Re: Accessible Sound Design Course - First Lesson Up
Note: I used windows game recorder which does NOT record screen readers. The screen reader voice is hard to hear, sorry about that. I'll work on that next time.
Lesson 1:
https://youtu.be/kSTfi1J_HaE
Assignment 1:
Download the following file. It's me talking. Don't listen to it like it's instruction, it's just audio to work with. https://www.dropbox.com/s/znlnozfzs1gf0 … 1.wav?dl=0
Open Reaper. Press control T for a new track
Press Alt V and scroll down, selecting FX browser
When you hear "tree view" find "EQ" and press enter. That effect is now applied to the track.
Press Alt I and select media file. Find the file you downloaded by navigating through your OS, probably downloads folder.
Press tab until you hear "frequency slider" or "frequency HZ edit"
Set the frequency to anywhere between 20 and 2000. You'll need to come back to tweak this setting later.
Press tab. Set the type to "band" in the combo box.
Press tab. Set the band gain slider to anything below 0. You'll need to come back to tweak this setting.
Press tab. Set the bandwidth somewhere between 0.2 and 3. You'll need to come back to tweak this setting.
Your task is to tweak those three settings to produce the following effects on my voice:
DO NOT. DO NOT. DO NOT increase gain at all above 0.
1. Make my voice sound like I'm talking to you through a radio. Experiment with different hZ.
2. Make my voice sound like I'm talking underwater. Experiment with different hZ.
3. Challenge. Make my voice optimised. There is no set formula here, as EQing depends on each voice.
Use a high pass filter in the combo box mentioned earlier, and remove everything below 60hZ. This will cut out the "muddiness" of the sound.
Leave tab 1 alone now! When you hear "bands tab control" press right and move to tab 2.
Make the band type "band". Make the band gain around 3dB. Make the band width slider around 0.3, something nice and skinny.
Make the band frequency around 2,000 hZ. Experiment here.
Move on to band 3!
Lower the gain to -3dB. Set the frequency around 400hZ. Set the band width around 0.8
These are the basic settings for voice optimisation. They cut down on the low muddiness in the male voice, they lower the frequency of the middle of the band, and slightly emphasize the consonants. Play the file back, pressing B to bypass the effects you've just created, to hear the difference.
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