How Audiobook Narrators Voice Unique and Distinct Characters

How professional audiobook narrators make the voices of different characters distinct, unique, and believable in audiobooks.

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[Dontdothat]

Hey man - not sure if you’ll read this but I just checked out a “preview” of a book you narrated on Audible (The Contact) and it is exceptional enough that in 5 minutes you made me want to hear the whole story …. I mean, it was really good. I’m glad I found your YouTube AND you’re teaching on here. Thank you.

[Dontdothat]

I’ve been listening to related to videos all day - this is the best I’ve listen too - easy on the ears and well presented - thank you.

[liquidvelvetliterature]

This channel should really have a ton of followers. This is gold for anyone aspiring to narrate.

[scottykwas]

Great mini masterclass, Jay! I got some valuable notes. Succinct and to the point. Thank you!

[matthewmurraybates]

This is excellent - really comprehensive and practical advice to find your way with character narration.
One note about keeping character consistency: I recently finished a series of books (one a year, as they were published) where random characters returned after 6 or 7 books. I’d changed my phone, my tablet, my pdf software- so the only wat to check character voices was listening back through the first books! Took a while 😂

[donnelson]

This is a really solid and useful set of best practices and I truly appreciate you laying them out there so clearly. Thank you.

[banyanstudio]

So super helpful! Love the usage of your phone to make little Voice memo Dossiers!

[DaemonVO]

Great advice, thank you for this! Recently started my career in audiobooks, so this is very relevant. Often find I have a whole file saved with all the character voices in. Side note: anyone told you you sound like Scott Brick? :)

[dianaelena]

Would you be willing to provide more information on the actual voice mixer you referenced in your video?

[timbranson]

Hi Jay, great info! Thanks!
Have you done a tutorial for men doing female voices? I know some of the same tips apply, but how do you come up with those, especially vocal quality and pitch.

[narrator-timothymckean]

Hi Jay. Sometimes it looks like you're in a studiobricks booth, and sometimes more of a DIY booth. Can you talk about the differences? What's the acoustic treatment material that you have on the walls in this booth? Thanks!

[iamjigzzy]

This was very helpful, thank you! :)
I am curious about your processes for voicing characters who aren't super prominent, but are in the conversation with our protagonist enough to warrant some confusion from the listener should their voices be too similar. For example, I'll reach a chapter where the main character will converse with three of his buddies and I'll wonder if "buddy #3" is worth giving a distinct voice or not.
Know what I mean? I hope that makes sense, haha.
The series I work on will usually have the "second/third friend" type of character; not a lot of lines or background, but will be part of the conversation for 2 chapters or so.

How would you approach that?