How To Create 100 Distinctly Different Voices
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Are you here because of DnD? or perhaps you are one of many people who would like to work as voiceover artists but will probably never get the opportunity. Despite it being an oversaturated industry already, it's also full of extremely talented and dynamic speakers which makes the competition fiercely high when trying to get into this field.
That said, most people are only able to speak in their own voice, accent and language. Very few can make careers using multiple voices...but the ones that do make an absolute killing.
This is why it's really worth investing the time into learning how to nurture this skill properly so that you can stand out and create dynamic, eclectic but most importantly believable characters.
This video aims to help you achieve this by offering a checklist of characteristics to think about when developing your character's voice.
Are you ready? How To Create 100 Distinctly Different Voices
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TIMECODES:-
00:00 - INTRO
01:35 - RUDOLF LABAN EFFORTS
02:50 - VOICE WEIGHT
03:01 - VOCAL TIMING
03:21 - LABAN EFFORTS FOR THE VOICE
03:36 - DABBING
04:00 - FLICKING
04:21 - PRESSING
04:41 - FLOATING
05:30 - NASAL VOICE EXAMPLE
05:34 - THROATY VOICE EXAMPLE
06:43 - BREATHY OR DRY VOCAL QUALITIES
07:05 - VOCAL AGE RANGE
08:00 - MALE OR FEMALE VOICE
08:33 - SMALL, MEDIUM OR LARGE VOICE CHARACTERISTICS
09:33 - VOCAL TEMPO
10:30 - VOCAL TONE AND ATTITUDE
11:22 - ACCENT OPTIONS
11:41 - VOCAL ISSUES
12:16 - MOTIVATION
14:14 - OUTRO
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THE CHARACTER VOICE CHECKLIST:
Things to consider when developing a new voice type -
LABAN EFFORTS
Dabbing
Flicking
Pressing
Thrusting
Gliding
Floating
Wringing
Slashing
AIR PLACEMENT
Nasally
Throaty
Mixed (regular)
AIR TEXTURE
Breathy
Dry
AGE RANGE
Young
Middle aged
Old
GENDER
Male
Female
SIZE
Small
Medium
Large
TEMPO
Slow
Medium
Fast
VOLUME
Quiet
Mid
Loud
TONE/ATTITUDE
Friendly
Impartial
Agressive
ACCENTS
VOCAL ISSUES
Recommended reading -
Laban for all: amzn.to/2WsSmQr
Freeing the natural voice: amzn.to/2WutaJ8
The Art Of Breathing: amzn.to/2HLqXpG
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TYSMM! I wanna be a voice actor and this is definitely gonna help! Thanks, I appreciate this!🤗🤗❤
I am a parent, wanting to do a better job of reading story books to my kids.
That's cool
Hey! Me too. I like reading aloud and my kids love the voices I do for the characters already, but I would really like to be able to do them even better. I have had no voice training.
@@NotARussianDisinfoBot awe thats so sweet of you!
It ain't much but it's honest work.
That's wholesome
I'm a 5 category: I'm a DnD player who's going to play a Changeling Rogue.
bro, what i would give to see a Changeling Rogue with a 100 different voices.
@@evenaarek1042 My DM is letting me already have a list of false identities because I'm part of a crime syndicate who relies on thieves, assassins and con artists.
@@ermacmacro7136 sounds really cool. Wish you luck with your games 👍
Sweeet
Haha I’m just trying to get that raspy rouge voice without killing my vocal chords
After trying out the 699840 voices, I can confirm that 102387 was by far my favourite
lets here it then...?
@@ImproveYourVoice what if he is typing them to this day
i like 465972 the most
@@utoobkid8816 56788 was my fav
@@DavidWright1138 ya, 23.7189 is crazy but its really underrated for some reason
As a dungeon master, this simplifies keeping track of npc voices in my notes, ALOT! It gets hard keeping track of 50+ voices and the personalities that go with them. Being able to define a voice with a few keywords is astonishing!
