Teenage voice, submitted for teenage category. Rejected for Age.
Hey! Thanks for reading this.
I'm basically new in Bunny Studio. I look very forward to working with its team because of the professionalism it seems to manage. Yesterday, I applied for the teenage category with my best take, I have a veeery teenage-ish voice, so getting rejected for age was shocking for me. I found that some more people had the same problem as me. In conclusion, QC seems to have this weird common sense to determine ages or something haha
The second reason of my rejection was I had a little room echo in my recording. It's okay, It is something I could easily upgrade. But my age? I'm really worried about this. Thanks for reading again, and I hope to get an answer soon.
Recording I submitted (Spanish): https://www.dropbox.com/s/qkj1bzih3jfv8pz/test%20bunny%20studio.wav?dl=0
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Hello Chanse!
Thank you for bringing your case to us. I just listened to your recording and to be very honest, I think you have a more "Young adult" voice! I believe that you would greatly benefit from applying to that age bracket instead!
This is because you have quite a low end and a medium pitch, we tend to associate teenage voices with a higher pitch and less low-end, like this sample.
You could also try and record with a higher pitch, that might do the trick! Please share with us that sample if you want some feedback!
Finally, the room echo is definitely the main issue, I think that if you sort that out you can always apply again!
Let me know if this helps and I hope you have a great day!
Daniel
Hey, Daniel
Thanks to you for the quick reply, I didn't expect to get an answer this soon haha
I'm obviously not an expert in accurately determining which type of voice fits each category, so this did help me out a lot, thanks! Also, I'll definitely try higher pitch in my future recordings. Yesterday, I fixed all of my room echo and I sent my recording for the second time, and got rejected too. I'm of course not giving up in a long term of time, but its still frustrating I wasn't selected even I fixed all of it. I guess it could just be my micophone not being the best.
I'd love if you gave me a little of your time and hear my second recording, since I'd like to have your opinion on it. Thanks again for the reply, have a great day too!
Recording: https://www.dropbox.com/s/u6ieikazlhtar4z/bunnystudio%20second%20test.wav?dl=0
Hello again Chanse!
Of course! Remember we are here to help with as much as we can!
In this second recording, I hear another issue, some distortion, I recommend that you lower your mic gain since it is too high at the moment and can cause that distorted sound, for example, at 0:05 on the word "Solo" or at 0:12 over the whole phrase "Nuestro grupo de locutores". be super careful because distortion is definitely a cause for rejection.
In regards to room echo, the phenomenon I can hear on that recording is mostly "Boominess", which relates to a lot of low-end frequencies being reflected at the mic. Could you share a pic of your acoustic set up to review it a bit more? You can also try and apply a high pass filter around 100-150Hz and see if that helps to get rid of some of those low frequencies that are problematic at the moment.
Let me know and I will be here ready to help!
Daniel