![]() These auditions would range from sending in a sample line for each character to having full hour-long Skype conversations with live readings of the script.” Because directors differ in the ways they prepare voice actors or look for something unique, Karalius had “to quickly adapt to what each person was looking for. “When I first started out, I went through a bunch of audition processes. Working from home and scaring the unaware who knock on his door may seem like a cushy job, but Karalius explains that being a voice actor requires auditions just like any other acting job. The only missing item in his new workspace? A really comfortable chair. This newly constructed ‘recording corner’ is blocked off using a plethora of soundproofing to manage the acoustics in the room.” ![]() Although it is not as polished as a professional record label’s recording studio, my setup gets the job done. Now I have designated a corner of my apartment voice recording. Given the quality of free recording software and having access to a radio-quality microphone, I was able to get by using the two for quite some time. When I first started, that was all I had. “I originally started out with a microphone and my laptop, which I used for a short while when I co-hosted Dead Serious Radio with Scott Tepperman and Ron Bordner. His studio may be a work in progress, but it provides the actor what he needs to become the voice behind the character. Of course, his new living space also is home to the many characters and creatures he creates for a wide variety of projects for animation and video games. Perhaps fortunately for his roommates and the UPS drivers he has met, Karalius, more than most graduate students, began to look forward to living on his own, where he can “scream and grunt all I want in my new one-bedroom abode”. However, they thought I was off my rocker when I had to record zombie gorilla voices for a zombie video game.” What do zombie gorillas sound like? Apparently the result involves “a whole bunch of gorilla noises ranging from running to getting killed.” As you can imagine, I was anxiously waiting for police investigators to show up shortly afterwards to make sure nobody was dying.”Įven stranger is the fact that “this type of thing happens a lot when recording at home” and “the ’UPS man incident’ was probably one of the less bothersome I’ve caused.” His grad school roommates learned to get used to his job and, “for the most part, very nice about letting me record and hardly interfered. He happily recalls an incident “…while I was recording at home for something that involved a lot of yelling.” Karalius next heard a knock at the door and, when he answered, found “a UPS driver with a nervous look on his face ask if everything was alright.” The problem? “He heard someone yelling ‘Help me’.” After the actor explained that he was only recording a role in his home studio, the UPS man “cautiously left with a shrug of his shoulders. UPS delivery drivers in voice actor Bill Karalius’ neighborhood probably have been warned to beware of strange sounds coming from his home.
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