That’s so great to hear! Thanks for your comment! Which one did you find the trickiest to implement?
WoD storyteller is also here
This is a 100% must watch for dms, agreed
me: thinking the title was clickbait and i'm only gonna do like 5 Improve Your Voice: *shows me how to do 150320^3 voices* me: I was looking for copper, *and found gold.*
OMG HAX great to hear mate! What you gonna do with em?
@@ImproveYourVoice I was here because I could only do like 3 different voices before and I needed to do more for a Minecraft animated series I'm working on. Because of the current situation I can't really get voice actors and I need to figure out how to do most of them myself. Helpful video!
no i think it was more like you were looking for dirt and you found diamonds
OMG HAX can you send a link for me to hear?
VinTheTiger ha ha ha! Is that what you thought you’d find... dirt?
This guy sounds like he single handedly voice acted every fable character lmao
Lmao facts
I honestly was thinking the exact same thing XD
Look it’s chicken chaser?
@@ImproveYourVoice “You chase chickens?”
@@ImproveYourVoice kzhead.info/sun/mbGyp72aiKlrdGg/bejne.html
"you can do 100 distinct voices" Me, a DM: YEEEESSSSS WITH THIS POWER I WILL ENDLESSLY ENTERTAIN MY PARTY
50% of the people here are because of DnD😂
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So true
Naur Im making an animated series 😅
I’m here because of bfdi lol
Yes, I am.
"I'm going to blow your socks off" *looks down at my bare feet* I hope he doesn't blow my feet off
Mwahahahahahaaa... Don't look away or you'll lose em!!!
@@ImproveYourVoice AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I said “DON’T LOOK AWAAAY”
I'm sorry, this is single handly the most wholesome comment thread to make me laugh yet XD🤣
@@brogrammerplus7683 lol me too
I don’t about y’all but I keep getting excited every time this guy says “THERE’S MORE!!”
Timivision Ha haa great!
Timivision did you find more yourself?
But wait, there’s more
No
xlo0x fuck off.
So basically: systematically compartmentalize different qualities a performance can contain, then mix and match. Neato!
You got it!
This isn't just about learning new voices. This is motivational.
“If you can master this, you’ll be working forever” Me: I’m literally just here for DnD but thank you
Well that's bloody fantastic too!!!
Well now you may or may not start a voice acting career!
Totes!!! 😝
Same here
Dave Filoni: Okay, so we need a voice actor for a clone troope- Dee Bradley Baker: 200,000 voices ready, with a million more well on the way
Underrated comment.
I was literally talking about this earlier today lmao
Have you ever looked at his imdb? I don't think he does anything but work - and he so clearly loves what he does on top of being inconceivably good at it. Man is wildly underappreciated..
If youre doing dnd you can add syntax of background
As a GM for table top games this is so incredibly helpful for unique npc voices and makes it easier to write notes for their voices as well
same, i tend to describe npcs voices in ways that later don't make any sense when i'm trying to read my notes lol
This is literally the craziest tutorial I watched this year. The number of voices is astonishing. Thank you.
You forgot about a fourth group: A DM/GM who needs to expand their range of NPC voices for their games. I'm somewhere between being a newbie and an old pro.
Yeah, that brought me here too.
simple make every npc have the same irish accent and the players are strange in the world cause they dont have irish accents.
And a player who wants to roleplay better..!
Welcome all
New DM learning how to do it
...but wait there's more! ...and it doesn't stop there! ...and we're not done yet! -Billy Mayes Voice Acting Class 2019
Ha ha hopefully not that sales orientated!
I might not be a voice actor, but this still helps with writing and how the characters I write speak and how to explain it. Great video.
Ex-podcaster here who used to specialise in doing audio drama. Absolutely loves your guide to playing multiple voices. Finding enough volunteer voice actors can sometimes be difficult and I have always been in awe of those who can singlehandedly do voice mimicry or perform with multiple original characters. I will be sure to pass this guide on to others.
Maybe not exactly the intended purpose but I used this to figure out how to describe my characters voices in my writing.
