Rico Chu | Voice over actor

About Rico

(A male cat)

Member sinceSep 15, 2022

LocationHong Kong (GMT +8)

Life has directed me to the VO business. Limits are meant to be pushed. Unlimited dedication, now and ahead. English, Cantonese and Mandarin Voice-Over based in Hong Kong. Native Cantonese speaker. Enthusiast with hard-earned English and Mandarin accents. I am also an English to Cantonese/Mandarin translator and editor with over 10 years of experience (including translation and editing of TV commercials). Ongoing experience providing paid Cantonese script localization services, with rates customized based on the scope of the project.

Skills and services offered

- Language
  English - USA and Canada
  English - British
  Chinese - Cantonese
  Chinese - Mandarin
- Voice gender & age
  Male young adult
  Male adult
  Male senior
- Creative services offered
  Audio editing and clean up
  Translation
  Localization
  Script editing
  Video syncing
  Mixing and mastering
  Special effects
- Recording and delivery options
  Digital delivery
  Digital delivery
  Remote live direction
  Source Connect
- Additional vocal abilities
  General American (deep and high-pitch), General British (higher-pitch generic voice and old villain voice)
- Experience, training, and equipment
  All tones shown in the demos are current. (Updated 20260824; huge breakthroughs) - American deep, mid and high tones ready for audition. ======================================================== - ..........Female voice achieved (not stable yet). (Now I can sing female songs with my own voice! Feeling satisfied and cursed at the same time.) Anyways......I call my female voice Riko Chuu. Might upload some audio clips later. And it is not for sale. - Now I can do a cat voice... - Singing practice continued. These endeavors enabled me to keep my deep tone much more stable. ======================================================== - Voices for Cantonese and Mandarin versions of Mark the Ballot - mascot of Washington State Election Campaign are shown here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7460820291695300608/ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7460455998680506368/ - Cantonese and Mandarin voices readily usable; enhancing and stablising other English tones and accents. My legacy vocal restoration gig https://www.fiverr.com/ricochu0311/ (Currently put on hold. Focus will be invested on VO.) 1. Acoustic Treatment: - Dedicated Home Studio Setup for Voice Over 2. Audio Interface: - RME Babyface Pro FS (Others include Audient iD14 MKII and Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 1st gen) 3. Microphones: - Shure SM7B (Main mic; full sound, easier to edit) - Lewitt LCT 640 TS (Bright, high gain) (Others include Audio Technica AT2020, Shure KSM9, Shure SM58, etc.) 4. Hardware Preamps: - Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity (Better S/N ratio before noise reduction) - Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activator (For SM7B) 5. Headphones: - Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro 250 ohm - AKG K240MKII - AKG K371 x 2 (The new pair is used for tracking) 6. Speakers: - PreSonus Eris E5 (To reduce/remove excessive boominess not audible on headphones) 7. Preferred DAW and Audio Editor: - Cockos REAPER 7 (Highly customized for VO production) - iZotope RX 10 Advanced Audio Editor Other options I can use include but not limited to: - Steinberg Cubase Pro 12 - Universal Audio LUNA - Avid Pro Tools Artist 2024 - Ableton Live 11 Standard - Cakewalk Sonar - Tracktion Waveform - Ivosight Soundop - Magix Samplitude Pro X8 Suite - Steinberg WaveLab Pro 11 - Steinberg Spectralayers Pro 11 (All other software is reserved as safe backup plans; available upon request) 8. Some of the Main Plugins Used (Updated 20260821): - FabFilter Pro-Q 3 - Waves F6 - HoRNet ThirtyOne MK2 - Universal Audio Manley VOXBOX - W.A. Production Deres - FabFilter Saturn 2 - Waves Sibilance - iZotope Everything Bundle (Including RX Post Production Suite) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Enhancement: - Universal Audio 1176LN Rev-E, 176 and 6176 - Plugin Alliance Elysia Alpha Mix and Master Compressors - Jon V Audio Fircomp 2 - Audio Damage RoughRider3 (Full Bandwidth Mode) - Black Rooster Audio VLA-FET, VLA-2A MK II and VLA-3A - VoosteQ Model N Channel (20% Pass-Thru) - Nuro Audio Xvox Comp - IK Multimedia TR5 Brickwall Limiter - XILS-lab DeeS - Oeksound Soothe3 - United Plugins VoxDucker (Background Music Ducking) (Or other plugins as needed) (Other plugins: Arturia Pre Trid-A, Leapwing Audio UltraVox, TDR Limiter 6 GE, Plugin Alliance AMEK EQ 200, PSP Infinistrip WIND, Acon Digital Restoration Suite and Mastering Suite, Universal Audio UAD Diamond Edition Bundle (2023), Waves Mercury, Voxengo Premium Membership, etc) (Plugin choices for the main chain are largely fixed. Other plugins for pre- and post-processing will be meticulously chosen on a case-by-case basis if needed.) 9. Experience and Qualifications: - Bachelor of Arts (Hon) in Translation, HKBU (2004) - 15+ years of translation experience (English to Cantonese/Mandarin and vice versa; editing experience mainly for Cantonese/Mandarin materials) - 21 years of English listening experience since the beginning of YouTube (I watch English content most of the time) + unique English and Mandarin accent training skills - State Language Commission of China, Putonghua (Mandarin) Proficiency Test (Grade Two, Level A) (1999) - Extensive + intensive self training (VO, accents and audio processing) to match the quality of select reference tracks - Paid Cantonese + Mandarin script editing experience for VO companies - Champion of local district's recital competition (Mandarin; Excerpt from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 1999) - Diploma in Original Music Creation & Computer Music Technology, Hong Kong Productivity Council (2005) - Self-trained amateur singer ***************************************************** NOTES ON DELIVERY: 1. I will now provide clean, adequately processed audio (clean noise reduction, balanced EQing and normalization) by default. Mild breaths are optionally kept for naturalness. SM7B would be the mic to use. 2. I can provide my dry voice if required (no denoising, no debooming, no mid boosts, no smooth presence and high boosts, no compression, no limiting). LCT 640 TS would be the mic to use. 3. Unique, specific requirements might take more effort and longer time for delivery, and additional fees may apply. Slight revisions of the minimally processed audio will be done for free if issues arise. 4. Voice with background music requires full-fledged post-production processes and will be charged separately. Editing projects (voice only or with background music) are also welcome. 5. True peak (-3dB) instead of sample peak is used unless otherwise specified. 6. I also provide script translation, editing, localization and subtitling services for Cantonese and Mandarin (preferably combined with VO projects). 7. The reference tracks received might lack clarity on my K240 MKII or too tinny on my old K371 according to my past experience. I will raise my concern when delivering the audio file in case such situation happens. Happy collaboration!

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