Roanna Cruz

Bilingual Filipino American Voice Actor 🇵🇭🇺🇸 | Los Angeles Home Studio | Rep: Arlene Thornton & Assoc. |

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@JenAlyx Hi! All my info is here: https://t.co/UYZ59AOYbD. Thanks for your consideration!

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@rachaelmesser Interested! Thanks! :)

[Mike Ciporkin @MikeCiporkin]

Let's talk #Voiceover Microphone Placement.

1.) UPSIDE DOWN MYTH: If you’re in an enclosed smaller space, place your mic upright and NOT upside down. This generally allows for a closer proximity to your mouth to reduce unintended reverb or boxiness around 300-500-700Hz.

The reason larger studios can do the upside down mic placement is because they *don’t have to worry about reflections from nearby walls. You do. 3x5,4x6, closet, or similar space? Yes, you definitely do. Hence why you should NOT place your mic upside down, above your head, aimed down, up, or otherwise.

The only real 'advantage' to the upside down mic, again in a LARGER space, is for better visibility of the script and room for physicality. That's all.

Back in the day, microphones were also placed upside down intentionally for better heat dissipation, because of all the analog components inside the mics that used to get very hot. That's not a problem in modern day mics.

2.) LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION: Placing the mic at the 2:00 or 10:00 position and then adjusting your mic to aim the itself capsule to your mouth will MITIGATE PLOSIVES ENTIRELY. Think about it. If you’re looking forward at your screen and your mic is offset at that 2:00 or 10:00 position, your breaths won’t ever touch the capsule and cause plosives. Ever. Try it.

3.) AIM YOUR SHOT: With the mic now placed out of the way from plosives, again simply turn/twist/aim the capsule at your mouth so that it's picking up everything. In the end, your mic will essentially be at something of a 45° angle from your face is how you can think of it. It's out of your direct sight yet aimed at your mouth to capture all that goodness! :D

4.) DISTANCE: Most mics operate best within a 4-8” distance FROM your mouth. Proximity effect is good for some more intimate reads but this is a general rule of thumb. 416's, 103's, u87's, all of them.

If you *are using a shotgun mic, it should be parallel to the ground, not angled, as any physicality risks your mouth being too far off-axis from the mic capsule itself. Thus, any microphone's capsule itself should always be level with your mouth. Period.

SUMMARY:
You can easily test all of this out yourselves and you’ll hear the difference. Put the mic far away from your mouth and then bring it to that 4-8” sweet spot. You’ll hear MUCH more fidelity and clarity of your voice and will often need even less gain to get it, since the mic is closer.

By all means, if you guys have questions, comments, or otherwise I'm open to it all. My only intent here is to help everyone by freely giving away the knowledge I've either paid to learn myself from 30+ year audio engineer veterans and/or discover for myself after having enough *positive feedback from clients, AAA studios, fellow audio engineers, etc.

[khōréō magazine @KhoreoMag]

"Child's Tongue" by @endorphinique goes live on May 16! This story was edited by @witchywonderer. The audio edition was narrated by @RCruzVO and produced by @xjenuine. Listen to or read a snippet before it goes live: https://t.co/bPuGaYiUqI

[Michael Gonzalez 🆖️ @mikeysota.bsky.social @Mikeysota]

Congrats to the rest of the cast of @TopHeroes_: @JacobEisemanVA @grace_URVA @RSArchey @AndyVoiceover @AdamNewVA @maia_harlap @TheeSlushee @RCruzVO @DrewBreedloveVA @gelotalk @GMHakimVO @lalaboowelsh @gillianlangeVA and Daniel Petra.

[Michael Gonzalez 🆖️ @mikeysota.bsky.social @Mikeysota]

VOICE ACTING ANNOUNCEMENT
Thank you @Studio__Topaz for bringing me on for the mobile game @TopHeroes_. Here are clips of all my characters!

[LazuArts Entertainment @lazuarts]

LazuArts Entertainment is proud to partner with @wellgousa to provide the diverse English dub for this action-packed thriller, and it's available NOW via Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD!

Check out the cast and crew: https://t.co/o2SZ645JmU

Learn about the film: https://t.co/Xi85jFmq3E

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@MikeCiporkin @JohnCena lol this made me laugh 😂 Imagining you doing the hand thing while saying this!

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@CuiCui48 Lol nooo! I can still hear myself screaming when I first saw Edward!🤣

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@snarkylicious 🔥🔥🔥

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@snarkylicious @CuiCui48 Appreciate it! 🙏✨

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@snarkylicious @CuiCui48 😭 thank you Georgia! You were so awesome to work with as well!! ✨💛

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@BrittanyLaudaVO Hi Brittany! I'd love to be considered! Please check out my demos at https://t.co/LETkbU44xF. My audio drama reel will have the most samples of the specs you need. Thanks so much!

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@Tonkhaikichi Hi Diana! I’d love to be considered. Demos: https://t.co/UYZ59AOYbD. Thanks so much!

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@sallybeaumont1 @VACastingRT

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@EliBrennanVO Would love to be considered! Thanks! Email and demo: https://t.co/UYZ59AOYbD

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@CotyGalloway Yes! I would love to audition! https://t.co/pCkE7kBmxh

[Roanna Cruz @RCruzVO]

@alexmitarpx Hi! https://t.co/pCkE7kAOHJ. Thank you! 🙏