That’s fascinating, really?
@@ImproveYourVoice yes
Are you the same person?
@@ImproveYourVoice don’t know who that is
@@ImproveYourVoice no, just did the same thing.
It took me my whole life to make 5 voices...
Grace Visconti now you got some more 💪
i can only make two bruh
@@idk-uv7mt same-
@@idk-uv7mt so i far i have 3 a friend showed me this video i wonder if ill get more
@@djungelskogmemes It's all practice and being forgiving with yourself, friend
I've been struggling a bit in doing character voices in my new job, as I had only done narration before and this is SO HELPFUL! THANK YOU!!!
You're very welcome!
I’m a huge D&D player and I didn’t know how to do a proper character voice for role playing and this was a great help!
As a growing voice actor THIS is the single most tangible collection of privately-usable directions someone can use at home to take everything they record up a tier. .. 10/10 recommend all aspiring voice artists take this to heart and have a copy of the chart nearby for every home recording session. I definitely do now!
Thanks Kris - any favourites on there?
I will take notes
This title is the opposite of clickbait! Really love your enthusiasm and knowledge.
JTD95 thank you! Any requests?
It is indeed the opposite of Clickbait. He actually delivered more than the title promises!
This was perfect, clear and direct. I found this video because I want to elevate my D&D dungeon mastering game. My players have already been getting much more involved in the story after adding new voices. With some more practice, I plan to give a different voice to all my NPC's. Thank you!
You forgot the fourth group: incredibly embarrassed with their voice and wanting to alter it.
That must be the fifth group as the fourth group is D&D players 😁
This is an absolutely FANTASTIC video - objectively. It is *extremely* rare to see content of this caliber. And I'm not exaggerating. There is a Harvard lecture viewable on youtube called "How to Speak" - it teaches the ideal features of a presentation & how to be an effective educator. This video does every single thing the Harvard class advised. Seriously, this could be used to teach new creators the features of an effective educational video. If you analyze this lesson, you find every box checked off: - Introduction is brief and purposeful. Every sentence communicates meaningful information to the viewer. No padding or fluff. Quickly gets to the point. - No superfluous info. Background/history section provides important context while remaining as brief as possible. Additional, optional, reading is provided in the description. - In the first 30 seconds, it is directly and clearly stated what the viewer can expect to know by the end of the lesson. - Extremely useful, novel information. Genuine, high density educational material. Not just recycled self-help BS. - Not only delivers on the promise, but vastly exceeds expectations and over-delivers by a factor of 7000x (!) - Tons of examples, all demonstrated by an expert and accompanied by purposeful explanations. Every example is clean, clear, and concise. As are the explanations. - Strong pacing. Does not perseverate or become redundant. Consistently moves forward without showing every single combination, respecting the viewer's intelligence and time. - Engaging, energetic, lively presentation. Not monotonous or boring. Inspires excitement and a desire to learn & improve. - "Advertisement" at the end is placed _after_ the content and is well-earned, passionate, and convincing. Clearly for a product you sincerely believe in (obviously, as it is your own product). I happened across this video by chance, while looking up how to edit voiceover audio to sound professional. Countless numbers of people have told me I have a fantastic voice and should do radio or voice acting, but I never seriously considered it due to my career in medicine. I am most inspired by this video though, I must say. This is the first video I've EVER seen that was of such high quality it actually made me want to buy the service being advertised at the end. Excellent, excellent stuff. Keep this up!
I’m gobsmacked at how brilliant this response is and thank you wholeheartedly for taking the time in to write what you have! I was one of those videos that Was awesome to create. I hope I can provide more like this on the future! 🙏🙏🙏
bruh
@@silly_on_ Ikr
Excellent summation of this video. I agree whole heartedly.
God Loves you
Timestamps for each segment Laban Effort 1:36 Air Placement 5:33 Air Texture 6:40 Age Range 7:06 Gender 7:54 Size 8:31 Tempo 9:34 Volume 10:15 Tone 10:39 Accents 11:20 Vocal Issues 11:42
Very kind of you!
