geemac32bitmkii
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Dubbing RPG characters 24/7 except that holy 10hr period known as sleep time!
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Post by geemac32bitmkii on Sept 15, 2009 4:37:46 GMT -5
Ys IV DAWN OF Ys FANDUB PROJECT EPISODE 1: RETURN TO ESTERIA Hey guys GeeMac32bitmkII here and this is my little fandub project for the amazing game Ys IV Dawn of Ys (but you already know how amazing Ys IV DoYs is). I wanted to create the fandub for many reason: 1. It's Ys 2. For those who wish to play Ys IV Dawn of Ys and understand whats being said in the cutscenes. 3. It's a heck of lot of fun! I really wish to give Ys IV the treatment it got for Book 1 & 2. Right now I'm having a little difficulty finding people willing to lend their voice to the cause. So I thought about it and decided to came here and see if anyone is interested? In order to keep the ball rolling I need the following characters to at least make the next vid. EPISODE 1 CAST DOGI (Early/Mid 20's) Everyone's favorite WALL CRUSHER. Voice traits: I always thought of Dogi as a very positive individual and a bit of a joker. When the time comes he says the right thing to give Adol the boost he needs. Audition Piece: " Hahaha You can't keep me confined so easily!" GOBAN TOVAH Age: (Late 30's/Early 40's) The ex-thief and descendant of Priest Tovah who opened a new trading business. Voice Traits: A Gruff and hard customer who carries pearls of wisdom. He was like a kind of mentor to Adol in the first game. But for this fandub he needs to sound joyful and content. (Especially for the bit where he and Dogi are barging each other). Audition Piece: "It's been a long time, you jackass!" (Towards Dogi) LILIA (Age 17) Everyone's favorite "Ys girl" (Well she is to me) Character Traits: Lilia is a kind hearted soul who speaks in a caring and pleasant manner. Audition: Piece: "I'm sorry, I know it's early. But I heard that Adol and Dogi were back, and..." GARUDA There's is no need to audition for Garuda since I'll be voicing him. XD Muahahaaha So feel free to be very harsh and critical of my performance. XD TO THOSE WHO ARE AUDITIONING REMEMBER: Have fun with recording your character and don't stress about it. Record the files to wav or mp3 format. To those who don't have a recording program "Audacity" is a neat program that fulfills your recording needs. (I used it to warp Darm's voice and it turned out nicely). SEND TO: brightshield2@hotmail.com THERE IS NO SET DATE TO HAND IN AUDITIONS BUT THE SOONER I GET THE AUDITIONS THE SOONER THE VID IS MADE. Here is my opening to give you a taste of things to come: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoTBiLs2YLoThanks to those who audition your help is much appreciated. TO ALL THE Ys FAN HERE: Every Voice acting forum and Youtube will only be getting information for auditioning for the characters. But here I want to do something extra. Even though I am a big Ys fan there are others here that have been fans of way longer than myself. I know tons about the world of Ys and its many wonderful characters but I know there is still things that I'm not quite sure of. If I have any problems with the translation or trying to capture the characters correctly I will post the problems here and any feedback is more than welcome. I would love to have as much support from the Ys fans here since I'm mainly making the fandub for you guys and gals in mind. The First Question: I've had a few VA's ask me whats the pronunciation of Adol? Is it "AD"ol (like a tv ad) or is it "A"dol (focusing on the letter A). I always thought it was "A"dol but I'd like to hear from everyone's thoughts. ------------------------------------------- GeeMac32bit
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Post by Red Hairdo on Sept 15, 2009 12:04:29 GMT -5
Adol is pronounced with an open "A".
But don't mind it too much. Any way will do. Depends on the english-speaking region.
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Post by Ranzor on Sept 15, 2009 13:46:08 GMT -5
Darm's sounding pretty good in the video.
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geemac32bitmkii
Uhnos
Dubbing RPG characters 24/7 except that holy 10hr period known as sleep time!
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Post by geemac32bitmkii on Sept 16, 2009 6:48:31 GMT -5
Hey guys just here to bring you a quick update:
Leeza has been cast!
Plus in the course of one night I'm finally getting auditions! (Good sign)
While am here I'll ask the second question.
Is the land of Ys IV spelled Celceta or Selceta?
(I personally prefer Celceta).
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Post by Red Hairdo on Sept 16, 2009 9:19:24 GMT -5
Both ways are equally fine, I think. I mean, the original katakana (the japanese alphabet in which "Celceta/Selceta" is written in) it can be "translated" to both ways.
But since you have to choose, I'd use Celceta due to the familiarity: it has already been used by Konami for their Ys VI PSP/PS2 translation, and it also was chosen by Deuce and used in the fan-translations for Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys and Ys IV: Mask of the Sun.
