Feedback - is this sample better quality?
Hi Pros and Support Team!
I am new to this site and I am setting up my home studio.
My sample was rejected due to background noise and generally not sounding like it was recorded professionally.
I was wondering if this one was any better. Could you take a listen and let me know if the room noise is acceptable and if it generally sounds up to the standards of the site?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16wdBWdTceHzN8gxMzV59WVLb42TgYllc/view?usp=sharing
All the best!
Katie Woz
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Hi Katie,
Unfortunately this sample has a high level of room echo and hiss. Please have a look at this post for some tips on acoustics: https://goo.gl/vGqUIW.
Hiss can be caused by recording equipment. If you share with us what equipment you're currently using, we might be able to offer some more tips.
-Seb
Hello, Katie.
Thank you for sharing your work with us!
I've found some issues in your recording:
1. There's a lot of hiss noise affecting the sound of your recording. You can clearly hear it from the very beginning.
2. I can also hear tons of reverberation. It is proof that the space in which you're recording is not acoustically treated for this purpose.
3. I'm able to hear a sibilant announcement as well, that can be corrected by using a pop-filter and lowering the gain of your interface.
Could you double-check your recording equipment, make the appropriate adjustments, and share a new file then? We'll be here to help.
Happy holidays!
Hi Katie!
I agree with all of the others' comments. Can you please share which equipment you're using?
Hi everybody!
First of all, thank you so much for your feedback, it's really helpful!
As for the hiss/equipment- I have a Scarlet 18i8 sound card and an sE2200a II cardioid microphone. I did use a pop filter. I think that the issue is that I am in a big apartment building on the 13th floor, it's extremely windy and there is a lot of background noise, mostly from the elevator. The mic might be too good, it picks up everything!
However, I think I managed to find a solution- or at least I am getting closer.
How is this new version?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1m_0yujYzMXylB6JN0lIzlr9PFcyN3b/view?usp=sharing
Thanks again and all the best,
Katie
Hi Katie
Unfortunately, the problems are still there. I believe you used a noise reduction but that impacted the recording and made the volume too high. The excessive hiss noise may be coming from the mic or from adding too much gain on your preamplifier. Do you have another mic you can try?