Could we have a thread for voice acting?

What equipment should we use? I've got a USB headset with a mike, but Vocaroo doesn't seem to recognize it, and I know for a fact that it works for skype.

Check Noise Reduction in Audacity, it does wonders.
I think it's cut.
Use Audacity, it's pretty intuitive.

Okay, okay, for real now. I didn't realize I sounded this shota.
vocaroo.com/i/s0J2F9CidF3I

vocaroo.com/i/s1ZIjzBeVPoE

It really sounds different on the mic.
Personally, I blame the lizard people.

vocaroo.com/i/s01E0jXrCM6r

I tried my best

Your voice will always sound different to how you yourself percieve it when you listen to it after recording it, user.

Cool, thanks
vocaroo.com/i/s1k9SvEXOigF

>Your voice will always sound different to how you yourself percieve it when you listen to it after recording it, user.
I know that; I've recorded myself before, just not in a long while. I'm surprised how different my voice sounds outside my head from how I remember it.

If anyone can do a "hardboiled detective serial" type voice and is taking requests could they have a go at the following:

"Previously, on Thrilling Tales... The gentlemen thief Baron Lazuli announced he intended to steal a priceless Egyptian artefact. Confounded, Professor Frampton turned to the only people who could help... the International Police Organisation. But the plot thickens - who is Clotilde, and why is she so interested in the sapphire necklace? And why is the Human League involved?

Mysteries will become clear... tonight."

First off- how do you pronounce Clotilde?

It's so frustrating to try to do impressions. It sounds really good in my head, and then as soon as I hear it recorded, it's so obviously me doing a silly voice.
How are you supposed to do good voices if you can't even tell how you sound in real life?