OMG he actually responded, I love your videos they really helped me as a DM
@@qq-bu2pz me too!!
Hey, let me add to the variations: class (upper or lower), speaking front of the mouth like Indians, with or without much articulation of the lips, musicality, from where in the body your breathe, secure or insecure and other character traits we hear in peoples voices.
Without context, you sound like a mad man who found a camera, went on youtube, click record, and started changing his personality every 10 seconds. 😂😂😂😂😂 this was awesome, I wanna try these voices out on my family now (I'm the weird funny sheep in the family)
Adrian James how do you know I’m not 🤪? It could all be random blabberinga of an unhinged fool!!!
Da da daaaaa!!!!
Fast Easy 100 Different Voice Notes here: 1.Light and Strong 2.Sudden and Sustained 3.Direct and Indirect LABAN EFFORT ⛰Dabbing=light+direct+sudden ⛰Flicking=light+indirect+sudden ⛰Pressing=Strong+Direct+sudden ⛰Trusting=strong+indirect+sudden ⛰Wringing= strong+direct+sustained ⛰Slashing= strong+ indirect+sustained ⛰Gliding=light+direct+sustained ⛰Floating=light+indirect+sustained AIR PLACEMENT ⛰Nasally- speak from nose ⛰Throaty- speak from throat ⛰Mixed (regular) AIR TEXTURE ⛰Breathy- like Bow from Shinchan ⛰Dry AGE RANGE ⛰Young ⛰Middle Aged ⛰Old GENDER ⛰Male ⛰Female SIZE ⛰Small ⛰Medium ⛰Large TEMPO ⛰Slow ⛰Medium ⛰Fast VOLUME ⛰Quiet ⛰Mid ⛰Loud TONE/ATTITUDE ⛰Friendly ⛰Impartial ⛰Agressive ACCENTS ⛰American California ⛰American Southern ⛰American New York ⛰Irish ⛰Scottish ⛰RP ⛰Cockney ⛰Indian ⛰Nigerian ⛰Portuguese ⛰South African VOCAL ISSUES ⛰Lisp ⛰Hard of hearing ⛰Trouble with R's
Or you could just look in the description box as suggested where I have written the all out also! 🤪🙏🙏 thanks anyway!
@@ImproveYourVoice I did see the description box..but was it a Real Note Description🤔
Either way well done! 😁
Bless you
@@ImproveYourVoice lol 😂
This was amazing. I used to feel silly about thinking of my voice as textures and objects, as in my deeper sensual voice would be "I'm adding velvet to it." Or a crazy voice is "my voice is a rusty broken hinge." But this just hoped my game 100 fold.
Fantastic, that’s great to hear
same except instead of objects i often imagine it as colors
did i just get reverse clickbaited? 100 voices clickbait 150320^3 reality also this really helped me voice my DnD character.
I’m gonna make a DND video soon! Glad I could be of help! 🙏 anything that helped in particular?
@@ImproveYourVoice in general it helped create new combination of voice traits I hadn't considered such as with the nassalyness(is that a word) and the tempo of the voice
@@ImproveYourVoice In terms of DnD, as DM it helped me create a variety of NPC's, and the different voices really helped distinguish their personalities and colour my homebrew world. So sincerely, thank you and I'll be looking forwards to your future DnD video! BTW Do you have a Patreon or anything of the sort? This video was like finding pure gold after sifting through a goldmine for many years. I really want to help you continue creating this wonderful content!
This is pure gold! I am very bad at making accents as I am german and grew up totally accent-free and all my friends don't have accents or dialects (appart from slight local variations of speach). But doing this does not need any accent or dialect. So, this list will go into my DM-Notebooke and I will try to include this into all my major NPC creations.
