Post by NPCtendo » Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:10 am

djazz wrote: I'm intrigued... I hope this will be good, and I'm wishing you good luck with this project!

For me, ScorchMechanic is the voice of FoE, I wish he finished his audio book, or recorded it anew.

djazz wrote: In this promo video, is the female voice supposed to be Littlepip? She speaks with too much power/emotion imo. I want to be able to listen to an audio book for hours without getting exhausted.

djazz wrote: Will you have different voices for different characters? Different dialogue and narrative VA?

djazz wrote: Any relation/collab with the people put together Any relation/collab with the people put together http://gardensofequestria.com/index.php/audiobook/

djazz wrote: Also, when it's all done and the project is over, the audiobook will be free, right? We're only paying for the production in the campaign, right?

Limey wrote: Awesome! But doesn't this just shift the problem of having a male read female roles the other way around?

Do you have an example of her reading a Steel Hooves or Red Eye line? Also her inflection on the line "why I did what I'm going to do next", sounds like a question when it should probably be a pretty determined statement. Should have the emphasis on "why" as she wants us to have context. Also will she be reading chapter 20.5? With that said the VA does sound really good and all the perks you've set up look tempting, I'll be sure to back you after pay day. If you need anyone to help out with pre... listening... to parts I'd be more than happy to volunteer my time.

49616e wrote: Limey wrote: Awesome! But doesn't this just shift the problem of having a male read female roles the other way around? I'd also like to hear some info about this. If you have determined to put a lot of effort into the project, might as well make it perfect if the budget permits. I'd also like to hear some info about this. If you have determined to put a lot of effort into the project, might as well make it perfect if the budget permits.

ScorchMechanic's rendition is great, but as you say, it's incomplete. It's often the nature of volunteer fan projects that things are left unfinished, which is why we really want to get a professional VA to read the book.Yes, she is the voice we chose for Littlepip after listening to literally hundreds of VA samples. We thought she captured Littlepip well, but of course opinions will vary. While we'd very much like to use her, and her quote for the project is what we based the project budget on, our VA choice is not set in stone. There are other VAs who quoted us similar (or slightly lower) prices, so if enough people want a different voice, that remains a possibility.We'll have one VA for the project, as is typical even for professional audiobooks. Using multiple VAs dramatically increases costs, especially due to the extra editing work. We have an audio clip which we'll post at some point in the campaign with the VA voicing both Littlepip and Calamity: she does an excellent job doing voices for different characters.We're a separate team, though we certainly appreciate their work remastering Crazedrambling's audiobook and would welcome help if they wanted to give it.Yes-ish. We will not be charging a single penny for the audiobook after the crowdfunding campaign. However, we do want to reward the people who actually made the audiobook possible, so we'll most likely make the audiobook available only to backers for a limited amount of time. We will also probably only offer the highest quality of audio formats to backers, ie backers will get 320kbps MP3 or lossless formats while the free version will be 128kbps MP3.Thanks for your interest, and sorry for the late reply (been busy at Trotcon all weekend)!Edit: A few more questions:Thanks! I don't have a Steelhooves or Red Eye line, but I do have some Calamity ones which I'll post publicly at some point during the campaign. Chapter 20.5 may be a stretch goal, but I've not gotten permission yet from Pacce to include it.Unfortunately, using multiple VAs dramatically increases costs (in large part due to the extra editing involved) which is why even professional audiobooks usually stick to one VA. Given that the story is largely Pip's inner monologue, a female voice is going to sound right most of the time. With that said, this VA's ability to speak both male and female voices is quite good and I'll be sure to post her Calamity sample to demonstrate.Thanks again for your interest!