Supremely late, but still forever memorable. The furries of New Jersey simply have no match. There is an enthusiasm and pure joy to being able to host my Voice Acting Workshop at FA: United, and it was no different in 2012. Though it did bring special challenges.

I can't remember the name of the room I was put in. All I remember is that it was way too small. It quickly overcrowded until every seat was taken and people were filling the back wall. On top of that, the air conditioning was LOUD. And it was a hot day, so turning it off meant sweating so much, I must have looked like I took a shower in my clothes. I hope no one took any photographs of me at that panel.

Even with the AC off, the room was noisy. When I brought the recordings back to my studio, I was pretty heart-broken at how much noise there was in the room-- using the noise reduction techniques I had learned in film school would have taken weeks to edit. And sadly, that was partly why I sat on this one for so long. It was just going to be too difficult to clean up.

But then this summer, my company gave me a new job-- to go record people remotely in all kinds of crazy locations. I've now been doing it for four months, and I have learned SO much. New mic techniques, new styles of editing, but most of all, I discovered that digital noise plug-ins have gone from the awful, nasty sounding things of my college days to just breath-taking quality. Once I realized how good the software my job had bought me worked, I made a point of buying my own and used it to edit this panel.

There's still artifacts for sure. It could be better with more time and more concentration. But man, if you could hear this BEFORE the plug-ins, you'd see just how impressively this pulls the dialogue out of the noise. Almost makes me wish I had left that air conditioner on.

Hope you enjoy!

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#1 - Swift Part 1 written by Buck Hopper
Edgar played by Toasty
Adriana played by  floppybelly

#2 - Pockets written by Buck Hopper
William played by  glaide
Olivia played by  sheppymomma

#3 - The Magic Acorn written by Buck Hopper
Suri played by  meowhype
Sidus played by  darrenzeraus

#4 - Extinction written by Buck Hopper
Ranok played by myst_xtreme
Garis played by Spagetti

#5 - Pockets written by Buck Hopper
William played by  juubi
Olivia played by  whiskerchu

#6 - Bad Gnus: In It For the Gnu-ky written by kintomythostian
Chuck played by  ShadowWolf
Annabelle played by  NoMora

#7 - The Problem and the Solution written by alflor
Johnny played by riyo
Ted played by nerdpuppy

#8 - For Your Health written by Buck Hopper
Officer played by sorethumb
Danny played by jbadger

#9 - For Your Health written by Buck Hopper
Officer played by sea-monster-cupcakes
Danny played by David

#10 - The Oily Bastards written by Buck Hopper
Fisher played by kitaii
Deke played by sorethumb

#11 - The Situation written by Buck Hopper
Sergeant played by barkeron
Captain played by Mizuhiro Neko

#12 - Jab Step written by Buck Hopper
Darren played by Akrio Lyall
Valencia played by Kiara Avensu

#13 - Jab Step written by Buck Hopper
Darren played by Alden
Valencia played by Haschen

#14 - Wall Street 3: Into the Dragon's Den[i] written by dorallizard
Fox played by fender
Dragon played by Striker

#15 - [i]Den of Vengeance written by tazel
Craig played by Some Asian Guy
Gristle played by RojoHunter

#16 - Masters of Fine 'Nip written by sparf
Tim played by Ace Ventura
Johnny played by sorethumb

#17 - Muleskinner written by osfer and Buck Hopper
Outlaw played by dorallizard
Priest played by coopertom

#18 - World On Its Side written by Buck Hopper
Mo played by kataii
Android played by meowhype

#19 - The Problem and the Solution written by alflor
Johnny played by Jack
Ted played by Galiee

#20 - The Oily Bastards written by Buck Hopper
Fisher played by riyobunny
Deke played by Neko

#21 - Revenge of the Roadkill written by Buck Hopper
Beaver played by  ari_sterling
Wolf played by Jyaki
Zombies played by Everyone at the panel! Thanks, everyone!