First Demo :o

[Kathryn]

Eek..I'm really nervous to post this but here we go! I still have a lot of work to do and the quality definitely isn't the best but its better than nothing, I suppose! If anything, I have something I can cringe at once I've improved, right? : D

http://media.putfile.com/Kathryns-VAA-Demo

Comments and criticism appreciated. :3

Edit: I took your advice and tried to smooth out the mixing problems. Hope it sounds a bit better now!

[Mochan]

There was definitely some good range and emotion, but I believe that you can definitely bump it up a bit on both levels. That last voice was crazy! A list of characters you did would be nice. It's difficult to critique them one-by-one if I don't know who they are.
But anyway, really good mix and some great voices!

[Kathryn]

Thank you - I'll definitely bump up the energy next time! I actually just did generic characters for many of them but the 2nd voice ("This should be the east building") is Tsukasa from Lucky Star and the 8th ("Automatil machine gun") is Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist. : D

[pyromaster]

Wow, are you sure this is your first demo? Cause it sounds incredible to me! You have such a great range of voices and I see a loooooooooot of potential. I enjoyed listening to everything from the cute high pitched voices to the deep and layed back/cool voices. I also liked the more annoying voices (as weird as that sounds) like the one towards the end. It was very well done, I honestly dont know how anyone can really speak soo fast while staying in character.
I think for the next demo you put together, you should look for a stronger beginning so people can really engadge them selves to it. Start of with something stronger like perhaps one of your higher pitched voices. The important thing to remember in demos is it's better to start of with your stronger voices and then if you do have a few weaker voices you should put them towards then end. As for the mixing, there are some minor things to consider. I noticed that the music between each clip stops abruptly at times so you should try fading the music out earlier so it's a little less noticable

Overall, I really enjoyed listening to it and I cant wait to see you voice some projects around here. I gotta say, my favourite voice is the cute little girl who says "ohh brother, look! They said I have an amazing power" among other ofcourse!

[Kathryn]

Thank you so much - that's excellent advice! I thought it might be better to start weak and get stronger but it would make much more sense the other way around! I think I neglected to put too much concentration on my higher voices becuase they tend to be my strongest and I wanted to explore different ranges but I really should start with a higher one next time. It's sad if I can feel the lack of energy at the beginning! XD
It's actually my first time mixing anything too (day of firsts, it seems!) so I really appreciate the advice! Thank you!

[Haushinka]

That was really good! Your Winry sounded exactly like the dub, too. o.o And damn, you can talk fast.

The thing that really threw me off was the abrupt stopping of the background music between clips. This can be easily fixed by fading one out so it overlaps onto the other one fading in.

In a few places, you could work a bit on your enunciation. But overall... this was very good.

[Kathryn]

Thank you very much! Hah, I have a bad habit of talking too fast in real life so I guess it makes it easier to talk like a maniac. XD
I am still a huge n00b when it comes to mixing so the overlapping advice is very helpful! Thank you!

[ErikBarnes]

LOTS of variety! You're great!

[Kathryn]

Thank you very much! One of my biggest goals is to eventually have a nice, wide range (I need to work on my boy voices!) so that comment is very encouraging! : D

[sparf]

That was very impressive. You say that's your first demo? You're going to go far here, I'll say that much. If I were dubbing clips of FMA you'd be cast in a heartbeat!

The demo flows well, to my ears, and there's nothing too similar too close together. No strange volume issues, nor compression audio artifacts. I have to give your demo 2 thumbs up.

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