Paolo Balestri - Experienced, reliable, warm, energic, rich

Experienced, reliable, warm, energic, rich

• Paolo Balestri is registered with Voice123 since Dec 01, 2006.
• Paolo Balestri started his/her voice over career in 1980.
• Currently Paolo Balestri is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 18
• Paolo Balestri was last active on Voice123 2 days ago

Voice Description

A deep voice and ductile. Suitable for discussing communications reliability, range. A voice still be able to turn in his friend next door or in a cartoon. Warm and soft and bright and cheerful, from 25 to 65 years, and beyond!

Serious and timely, reliable customer support accelerating time with a focus on the quality of the product.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch 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

Bologna, Italy

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

No inflections anyhow, familiar with the tones, dialects and regional colloquialisms of the Italian people, and able to capture the subtleties in the differentiation of expressions and pronunciation from territories north to south in the Italian peninsula.

My Voice Experience

Started early 80's when the reels Fostex Revox and also Akay and Teach were used. With those systems, the adhesive and the blade, it was better to record entire periods without too much breath or errors: much better today! Now works from his home studio, equipped with Neuman (TLM 67), ISDN APTx, Skype as phone patch, and others technological gems...
Computer skills, sound engineering training from experience shooting live and mix in the studio for post production.

Many Agency from over the world, entrusting the task of giving voice to the Italian version of their projects:
from Volvo to VMware, from Velux to Coke, MS Office, Daimler, Kodak and many others for big and small projects.

My Training

Born in '66, over 30 years of work, from radio to voice-over, from Advertise to dub.
Work and study techniques have been joined over the years continuously.

My Studio Equipment

SETUP
Sala Microfoni:
Neumann TLM 67
Sontronics Omega
Rode NT2
Rode NT1000

Sala montaggio:
Tascam FW-1884
M-Audio ProjectMix I/O
ESI U24XL

Storage:
WS Linux Server 4TB + bkp

Workstations:
2 Intel i7 XP e W7
Nuendo4 DAW

Communications:
connected with headphone in Microphones Room
- Skype
- AudioTX Communicator ISDN APTx Codec
(compatible with all other manufacturers' ISDN codecs, including CDQ Prima, Telos Zephyr, Glensound, APTx, Dialog, Philips etc. MPEG2, MPEG3, G.722, G.711
coding & Optionally Standard & Enhanced APTx)

- Gmail + Google Talk
Master account live on any Workstation
- Mobile Android
connected in realtime.
Sendspace and Dropbox pro.
- Skype as a phone patch.

Additional Skills

- In my studio every day, able to handle extra hours to meet needs in the custom time zone.
- Expert in editing and also provides clean audio file or divided according to the lists mentioned in the script.
- Can work in sync with the original audio or video.
Understand English, French, Spanish and "a little German" - French Spanish and German accompanied by text.
I can express myself in English...