Voice Acting for Fallout 3

[snowblade_taki]

Hey, haven't been active in awhile, which was due to me basically rage quitting everything mod related when I downloaded gigs upon gigs of awsome Fallout 3 mods, only to find out my Laptops graphics card wasn't good enough to play Fallout 3. I even rage quit Oblivion for PC, which was working fine (abit crappy frame rate). Now I want to transfer my love of mods into helping others make mods awsome. One of the key things I noticed a lot of mods were missing (where applicable), was a lack of decent, or any, voice acting!

 

For anyone who is seriously interested in having a voice actor for their mod, I am more than happy to supply a demo clip if you give me a script, a little back story behind the script (including the mood, events prior to the lines, and generally anything that might influence the sound itself, like intensity of the situation), and what you want it to sound like. While I'm a male, I could probably do female voices to an extent (I have a slightly higher pitched voice naturally, but I can definately do lower pitched and much higher pitched, as well as regular pitched). I can also do a variety of accents, with Brittish and Russian being the dominate ones and the ones I practice and use frequently. I am American though, so that would be what my normal voice would sound like. I do a pretty funny impression when I'm singing along to Even Flow by Pearl Jam, which may be relevent if your character has that type of voice.

 

Hopefully I produce some quality work and maybe even have a future as a Voice Actor for a real job! That would be a cool thing to do on the side inbetween degrees in college.

Edited May 18, 2012 by snowblade_taki

[MichikoUnknownFox]

Hello. :) I'm a part-time professional voice actor that's worked on audio books, educational stuff and even a few video games. Allow me to give you some advice on how to get started as a voice actor for games, especially in the FO3 context.

 

-> Consider getting a good mic. Don't use headset mics or any of those cheap PC mics that are built for webcams or voice chatting. A condenser mic is the best option for a voice actor, even the cheaper ones are still better than a PC mic. Listen to the sound quality and you'll know why it's important. If you really have a talent for voicing stuff, you can actually make a living off doing this full-time, aside from doing it for fun for free mods to a game, which is basically what I've done really, so it's worth the investment for sure.

 

A good condenser mic makes your voice sound clear, and is able to capture every little thing your voice can do. The better ones can greatly reduce background noise because they tend to be built directionally (professional studio quality ones particularly). You can get a cheap USB condenser mic, which is ideal for your purposes for now, for under $60. If you go for one that isn't a USB type, you're going to need an audio interface or a vocal amplifier that can plug into a computer (most can do that by default if you know what you're doing), which is some additional spending.

 

 

-> There's a few quest mods for FO3 that require voice acting. You can make unofficial voiced mods for those as an audition of sorts, if you can't get in contact with the original modder (like it's a long-abandoned project and the modder isn't even playing FO3 anymore). You may need to learn to mod lip synch files for them as well, but it's not really all that hard. If you're able to do those things yourself, you can greatly increase your chances of getting some exposure. You can also make some companion NPCs with their own dialogue.

 

 

-> Consider getting some software that can alter your voice as well. There's some free stuff, especially VST plugins for DAWs (even the free recording platform Audacity can support them if you use a VST bridge). The reason this is important is because for things like radio station DJ work, which is always a good kind of mod for FO3 in general, you're going to want something that can distort your voice a little bit to sound like a radio. There are even some programs that can realistically change your voice to sound female, monstrous, deeper, lighter, etc., though there aren't any free versions of these. Still, for somebody like you they're worth the investment. Most companies (do a Google search for voice changing software) will allow you to try the product first to see if you like its effects or not. I've tried quite a few and they're really good. I have a deep voice and it's cool to be able to do different voices when doing animated voices for storybooks, or video games.

 

 

Good luck to you.

[snowblade_taki]

So I did some work for an Oblivion Mod, if anyone was interested I'd be more than happy to send some of the lines to you

[b133d4u]

Can you do a ghoul-style voice?

[GamerChaos]

Hello. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/smile.gif I'm a part-time professional voice actor that's worked on audio books, educational stuff and even a few video games. Allow me to give you some advice on how to get started as a voice actor for games, especially in the FO3 context.

 

-> Consider getting a good mic. Don't use headset mics or any of those cheap PC mics that are built for webcams or voice chatting. A condenser mic is the best option for a voice actor, even the cheaper ones are still better than a PC mic. Listen to the sound quality and you'll know why it's important. If you really have a talent for voicing stuff, you can actually make a living off doing this full-time, aside from doing it for fun for free mods to a game, which is basically what I've done really, so it's worth the investment for sure.

 

A good condenser mic makes your voice sound clear, and is able to capture every little thing your voice can do. The better ones can greatly reduce background noise because they tend to be built directionally (professional studio quality ones particularly). You can get a cheap USB condenser mic, which is ideal for your purposes for now, for under $60. If you go for one that isn't a USB type, you're going to need an audio interface or a vocal amplifier that can plug into a computer (most can do that by default if you know what you're doing), which is some additional spending.

 

 

-> There's a few quest mods for FO3 that require voice acting. You can make unofficial voiced mods for those as an audition of sorts, if you can't get in contact with the original modder (like it's a long-abandoned project and the modder isn't even playing FO3 anymore). You may need to learn to mod lip synch files for them as well, but it's not really all that hard. If you're able to do those things yourself, you can greatly increase your chances of getting some exposure. You can also make some companion NPCs with their own dialogue.

 

 

-> Consider getting some software that can alter your voice as well. There's some free stuff, especially VST plugins for DAWs (even the free recording platform Audacity can support them if you use a VST bridge). The reason this is important is because for things like radio station DJ work, which is always a good kind of mod for FO3 in general, you're going to want something that can distort your voice a little bit to sound like a radio. There are even some programs that can realistically change your voice to sound female, monstrous, deeper, lighter, etc., though there aren't any free versions of these. Still, for somebody like you they're worth the investment. Most companies (do a Google search for voice changing software) will allow you to try the product first to see if you like its effects or not. I've tried quite a few and they're really good. I have a deep voice and it's cool to be able to do different voices when doing animated voices for storybooks, or video games.

 

 

Good luck to you.

yeah could you send me some line just to read and test best settings for voice acting