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geemac32bitmkii
Uhnos
Dubbing RPG characters 24/7 except that holy 10hr period known as sleep time!
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Post by geemac32bitmkii on Sept 23, 2009 20:04:28 GMT -5
Hey guys
Things are going real slow but I won't give up on this.
In the meanwhile (while i'm waiting for more auditions) I'll be working on other Falcom game openings just for fun like the Legend of Xanadu opening and Legend of Heroes 2 opening.
Also the Ys 2 saturn opening is pretty cool so I might have a go at that as well.
Reminder: If anyone thinks they can voice any of the characters in the first post please don't hesitate to email me.
Thanks ----------------------------- GeeMac32bitmkII
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Post by Gamemusicfreak on Sept 27, 2009 3:55:54 GMT -5
I wouldn't be of much use providing a voice for any Ys characters, I only do impressions of some cartoon characters and other weird voices, but I was amazed by your demo of the Ys IV opening! Great work!! As a huge fan of the Legend of Xanadu games, I would love to see the opening of LoX I dubbed in English!
I wanted to wish you luck on these projects!
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geemac32bitmkii
Uhnos
Dubbing RPG characters 24/7 except that holy 10hr period known as sleep time!
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Post by geemac32bitmkii on Sept 28, 2009 3:05:41 GMT -5
Thanks Gamemusicfreak! I need all the luck I can get. XD
For the LoX opening my main problem is finding a English translated script which I'm having a hard time finding.
So I'll probably get stuck into learning Japanese quicker (right now I study it once a week).
The other idea was a redub of Wanderers for the Turbo CD .... Those who played it will understand.
XD lol (Damn Chester .... he's so bad it's hilarious).
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Post by aaronlambert on Oct 8, 2009 20:38:09 GMT -5
Do you still need help for this project? I'm a musician and I'm good with sound editing etc... What parts are still up for grab for actors?
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Post by Arjak on Oct 13, 2009 14:22:33 GMT -5
Yes, which parts are still available? You know, I auditioned for the part of Tim in the original attempt at a dub... ...then the project died and my voice broke. Still, I REALLY want to try to become a part of this project! Again, which parts are still available?
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Post by Arjak on Oct 13, 2009 15:15:39 GMT -5
Never mind, I found the page at Voice Acting Alliance. I have sent you an e-mail with my decent audition for Duren, and a piss-poor one for Eldeel...
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geemac32bitmkii
Uhnos
Dubbing RPG characters 24/7 except that holy 10hr period known as sleep time!
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Post by geemac32bitmkii on Oct 13, 2009 22:21:27 GMT -5
Thanks again Ajak for auditioning! Hookahschwa: That would be great I'm having some trouble of getting ahold of some tracks from the original in-game soundtrack. I'll give you a PM later for details. To be quick the parts available are:(Males) Dogi, Goban, Leo, Lemnos, Gadis, Dr Flair, Slano, Ramess, Talim, Eldeel, Schultz, Miyu, Tim, Grandfather Jeff, Enzo, Keith Fact, Rady, Lefance & Arem. (Females) Bami, Aria, Torie, Feena & Reah. The details for the characters not posted here are at the VVA voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?t=45645All the characters who don't have details will be updated on the 19th when the third wave of auditioning begins. I was nearly close to shutting down the project but with the new auditions coming my way and getting my copy of Ys IV gave me hope. ^^ I think what i'll do is record everyones lines in waves and hopefully when I get the entire cast I'll simply edit the vids. Waiting for the entire cast then ask everyone to record at the same time doesn't work that well. By doing this there's no pressure on me or anyone. Anyways anyone who is cast on the 19th will have their lines edited into a special trailer I've got cooking for youtube to get more peeps interested.
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Post by Arjak on Oct 24, 2009 11:52:56 GMT -5
It would seem that Nightwolve has learned of the project and has given his blessing. He's given geemac the tools, now we just need the cast!
We still need several more actors! Will anyone PLEASE stand up?
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Post by Incog Neato on Oct 24, 2009 13:40:11 GMT -5
Sounds like an ambitious and fun project! Good luck to everyone involved! I look forward to the results~! ^_^
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geemac32bitmkii
Uhnos
Dubbing RPG characters 24/7 except that holy 10hr period known as sleep time!