This is the most helpful video I've ever found regarding advice on how to manipulate one's own voice. It's so much easier to play around with different voices now thanks to your brilliant categorizations and demonstrations of the various kinds of voices and voice characteristics there are and can be tapped into. Breaking down the aspects of voice into different volumes, rhythms, textures, etc. is such an incredibly valuable set of lessons; it cannot be overstated how important knowing and understanding this is, and it's shocking that I haven't seen anyone else mention these before (not to say there aren't others bringing them up and explaining them, rather to emphasize when searching for advice on speaking, acting, changing your voice, etc. this is a one of a kind video, from my experience). Thank you so much!
All dungeons and dragons DMs say I!
DarkFireMonarchy I’m going to make a video for DnD DM’s! Offer ideas for voices!
@@ImproveYourVoice That's awesome! I'll keep on a lookout for it
Improve Your Voice you probably already made this video but I can’t do a tough guy to save my life. Weirdly I’m a pretty brash, hot tempered, and to the point guy in real life. I just can’t work with an MPC that’s the same way without just sounding like a dick.
Good idea It’s on the list! 💪💪🤪
Or a player!! Looking for inspiration on voicing my next character
Now I am the ultimate Dungeon Master! buwahahahahhaha!!! None can withstand my NPC army now!! Thank you my friend! A little heart for you ❤️ have a great day!
Bövrar 2nd actually using this for dnd too XD
Same tho.
Night Art 👍🏻
That Ferizhen Girl 💪🏻
Night Art do you think I can cover some game voices specifically here?
You are incredible! I'm new to voiceover and avoid posts requesting "character" voices, or audio books requiring dialogue between multiple people. I'm feeling a little more adventurous and excited now. A plus is that I have grandchildren I can practice different voices on while reading to them. Thanks so much for opening me up to new possibilities!
Bruh! One video and I subscribed immediately!! Your skill and effort and consideration is incredible 🥳 Keep up your amazing efforts, and thanks for making this
As a kid aspiring to be a voice actor, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This has not only helped tremendously but given me so much inspiration
Amazing! Break a leg!!"!
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That was good, but can you type it again with more of whiskey voice?
I was looking for bronze, expected copper, promised silver, got platinum.
Literally the Spanish
You diamond!
This was an awesome video and extremely informative. I'm currently enrolled in a Voice and Movement class but they haven't gone into nearly as much detail as you have in this short video. Those notes will definitely help for the future. I'm trying to enhance and hone my vocal skills since I'd love to become a VO artist; extremely glad this video showed up.
After a million and a half jank voice videos, I was so confused by this one. It isn't a bunch of shallow gimmicks, it's actually thoughtful and in-depth. Amazing
I have never actually attempted any real voice acting with guidance like this. after a lifetime of taking in so many different characters Im here still totally awestruck that I am capable of so many characters that sound real and distinct. I didn't even think I'd be doing any voices right now and was just going to observe. Thankyou. Seriously
I’m grateful for the comment. Any highlights?
@@ImproveYourVoice Not yet, but I'll have a video soon. challenged myself to shown an animation done in 10 days. I'll be totally giving you credit for helping me develop the characters. Like Ive never been able to comprehend how voice actors did this and you kinda made it about the story of who the people are. which understanding characters is something "feel". like are they stuck inside their head - nasaly or are they louder and more confident, what happens when you take the timing of the louder character and compliment it with the high twinge of a 70s cartoon villain? pace the timing a little more as if yelling at lackeys passing-who are-giving you items you "SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THEM NOT TO TOUCH"....( so it doesn't sound like a villian monologue, atleast to me.
Ha ha all the best let’s hear what you come up with yeah?
You have simplified a scary task of narrating me own Audiobooks! Thank you!
GOOD LUCK!
Elizabeth Griffin how long are they?
@@ImproveYourVoice Hello, The audios (MP3) are in 10 minute segments. They are very amateurish. I use my phone to record them Thanks for asking. These are baby steps. I'm narrating my own work. I'm having fun!
What’s the next step?
This is a goldmine for people starting in this field !! Thank you for this gem 💎
Incredible. Such a practical and logical explanation on how to do character voices. So useful for DnD. Love it!
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE
RoboKing13 there’s always more! How many you got?
