It’s another high-pass filter and might not even be necessary. This helps sort out popping, and reduces extreme proximity effect. Then Filter curve EQ, with the preset “low rolloff for speech” this reduces the 80-100Hz frequencies.This removes the inaudible low frequency rumbles, very low pitch sounds, such as microphone errors, thunder, rumble as much as possibe, and so allows you to delete sections of your audio without creating an audible editing ‘click’. High-pass filter – 80Hz, 12db roll-off for speech.I use a macro with the following 4 steps: When I used the Dog Clicker method, I used irrationalpie’s advice on highlighting the peaks.įirst I master the audio. In English, -60dB of background noise, means that it's 1000 times quieter than your voice. I don’t do noise reduction because my mic is very quiet, but for most people, this will be the first step. I often, prior to declick plugins, duplicate the track, mute and collapse it, as shown below. To compensate for this, I always export a raw, unedited WAV. Though they cost money, the other DAWs are ‘non-destructive’ editors, so after saving a file you can rewind your editing to get the raw back. I have never looked back to GarageBand since changing to Audacity. Simply put, GB’s editing tools are minimal and Audacity is free. I used GarageBand for a year before switching to Audacity. (vs Reaper vs Audition vs Studio 1 vs Ocenaudio) To reduce lip noise, I recommend lip balm, and not shutting your mouth at the end of sentences. I can record for about 60 mins before I lose focus, get tired/uncomfortable, and this results in 30-40 mins of almost-ready audio. I record a test sentence and listen back, mainly to check that yes I am using my mic and not the inbuilt laptop mic. Typically, my script is in Word, because sometimes I stumble 6 times over each typo, so I need an amended script.įor time-saving reasons, I record using punch and roll. This improves my posture, by preventing me staring down at my phone. The screenshots of example noises in this post are from before my booth.Īudacity takes up the lower half of my laptop screen, and my script is in the window behind it. I am now in a DIY booth (walls of rockwool for sound proofing, acoustic foam for sound dampening). Until recently, I recorded in front of a bookcase, in a small room full of stuff, which resulted in no room echo. I’ve pasted together a few phrases from both microphones to show you the difference in audio quality: XLR microphones are more expensive, are higher quality, and require their own power via an audio interface. In brief, mics like Snowball ICE, Yeti, Bee, and ‘podcaster’ mics are USB-powered. I podficced for 2 years with a second-hand Snowball ICE, and now I record with a RØDE NT1‑A (cardioid condenser) with a Scarlett 2i2 audio interface. I also benefitted from this lesson on performance, and if you’ve got the appetite for more, this one, this one, and this one also helped me a lot. Something that has improved my skill in narration itself, is watching coaching videos, such as this one with Barbara Rosenblat about not overdoing it and letting the words speak for themselves, this one about taking your time, Nancy Wolfson on relaxing your voice (I think of her lying on the floor whenever I start!!!), and this one as well as this one on ‘active hush’ which I was doing already. I definitely recommend watching this video on breathing. This is a great 10 minute warmup with the National Theatre. My mic is very good and the general rule of thumb is “If you can hear it, so can the mic”. I pause if I can hear a motorbike in the distance, an ambulance whining, or a neighbour driving in my street/slamming car doors. I hydrate 2 hours in advance, since drinking doesn’t immediately hydrate the vocal cords (the windpipe is a different pipe from your gullet) and drinking can make mouth noises worse. Typically, I will only record from authors who have a blanket permission statement. I will search on Youglish for pronunciation of words I’m unsure about as I go along (‘glowering’, I am looking at you). Cold reading gets easier the more you do it, and I typically record in just 1 fandom, so don’t need to research character voices.
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