Who actually did the voice of the Borg?

[Mr. Laser Beam]

We've heard the Borg speak in various forms of Trek - TNG, Voyager, ST:FC, and so on. The voices all seem to be the same in each of these appearances. Does anyone know who, out-of-universe, actually performed the Borg voices?

Were there a specific group of crew members who were tasked with speaking all Borg lines? Or did they just round up some random people on the set and have them go into the studio?

It sure doesn't sound like a computerized voice - meaning, they couldn't have had some kind of computer program ready to automatically spit out any Borg dialogue they typed in. So they must have had actual actors go in and record the voice of the collective. Anyone know who?

 

[Amaris]

According to Memory Alpha, the episode Q Who's unified Borg voice was provided by Maurice Hurley, Rob Bowman, and Rob Bowman's assistant.

For First Contact it was Jeff Coopwood.

The rest were apparently unknown performers.

These voices were then mixed together to create the impression of millions of voices speaking as one.

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Borg
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Borg_voice_creation

 

[Redfern]

If it weren't for all that assimilation business, they would make one heck of a choir!

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Borg-hemian Rhapsody?

 

[stardream]

Borg-hemian Rhapsody?

Somebody get on that.