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Post by geemac32bitmkii on Oct 24, 2009 23:40:22 GMT -5
Hey guys here's the update!! I've updated the thread at the VAA it contains detail for the remaining cast except for the extras. Link: voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?t=45645*2nd post* Wyrdwad: Tim's profile is up on the thread. ^^ BTW as for dumping the files in the game ........ *sweat drops* yeah I'm not PC Tech savy and wouldn't have a clue. I'm good with movie editing programs and thats it. However I will be backing up the recordings so if in the future someone wants to attempt to create/continue the english patch they are more than welcome to have my recordings if they like them. MP83: Try Newgrounds? Thats a great idea! Oh and as for Hardcore gaming 101 I'll definately set up a thread there! Mecharatta~!: Thanks for the support. Arjak: Hey man thanks for all you've done man it shall not be forgotten. Oh and the script is coming soon I'm just arranging things with getting a voice for Karna. Hopefully it won't take too long. I like to thank the Ys community for its support , special thanks to Paranoiadragon and Nightwolfe for all their help. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hopefully before December i'll be able to give all of you a new vid ^^ but in the meantime while I'm waiting for more auditions I'll be making short vids of various other games. I'll be practicing my narrator voice for 2 vids coming within the fortnight. The first one is the opening for Wanderer's from Ys (Genesis/Megadrive version) The second one will be the opening for Mask of the Sun on Snes.
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Post by Mutagene on Oct 25, 2009 0:59:33 GMT -5
I've tried recording some lines for a few of the characters, but they came out really cheesy. I also have a speech impediment, a crappy mic, and a hard time recording my voice at full volume even when alone.
I really wanted to audition for Tim, but my voice is a bit too low for him and I sound too much like a teenager. Then again, my voice is too high for any of the other male characters, so I really don't know what to do other than... not audition, I guess.
I still want to help somehow, though. ;-;
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Oct 25, 2009 5:17:00 GMT -5
I'd help, but trying to upload any massive voice overs via dial-up would be ridiculously slow. I'm talented, (says I) and wish there were some way to get the word out there that I am ready to be a VA.
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Post by Justus on Jan 8, 2010 5:24:21 GMT -5
Well this is fascinating! Has anything happened with this in the past couple of months since the last time you posted? I always regretted not finishing this. I didn't have much of a choice in the matter. When I started working on it, I had just finished my music degree, and was working on my sound engineering cert, so I had plenty of spare time and a grandiose vision for my dub. I really wish now that I hadn't been so inisistant on high quality and had just gotten SOMETHING finished. But then I finished my cert, and started my entrepreneurship, and...well, I literally had zero extra time anymore, so I kind of disappeared off the internet for awhile. Anyways, if you're doing this, I would love to help out! I'll have to dig for them, but there are certain recordings it would be a shame for you not to use. In particular, I have somewhere a MOST EXCELLENT full recorded set for Dogi...though truth be told, I live with the guy, and I know for a fact he'd like another go at it. Dude does a truly PERFECT Dogi too. I also have a couple of random sets for some of the minor characters (including like a 30 minute unedited chunk from about 5 years ago where I got some random stranger to record all of Lefance's lines, still in Pro Tools format). Besides all that, I would at least like to offer my own voice for this. At the time I was doing all this, I was 24 years old, and I DO still have all the recordings I made as Garuda...but if I'm honest, I don't think I was very good. I had this tendency to want to make the character sound like Cobra Commander. I'm older now (30), and my voice has aged nicely and gotten gravelly, to the point where I think I could convincingly pull off an older character (like Goban or Leo for instance). It's so funny to think back on. All those hours dumped into working on fandubs, and the best that came out of it all was this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbt5aXmLt7MHeh, I really should have just stuck to doing music and playing my violin. EDIT: A couple of questions out of professional curiosity: What software are you using? I was doing most of my editing in Sonar, and I did some recording in Sonar also when I recorded people at home. But whenever I could convince people to come to my commercial studio downtown, I would use Pro Tools to record, and then convert them to Sonar files later for editing. How are you handling synchronization? I actually played through the game and recorded videos of every single scene that had voice acting. I would then import said video into the DAW software, so I could make sure the voice matched the scene well. Then I would use Sound Forge to make sure that the end result had the EXACT same number of audio samples as the Japanese version had. How much are you caring about lip-synch when there's a character portrait with moving lips? I went to GREAT LENGTHS to match the voice acting up with the lips...only realizing later that my version was FAR more in-synch with the lips than even the original Japanese was. Figures doesn't it? On top of that, I also found that even though I would get it perfectly synched with my video file, I found that once I re-inserted it in the game, it would still be a little off. Like not just by a offset either. Like it always seemed for some reason that the sound played back a little faster than I had recorded.
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Post by GundamuExia on Jan 30, 2011 23:09:35 GMT -5
Nice work! now I can know about the story
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Post by Flamzeron on Sept 15, 2011 10:07:13 GMT -5
Looks interesting. I'll audition if I can. I take it Adol's not available?
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