Rejected due to mic problems
Hey ya'll!
I just finished my first application and it got unfortunately got rejected. It sucks, but I am eager to fix the feedback and hopeful for next time!
The feeback I got wasn't super clear on what I should do next, and they told me to turn here for help. The feedback can be read below:
"-It sounds as if the audio was not recorded with professional equipment. Please ensure you are using a professional microphone and equipment to record properly."
I'm running a fairly expensive Rode mic, so I was a bit surprised at this.
Is there anyone here who has insight into this process/these criteria who could help me identify what actually needs fixing.
Regards,
Jens
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Sure, Jens.
How about you send us your audio file so our team can evaluate it again and give you further feedback on it?
Great, thanks ^^
The job was a bit rushed, so the quality of the acting may be lacking, and if they'd taken up that as an issue I'd understand, but as the issue was the audio quality I need a more professional pair of eyes/ears, or the quality people who failed the test :)
Here's the audio:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y3cWASEmkp2Zrbv6wTZn87xhrD96nxfX/view?usp=sharing
Best regards,
Jens
Thank you very much, Jens.
We have a few suggestions that might help your audio sound better:
Make sure the recording space being used is properly treated with acoustic materials, to edit the breaths out of the final deliverable and to use a pop filter and maybe a low cut filter around 110hz
We invite you to keep these in mind for future work. Also, we could evaluate your new audio once you apply these suggestions if you want.
Let me know what you think
Right, that sounds great, thank you! :D
I'm just curious though, the brief explicitly told me that I was not allowed to apply any post production of any kind be it adjustments, edits , noise reduction or anything, does editing breaths out and using low cut filter still work with that?
Yup, you can totally do that, as long as it doesn't harm your audio.
Those comments are there to prevent some Pros from over-processing their recordings, which may lead to rejections.
If you want you can work on your audio and send us a new file for evaluation :D
Hey, I applied some of the things you mentioned and while I understand that I have to subject a new application if I want it to count, I'd like to ask a more finely tuned ear if we're closer to home now.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GJLLZJwz254NFx5L5Dk0708DLg62bFPc/view?usp=sharing
Thank you so much for your help :)
Best regards,
Jens
Hi Jens,
Thank you for this new audio, I shared it with our QC team and this is what they said:
He has some room echo issues and he edits some silences without fades so they sound abrupt, also some plosives and for the script, I feel he could sound a bit more excited
It seems you're getting closer to home! Just a couple of minor issues and we'll be there
Hello, yes the famous "room echo"... Just see that there are more and more random rejections...
Sometimes a recording will pass, and sometimes it won't. But both with the same configurations... It's very discouraging. I did some contests recently, past some times, did the job. But at last, nothing...