I forgot to add, if you are going to play around with noise reduction and the noiseprint analysis thing, the sample of noise doesn’t have to be long -- just a couple of seconds maybe.
-----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: February 16, 2021 03:26 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] podcasting, any tips? Hello, Thanks. I can do a segment of just the background fan audio. It's a standard box fan on the high setting if that helps. I can do a segment, how long, and when I have just that segment what next? Thanks. Dave. On 2/16/21, JM Casey <jmca...@teksavvy.com> wrote: > Hey David. > > Sorry, EQ is just short for "equalisation", which I should have used. > It just means applying an equalizer to the tracks to bring out the > desired frequencies. You may not need it, depending on how yours > sounds after you record. > What kind of background noise is it? It's easy to remove hums and > steady machine-like sounds. You should record a section of nothing > but the noise, then apply a noise reduction thing to reduce that > particular noise/set of frequencies. I record on my desktop and the > fans are fairly noisy -- the noise reduction filter drops that out pretty > nicely. > > For podcasting, consider another microphone -- a unidirectional one > that will just pick up your voice/what's directly in front of it. That > said I don't use one of those currently, but one of those snowball > mics -- it does pick up sound from all around it, but it's quiet > around here as it's just me in this place, so it works ok. Still, a > more studio-oriented mic would be ideal. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of David > Mehler > Sent: February 15, 2021 07:24 PM > To: all-audio@groups.io > Subject: Re: [all-audio] podcasting, any tips? > > Hello, > > Thanks for your reply. What I did with my first go was to make the > podcast then use goldwave's maximize volume option to get the volume > to zero db without clipping. > > I have been reading, and listening to tutorials and presentations > since my first podcast and have learned about vst plugins, that's > where I wondered about a compressor. I've also got some background > noise that my phone microphone picks up. It's from another room about > ten feet maybe 15 feet away I'm actually surprised the mic got it, if > possible i'd like to filter that out. > > Can you explain EQ? > > Thanks. > Dave. > > > On 2/15/21, JM Casey <jmca...@teksavvy.com> wrote: >> Crazy volume differences are one of my pet peeves listening to >> podcasts. I like to listen to them while doing stuff around the home, >> with my desktop PC broadcasting to my bluetooth headphones. It works >> great until someone inserts an audio clip from somewhere, or there's >> a guest on, whose volume is so different from that of the main host >> -- either loud enough to burst my eardrums or so quiet I have to >> crank it and then quickly turn down again when the clip is over. >> Anyway, you say you're already using plugins and doing >> post-processing. Is that not working out for you? What are you doing >> to the audio exactly? >> Noramlising audio volume? >> For your speaking voice, a bit of compression might be nice, but I >> think eq is maybe the most important thing to apply -- in my opinion >> you want to bring out the higher frequencies of the human voice a >> bit, to make things like sibilances clear and well-defined but not so >> sharp that they're distorting (this shouldn't happen so much with a >> good microphone, anyway). >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of David >> Mehler >> Sent: February 15, 2021 06:43 PM >> To: all-audio@groups.io >> Subject: [all-audio] podcasting, any tips? >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm dipping in to podcasting. I've made and submitted one, but think >> I could do better. The podcast is a demo which is recorded on my s10+ >> using amazing >> mp3 recorder, and demoing features of the phone so it's also talking. >> >> One thing I've noticed is sometimes the audio isn't right, it's >> either to loud or not loud enough, I've maximized volume. I am using >> goldwave6 with some added-vst-plugins for post-processing. The files >> are recorded as wav files then saved as 44.1Khz 64Kbps mp3 files. >> >> I thought about giving a compressor a go to make my voice crisper and >> the phone volume more even as well, but don't want to smash things to >> soundly. >> >> I'd appreciate any tips. >> >> Thanks. >> Dave. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3808): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3808 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80667573/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
