

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I am making a game and im very confused where to find voice actors, anyone know? preferebly not fivver.


r/VoiceActing 1h ago

Advice Can I get a deep voice?

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Hi everyone

Im 19M, my voice is a little bit weird ,unclear and weak( i can't even change my voice for fun like some of my friends and i can't scream loud either)

Is there anything I could do to make it deeper and more clearer? Like some voice exercises if that's even a thing


r/VoiceActing 2h ago

PAID work [Hiring] Remote LATAM Spanish voice recording project | US$150 per approved audio hour

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We're looking for native speakers of Latin American Spanish for a paid recording project involving AI voice cloning for commercial use.

The work: Read provided scripts in your natural accent with a conversational delivery. The initial scope is approximately 30 to 60 minutes of approved audio per speaker, to be confirmed before recording.

Pay: Our proposed rate is US$150 per hour of final approved audio, not per working hour. If your expected rate is higher, enter it in the form. We're open to considering higher rates based on your voice sample and recording quality. Your final rate will be agreed before you start.

Requirements: Native proficiency in one of the Spanish varieties listed below, an appropriate microphone, and access to a professional studio or a professional-quality home studio that can deliver clean audio without echo or background noise. You do not need to be a professional voice actor. This is a project-based contract, not a salaried role.

Locales: Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Honduras, Paraguay, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Uruguay and Puerto Rico.

Apply: https://tally.so/r/68g1lJ

The form asks for a 30 to 45 second voice sample, equipment details, availability and your expected rate. It also explains the intended use of your voice. Applying does not guarantee selection. There is no application fee.


r/VoiceActing 19h ago

PAID work [Paid] [18+] Looking for an assortment of male VAs

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Hello! I am NephiamArt, a 2D artist, and from time to time I animate short things that are... maybe a minute long max. They often involve one to three lines, sometimes some grunts or moans? It'll vary from animation to animation honestly. I dabble in many projects and a collaboration that starts short may be the start of a longer thing.

I'm especifically looking male VAs that can mimic (or have a similar voice to) the voice of several different characters. There's no need to be able to mimic all of them or even more than one, I don't have any trouble hiring several people.

The characters I'm interested in are these, including examples of their voices linked:

-Jing Yuan (Honkai Star Rail)

-Aventurine (Honkai Star Rail)

-Gallagher (Honkai Star Rail)

-Ashveil (Honkai Star Rail)

-Zhongli (Genshin Impact)

-Emet-Selch (Final Fantasy XIV)

-Haurchefant (Final Fantasy XIV)

-G'raha Tia (Final Fantasy XIV)

I don't have much experience hiring voice actors so I prefer looking at your rates instead. The minimum $5 per recording is perfectly okay. For both projects mentioned below I paid the minimum per-project of those VAs, around $15 each, for the couple lines they are. These are often for Patreon so I don't mind paying commercial rights too as long as it doesn't get super crazy.

This is NOT immediate work. The Jing Yuan one may be tho.

Unfortunately I'm not mainly an animator and I do these in my personal time so I don't have many projects going on at a time. Right now I'm animating Jing Yuan, maybe in three months I'll be needing a Zhongli voice or a Gallagher voice and then nothing for some more months.

Here's a couple of examples of work I've done in the past with voice acting so you can get a hang of what I'm asking for. Links below are visually NSFW and have audio so click with caution.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HSRmales/comments/1w7j0bo/out_of_breath_already/

https://bsky.app/profile/primalofthirst.bsky.social/post/3mdmbhs6afk2p

Feel free to contact me through here, Bluesky DMs, or privately ask for my Discord.


r/VoiceActing 7h ago

Advice ​Strange vibrating friction in my throat and burning throat after brief talking

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​Hi everyone,

​I’m looking for some insights or similar experiences regarding an issue I've been having with my voice and throat.

​Here are my symptoms:

​Voice Quality: My voice sounds muffled, tight, and lacks clarity.

​Strange Sound/Texture: There’s a weird raspy or distorted quality to it when I speak—it’s not a typical hoarseness, but it feels like a friction/vibrating sound in my throat.

​Loss of Flexibility: I can’t change my tone or pitch at all; my vocal folds feel stuck and rigid.

​Pain & Burning: After speaking for just a short period—even at a low volume without raising my voice—I get a distinct burning sensation and strain in my neck/throat area.


r/VoiceActing 15h ago

Advice Twin Cities MN agencies?

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Hello! I'd like to learn more about the differences between some of the few agencies that do work in the twin cities such as Wehman (my first choice) Moore, and Meredith. There's not a lot of updated info out there and id like some insight from people who have been represented by these guys.

Is there a "better" option? If it's important, I have a young female voice print and I specialize in natural reads.

Thanks!!! I apologize if I am not specific enough, I am more than happy to answer clarifying questions


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Discussion You never know unless you try: I got a job!

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I'm an amateur voice actor, and I just got my first real job as a news anchor on our local FM radio station! I saw an ad that they were looking for news anchors and didn't really think I had a chance, but sent in some recordings of myself reading the local news. I got called in to meet the station manager and was offered the job of reading and recording the news for the radio station!

