The Professional Voice Actor Vetting Process

Voice actors are asked to submit both professional voice demos and raw audio files recorded at their home studios for Voice Crafters to assess.

Voice Crafters accept talent based on these criteria:

• Talent is a full-time, professional voice actor.

• Talent must have their own broadcast-quality recording studio.

• Talent must be able to work with Voice Crafters directly, not through an additional agency.

• Barring special circumstances, talent should deliver audio quickly, typically completing 300-500-word recordings within 24-48 hours (ideally less).

Voice actors are only accepted if their pro demos meet our performance standards, AND the audio quality of their raw audio files are within broadcast-ready standards.

To date, 39% of all voice actors who applied to to Voice Crafters have been accepted to our talent roster.

Voice Actors are not considered to join Voice Crafters’ roster if:

• The submission doesn’t include a professionally-produced commercial demo.

• The submission doesn’t include a raw audio recording from the talent’s studio with their voice and 10 seconds of room tone.

• The talent’s performance on their professional demo isn’t up to Voice Crafters’ standards.

• The talent’s raw audio file contains reverberation and/or a signal-to-noise ratio that’s above Voice Crafters’ standards.

Voice Crafters’ talent is individually vetted before being accepted to its database. Talent is only accepted if the audio they produce is consistent with Voice Crafters’ standards.

• Voice Actors should maintain a noise floor below -60dB to ensure clean, broadcast-ready audio.

• Optional auditions are free of charge and help ensure quality expectations align before committing to funding a project.

• The client approval process is built into the workflow. Voice Actors only receive funds once you sign off on the voice recordings.

• Our talent offers free revisions if recordings don’t meet technical specifications or contain production flaws (e.g., clipping, harsh sibilance, plosives, etc.)

Voice Crafters require our voice actors to be equipped with their own broadcast-quality studio so that:

• You receive voice recordings at the highest possible quality.

• Home studios enable voice actors to deliver projects quickly and record any needed pickups quickly.

• You can bypass overhead costs from commercial studios.

• Talent availability isn’t limited to commercial studios booking times.

Most of Voice Crafters’ talent can also be directed via a remote session using Source Connect, Zoom, Google Meet, etc.

Voice Crafters requires all voice actors to record in soundproofed and acoustically treated environments. Our talent record with professional-grade mics and audio interfaces only. Submissions must meet strict technical specifications, including a low noise floor, a dry signal (no reverb), and clean audio free from artifacts, background noise, or technical defects that could compromise professional delivery.

• We ensure voice recordings have minimal sibilance and plosives.
• Voice actors are required to submit professional demos as well as raw, unprocessed audio files, including 10 seconds of room tone. This allows us to review the talent’s recording environment for noise and reverberation.
• We require talent to record with professional condenser or dynamic mics. Consumer USB mics are generally not accepted.
• Talent should be able to conduct remote sessions with our client from their home studios.