Michael Mittelsdorf

Voice Description

Deep Male Narrator, Bright/fast or Warm/ smooth Announcer, Character voices of all types.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - North American

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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• 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 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

New York City (Manhattan), New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

English with Italian accent, Italian American dialect, 1930's jazz dialect, 1960's hippie dialect, Mid-west dialect, Duth-American dialect, New Jersey dialect, Brooklyn dialect, English with Swedish accent, Scottish accent.

My Voice Experience

Live voice-over announcer/ A-1 Audio Mixer for Tour Production of the off Broadway Hit Show "I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change". I mixed the four actors wireless mics, playback of sound cues and did live voice over introductions (to replace projected slides)
for each sketch/scene.
Audio Restoration/Production/Voice-Over of Content for "The Natural Medicine Show" on National Public Radio / WBAI. I did audio restoration, mixed post-audio, and added voice-over for 5- minute segments of content to be used on this weekly NPR show. I worked directly for the shows hosts/producers, Dr. Eugene Zampiron (MD) and RN Dr. Ellen Kamhi (PHD)
Production/Voice-Over for "Ayurvedic Concepts" commercials aired on National Public Radio. I recorded All voice-overs and background music for thirty second and one-minute radio commercials.
Station Engineer "WFMU" I helped DJs mix LIVE Content (Bands) for LIVE Broadcasts on WFMU. Set up microphones, live mixing of musicians and on-air talent (interviews).

My Training

Unknown - Click here to ask Michael Mittelsdorf

My Studio Equipment

Yamaha O2R 96 32 input digital mixing console
CUBASE LE4 48 track recording software
MacIntosh Powerbook G4 computer w/100gb internal drive.
Lacie Porsche 500gb external HD
Alesis FireWire16 FireWire Mixer (16+Left/Right to Cubase via FireWire400
PreSonus 1392 FireWire I/O Box
(3)Teac 1/4" Reel to Reel Analog Tape Recorders
Alesis HD24 hot swappable 24 Track HD Recorder/Editor
Alesis Masterlink 9600 CD Mastering Recorder w/Hi-Res DSP
Audio Rstor Lo Temp Oven for Baking/Restoring Analog Tape
Phase Linear 400 power Amps
Yamaha NS-10M Studio Monitors (in 5.1 Surround config.) 60 recording Microphones (RCA, Sennheiser, Beyer, etc.)
5 channels of discrete, class A, Tube microphone Pre-amps
Outboard rack of signal processors (Orban, UREI, Yamaha, Delta Labs, etc.)
Large Private soundstage with 22 foot cielings, vocal booth in the control room, 1930 H.P. Moller Pipe Organ.
6 Amp Isolation Rooms.
4 echo chambers (acoustical reverb rooms)
1970 Ludwig house 5-piece drum set with vintage A & K Zildjian Cymbals
Yamaha Console spinet piano
Akai S-900, S-950, S-1050, S-2000, and S-5000 Digital Samplers
Casio CT-610 72Key Midi Keyboard Controller
Roland TD-7 electronic Digital Drum Set
Various Ethnic Percussion
Extensive Sound Effects Library

Additional Skills

Off Broadway Sound Designer. (Google my name: michael mittelsdorf
Sound effect/ sound cue creation
Music Production/ voice over production
Audio restoration/ Tape Preservation
Audio Recording/Multi-track Recording/Audio Editing
Audio Mastering
Live Audio Front of House Mixer
On-Air Audio Mixing
Live-Recording (voice, music, corporate presentation)
Show Band, Pit Orchestra Drummer, Singing Drummer, Pit Percussionist, Recording "Session Man" for Drums and Percussion, sight reader.
Live Drummer- Jazz, Rock, Classical, Click Track, etc,
Stage Manager

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Wire transfers

Contact Information

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