Luigi V.R. Chiappini - Authoritative friendly soothing warm middle-pitch

Authoritative friendly soothing warm middle-pitch

• Luigi V.R. Chiappini is registered with Voice123 since Sep 14, 2004.
• Luigi V.R. Chiappini started his/her voice over career in 1990.
• Currently Luigi V.R. Chiappini is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

ITALIAN (Mother tongue)
+ [British] ENGLISH
and
FRENCH (very fluent & virtually accent-free)
(I'm effectively *trilingual*).

AUTHORITATIVE (for narrations, corporate, medical & science)

FRIENDLY & WARM (radio/TV commercials, testimonials, presentations)

NATURAL AND CONVERSATIONAL/DISCURSIVE (audiobooks & literature, presentations, real life characters, etc.)

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British
• French - European
• Italian

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I have Source Connect in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I offer translation services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

London (Central), United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Most Italian Regional accents/intonations

Authentic Italian accents (from light to heavy - e.g. Food/Restaurants/Hotels/Resorts; tourism, travel & audio-guides; personalities & interviews w. prominent people)

'Put-on' French and German accents/inflections - interchangeable in all my main 3 languages, as above

Cartoon & Video Games character voices *a speciality*! (in all 3 idioms)

My Voice Experience

Several years' hands-on experience in Radio & [off-camera] TV Broadcasting; TV On-Air Programming & Promotion (e.g. BBC TV, UK's Channel Four Television, Discovery Channel Europe); Sport off-camera Reporting (e.g. European & Italian Soccer matches/events, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Camel Trophy); Consumer and Corporate/Institutional Advertising + Presentations; Video/CD-ROM Games & Film/TV Cartoon Characters (e.g. Pinocchio, Wallace & Gromit, Star Wars Video Game, Cartoon Network Promos); Galleries & Museum Guides (for Antenna Audio Europe and Acoustiguide); Audio Books;
Sciences (e.g. Pharma-medical, Astro-cosmology)

My Training

20+ years direct experience as voice over talent, copywriter, languaging/voice audio-editing expert, translator, ad-hoc interpreter, broadcaster, producer/director (commercials, documentaries, docu-dramas, shorts, etc.), Theatre & Music (composing, production), journalism (mostly the Arts and Entertainment)

My Studio Equipment

* DIGITAL MASTERING SYSTEM H/W and S/W:

(Primary): PC HDD Direct Sound Recording (see PC S/W and InterFace details below)
+
(Primary and/or BackUp purposes): PIONEER PDR-609 Audio CD Recorder with 24-bit A/D-D/A Converter

PC INTERFACES:
M-Audio "FireWire-410", near-zero-latency 24-bit/96-kHz, 4-in/10-out (with preamps) FireWire Mobile Recording InterFace with analog & digital audio 1/4" and XLR, S/PDIF Optical & Coaxial RCA, MIDI I/O connectivity (mainly for on-the-move PC laptop based work)
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M-Audio Audiophile 24-bit/96-kHz, full-duplex Hi-Fidelity Accelerator PCI Soundcard with analog/digital audio S/PDIF and Optical & Coaxial RCA connectivity (mainly for PC desktop based work)

MICROPHONES:
* RØDE NT1000 (Condenser microphone + PREAMP: dbx 286A
Mic Preamp & Effects Processor Unit)
* AUDIX OM2 (Dynamic mic, esp. designed f. Vocal work)

AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING & EDITING PRODUCTION SOFTWARE:
SoundForge AUDIO STUDIO 9
Sony Sonic Stage Mastering
Steinberg CUBASE SX
Adobe PREMIERE V6.5

INTERNET CONNECTION: High Speed DSL/BroadBand (currently up to 8 MBps)

MAIN AUDIO-FILE FORMATS (Stereo & Mono):
PCM-WAV (44.1 to 48 kHz, 16/32-bit),
MP3 (all standard compression rates),
WMA, AIFF, U-Law, A-Law, etc.

Additional Skills

I am also an experienced COPYWRITER cum TRANSLATOR (from/to Italian/ English/French - *excluding* Highly Technical material but *including* Pharma/Medical texts). My forte is COPYWRITING for Consumer Goods/ Services, Ads, Promos, TV/Cinema/Radio Commercials, Entertainment, Sports, etc.

Finally, I am also a MUSIC COMPOSER/ PRODUCER. Please ask for my latest Demos in WAV-CD/MP3/AIFF/WMA audio formats.

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