Toby Ricketts - Professional, NZ, UK, natural, friendly

Professional, NZ, UK, natural, friendly

• Toby Ricketts is registered with Voice123 since Apr 22, 2008.
• Toby Ricketts started his/her voice over career in 2001.
• Currently Toby Ricketts is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 14
• Toby Ricketts was last active on Voice123 3 days ago

Voice Description

Toby is a very versatile and professional full-time producer and voice artist. His 10+ year behind a microphone, and producing other voice talents has given him a breadth of experience that is quite rare. Many international brands trust Toby for quality audio, delivered quickly at a competitive rate.
Toby's voice can be light and fun, to dark and intense, but always professional and clear.
Having been in broadcasting since the age of 14, Toby has always been around microphones and recording equipment. His script interpretation skills are well advanced, and he has a very high level of recording experience and expertise.

Recent Client Feedback:

"We laid your voice in the video and it turned out well. I am extremely pleased... Your work and voice are very professional, which is exactly what I
was looking for, thank you.
-Jed Smith, APL Crane, Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

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

• English - Australian / NZ
• English - British

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

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 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 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

Auckland, New Zealand

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Toby has a natural New Zealand accent, and can also provide an authentic Australian accent.
Having grown up and lived in the UK for half his life, he is also able to produce a genuine british accent.
He can do a range of US accents with practice, and comedy accents for cartoon shows and sketches if required.

My Voice Experience

Having been a sound engineer for most of his professional life he has been in thousands of voice over sessions and consequently knows exactly what works and what does not work when it comes to voicing. Toby started voicing in a truly professional manner in 2001 (now 30) and since then has recorded scripts internationally, and been the voice of several national and international brands in his home country.

My Training

* qualified sound engineer with over 12 years experience, and a bachelors degree in Broadcasting Communications from the New Zealand Broadcasting School.
* Several national radio awards
* Designed and tutored a unique voice school - which helps aspiring voices into the industry - the only one of it's kind in the world

My Studio Equipment

Original Neumann U67 tube mic and Drawmer 1960 valve preamp/compressor. NI Komplete 6 interface.
Recording to any audio file format you need, and delivered via ftp or email, monitoring via source-connect or ISDN by arrangement

Additional Skills

Having spent so much time in the studio with other voice talents I can very quickly know what is need from a script and interpret the writer's intentions. I can also suggest improvements to a script if appropriate in terms of languaging and local dialect.

Payment Methods Accepted

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