Ivan Benko
Croatian and English (US accent) voice-over and voice acting, from a treated booth near Zagreb.
For a quote, email hey@ib.actor
Services
Voice-over (Croatian)
- E-learning and training
- Corporate video
- Commercials and promos
- Phone and IVR
- Localization
- Narration
- Audio description
Voice acting (Croatian and English)
- Video games
- Animation
- Audio drama and podcasts
- Dubbing
English versions
Your Croatian ad, video or course in English, in the same voice. I can translate it too.
The voice
Dark, warm baritone.
For narration, e-learning and corporate work I keep it calm and conversational. In character work I lean toward villains.
Studio
A treated booth near Zagreb and a Lewitt LCT 440 PURE, recording in 32-bit float. Sessions are self-directed from your brief, or directed live over Zoom, Teams, Meet or Discord.
Transcript
English
Ivan Benko, booth sample, recorded in my treated booth on a LEWITT LCT 440 PURE into a Zoom UAC-232, 32-bit float at one fixed gain, about 10 centimeters from the mic.
Okay, so there’s this little bakery on Pine Street. Nothing fancy. But walk past around six in the morning and the back door’s propped open, and the whole street smells like brown bread and burnt sugar. You can’t not stop. The baker’s this older guy. Flour all over his sleeves, pencil behind his ear. I don’t even know his name. I don’t think anybody does. But when he thinks you’re not looking, he slips an extra roll into your bag. Every time. Never says a word about it. And you know the best part? It’s closed on Sundays, but he still goes in. Alone. Bakes one loaf, just for himself, and sits there listening to the street wake up. Anyway. Go early. Trust me.
[Softly] This is a softer, more intimate read.
[Projected] This is projected.
[At full voice] And this is full projection. Hey! Over here!
Back to normal. Three claps. [Three claps, each left to die away]
[10 seconds of room tone]
Croatian
Ivan Benko, uzorak kabine, snimljen u mojoj akustički obrađenoj kabini, LEWITT LCT 440 PURE u Zoom UAC-232, 32-bitni float uz stalno pojačanje, oko 10 centimetara od mikrofona.
Dobro, slušaj. Ima jedna mala pekara u Borovoj ulici. Ništa posebno. Ali kad prođeš tuda oko šest ujutro, stražnja vrata su širom otvorena i cijela ulica miriše na crni kruh i karamel. Ne možeš proći, a da ne staneš. Pekar je neki stariji lik. Rukavi puni brašna, olovka iza uha. Ne znam ni kako se zove. Mislim da to nitko ne zna. Ali kad misli da ne gledaš, ubaci ti još jedno pecivo u vrećicu. Svaki put. I nikad ništa ne kaže. A znaš što je najbolje? Nedjeljom je zatvoreno, ali on svejedno dođe. Sam. Ispeče jedan kruh, samo za sebe, sjedne i sluša kako se ulica budi. Uglavnom, idi rano. Vjeruj mi.
[Tiho] Ovo je tiše, intimnije čitanje.
[Glasnije] Ovo je glasnije.
[Punim glasom] A ovo je puni glas. Hej! Ovamo!
Opet normalno. Tri pljeska. [Tri pljeska, svaki pušten da zamre]
[10 sekundi tišine kabine]
English
Croatian
- Files
- WAV, FLAC or MP3 via Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer, (S)FTP, Amazon S3 or email
- Delivery
- For short scripts, one or two business days after an approved quote. Longer or synced work gets its date in the quote. Same day for a rush fee.
Free audition or a quote
Paste up to 50 words of your script into the form for a free audition, one per project, or ask a quick question. For a quote, email the script and a deadline.
What happens next
- I reply within one business day, with your audition, an answer or a fixed quote.
- Nothing is recorded until you approve the quote in writing. Two rounds of performance retakes are included.
- For short scripts, the files arrive one or two business days after that, in the format you need.
- hey@ib.actor