ruby cosmos
Overall not bad, but there's significant background noise. The noise gate is a touch aggressive so it's chopping into the starts of your words too.
What gate settings are you using? What about noise reduction?
What mic? What is the recording space setup like?
vapid estuary
Overall not bad, but there's significant background noise. The noise gate is a ...
Noise gate?
I dont have a noise gate I gave gain, noise suppression, 3 band eq, expander, compresser and limiter
Which is causing the word cut off? I'd LOVE to fix it.
ruby cosmos
Hmm. Interesting. Noise supression possibly is acting up or not set properly? The track is quiet until you begin speaking, at which point the background hiss is clearly there underneath your vocals.
But it is also a sharp cut in and out, which to me sounds like a gate
vapid estuary
Could it possibly be the compressor or limter?
ruby cosmos
maybe?
Attach screenshots of your fx plugins settings.
ruby cosmos
Swap places of gain and noise suppression. Gain amplifies everything including the noise!
Also that's a whole lot of total gain you got there, but when I imported that file levels are still low, about -10 for peak and averaging closer to -15 to -20.
What mic are you using, and where is it positioned relative to where you sit as you talk?
ruby cosmos
On my OBS I can drag the modules up and down, or select one and use the up/down arrow buttons towards the bottom
Is the snowball sitting on your desk near ish to your computer and away from your face?
vapid estuary
On my OBS I can drag the modules up and down, or select one and use the up/down ...
i mean i can change it
should i tweak another setting? maybe the cut off is from another setting?
ruby cosmos
First put the suppression on top and try what that sounds like.
And yeah the mic is further away than ideal, especially if it is sitting on desk below face level. Audio follows the inverse square law, so moving the mic x distance away reduces the audio power by x^2. But having it x distance closer to an unwanted sound like a PC fan increases the relative energy of that unwanted noise. Hence getting the mic closer to sound you want (your face) and further from what you don't (the PC or other noise sources) will go a long way to handling the noise before the plugins have to even do anything.
vapid estuary
so i should move it closer to my face?
ruby cosmos
Yes, but beware plosive noises from breath hitting the mic directly. That's why a pop filter is typical on mic for vocals.
ruby cosmos
Oh that's much better! Doesn't sound like you're speaking over TV static anymore!
There is maybe some roughness or clipping though. Maybe it's just how your voice comes through the mic in this case.
vapid estuary
clipping?
ruby cosmos
When the wave tries to go beyond the max level so the peak gets clipped off
Maybe it's simply how mic is reacting to your voice with it much closer. Did you adjust the EQ at all after moving mic?
vapid estuary
like the mid and what not?
no
but i set the threshold and another setting to the defaults
ruby cosmos
The OBS 3 band EQ is super limiting. Doesn't even tell you what frequencies those sliders are really working with. There are free 3rd party plugins you can add. Reaper ReaPlugs includes a much more advanced EQ, compressor, etc.
vapid estuary
i actually heard that when i was looking at obs mic fixes
vapid estuary
any way i can delete the keyboard clicks while italk?
ruby cosmos
Mic closer to you and further from keyboard, unless there's some fancy AI tool I don't know about that can remove specific nuisance noises.
vapid estuary
The OBS 3 band EQ is super limiting. Doesn't even tell you what frequencies tho...
with this, do you now how to do it for my mic? or should i google it?
ruby cosmos
A mic boom arm may be the answer for better positioning.
The page I linked there has links to download the package. Once installed OBS will automatically find it in the VST 2.x Plugin slot.
Actually adjusting the EQ will be trial and error, specific to your recording space, your voice, and your mic.
short musk
two observations. Your voice is a bit higher pitched than your normal voice i hear on disc, maybe it's the Equalizer? and there's a lot of ssss sound right @ruby cosmos or am i hallucinating? can a dehisser be added somehow
short musk
referring to this
vapid estuary
two observations. Your voice is a bit higher pitched than your normal voice i he...
Ah alright I'll change the eq. Thanks
vapid estuary
referring to this
short musk
this is so much better!
it doesn't have that aggressive sss to the end of your words either, perfect
ruby cosmos
A little bit! I use Reaper for my narration
vapid estuary
how does on add to obs?
ruby cosmos
Oh, you mean the plugins I showed you the other day?
vapid estuary
ye
short musk
aggressive sss?
yeah the previous clip u sent has a slight hiss to your words at the end
vapid estuary
i downloaded reaper
short musk
the new one is much better
ruby cosmos
Ah. So Reaper as a standalone program is good if you are editing the audio afterwards.
ruby cosmos
It sounds much better than the first example you posted
vapid estuary
dude thank you for the help with all this stuff, i really really really do appreciate it
vapid estuary
@ruby cosmos should i add a noise gate you think?
or just in case no?
i dont want my audio to get cut off :/
ruby cosmos
Add it if there lots of hiss between. Adjust the open and close timings and the threshold to get the best performance. The hard part about audio is things that sound good can be very subjective and the individual situations mean there's no magical one size fits all answers.
vapid estuary
ah ok
thanks 😄
@ruby cosmos HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE FINAL ONE
sometimes i hit the red, is that bad?
ruby cosmos
Maximum peaks should flirt with -5. You want enough headroom to not clip. When it hits the very top, it will sound like crap instantly.
