Mindil Beach in Darwin under a huge orange and pink tropical sunset

Darwin voice over artistsWet or dry, your voice is in.

Post your script and hand-picked Australian voice over artists record free auditions of it, usually within the hour. Book the one that fits, pay online, and finished files land within a day. No studio, no booker, and nothing that waits for the wet to end.

Every voice reviewed by a real person
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Mindil Beach, sunset
Area code 08 ACST, UTC+9:30, all year Closer to Bali than to Sydney Sunset at Mindil The build-up, then the wet Auditions usually within the hour Finished files within a day Every voice reviewed by a real person Area code 08 ACST, UTC+9:30, all year Closer to Bali than to Sydney Sunset at Mindil The build-up, then the wet Auditions usually within the hour Finished files within a day Every voice reviewed by a real person
Australian voices

Australian voices for Darwin briefs

Australian voices who record Darwin briefs from broadcast-quality home studios around the country. Press play. Every one of them delivers in the wet.

The agency question

Why Darwin's done with the agency

Darwin is a long way from the agencies and has never minded. The old way meant calling down south, waiting for a shortlist on southern time, booking a studio that didn't exist here, and paying for the distance. A city that rebuilt itself after Tracy figured out that a voice can arrive faster than a wet season storm.

Agencies still have their place. It's just not 3,000 kilometres from your deadline.

The agency way

  • A southern agency's roster, on a southern agency's clock
  • Showreels of other people's campaigns
  • A studio to book, thousands of kilometres away
  • Office hours that end before your afternoon starts

The online way

  • Hand-picked Australian voice over artists reading your actual script, free
  • Auditions usually within the hour, wet or dry
  • Broadcast-quality home studios, finished files within a day
  • One clear rate card, and re-records are free if a read misses your notes
The Darwin waterfront lagoon at dusk with the city towers and a wet season storm cloud behind
The Waterfront · Build-up season
The briefs

What Darwin records.

Darwin briefs come from a working town. Safety inductions for the mines, the gas plants and the port, defence and government messages, tourism for Kakadu, Litchfield and the harbour, health and community campaigns for the Territory, explainers for the trades and the training providers, and radio for the retailers before the market opens. The read wants plain, warm and clear, and it wants it before the storm.

  • Mining and gas inductions
  • Defence and government messages
  • Tourism and Top End campaigns
  • Health and community campaigns
  • Trades and training eLearning
  • Retail radio
  • Corporate and port videos
  • On-hold and IVR
How it works

Three steps, no studio.

  1. 1

    Post your script

    Free. Say what it's for, how it should sound and when you need it.

  2. 2

    Auditions arrive

    Hand-picked Australian voice over artists read your actual script, usually within the hour.

  3. 3

    Book, pay, done

    Pick the voice, pay online, and the finished files land within a day. Re-records are free if a read misses your notes.

Only in Darwin

Things every Darwin brief already knows.

9:30

Territory time, all year

No daylight saving, no fuss. Post your script when it suits and the auditions usually land within the hour, whatever the south is doing.

1974

Tracy, and the rebuild

Darwin rebuilt itself from the ground up. Your induction video deserves a voice that sounds like it means it.

2

Seasons

Wet and dry, plus the build-up if you're honest. Your voice over should be the same all year: pick a read, book it, keep it.

Questions

Darwin, asked and answered.

Do I need a studio in Darwin?

No. Every voice over artist records from a broadcast-quality home studio and sends finished files online. Nothing to book in Darwin, and nothing to fly south for.

How fast do auditions arrive?

Usually within the hour of posting, from Australian voice over artists we've reviewed one by one, reading your actual script. Finished recordings usually land within 24 hours of booking.

Can I get a voice that works for a safety induction?

Yes. Clear, steady, unhurried reads are a specialty for many Australian voice over artists, and long scripts are priced by length on the rate card, so a full induction is easy to budget.

Is this a voice over agency in Darwin?

It's an online casting site, not an agency: no booker, no roster limit, no southern timetable. Hand-picked Australian voice over artists audition your script for free and you book the one you like.

What does a Darwin voice over cost?

The rate card is public, quoted in Australian dollars, and set by the length and use of the script. The Territory pays the same as Sydney, and you'll see the price before you post.

More answers in the full F.A.Q.

Also recording for

Darwin, let's hear it.

Post your script now. The first auditions are usually back within the hour.