Just gave your recording a listen a couple of times. I think you are pretty good, but you have a bit of "sing song" in your read, particularly at the very end. Listen to the last few seconds. You need to smooth things out.
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Vivek Bhurtun #832781306
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There is some background noise and distortion in your recording. You will need to reduce the sound reflection in your recording space and reduce the digital distortion in the recording. Check if you have any power cables crossed over the cable connecting your microphone with your interface and your interface with your computer. This can drastically reduce any hums, cracks or hisses.
You can manually cut out the noise between words in your software such as Audacity, Garage Band, Pro Tools, etc. This will also solve the background noise issue.
Try and improve your diction as well by slowing down and reading naturally, imagine you're talking to an audience or delivering a speech, or you're the person listening to the phone call, if the delivery is too fast the customer won't understand. Don't be afraid of taking breaths, you can always cut them out later. I agree with John above that the "Sing Song" delivery could be reduced a little, however for some scripts, this would work well.
Are you normalising or compressing the audio? Normalise YES! Compress NO!
I did the same audition for Voicebunny when I joined, you can check it out for an idea here. Hope this helps! Any other questions, I'm happy to help :)
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Angela Serrano #830202147
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Hi Eric!
Checking your recording, I do agree with Vivek that your file has a lot of background noise (hiss). However, I do also pickup the use of a noise reduction plugin that is degrading the recording. You can pick it up because the background noise sounds quite filtered throughout the recording. If you're not using a noise reduction plugin, check how your cables are connected as there maybe some issues with phasing!
Also, editing can solve the noise in the silent part, but it will not remove it from your recording. You need to track the noise to determine where it's coming from so you can tackle the problem right off the bat. When you just edit it out from the silent parts, it may make it even more noticeable in the areas where you're talking. I would suggest that, besides editing effectively, you track and solve the noise from its source. We hosted a webinar on hiss you may find useful to find where your audio is coming from. You can read the recap or watch the video here: https://goo.gl/D4b6Vx
Hope this helps!
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Eric Heister #1281076904
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Thank you all so much!
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Angela Serrano #830202147
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Anytime, Eric!
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Jason Ryan Brenner #1284015404
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the acoustic reflections in your room sound like a tin can. hope you can hang up some blankets on the walls or create a small box covered in blankets to deflect the waves from bouncing. the best solution is to buy rock wool and make sound absorbing panels. the foam stuff barely works for high frequencies but the rock wool will remove up to 2000 cycles and anything lower than 200hz. you can build acoustic panels on the cheap for less than 100 bucks. your tone and composure are nice and soothing. hope you can deaden your microphone area.
Just gave your recording a listen a couple of times. I think you are pretty good, but you have a bit of "sing song" in your read, particularly at the very end. Listen to the last few seconds. You need to smooth things out.
There is some background noise and distortion in your recording. You will need to reduce the sound reflection in your recording space and reduce the digital distortion in the recording. Check if you have any power cables crossed over the cable connecting your microphone with your interface and your interface with your computer. This can drastically reduce any hums, cracks or hisses.
You can manually cut out the noise between words in your software such as Audacity, Garage Band, Pro Tools, etc. This will also solve the background noise issue.
Try and improve your diction as well by slowing down and reading naturally, imagine you're talking to an audience or delivering a speech, or you're the person listening to the phone call, if the delivery is too fast the customer won't understand. Don't be afraid of taking breaths, you can always cut them out later. I agree with John above that the "Sing Song" delivery could be reduced a little, however for some scripts, this would work well.
Are you normalising or compressing the audio? Normalise YES! Compress NO!
I did the same audition for Voicebunny when I joined, you can check it out for an idea here. Hope this helps! Any other questions, I'm happy to help :)
Hi Eric!
Checking your recording, I do agree with Vivek that your file has a lot of background noise (hiss). However, I do also pickup the use of a noise reduction plugin that is degrading the recording. You can pick it up because the background noise sounds quite filtered throughout the recording. If you're not using a noise reduction plugin, check how your cables are connected as there maybe some issues with phasing!
Also, editing can solve the noise in the silent part, but it will not remove it from your recording. You need to track the noise to determine where it's coming from so you can tackle the problem right off the bat. When you just edit it out from the silent parts, it may make it even more noticeable in the areas where you're talking. I would suggest that, besides editing effectively, you track and solve the noise from its source. We hosted a webinar on hiss you may find useful to find where your audio is coming from. You can read the recap or watch the video here: https://goo.gl/D4b6Vx
Hope this helps!
Thank you all so much!
Anytime, Eric!
the acoustic reflections in your room sound like a tin can. hope you can hang up some blankets on the walls or create a small box covered in blankets to deflect the waves from bouncing. the best solution is to buy rock wool and make sound absorbing panels. the foam stuff barely works for high frequencies but the rock wool will remove up to 2000 cycles and anything lower than 200hz. you can build acoustic panels on the cheap for less than 100 bucks. your tone and composure are nice and soothing. hope you can deaden your microphone area.