# So... you think you have the perfect voice for radio? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2003, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348 "2003-08-11T11:11:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 12, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/21 "2003-08-12T00:07:45Z")
I don’t mind how it arrives, I have editing software and I can chop it up if it’s all in one file; the only reason I can think of for creating separate ones is that it might help to mentally prepare yourself for each phrase, so that they don’t sound like they are part of a run-on sentence, but if you can do that in a single file, it will be great. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/22 "2003-08-12T00:49:16Z")
Done and done! ---
**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/23 "2003-08-12T02:55:47Z")
I’ve been an actual radio person since 1980 - total refusal to get a real job. If you give me your physical address, I’ll cut you a CD with anything you like on it. Tell us more about your project - it sounds interesting. Although to me anything that isn’t Clear Channel or Westwood One seems like the Holy Grail. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/24 "2003-08-12T09:43:56Z")
Dan, thanks for the samples; they are great and I will definitely be using them (but don’t let that stop anyone else contributing - some of the jingles will need more than one voice saying the same thing slightly overlapped, if that makes any sense). **Kalex** , thanks for the offer, I’d like to take you up on it, but will it be practical for you to send the CD to the UK - I wouldn’t like to presume… ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/25 "2003-08-12T09:51:36Z")
Awesome! I mean, uh… [fake baritone] awe-some. If anyone asks me what I’m gonna do with my life, I’ll send them this thread. It won’t explain much, but it’ll give me satisfaction of some sort. 😉 Glad you liked. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/26 "2003-08-12T10:27:07Z")
Dan, could you email me another one of you saying ‘Awe-some’ ? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/27 "2003-08-12T11:27:50Z")
Sure, why not? Soon as I get home. Cmon you guys, don’t let me be the only one! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CorBlimeyGuvnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@CorBlimeyGuvnor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorBlimeyGuvnor)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/28 "2003-08-12T11:30:08Z")
How about one saying “NICE” in a Jazz Club stylee? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/29 "2003-08-12T11:43:50Z")
Yeah, why not? **CorBlimeyGuvnor** do you fancy recording one that says “100% whelk-free… guaranteed!” ? ---
**Author:** ![CorBlimeyGuvnor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@CorBlimeyGuvnor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorBlimeyGuvnor)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/30 "2003-08-12T11:48:45Z")
sure thing matey, let me know what i have to do next then. being a technoprat, its all cool conditioned air to me :smack: ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/31 "2003-08-12T11:51:36Z")
87.9 FM… ribbed for your pleasure since 2001! (Here’s one I’ve used in the car…) The coolest little rock n’ roll radio station in the world - 87.9 FM. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/32 "2003-08-12T17:44:33Z")
Check yer email. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/33 "2003-08-12T17:59:03Z")
gotta download some decent recording software… soon as I do, I’m in there! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/34 "2003-08-12T18:00:50Z")
All I used was Sound Recorder, and apparently it was good enough for **Mangetout** … ---
**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:** [August 12, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/35 "2003-08-12T21:48:25Z")
The standard of submission has so far been very good; thanks to all contributors. The recording quality needn’t be professional as long as it is clear - I can do a fair bit of cleaning up at this end. I’m also open to suggestions/contributions _not_ in the list above - if anyone can think up something along similar lines that sounds good, please don’t be shy; send it in! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/36 "2003-08-13T00:11:15Z")
Dammit, every time I try to do it, it sounds wrong. How do you want this “awesome” to sound? (And don’t tell me you want it to sound “awesome”!) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/37 "2003-08-13T00:14:49Z")
OK, [here’s](http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gurman/dantheman.mp3) my very first attempt (be gentle with me) at mixing a station ident/jingle, featuring the voice of the one and only **dantheman**! ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/38 "2003-08-13T00:21:08Z")
my sound recorder sounds REAL staticky… if that is whats workin for you, **dantheman** then it must be that the mic I’m using is crap (which I already knew)… I will try to find another mic with 1/8" phone connectors… or play with recorder 'til I get it clearer… ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/39 "2003-08-13T05:22:45Z")
it WAS the mic… mostly. anywho, **Mangetout** you got some stuff in your inbox… let me know what you think. ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348/40 "2003-08-13T06:58:29Z")
I just emailed my submission, **Mangetout**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-have-the-perfect-voice-for-radio/194348.md?page=3)