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advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 11:22:05


I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol

do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?


cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol


any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...


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Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 12:28:19


At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...


I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0


At 1/18/26 12:28 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...

I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0


oooo yeah, that is a really good demo... I like it


should I try adding music? I'm actually editing together my demo reel rn so I could try adding music...


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Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 12:57:07


At 1/18/26 12:36 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:28 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...

I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0

oooo yeah, that is a really good demo... I like it


Thank you, I hope I get some work eventually.

1) So, the first thing I did was writing random scripts that would take about eight to ten seconds to do and that tried to do a new voice each time to show my range. Also, if you have an audition or something prerecorded you like you can add that in.

2) Then I edited the audio in audacity got to (for the noise reduction record for about 10 seconds without making any noise so you can get a sample) Effect > Noise removal and repair > first get a noise sample then do Noise reduction, Effect > Eq and Filters > Filter Curve Eq > Presets & Settings > factory presets (do this for each one of these) > Bass Boost/Treble Boost/Low rolloff for speech, Effects > Legacy > Legacy compressor (leave the settings as is), and then effect > Legacy Limiter > Set to Hard Limit > click ok. This will make your audio nice and crisp.

3) Add sound effects and music. I went into cap cut and added my music onto my audio there, but you can do it in audacity too. You can go to websites like freesound.org to get music or sound effects, then add them into your demo in audacity.

4) Listen to it and see if it's something you enjoy or feel proud of then post it.

Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 13:10:39


At 1/18/26 12:57 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:36 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:28 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...

I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0

oooo yeah, that is a really good demo... I like it

Thank you, I hope I get some work eventually.
1) So, the first thing I did was writing random scripts that would take about eight to ten seconds to do and that tried to do a new voice each time to show my range. Also, if you have an audition or something prerecorded you like you can add that in.
2) Then I edited the audio in audacity got to (for the noise reduction record for about 10 seconds without making any noise so you can get a sample) Effect > Noise removal and repair > first get a noise sample then do Noise reduction, Effect > Eq and Filters > Filter Curve Eq > Presets & Settings > factory presets (do this for each one of these) > Bass Boost/Treble Boost/Low rolloff for speech, Effects > Legacy > Legacy compressor (leave the settings as is), and then effect > Legacy Limiter > Set to Hard Limit > click ok. This will make your audio nice and crisp.
3) Add sound effects and music. I went into cap cut and added my music onto my audio there, but you can do it in audacity too. You can go to websites like freesound.org to get music or sound effects, then add them into your demo in audacity.
4) Listen to it and see if it's something you enjoy or feel proud of then post it.


ok yeah, I don't really have the resources to do all that lol

mine isn't really crazy professional and I don't know if this really shows off my range well... but for what it is... it's definitely better than my first demo reel I made a year ago and I really like it lol


I'm uploading it now so if you want... I can send you a link and I'd like to know your thoughts on it...


do you like Hatsune Miku?

you do?

THEN COME JOIN THE VOCALOID ART COLLAB!

ANYONE CAN JOIN! DEADLINE IS MARCH 6TH 2026!!


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Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 13:11:51


At 1/18/26 01:10 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:57 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:36 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:28 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...

I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0

oooo yeah, that is a really good demo... I like it

Thank you, I hope I get some work eventually.
1) So, the first thing I did was writing random scripts that would take about eight to ten seconds to do and that tried to do a new voice each time to show my range. Also, if you have an audition or something prerecorded you like you can add that in.
2) Then I edited the audio in audacity got to (for the noise reduction record for about 10 seconds without making any noise so you can get a sample) Effect > Noise removal and repair > first get a noise sample then do Noise reduction, Effect > Eq and Filters > Filter Curve Eq > Presets & Settings > factory presets (do this for each one of these) > Bass Boost/Treble Boost/Low rolloff for speech, Effects > Legacy > Legacy compressor (leave the settings as is), and then effect > Legacy Limiter > Set to Hard Limit > click ok. This will make your audio nice and crisp.
3) Add sound effects and music. I went into cap cut and added my music onto my audio there, but you can do it in audacity too. You can go to websites like freesound.org to get music or sound effects, then add them into your demo in audacity.
4) Listen to it and see if it's something you enjoy or feel proud of then post it.

ok yeah, I don't really have the resources to do all that lol
mine isn't really crazy professional and I don't know if this really shows off my range well... but for what it is... it's definitely better than my first demo reel I made a year ago and I really like it lol

I'm uploading it now so if you want... I can send you a link and I'd like to know your thoughts on it...


