[LG65]

From the LiveJournal entry: http://lg-65.livejournal.com/2919.html

If you don't know what this story is about, read here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/998979/1...ances_For_Sora

The entire story is written by Stephen Lesser (a.k.a. Whose Liner @ Fanfiction.Net).

I will be hosting the series via Mediafire and Putfile. I will post new episodes as they come up! Click on the episode name to download and hear it!

Episode 1: Hollow Echoes of the Present: Mediafire (for Download), Putfile (for Streaming)
Episode 2: Two Sided Mystery: Mediafire, Putfile
Episode 3: Sora Times Two: Mediafire, Putfile
Episode 4: Welcome Back!: Mediafire, Putfile
Episode 5: Meeting Again for the First Time: Mediafire, Putfile
Episode 6: Pizza & Trophies: Mediafire, Putfile (Part 1 & Part 2)
Episode 7: Remeet the Parents: Mediafire, Putfile
Episode 8: The Start of a Second Chance: Mediafire, Putfile (Part 1 & Part 2)
Episode 9: First Date: Mediafire, Box.net (Part 1 & Part 2)
Episode 10: Soc It to Me: Mediafire, Box.net (Part 1 & Part 2)
Episode 11: Just Havin' a Ball
Episode 12: Double Date Distress
Episode 13: Finding Trouble in All the Right Places
Episode 14: A Sor Loser
Episode 15: Lost and Found
Episode 16: Plans & Promises

Comments & constructive criticisms are ALWAYS appreciated. Have a nice listen!

Cast list (will be constantly updated with VA's portraying characters who will appear in the fanfiction):

1) LG65 (Me!) - Narrator, Agumon & Armadillomon (& Upamon)
2) Dusk-Requiem - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya/Yagami & Yamato "Matt" Ishida
3) S h u d o - R a n m a r u - Sora Takenouchi, "Sor" & ????
4) Jaela/CidRunsFunny (Episode 10) - Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi
5) Mippa - Mimi Tachikawa & Iori "Cody" Hida
6) Shintarou Inuzuka - Joe Kido
7) Tekkaman Blade - Takeru "T.K." Takaishi & Daisuke "Davis" Motomiya
8) exdevlin - Hikari "Kari" Kamiya/Yagami
9) Hatomikazuki - Miyako "Yolei" Inoue
10) GInsenshi - Ken Ichijouji
11) Kage-Ichihashi - Veemon (& DemiVeemon)
12) Chibi_riki - Biyomon & Patamon
13) LionelRGuy - Gabumon
14) Kairi - Mrs. Toshiko Takenouchi
15) Zeix - Mr. Haruhiko Takenouchi
16) Scarlotte - Toshiko's Friend
17) JohnnyIo - Soccer Coach
18) Jefferz - Opposing Forward & Team Forward
19) Cake Batter (uncredited) - Friend #1
20) Susanna (of Digimon Spirit) - Radio DJ
21) Chilsberg (of Digimon Spirit) - Bus Driver
22) ???????? - ?????????
23) ???????? - ?????????
24) ???????? - ?????????

[S h u d o - R a n m a r u]

Yay! It's out! =D You should probably put up a quick cast list, though. That way everyone knows who's playing who without having to wait until the end.

[exdevlin]

Awesome, it's out! Do you think you could put this in putfile or a place that streamed as well?

Some general crits:
It sounds like the volume's getting cranked too high for some lines, mine included. This might be because of how Audacity likes to make it so that the new low is 0, but I really shouldn't be amplifying by more than 10-14dB. I got lazy and I won't do that again. :/
The narrator consistently has lots of puffing and hard consonants in his microphone, and it might be easily fixed by making a psuedo pop-screen for the next episode. There were some awkward pauses as well, and some lines were read faster than others. Perhaps this is because of specific timing guidelines, I'm not sure, but the flow should be smoothed out a bit more, since the narrator's voice is the most dominant in the radioplay.

[SandsO]

AWESOME!!! I'm amazed at how little fan audio is out there based on Digimon. Heck I think Kei is the only other person on the VAA who does any.

Just downloading now and I'll promise I'll listen later.

[GInsenshi]

Is this the chapter that I'm Ken in or did I lost that role?

[Dusk-Requiem]

No, this is the first episode of the radioplay. It consists of the following cast members.

LG65 - Narrator
Dusk-Requiem - Taichi "Tai" Kamiya/Yagami
S h u d o - R a n m a r u - Sora Takenouchi
Dusk-Requiem - Yamato "Matt" Ishida
exdevlin - Hikari "Kari" Kamiya/Yagami
Tekkaman Blade - Takeru "T.K." Takaishi
LG65 - Agumon
Chibi_riki - Biyomon
Chibi_riki - Patamon
LionelRGuy - Gabumon

Ken will be appearing in episode two!

And as I didn't say this before everyone. Great work on this episode. I was very impressed with how well the whole cast fit their roles. For the most part I could swear there was no difference between the dubbing here and the official english dubs for the series. Great work! Now to wait for episode two!

[Tekkaman Blade]

I thought I overacted a bit on certain lines....

[YamiRin]

nice play... but sometimes I think the music-volym was to high so it was hard to hear what the actors and the Narrator said.

[exdevlin]

Hm, I didn't think the music was too loud at all. It sounded right to me.

[Kei]

First off, I had intended to make a full review but i think the main issues I had weren't with the voices so much as some productions issues that I think I should bring to your attention to help the rest of the series move better. Please don't take offense.

First of all, I really admired some of the voices: Shudo Ranmaru had a nice mature (yet youthful) voice that captured Sora's motherly qualities. While Dusk Requiem portrayed a very different yet interesting take on Taichi. The cast was pretty well chosen with a few flaws that I'll bring up on a future chapter but for now I'm just gonna go for my main flaws!

My main qualms with the production itself was about the amounts of puffs/pops/clicks in the majority of the casts lines and the overall writing of the script. The script relied to heavily on Narration and thus as a listener, I got bored easily and yearned for my voice work from the actual cast. This is not to say that the Narrator should not be in it, I think the Narrator is as much a cast member as, let's say, Taichi is and he could have been inserted in a way that would have been reminiscent of the show itself. I said it before, Narration can make or break a production and I'm afraid this one definitely hurt it more than it helped anything.

Don't be afraid to let the audience imagine the scenarios, build the layout with sound effects. The Christmas season scenes were pretty good music and sound effect wise, but you could have lost the Narration...with the jingle bells and the carolers I could catch on easily to what season it is and that'd save you 5 minutes of play time right there. We all have imaginations and the fun part of audio drama's is the fact we can use them to imagine the scenarios ourselves without someone telling us whats happening.

So~~, I challenge you to attempt to write a script(you don't have to use it) but write a script with as little use of Narration as possible.

For a great example of how to use SFX to build a scenario check out some of Tom, Mippa, or TamTu's Audio Dramas they really use sound effects effectively. Or if you don't wanna listen to a long piece check out this:

http://voiceactingalliance.com/board...ad.php?t=23068
I released it a lil while ago as a test for exactly what I want you to do. Listen to how I build the scenario with only sfx, music and the characters vocals. I could have added more sfx, but I'm still learning myself.

AND EVERYONE, watch for popping and clicking. You're performance will really improve with it and Tekkaman Blade you have a nice voice but I recommend getting a better mic, yours leaves alot to be desired.

P.S: The 'opening song' was really creepy and kinda out of place, I recommend finding a cheerful song instead. ;-;