Please check the online thread for all the latest developents and online content for the Heroes Audio Drama project. This thread will remain as a discussion point for those involved in the project, or to recruit new participants. If you would like to help out in the project at all, then please post here, or send me a PM, with a voice sample or how you could aid the project.

that sounds kind cool. i might be able to help with the voices.

I love radio drama. I would like to help somehow with voices (though no offense, I am a little tired of 'The Explosion Happened in the Future' stories)

Ladyphantom: Awesome, I'd be glad for the help!

DrStrange: Great. Hey, no worries, that was just a tentative idea to get started on. I'd love to hear your thoughts on a possible setting and story for this.

Question: How do you plan on putting the story into audio?

The overall process is pretty simple. Anyone helping out with the voices would need a microphone, and be able to set some time out (when it's quiet where they are) to do their sound pieces. These will be overlayed together as outlined in the story, and various incidental tracks and background sound effects will be added onto these as well.

Sign me up. I've done some basic radio work before, and sound projects, and I have a mic, so I guess I can help out. Plus i guess I write some stories on this board, so I can do storywriting too.

Probly busy, but you assign and I'll do in my own time, by a deadline.

And DrStrange is right. Explosion-future-stop-explosion-now storyline is quite passe. no offense though.

Cool, great to have you onboard, KarlG! Lol, again, none taken, that was just an initial thought when the idea came to set this up - there are many different avenues that this could go in.

I'm willing to help. Voice if you need it, but since I don't have much of a "radio voice", probably behind the scenes would be better. Whatever you need me for, basically.

That would be awesome, Riddler. Hey, no prob, I don't have much of a voice for audio either, but it's all good, and this should be quite fun to do as well. So at the moment that's:

* LadyPhantom
* DrStrange
* KarlG
* Riddler
* Myself

I was just messing with some Heroes background music and doing a quick test:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/b4zelh

We could definately put together a small audio drama here, centering on some characters discovering their abilities, and either a main villain or the Company to force the story along - depending on what we decide for the overall story arc. Abilities would obviously need to be something that translates well through audio. (Stuff like super strength would be a no-no and quite boring, but anything that has a distinct sound would be great).

We've all thought what would be cool abilities if we ever had any, so as a starting point for this, what powers would you see your character as possessing? Then we'll go from there...

Well, there are always elemental powers (i.e., aerokinesis, hydrokinesis, cryokinesis, pyrokinesis, etc), and the sound effects for those wouldn't be too difficult. Just find sound effects that are the sounds of those elements, like wind blowing, or an earthquake's rumble, that sort of thing.

i might have a little trouble helping now (school stuff)

I'd be glad to be part of the writing staff for this intriguing project. Count me in

I could write too (but then too many chefs spoil the soup), and put together folley sound for stuff. Aka walking, doors, ambient sound

I'd write but I don't think I can actually write well

Depends on whether people like the fic I'm doing now tbh.

Sounds interesting!

I'd be interested in helping with the voice over work?

(Although I must warn you that I sometimes have a tendency to go Jay-wol from the board for a while)

I only have access to mic's when I'm down my mom's house. So if I could have the lines, and record them and post them by a certain deadline. I could help.

If not, then I'm unavailable sorry.

maybe i can help now again...it tuens out theres a mic on my laptop...COOL!

A good power for audio-drama would be umbrakinesis, the power to create darkness, move between shadows or teleport... which you could use Nightcrawlers "BAMF!" effect for.

*Shameless wants that power in real life as well* I'd never be late anywhere again!

I'd like to participate with the voice acting. I think I have a microphone with the new computer I'm getting, if not I know where I can find one.

I dunno if there's any way I can help, but this looks really interesting. I've got a mic that came with my old desktop, but I'm not a very good speaker. I'd like to help with writing, but .. heh... I'm not very good at that.

should we post clips of ours voices? just so you'd get a feel for what we can do and if we need beeter mics or something?

Thanks for all the offers of help, I've got a really good feeling about this little project now. Yep, Ladyphantom has the way of it. To start organizing everyone who is helping and such, the next step I was going to suggest is that, everyone who wants to help out with voices, should post a voice sample.

From that, we can start piecing actual characters and personalities together, abilities / other, and story possibilities.

And Sifr's right, as long as we can get a distinct and recognizable sound clip for each power, we could think up some pretty cool abilities that these characters could have, along with maybe one or two from the show itself.

I won't be able to post my voice until the weekend.

Well, contact me about writing and/or organizing when you need it. I have access to speakers, but no microphone (my computer access is a computer at work, 11pm-8:30am PST). So, get in touch with me during those times. Also, my messenger information is as follows:

MSN - Foxtrot_X_Ray@hotmail.com
AIM - RiddlerHanjinome
Yahoo! - DJRiddler5707@yahoo.com

I think it would be smart if we all use a common instant message application to chat in real time and coordinate all of these things. Also, my access to AIM or Yahoo! is full-time, being as it is on my phone. As a side effect, I can't receive files on either of those messengers.

i'll try to record something serious today and post it tomarrow. anything particular you want us to do with our voice? sepcific emotions or something?

Nothing specific in mind, just a voice sample so that we can hear what everyone sounds like, and begin piecing together characters and abilities.

Cool. My MSN is knuckles_lm@hotmail.com if anyone wants to add me and chat about any aspect of this project. Once we've sorted out characters and abilities it will definately make organizing the story a whole lot easier.

My msn is rhysclark@hotmail.co.uk

I can also do a few accents. I'm welsh, so I can do that, I can also do scottish and australian. Just soem random tidbits

Sorry for the double post.