Sure, I'd love to give it a listen

Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 13:24:52


At 1/18/26 01:11 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:10 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:57 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:36 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:28 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...

I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0

oooo yeah, that is a really good demo... I like it

Thank you, I hope I get some work eventually.
1) So, the first thing I did was writing random scripts that would take about eight to ten seconds to do and that tried to do a new voice each time to show my range. Also, if you have an audition or something prerecorded you like you can add that in.
2) Then I edited the audio in audacity got to (for the noise reduction record for about 10 seconds without making any noise so you can get a sample) Effect > Noise removal and repair > first get a noise sample then do Noise reduction, Effect > Eq and Filters > Filter Curve Eq > Presets & Settings > factory presets (do this for each one of these) > Bass Boost/Treble Boost/Low rolloff for speech, Effects > Legacy > Legacy compressor (leave the settings as is), and then effect > Legacy Limiter > Set to Hard Limit > click ok. This will make your audio nice and crisp.
3) Add sound effects and music. I went into cap cut and added my music onto my audio there, but you can do it in audacity too. You can go to websites like freesound.org to get music or sound effects, then add them into your demo in audacity.
4) Listen to it and see if it's something you enjoy or feel proud of then post it.

ok yeah, I don't really have the resources to do all that lol
mine isn't really crazy professional and I don't know if this really shows off my range well... but for what it is... it's definitely better than my first demo reel I made a year ago and I really like it lol

I'm uploading it now so if you want... I can send you a link and I'd like to know your thoughts on it...

Sure, I'd love to give it a listen


alright... here it is


do you like Hatsune Miku?

you do?

THEN COME JOIN THE VOCALOID ART COLLAB!

ANYONE CAN JOIN! DEADLINE IS MARCH 6TH 2026!!


my wonderful art thread

Forum Signature made by the incredible Vinity

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Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 13:34:15


At 1/18/26 01:24 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:11 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:10 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:57 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:36 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:28 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...

I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0

oooo yeah, that is a really good demo... I like it

Thank you, I hope I get some work eventually.
1) So, the first thing I did was writing random scripts that would take about eight to ten seconds to do and that tried to do a new voice each time to show my range. Also, if you have an audition or something prerecorded you like you can add that in.
2) Then I edited the audio in audacity got to (for the noise reduction record for about 10 seconds without making any noise so you can get a sample) Effect > Noise removal and repair > first get a noise sample then do Noise reduction, Effect > Eq and Filters > Filter Curve Eq > Presets & Settings > factory presets (do this for each one of these) > Bass Boost/Treble Boost/Low rolloff for speech, Effects > Legacy > Legacy compressor (leave the settings as is), and then effect > Legacy Limiter > Set to Hard Limit > click ok. This will make your audio nice and crisp.
3) Add sound effects and music. I went into cap cut and added my music onto my audio there, but you can do it in audacity too. You can go to websites like freesound.org to get music or sound effects, then add them into your demo in audacity.
4) Listen to it and see if it's something you enjoy or feel proud of then post it.

ok yeah, I don't really have the resources to do all that lol
mine isn't really crazy professional and I don't know if this really shows off my range well... but for what it is... it's definitely better than my first demo reel I made a year ago and I really like it lol

I'm uploading it now so if you want... I can send you a link and I'd like to know your thoughts on it...

Sure, I'd love to give it a listen

alright... here it is
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1515725


That's really good, you have good range and a comical delivery. If you keep making demos I would look into the stuff I said. Something I might add is different music for each audio clip, but I do like the music you picked it has a good ring to it and compliments your voice. On another note, I was looking at your page I enjoy your art and think it's cool how you built up a fanbase in the time you've been on newgrounds, I hope to get there at some point myself.

Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 13:38:52


At 1/18/26 01:34 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:24 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:11 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:10 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:57 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:36 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:28 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...

I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0

oooo yeah, that is a really good demo... I like it

Thank you, I hope I get some work eventually.
1) So, the first thing I did was writing random scripts that would take about eight to ten seconds to do and that tried to do a new voice each time to show my range. Also, if you have an audition or something prerecorded you like you can add that in.
2) Then I edited the audio in audacity got to (for the noise reduction record for about 10 seconds without making any noise so you can get a sample) Effect > Noise removal and repair > first get a noise sample then do Noise reduction, Effect > Eq and Filters > Filter Curve Eq > Presets & Settings > factory presets (do this for each one of these) > Bass Boost/Treble Boost/Low rolloff for speech, Effects > Legacy > Legacy compressor (leave the settings as is), and then effect > Legacy Limiter > Set to Hard Limit > click ok. This will make your audio nice and crisp.
3) Add sound effects and music. I went into cap cut and added my music onto my audio there, but you can do it in audacity too. You can go to websites like freesound.org to get music or sound effects, then add them into your demo in audacity.
4) Listen to it and see if it's something you enjoy or feel proud of then post it.

ok yeah, I don't really have the resources to do all that lol
mine isn't really crazy professional and I don't know if this really shows off my range well... but for what it is... it's definitely better than my first demo reel I made a year ago and I really like it lol

I'm uploading it now so if you want... I can send you a link and I'd like to know your thoughts on it...

