Rejected sample (Fr) needs a feedback (and help to improve) :-)
Hi to the Voice Bunny community !
Sad news for me today, I was rejected from my application, which disappointed me and confused me a bit. I have the feeling I am doing something wrong, and need feedback to improve :) To introduce myself a bit, I am a professional voice-over artist for years, and just began since 2018 to work @home with my own equipment. (NT1 / Focusrite / Pop filter / Shield on the back of the mic / headset 250Ohm / software : Protools first + Audacity) It is a computer dedicated to "vocal" only (no instrument, no other soft..) so I can "pre-prepare" it to be 100% ready to record my voice. (If you have tips, they wont be altered :) )
So, back to Voice Bunny = I will fight mistakes I made, and for that I would like advises to understand what went wrong exactly, but also how to correct those issues.
First of all, I am quite "okay" with computers, and software, but I discover that as a "Home Studio" VO you also have to improve a lot being a "sound engineering" yourself ! So : I have the right equipment (to begin at least), I have the voice and vocal techniques (experience), but I need to understand better about the vocabulary used for the quality of recording, and tips to be efficient ! (Which is sometimes complicate to decipher when you begin @home)
- The two "issues" were :
- Room echo, you can hear it clearly throughout your recording.
- Overcompression, you can hear it clearly throughout your recording.
(For both, I am quite confused with the "throughout your recording" .. is it "once" or on every sentences?)
So the Room Echo. I dont really get it. Is it an "echo" in my voice, or is is external sounds..?
For the Overcompression, I dont really understand the meaning of it. It is "too loud"? Is it an effect I am not aware of that I should reduce..? Or am I too close from the mic? The only "post effect" thing I did on the sample was to boost a little bit the overall gain to get closer to the -3db. Was it too much? Or is it something else?
I would gladly appreciate any kind of help to let me figure out what I am doing wrong with the tools I am using to get a clean record ! :) I have no idea if these are two "simple mistakes" to correct (like recording with lower gain, more far from the mic) or are there some heavy changes I have to make..?
Please, help me to improve with simple tips and how to be efficient with my equipment and tools :-)
Help and experience would be much appreciate :-)
Have all a good day, were ever you are ! :-) (I want to be a bunny.. it is my birthday ! :-p)
Michael
sample : https://www.dropbox.com/s/mk4474ibjkn7gjz/voice%20bunny%20tt.wav?dl=0
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Hello Michael!
Thanks for sharing your case in our community. You are right, hahaha. We realize that not everyone is an audio engineer, and some terms can be confusing. For that reason, last year we published some articles and webinars on those topics. I invite you to take a tour through our community, I'm sure you'll find answers to many of your questions. :)
You can start here: Room echo https://goo.gl/vGqUIW .
A recap of a webinar we hosted on input gain and adjusting levels: https://goo.gl/OHknyq.
Best,
Juan.
Thanks, I will check :)
Is it normal my post is still "pending approval" ? Thanks !l
Hi Michael!
Sorry for the pending approval thing! The post has been approved and should've been made public to any member of the community as of now.
merci :)
now i can share and talk, don't know if my post isn't already to far in this topic :)
Hello to all :)
Michael, Don't worry! The subscribed users should be notified and will participate if they see fit :) Thank you for sharing your recordings!