Audio quality
Dear Bunny team,
I had submitted my application for Tamil and Hindi voice and received feedback saying my audio sounded over-processed. Amal Hassan - Senior Pro associate has been guiding me in my application process. I have just tried recording samples with blankets and foam sheets all around. Also I have adhered to the voice bunny requisites of recording using wav, mono, 44.1kHz, 16-bit depth and normalization to -3dB peak. I have also just once used noise profile to remove background noise and have made no other editing. I would like to know if one-time background noise removal is allowed and if the sample link below has improvements. Your feedback and guidance will be much appreciated and helpful for me to reapply.
Sample: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ebv3BlzNStTnMPKYS2YknNRdwYjYeWr7/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14oiqmfFBIhPW62aA4ZW3L9KHlMRyP__7/view?usp=sharing - Tamil
Just for reference: Previous application - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1foCKgauc8vDkAsU68ww9y5t4VzKqh-A8/view?usp=sharing
Thanks and warm wishes,
Bhumika Anand
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Hello team, waiting for your support.
Hello Bhumika! How are you??
Thanks a lot for reaching out! :) We are sorry for the late response on this post, but I'm glad I'm able to assist you with your quality issues.
I was listening to your samples and there are indeed some issues that are affecting the quality of your recordings.
On the first sample you shared, it is really noticeable the amount of background noise and room echo that is affecting the quality of the audio. The best way to manage this situation appropriately is by recording at an acoustically treated environment. May I ask you if the space where you are recording is treated in any way?? If you want, you can share some pictures of your recording space so we can give you detailed advice on how to manage this situation accordingly.
On the sample for reference of the previous application, the background noise isn't there but the quality is being affected by the processes you are using to change your audio. It sounds as if you were cutting a lot of frequencies from your audio, and it still sounds with a lot of room echo.
I think the best thing to do here is to really try to improve your recording space and environment so the issues are tackled from the beginning and there is no need to alter your audio afterwards with processes. That's the best way to maintain the quality of your recordings.
Please let me know your thoughts about it, looking forward to hearing from you!
All the best,
Gabriel