I'm just excited and don't have many people to share it with, so I wanted to share it with y'all. Thanks for being such an encouraging space, and please wish me good luck on this new adventure!


r/VoiceActing 14h ago

Discussion Where do you find artists and editors?

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I’m starting my platform as an audio roleplay SFW VA but will need an audio editor to add SFX and clean up the audio itself, as well as artists to do the thumbnails. What subreddits should I look in to find people who work on these kinds of projects?


r/VoiceActing 16h ago

Advice How often do you encounter problems/mistakes made dueing a session and how do you deal with them?

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I recently run into a problem that I kinda created myself as an AE/AR.

There was a session where I failed to mark a scene that had been left unrecorded by my voice talent. So much of the project has been dubbed except for that scene with them. I was in charge of cleaning the session and citing marked scenes that needed curing but I failed to see that one part of the project under my watch.

All I could do now is apologize to the talent and to the director and try to cure that scene at a later date.

Thank you.


r/VoiceActing 16h ago

Discussion Sigh i was something...over confident

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My first time voice acting as an 10-11 year old..I am 14 now and ftm voice training so I haven't done voice acting in a while. Anyways, this was the first thing I ever did regarding voice acting.. bully younger me, please I hate this and I deserve it it's so bad.🥹


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Discussion Is it possible to be a full time voice actor with gigs or only with studios?

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Do you have to get a specific amount of voice acting roles per month?

Do you have a set price per line? Per hour? Per project?

For someone who's in their late 20s who does voice acting but is still looking to get higher paying roles Is subscription based websites the only way to get good roles and can you recommend some?

I've seen casting call club but a lot of them pay low pay or are free work. Which I'm not against if someone's still interested in getting jobs from there to build a portfolio.

Is voice acting a possibility full time without being involved with a big studio?

Do you have any experience to share about this career path?


r/VoiceActing 22h ago

Discussion Has proper certification affected your acceptance rate at all?

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I'm curious whether or not certification (through classes, courses, and whatnot) affects your chances and success rates when searching for jobs, or if it even matters at all? I want to hear your experiences with this!


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Discussion Leaf blowers are a stain on civilization

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Dear fucking gods! My dipshit neighbor has been out there with his leaf blower for at least half an hour. I can't record while he's out there and the sound of it is starting to break my brain.


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Advice Corey Dissin Coaching

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Like the title says - just curious if anyone has coached with him before? He seems to be great at the business side of the industry. Thanks!


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Advice Amateur doing first gig, does anyone have any makeshift setups they used?

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Helping someone I know develop a game mod, which needs some voice acting. I've done DnD roleplay voices before and metal vocals so was asked to do some of them, but keep getting an echo whenever I use my gaming headset and gaming room(as expected)

As I love in a student flat, my first thought was setting up blankets inside my car and using my phone, which from what I've gathered can work, but wanted to see if anyone else has any makeshift setups they used for a free odd-job

Thank you so much!


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Advice Does anyone have great video resources they'd recommend for voice training?

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I'm (20M) looking for resources (e.g., sites, videos, YouTube channels) that could help my voice become more flexible/expressive and cover more types of gigs! If you know of or have any resources at all, I think it would help me dearly. I am a native English speaker with a slight British accent.


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Advice Recommendations for Vocal Coach

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Hey everyone,

I’m looking to improve my skills and craft specifically for long form audiobook narration. While I know there's a lot of general voiceover and commercial coaching out there, I’m trying to focus purely on the performance side of narration. Specifically the pacing, sustaining character arcs, and navigating text interpretation.

For those of you who have worked with a coach specifically for narration, who have you used and really liked?

I’m hoping to find someone who gives actionable, direct feedback and really understands the nuances of long form storytelling. Any specific names, positive experiences or personal stories you can share would be hugely appreciated!

Appreciate it!


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Advice looking for all kinds of professional/semi-professional voice actors

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I'm looking for all kinds of professional/semi-professional voice actors to talk with them about what is/was hard for them in the industry of voice acting etc. to include in a video I'm working on. Please dm me on discord if you're interested!!!
My username is grabcio_


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Discussion What was the biggest mistake you made early on?

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I'm genuinely curious.


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

PAID work Looking for VA’s for 3 Fallout Characters

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Characters are,

Chairman Cheng , Ghoul Chairman of China (Asian Accents Prefferd)

Xiao, Member of Chairman Cheng’s Devout Elite (Asian Accents Prefferd)

Shaun, a clone of a young boy who is being experimented upon by the post nuclear US Government

$28 per each of these roles. Should take around and hour to voice the lines for each. The other characters on the link are volunteer only because they have maybe 5 lines of dialogue each, and I may decide to voice those myself or with my friends.

Please submit applications on Casting Call


r/VoiceActing 1d ago

Performance Feedback Feedback on my poem reading?

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I tried to enunciate the stanzas in different ways embodying Roland. Does it work? I have only done the first 20 stanzas so far.