Jeff Lanctot

"Cartoon" British, Boston, Northeast Blue-Collar (Maine, Mass., Etc.), Northeast Blue-Blood (Connecticut, Ivy-League Educated, etc.), Texas Drawl, "Cartoon" French, Laid-back Northwest, Hippie, Silicon Valley Nerd, Various Cartoon Inflections

Jeff's career in voiceover began concurrently with his career in the software industry when he was asked to do a voiceover for a corporate presentation that his company (Microsoft) was giving. This led to further voice work in various corporate capacities while working at Microsoft, as well as various commercial opportunities that presented themselves in the Seattle radio market. Jeff has done voice work for video games, corporate presentations (both live and taped), television and radio commercials, among other things. Jeff studied at the University of Washington where he concentrated in Drama and Graphic Design. All other training has be of the "on-the-job" variety as he has assembled a studio over the years and learned to use the various equipment that he owns, both with his own recording projects, and as producer for other peoples projects. Jeff owns a fully functional recording studio the major components of which include the following: Outboard Gear: - Focusrite VoiceMaster Pro Vocal Preamp - Blue Baby Bottle Microphone - Blue Bluebird Microphone - Blue Woodpecker Microphone - Rode K2 Microphone - Rode NT4 XY Stereo Microphone - AKG C 4000B Microphone - Several Shure SM57 and SM58 Microphones - Alesis DEQ230 Graphic EQ - Lexicon MPX1 Multi-effects Processor - POD XT Pro Guitar Modeler - MOTU 828mk2 Firewire Interface - Alesis HD24 24 Channel ADAT Recorder - Mackie 24x8 Mixing Desk Software Based Audio Recording: - Cubase 5 - Propellerhead Reason 4.01 - Traktor DJ Studio 3 Software Based Video Production: - Premiere Pro CS4 - After Effects CS4 - Various plug-ins and post-production effects In addition to voice work, Jeff is also a versatile musician and producer as well. He has professionally composed music for various uses including commercials, industrial videos, film and television projects, and studio work with local bands. He owns and plays: - Accoustic and Electric Guitar (Taylor 716ce, Ovation Custom Elite, Ibanez SA Jazz) - Bass (Ibanez SR305) - Piano (various MIDI keyboards) - Drums - Complementary instruments such as banjo, mandolin, sitar, and others. In addition to audio production, Jeff is able to provide concept through post-production video and multimedia production services if needed. His main camera rig consists of a Canon 5DmkII with prime cinema lenses ranging from 10mm through 400mm in focal length, and the equipment (wireless mics, boom mics, dollys, cranes, etc.) to supplement a full-fledged production shoot.