Rejection Because of Equipment Not Being Professional?
Hello,
I submitted my audition to become a Pro with Bunny Studio, and received the following reasoning for my audition being rejected:
"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 built my own sound booth, lined it with acoustic foam, bought a Blue Yeti mic with a boom arm and pop filter, and even bought a foam cover for the mic. Could someone please explain to me what else I could do in order to sound 'professional' enough?
Here's the audio I submitted. I did only basic editing, so it still sounded natural.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zi50PnsYvP8tlGTLxun3APfDgYjfOz0-/view?usp=sharing
And just for good measure, here's the raw unedited audio:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sxTtlMW3-DJgd1UurQmLn88u1S3A1zRZ/view?usp=sharing
Thank you,
Logan
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Hello Logan! Thanks a lot for reaching out :).
I was listening to your audios and here are my remarks:
1. Your audio indeed has some QC issues. First of all, it has a high level white noise/hiss in the background. Something that caught my attention was that your RAW voice over was super low in volume in comparison to the audio that you submitted. As an advice, please make sure that when you are recording, you do it making sure that the audio is printing a signal around -6dBfs in your DAW and then you can proceed to normalize at -3dBfs. This will prevent degrading the quality of your audio.
2. Also, there is some boxiness in your recording, as if the space where you are recording is really closed up. If you want you can attach some pictures of your recording booth so we can see if we can give you some detailed advice on how to manage this issue.
Let me know your thoughts about it :)
Thanks!
Gabriel
Hi Gabriel,
I noticed that, too, about my raw audio. I've been trying to find a happy medium with the Gain knob, how loud I'm speaking, the positions of the mic and pop filter, etc. Thank you for the tip.
I made a 'video tour' of sorts of my recording booth. Hopefully that gives you a better overall view than just pictures would have. The link below is to that video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-vOcGaT1SpF1ahNJQb4jXPqFBCkO3ton/view?usp=sharing
Best regards,
Logan