OMG.. it's more than 100! He create almost 700x times 100 different voices! Now i can dub easily on my project!
Ha ha fooled you! 🤪
Thank you Darren for breaking it down in such a useable fashion. This is absolute gold.
There is definitely some overlap with some of the different "traits," but the way you clearly outline names for the traits is awesome! It really helps keep track of the vocal qualities for each character
I m the newbie who s absolutely clueless I became interested in voice acting and don t even know anything about voices or where to start
Start here!
Me just here as a lazy wannabe cosplayer: "Ah yes, ✨textures✨"
Ooh yeahhh!! 😎
What a great video and great explanation. Thanks for taking the time to share all of this! I have always wanted to be better at doing voices for my ttrpgs and this realllllllllly helped me
I clicked on this because he looked like trollface in the thumbnail
I'm an up-and-coming voice actress and I never actually broke down the ways that I spoke aside from accents. This has been an absolute godsend.
Oh lovely ☺️
me who cant say 2 sentences without tripping on my words also me: yknow i kinda wanna voice act
I was looking for editing videos and I landed on this. Thank God. This is freaking amazing. Thanks man!
Oh man this is an absolutely excellent and amazing breakdown for me without even having to fuddy around with the specifics. the way you demonstrated the starting definitions was quite clear and while I think it will be challenging at first to think of at least 3 charecteristics to consistently maintain, i just think this is a generally really inspiring video and so encouraging to show that we have potential to do a lot more than what we're commonly known for. Thank you so much.
I loved everything about this video: Your enthusiasm, humility, energy and obvious passion for the subject.. Thank you
Alexander Gabriele Frattini thank you that’s very kind 🙏🙏🙏
Alexander Gabriele Frattini any requests!
@@ImproveYourVoice yes! I'm very quick at learning languages and generally good when learning the standard accent, but I'm terrible at different accents in the languages I speak fluently (English: can't do a Scottish/Irish/Australian accent; Italian: many others) And I can somehow pull off a typical European Spanish accent in English, but not in Spanish. If you have any tips, please let me know! Thank you
“i’m going to blow your socks off” i don’t have socks on so hA-
Told you!💪
Wise move my friend! 😉
XxH3R0BR1N3xX I literally said that
Skin is fine
BiggyBoy Bob o H
This is easily one of the craziest videos you have made. Amazing content man. Mindblowing. Can't wait to experiment.
This is incredible advice for my DMing. Though I simply must ask for a video with all of the Labal Efforts. I really understood the ones you gave examples of, but boy do I need the others also.
Great question 👍 Kay then
I have a very feminine voice with the typical gay '' S lisp''. I don't really like hearing video recordings of my voice and would like to sound a bit deeper and more masculine. I have literally answered the phone and been addressed as mam lol.
How would you like to sound?
I have the opposite, my voice is deep and raspy and monotone. Very unfeminine lol.
At first I thought you were a girl by your description, it described my voice well too. Honestly, the range potential would be amazing
Be careful. The very worst lecturer in my university course had a deep masculine voice but he was constantly uhming and ahing and "well, basically"ing etc. In lectures. Turns out he was camp as Christmas and trying to hide it. I would rather have had the effeminate version teach the class with passion! So... Sure, butch it up if you like, but don't obsess about it and let it rule you
I love that this video legitimately gets viewers excited to try it out for themselves. Not only that, but you could have done algorithm things like "over 100000 voices" or drawn out the video so much longer, but you go straight for the point, like you made the video for us rather than for the algorithm. Thanks for this!
I'm someone who wants to make a game with their friends and thinks about voicing our character :) your tips work really well for my plans, thank you so much for this amazing video! I'm gonna go practice those... 100+ voices I guess xD might take a while but it's sure gonna be fun! Great explanation and examples!
This is a great video and using these techniques I think you could definitely create 100 very distinct voices. However, I feel like some of the options overlap, for example between loud and large, sustained and slow, female and young (there's a reason many boy characters in cartoons are portrayed by female voice artists), old and breathy, etc. And in the same vein there are some that would be harder to combine, such as a large young female breathy nasal slow dabbing voice, just as an example.
