Several of my samples were Rejected
Can I get feedback on why my samples were rejected?
Here's one of them: https://voicebunny.com/samples/168540/
Thanks,
Randy
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Can I get feedback on why my samples were rejected?
Here's one of them: https://voicebunny.com/samples/168540/
Thanks,
Randy
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Hi, Randy!
Thank you for reaching out. It appears the sample link is broken, but we will look into the issue in detail now that you've brought it up to our attention. Should you have the original files for the rejected samples, please share them in this thread (via Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) so that we can evaluate the audio quality meanwhile.
Have a great weekend!
- Héctor Adolfo Ituarte (Bunny Studio QC Agent)
Here is a link to a Google folder with the samples that were rejected. I'd like to find out what I'm doing wrong, and get my account reinstated.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19P-Xu19_Q_0K5Kcd3OfDTQrLoMzPt161
Hey, Randy!
Thanks a bunch for the files, most illuminating. Unfortunately, those samples do not meet our quality standard due to the following issues:
1) Processing - Your voice sounds excessively processed, with parts of the sample exhibiting 'pumping', perhaps due to a heavy application of noise suppression. Whatever process was applied to your waveforms is effectively crushing the transients in your voice and stripping it of its natural body.
2) Compression - The dynamics in your waveforms are compromised by the heavy application of compression/limiting and/or another process of the kind. This is also raising your noise floor, heard as hissy/rattly sound in the background of your voice.
3) Harmonic Distortion - The combination of processes is causing some harmonic distortion audible even when the overall levels of your waveforms are spot on. This can happen with some kinds of dynamics processes, which saturate the entire frequency range or some specific frequencies as per their working logic.
4) Sibilance - Your waveforms exhibit harsh, sharp sibilants and they sound unnaturally thing. Your voice surely has some nice rich low tones, which are very evidently stripped from these examples. Also, the very top end sounds muffled, most likely due to whatever noise suppression was applied.
I'd love to hear a completely raw file of yours: no editing, no processing whatsoever. Let's try to come up with a few practical suggestions for your sound profile so that you can get reinstated with top-notch new samples.
Have a great week!
Thanks, Hector,
I've uploaded a completely flat sample in the same folder. It's labeled VB-FLAT-SAMPLE.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19P-Xu19_Q_0K5Kcd3OfDTQrLoMzPt161
It's a SHURE SM7B, bypassing the processor, straight into my computer.
Any help you can give is appreciated.
Randy
Hi Randy,
That is a wonderful mic, are you making use of any of its filters when recording?
Also, is there a chance you can share some pictures of your recording space with us? That will help the team give you more specific feedback on your environment.
Hello Jonathan,
Here are a couple pics of my studio, and the settings on my mic. I appreciate the help.
Thanks,
Randy
Hey, Gents!
Thank you for the great pictures, Randy! Much appreciated, mate!
Unless I'm wrong, it seems like your mic is set to a flat response, which confuses me a little bit as your raw sample sounds a bit 'thin'. However, that profile is the one that works best, as the compressor (at least at its current settings) was definitely crushing the high and mid ranges in your voice, causing the harmonic distortion audible in the other sample (and the rejected ones as well).
Here's that clean sample processed with just a bit of EQ to add a little brilliance in the 12 kHz range, and a slight boost in the 100 Hz range. It appears that your acoustic treatment is super spot-on and effective, which may be eating into those frequencies. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as sweetening a good recording is definitely easier than fixing a bad one. Additionally, I used normalization and manual leveling instead of compression to even out the waveform. Samples sounding like this should be totally fine.
Hopefully, this information serves you well; thanks for all the hard work!
- Cheers!
Thank you for the advice.
I will recut some samples and upload them to my profile.
Randy