Sure, I'd love to give it a listen

alright... here it is
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1515725

That's really good, you have good range and a comical delivery. If you keep making demos I would look into the stuff I said. Something I might add is different music for each audio clip, but I do like the music you picked it has a good ring to it and compliments your voice. On another note, I was looking at your page I enjoy your art and think it's cool how you built up a fanbase in the time you've been on newgrounds, I hope to get there at some point myself.


thank you!

if you start joining projects, I'm sure you can grow a nice community... in fact, I saw your post about looking for work

I'm actually working on making a series right now... when I start getting people to record voice lines I'll make sure to reach out!


do you like Hatsune Miku?

you do?

THEN COME JOIN THE VOCALOID ART COLLAB!

ANYONE CAN JOIN! DEADLINE IS MARCH 6TH 2026!!


my wonderful art thread

Forum Signature made by the incredible Vinity

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Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 13:42:46


At 1/18/26 01:38 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:34 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:24 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:11 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 01:10 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:57 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:36 PM, RedWonder8 wrote:
At 1/18/26 12:28 PM, RyeTheFungi wrote:
At 1/18/26 11:22 AM, RedWonder8 wrote:I want to make a demo reel to post here on newgrounds... but idk what would make a good demo reel lol
do I just say stuff in voices I can do? do I try putting emotion into some lines? how long should it be? what do I do?

cause I made a really bad really cringe demo reel a year ago where I just did character impressions and I don't want to repeat my mistakes lol

any advice from would be nice... I'm planning on making a demo reel here soon since I want to lend my voice to more stuff here soon...

I don't know much personally, but I can link my Demo, and you can give it a listen and see if you like it. If you do, I can give you advice on what I did. I'm pretty new I haven't got any work yet, so I am inexperienced, but my second Demo was much better than my first. My Demo: Voice Demo 2.0

oooo yeah, that is a really good demo... I like it

Thank you, I hope I get some work eventually.
1) So, the first thing I did was writing random scripts that would take about eight to ten seconds to do and that tried to do a new voice each time to show my range. Also, if you have an audition or something prerecorded you like you can add that in.
2) Then I edited the audio in audacity got to (for the noise reduction record for about 10 seconds without making any noise so you can get a sample) Effect > Noise removal and repair > first get a noise sample then do Noise reduction, Effect > Eq and Filters > Filter Curve Eq > Presets & Settings > factory presets (do this for each one of these) > Bass Boost/Treble Boost/Low rolloff for speech, Effects > Legacy > Legacy compressor (leave the settings as is), and then effect > Legacy Limiter > Set to Hard Limit > click ok. This will make your audio nice and crisp.
3) Add sound effects and music. I went into cap cut and added my music onto my audio there, but you can do it in audacity too. You can go to websites like freesound.org to get music or sound effects, then add them into your demo in audacity.
4) Listen to it and see if it's something you enjoy or feel proud of then post it.

ok yeah, I don't really have the resources to do all that lol
mine isn't really crazy professional and I don't know if this really shows off my range well... but for what it is... it's definitely better than my first demo reel I made a year ago and I really like it lol

I'm uploading it now so if you want... I can send you a link and I'd like to know your thoughts on it...

Sure, I'd love to give it a listen

alright... here it is
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1515725

That's really good, you have good range and a comical delivery. If you keep making demos I would look into the stuff I said. Something I might add is different music for each audio clip, but I do like the music you picked it has a good ring to it and compliments your voice. On another note, I was looking at your page I enjoy your art and think it's cool how you built up a fanbase in the time you've been on newgrounds, I hope to get there at some point myself.

thank you!
if you start joining projects, I'm sure you can grow a nice community... in fact, I saw your post about looking for work
I'm actually working on making a series right now... when I start getting people to record voice lines I'll make sure to reach out!


That's would actually be amazing.

If you can't reach me here and have discord my handle is rye0054.

You can reach out there if you need to, need advice on demo/VA stuff, or just wanna chill.

Response to advice for making a demo reel? 2026-01-18 17:19:45


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