Challenge accepted!
None of the attributes of the challenge character get in the way of the other IMO
I think a set of D&D-style dice that have these different options would be an awesome product to help people practice random combinations of these and explore the characters they can create
Are you a genius? Answer: yes, yes you are. Or maybe youre a creative who casually bubbles with ideas and no one understands you lol either way thank you 🤷🏿♂️ patent the idea and go on shark tank or something, I'd be more than happy to buy it from you. All it takes is initiative to do something that anybody COULD do but nobody will (ok it takes a lot more but still)
I'd buy one
You could probably just design a table that uses a D8 for the Laban Methods, and some D4s for the rest as they exist on spectrums (i.e. friendly to aggresive, breathy to dry, male to female) As for accents, you might as well roll a D100 for it
I'M GONNA CONSOOOOOOM!!!!!
I'M GONNA CONSOOOOOOM!!!!!
My friends are making me learn to DM again, and this has seriously helped open such a broad avenue to learn. Maybe this can be a hobby turned job for the newly 20’d human. Thank you so much!! 😍
Have fun with it! 😉
Love that you posted all of the categories in the description! I'm trying to learn all of these for making NPCs in DnD
Glad you like them! Any favourites?
This guy is good, and his direction on how to get to the different tones is slightly different than how someone who, say is more of a singer might get there. I started vocal lessons in high school, and most of the time I am able to do stuff like this without cracking up. I've kinda made a name for myself as the 'other' voice behind the Aflac duck....
Thanks for saying that. So it came in Useful then?
@@ImproveYourVoice I'm going to say yes and no. I got through maybe half your video, and plan to come back to it. What I usually do is work on scales and different pitches on my keyboard to make sure they match up with the note. As a baretone singer, I managed to disprove the idea that guys can't get higher than the middle C note, but I would imagine you already knew that. I sometimes sing along with songs performed by females, but not all that often.
Wowsers! I learned a great deal in this 14 minute video. Thank you so much.
Thank you for saying so. Food for thought I hope!
James E Clark thanks!
James E Clark are you a voice actor?
@@ImproveYourVoice Not yet, but I want to be. I have my studio set up, I've had formal acting training to include Voice & Speech. However, I haven't had any VO training. It's on my to do list. Thanks for asking.
As a person who narrates my own stories just for fun this video is so amazingly awesome. It will help me so much because I will give much more thought into how my characters will sound and how to project that.
Riz great stuff Can I hear some?
@@ImproveYourVoice Yes absolutely as soon as I get better at it than I am now. I am more of a story teller than an actor but I do try.
I have been trying to build my skillset. Varying from minor things such as lockpicking and puzzle solving to stuff as major as animation, formal sentences, and game design. This video has been structured very well and has helped me very much with voice acting as well as a little bit in character design. I will stay and further practice in the arts of the voice and any other activities your channel has to offer.
Genuinely incredible video - thank you so much, well done mate
Me who watched this just for D&D.
I watched this for a play because I have two roles
Totally this. Also because he gave specific tags, you can write them down next to the characters and easily remember them
@@reubenshiflet1952 I watched this so I prank call my friends 😂
I'm a DM who feels like his characters all sound a little too much like each other (maybe like 4 real differences). This is a fracking goldmine. Thank you so much for doing this free video that I feel like most others would have wanted money and a 3 week course to show us.
So helpful in such a short time - and fun to watch - thank you!
Yes, I'm the type that just stumble on your video - First time I listened from beginning to end of a new topic, that doesn't really interest me. But you made it fun and interesting. Many thanks. You gave me something new to think about. Great job.
Amazing! Ngl, the old person voice type kinda sounded like Winnie The Pooh! Was awesome!
Mr. Avockadoe Mann hadn’t thought of that! 👍🏻 thanks for pointing it out. Was the video useful?