I'll try to get my voice sampling posted over the weekend.
I can also do a few accents btw.

i can do accents sometimes, but i don't think they're very good, i do have a southern one, which i guess is good except i hate it.

I added u guys btw.

My email's the one ending with yahoo.com.sg.

I live in Singapore! Hola!

Hey, I think your idea is a pretty sweet one and Id like to join I can do the voices.

I'm alright with voice acting.. I can do many voices. I really wanna help with it!

add me at: laur_kenobi@hotmail.com

Maybe you should give us something to read.. like a short monologue or something.

okay so i have a clip, but i'm having trouble uploading it.

Did you try sendspace?

Yeah, www.sendspace.com is a really quick and easy place to upload your files. And a big hello to the new recruits!

Ok, to reitterate where we are at, could everyone who wants to help out with voice acting submit a short audio sample. It doesn't need to be anything special, just to give us an insight into your voice, for developing the characters in the next stage. If you can personally do other accents, then by all means, submit the sample in several different voices, as we'll definately need minor characters appearing from time to time. So if you have the talent to do more than one voice, all the better.

My mother's PC broke unexpectedly and I won't be able to get a recording up til Christmas Day/Boxing Day. Sorry.

Sorry for the late response. I create voice clips for fun in my spare time, so I think that I could help contribute to this project if there is still anything available.

Here are some samples of the work that I've done. They're all me:

"They say one should not speak unkindly of the dead, so I say, 'Nice try!'"

"This is all an illusion, but there is truth within illusions..."

"Even if so, your help is not anything that I need nor want."

<a href='http://www.sendspace.com/file/4s8hn5'>http://www.sendspace.com/file/4s8hn5</a>

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4s8hn5

i wasn't sure which link to use...s what ever i have some oher one's that i'll post if you need me to.

and if that doesn't work...here's video i took...it has my voice...obviously.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=...ideoid=14969596

I don't think I'll be able to have my voice clip till tuesday cause I'll be gone most of tommorow

No worries to anyone who can't provide samples for a while, I know it's the christmas period and everyone can get quite busy.

Ladyphantom: I wasn't able to open up your first clip, as it was a project file and not a wav or mp3, so I just watched your second video and was able to hear your voice. So no worries there. You've got a nice 'youth' sounding tone, definately a late teens character. Oh, if you are in need a program to record your voice by the way, you can use Audacity, which is a free program. Googling it will provide the website.

Roogle: Great samples. I seriously love the third one, it gives the illusion of a loner coming to grips with his situation. Would easily suit a main 'good' Heroes character. Welcome aboard!

So yeah, those two samples are already giving me quite a few ideas. Can't wait to hear others.

Reboot, the more I read updates to this thread the more I want in!
I'll read a few parts and you can pick whichever you want me for. I'm not picky, I'll even play extras! I can provide some samples definitely by Wednesday, maybe even tonight if I'm not writing my specs (some procrastination is be good).

So, do you have any scripts written? If you need polishes I can help out, no prob.

i do have Audasity! wow i didn't even realize it. huh.

Hey, S1lenced. Awesome. Nope, no actual scripts have been written yet. From the voice samples that people provide, I'll begin to plan out characters and abilities and their interconnecting story arcs. So yeah, anyone is more than welcomed to help out with planning and such, either by MSN or here.

OK, I have my three clips.. I can do more... but this is all I have right now...

Also, I didn't know what to read.. so I read the back of my Harry Potter book, lol.

HERE is the "regular voice" you know.. no real acting as that is my voice.

THIS was my horrible, horrible attempt at an accent.. I don't even know what that is... I don't even know why i posted it, lol.

LAST is my "demon/Villain" voice... in case you wanted one... it's kinda messed up as my voice started cracking. lol.

Windows Live Messenger is a great way to communicate by voice as it has a voice clip button that sends a compressed .wav file to a user. All you do is hold F2 in an active instant message window and you can record a quick sound clip. Great for coaching and listening in on things! I send voice clips to friends all the time for various reasons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQcxZrhCWm8

Got my voice up!

Let me know what you guys think of these character ideas that I've been thinking about...

Roogle: Been thinking about a main character for you based on the last voice sample that you provided. I'm envisioning a young man constantly on the run from the Company. He lives a pretty nomadic life, just moving from city to city whilst trying to escape notice and stay one step ahead. He finds it hard to trust others. The reason he is so sought after is because of abilities. He has the power to create an astral projection of himself. This projection harneses his slight telekinetic abilities, therefore the projection itself can physically move and touch things. An offshoot of this ability is that an intangible astral projection can move vast distances quickly - enabling him to search for miles all around in an instant.

Ladyphantom: Still thinking about this character at the moment! Let me know if you have any ideas of your own...

Lauryn: It's just as we were discussing on MSN, though I've added some backstory to the surfacing of that ability. For this character, I envision a young highschooler who has been bullied for most of her life. Though slightly cliche, she discovers the ability to become invisible from an early age and escape her torment. However, to advance from this cliche, this technique is only an offshoot of a main ability, which is the control and convertion of light particles. Her mother is partially blind, which was an accident during the surfacing of this character's powers when she was really young (the whole room was flooded with intense bright light - blinding her mum).

Rhysus: Just heard your voice now, but I was thinking of a more lighthearted character, kinda how Hiro started off. A young man working at a video store, but wishing that he was doing something more. I'm undecided by two main abilities. The first would be very Hiro like, which is the ability to bend space. Unlike normal teleporting, this character could bend space and create 'doorways' to travel from one place to the other. Later progression of this ability would allow it to be used more defensively / offensively, and on a much larger scale. Or, the second ability I was thinking off, was aerokinesis. So the character would be able to control wind, which would also allow flight.