Audition rejected for "over processing"?
I recently submitted my pre-hire assignment for Sound Bunny and was rejected with this reply: “Your recording sounds undesirably over-processed, which is impacting the quality of the deliverable. It may be due to a noise reduction plugin, and EQ, or a noise gate, for example.” I had my husband assist me with this audition, as he is a music producer and mix/recording engineer, so I would not make any mistakes. He assures me that he did not use any plug-ins at all, nor did he use any hardware gear such as compressors, EQ’s, etc. to record me. That being said, why do you think I’m being told my audio sounds processed? My husband said that the only thing he did do besides record me was to normalize the wave form so it would peak at -3db. He essential turned up the recording. Could that be what they are referring to? Also, to add, he said that he “did not” use the air feature on the Scarlett 2i2. Any assistance regarding this would be extremely helpful, and much appreciated.
To complete the assignment I used the following gear:
Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Audio Technica AT-2020 Condenser Mic
Kaotica Eyeball
Adobe Audition as my D.A.W.
Booth: My closet full of clothes
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Hello Terrilyn! How are you?
Hope you are amazing! And thanks for reaching out :).
First of all I appreciate your comprehensive explanation of the situation. I'll do my best to resolve this issue for you.
I was listening to your sample and I do agree that it doesn't sound over-processed. However, there are other minor issues that I'm sure you should be able to get fixed. In regards the issues, I can notice some background noise in your recording. Although this noise is mild, it is still noticeable and you need to ensure that the acoustics in your recording environment help you achieve this purpose. At 0:02 there is poor edition that you should be careful when you submit your audios. Finally, there are some mouth clicks/noises that could be managed by recording a little bit further apart from the mic and maybe hydrating your mouth before recording with some hot tea perhaps.
Please take into consideration this feedback and please feel free to submit an audio with this revisions through this thread so I can give you my thoughts about it before you re-apply.
Also, I would highly appreciate if you could send me the link of your previous application that was rejected so we can discuss it internally and see what might have happened in this specific situation.
Hope you have an amazing week :)
Gabriel
Thank you for your feedback. I understand everything except where you said at .02 sec ther was "poor edition". I do not understand what that means. I appreciate your help and response and will work on creating a better audition sample.
Hello Terrilyn!
Thanks for your answer. I apologize as I gave you incorrectly the timestamp where you can find the mentioned issue. The problem is exactly at 0:09 when reading the word 'we'.
Please let me know if you have any more doubts about it :)
Hope you have an amazing week.
Gabriel