Rico Chu

General American (deep and high-pitch), General British (higher-pitch generic voice and old villain voice)

All tones shown in the demos are current. (Updated 20250515) - My deep voice is back in a consistent manner (corrected training method). - Updated currently used plugins and simplified the processing chain(s). My 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 (Full sound, easier to edit) - Lewitt LCT 640 TS (Bright, high gain) (Others include Audio Technica AT2020, Shure KSM9, Shure SM58, etc.) 4. 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 6. Monitors: - PreSonus Eris E5 (To reduce/remove excessive boominess not audible on headphones) 7. Preferred DAW and Audio Editor: - Cockos REAPER (Highly customized for VO production) - iZotope RX Advanced Audio Editor Other options include but not limited to: - Steinberg Cubase Pro - Ivosight Soundop - Universal Audio LUNA - Magix Samplitude Pro X - Avid Pro Tools Artist - Ableton Live Standard - Steinberg WaveLab Pro - Steinberg Spectralayers Pro (All other software is reserved as safe backup plans; available upon request) 8. Some of the Main Plugins Used: - FabFilter Pro-Q 3 - iZotope Everything Bundle (Including RX Post Production Suite) - Leapwing UltraVox (Optional) - HoRNet ThirtyOne MK2 (Optional) - TDR Limiter 6 GE (Optional) - Oeksound Soothe2 (Optional) - Waves Sibilance (Optional) - United Plugins VoxDucker (Background Music Ducking) (Or other plugins as needed) (Other plugins: Jon V Audio Fircomp 2, PSP Infinistrip WIND, Acon Digital Restoration Suite and Mastering Suite, Voxengo Premium Membership, Universal Audio UAD Diamond Edition Bundle (2023), Waves Mercury, etc) (Plugins will be meticulously chosen on a case-by-case basis if processed files are 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) - 19 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 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 provide clean, minimally processed audio (clean noise reduction, basic EQing and normalization) by default. More bass is preserved by default. Mild breaths are optionally kept for naturalness. 2. I can provide more processed audio files (voice only) if necessary, but it 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. 3. 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. 4. True peak (-3dB) instead of sample peak is used unless otherwise specified. 5. The reference tracks received might sound too boomy on my K240 MKII or too tinny on my K371 according to my past experience. I will raise my concern when delivering the audio file in case such situation happens. Happy collaboration!