# Anybody fancy doing some voice talent work for my radio project? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107 "2004-07-08T14:32:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/1 "2004-07-08T14:32:33Z")
We’re running a community radio station again for a week at the end of July; when we did this last year, a number of very helpful dopers emailed me all sorts of voice samples for use in station idents and jingles; it was all great stuff and everybody’s work was used in some way or other. I’m reusing some of it again this year, but I also need some new material; chiefly, I need a 1950s-style American male science presenter-type voice (you know, from those public information broadcasts about the power of the atom, or the kitchen of tomorrow). It will be mixed in with a variety of snippets from real commercials, so the voice doesn’t have to mimic any particular person, just the general feel of the thing. I’ll post a sample of the general style later tonight if anyone is uncertain. For this part, I need the following phrases: **"Starring Adam Quantrill"** (pronunciation: as it reads; ‘quan’ as in quantum, ‘trill’ to rhyme with frill - given the general style, emphasis of syllables really doesn’t matter if it is wrong). **"The Chase FM Breakfast Show"** **"Chase FM in the morning"** **"Eighty-seven point nine"** **"Wake up to Chase FM"** The style and accent is all I need; I can make it sound like a 50s recording by undersampling and narrow band filtering. I may also need some other stuff, but I haven’t quite worked it out yet. If anyone would like to contribute, please email your material in wav or MP3 format (44Khz if you have the option) to themangetout [at] Yahoo [dot] com Thanks in advance to any contributors and thanks again to last year’s folks. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/2 "2004-07-08T15:32:31Z")
Check your mail! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/3 "2004-07-08T15:43:46Z")
Ooh, my husband would be perfect for this. I’ll see if he’ll do it. He’s got a great radio announcer voice. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/4 "2004-07-08T15:44:00Z")
I’ll see what I can do as well. I know exactly the voice you’re looking for. If you need it, I can also do almost any type of voice. Basically, if I can hear it, I can imitate it. Celebrities, cartoons, pretty much anything. Email me if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/5 "2004-07-08T18:26:09Z")
[Donkey from Shrek] Oh! Oh! Oh! Pick me. Pick me! Pick me! [/Donkey from Shrek] I would love to help you out. I’ve always wanted to do some sort of voice work. I will send you samples tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/6 "2004-07-08T18:40:24Z")
Ohh!! I’ll be sending my stuff along tonight as well. Of course, I’ll be beaten to the punch by 10,000 more-talented dopers, but what the hell 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/7 "2004-07-08T22:50:57Z")
I sent you 5 MP3s (44KHz, as requested). I don’t check that email account very often though, so if you need anything else your best bet is contacting me here. Hope it’s what you’re looking for! ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/8 "2004-07-08T23:17:54Z")
I just wanted to add that the e-mail I sent you will be from Roman Ogee at Yahoo dot com. It has SDMB and my username here in the subject line. Just in case you thought it was spam, or Yahoo Mail thought it was bulk mail and filtered it into that folder. It’s a .wav file, mono, 44.1 KHz. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/9 "2004-07-09T00:36:02Z")
Thanks for the contributions folks; I’ve only had a chance to listen to **fishbicycle** ’s so far (very good, thanks!) It’s 1:30 AM now and bed is calling, but I’ll check the rest in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/10 "2004-07-09T00:44:25Z")
Aaaaaand, my mic just kakked out on me. Sorry, nothing from me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/11 "2004-07-09T02:10:31Z")
I’ll try and get you something today, my 'merkin accent is decent, but being of Australian extraction I’m more suited to English (British) styles. Still interested? (Yes, we had 1950s radio announcers too! 😃 ) I’m keen to help out, cos I’ve got many years of VO experience, but it’s all on this side of the world. ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/12 "2004-07-09T02:24:48Z")
I’ll try and get you something today, my 'merkin accent is decent, but being of Australian extraction I’m more suited to English (British) styles. Still interested? (Yes, we had 1950s radio announcers too! 😃 ) I’m keen to help out, cos I’ve got many years of VO experience, but it’s all on this side of the world. ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/13 "2004-07-09T02:32:50Z")
Hamsters shmamsters! well, I must confess to pure craptastication! I just went over the procure the keys to the studio and she-who-takes-care-of-that-stuff isn’t here. I’ll try again on monday… Blah. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/14 "2004-07-09T03:55:20Z")
Paging **Spoons**! Paging **Spoons**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/15 "2004-07-09T07:45:02Z")
I’ve got some more phrases, if anyone wants to try them (these don’t have to be in a retro style): **"Chase FM - It’s kinda like a radio station, only much, much better"** (for a specific show) **"We took two postmen and locked them inside a studio - anything could happen in the next hour - there’s just no way to tell"** (feel free to paraphrase or invent…) Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/16 "2004-07-09T10:26:04Z")
I’m doing some stuff in the studio tomorrow. I’ll see about knocking a few of these out for you. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/17 "2004-07-09T11:19:36Z")
Thanks; if anyone wants to improvise some stuff, that would be great; I’m particularly looking for slightly wacky (but still family-compatible) soundbites, but not something that is too overtly “oh ha ha, I’m so wacky”, if you get my drift. Some possibly helpful info: The station is called Chase FM, broadcasting on 87.9 from the 18th to the 25th of July, from a small Hampshire village called Waltham Chase. There will be a huge variety of content. The station has a key phrase ‘Local voices on your local radio station’, which is somewhat cheesy, but there is potential for some irony there, as most of these voice samples are very much non-local (perhaps someone could record something along the lines of “How did I get in here? I’m not a local voice!”) ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/18 "2004-07-14T05:07:25Z")
check yer e-mail, I’m sending you a chunk of audio now. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-fancy-doing-some-voice-talent-work-for-my-radio-project/254107/19 "2004-07-14T13:02:22Z")
I sent you some stuff as well, **Mangetrout**. Let me know if you use any of it.