What Actually Happens Behind a Voice That Sounds Effortless

Voice actor Hans Wackershauser explains why raising your volume by even a small amount on camera can ruin an otherwise perfect take, while the exact same energy would land fine on a theatre stage. The microphone, he says, plays by its own rules again. He also describes what his body actually does while building a character in the booth, admitting that filming the process would produce enough strange contortions to fill a movie on its own. From there he walks through how brutal auditioning has become as everything moved online, with a role that once drew a dozen hopefuls now pulling in a thousand. Hans closes with the story of an ad campaign he recorded that ended up airing in Egypt, a performance of his own he still has never heard. Topics: Hans Wackershauser, voice acting career, recording booth, audition process, cartoon voice GUEST: Hans Wackershauser | http://hanswackershauser.com Originally aired on 2026-08-27