Improve Your Voice yeah, I found it useful. Thank you! 😄
Mr. Avockadoe Mann any requests for other videos? I’m looking for ideas!
Improve Your Voice I am unsure. Maybe teach to imitate voices? However not so much IMPROVING the voice, imitating voices is fun. 😄
Mr. Avockadoe Mann I’ve started a series on reviewing others voices, take a look!
This is amazing! I just started voice over and I want to work on characterization and animation. This was so helpful. Been trying to stick and maintain a voice for a while. Working on audio books for kids. Keep up the great job! Now a channel I can be on all day !
Welcome! What kind of kids stories you working on?
THE best video I have seen on this topic. Everyone else I find shows them doing impressions but no one breaks it down to this level. EXCELLENT !
Thank you 🙏 any other video ideas?
@@ImproveYourVoice Great question. Based on how popular this video has been and the fact that it is evergreen, I would suggest you break down elements in this video to smaller sections. There is a lot in here to absorb. For example: I am not doing VO's professionally and I would assume others are not as well. I just want to create a character or two for my own videos. So maybe take one style and put them into one or two genres. For example... Start by selecting one group and show us how to develop that character. i.e. Male, Age Group, and Character.... Bob, 35, Businessman or Gerald, 65, Know-it-geek. What seems to be missing is creating the backstory of a character. The voice is a lot of practice but how important is it to create a persona around a character you are creating so you can imagine them?
Thank You! I'm just learning Ventriloquism, and this just gave me an explosion of ideas for Characters. Thank You VERY MUCH!
I love this video so much. I’ll be honest I’m using this for my Dungeon and Dragons games where I dm. It’s really improved the games a lots. My players have so much more fun
Specs same. I’m a new dm
Luke 69 nice! Welcome to the club! Best of luck your new adventures!
Specs that’s great 😁
Luke 69 good on ya!
There are a LOT of DM's in this comment section, wow! I was worried I'd be the only one haha
I love how he responds/likes almost every comment 😅
Thanks! 😁 is that surprising to you?
@@ImproveYourVoice ya XD
Boom like and comment back atcha. Can’t help myself. 😎
WOW! A randomly suggested video... This sounds like such fun! Truly inspired!
Thank you! I'm a new author and I am making my first audio book. This video's been so fun to watch I want to get into the voice industry now!
I thought I was doing well with my inventory of 50 character voices for the 30 books I've recorded so far, but DUUUUUUDE! You have unlocked some cool magic for me to use! You have given me a gigantic "treasure chest" of vocal possibilities to dip into for all the future childrens' audiobooks I will be narrating. Thank you so much. God bless!
I've watched about half of this on my break at work and I've already learned a number of stuff here. Been thinking of practicing speaking for potential voice over and audiobooks. Definitely going to look at your other videos
10:44 "Or, are they aggressive?!" totally looks and sounds like Jason Statham!!!!!! omg I got so excited
This video has been sitting in my 'watch later' playlist for months now, I'm glad I finally got around to it. My D&D games are about to be kicked up a notch.
I'm eager to bring some of these to the D&D table. Thank you so much for opening my eyes to the possibilities
I'm going to dm for the first time in a couple months and this made me feel so much better about doing voices. It's really nice I don't HAVE to learn accents to have hundreds of different voices
This was BRILLIANT!!!! You are phenomenal, my friend. Thank you!
Actually respect that you didn't clickbait anyone with this title and thank you. I'm an Air Traffic Controller and DM/GM and I need my Voice everyday so you videos are very useful 😁👍
This has honestly been really helpful! I want to become a voice actor so badly so I am trying to make up different voices. I have a very high pitched voice and I really want to lower it, do you have any advice?
Check out my videos on getting a lower voice. They should help!
This helped me so much I can't express how happy I am, I've been looking into dubbing anime but have no clue where to start and this has really given me a confidence boost! Thank you!
Brilliant! 👍 what’s your favourite?
In response to the description, I was here because I plan on reading books aloud to an audience, but thanks for making me realize that I could use it for D&D as well! :D