#Tips for Enhancing Audio Voice Quality?

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frozen star
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Greetings Programms,

I'm quite new to DaVinci Resolve and I need some help improving my Audio Voice for my YouTube videos, I'll leave a link here to see how it sounds:
https://youtu.be/XR_PMtgohlI

I'm trying to achieve something similar to this, forget about the robotic voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUKg9-3yR4U&t=166s

I want something deep and more bass on the voice.

Gear that I use: Sennheiser MKE 600 that is connected straight to the Camera (Sony A7C2).
Here are the settings that I currently use on DaVinci: https://imgur.com/a/ke6esBI

Many thanks for all of your help.

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faint sluice
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It says your video is unavailable

frozen star
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I just edited the link, check now

brittle glade
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i think changing audio programs into something more simple might be a place to start. audasity it pretty easy and simple. and other than that i think a better device for the actual audio, such as a better mic is about the only thing you can do. i don’t think there are any programs that can magicly make hardware better

faint sluice
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I disagree about needing a simpler software. Just because a program has more advanced features it doesn't mean you have to use them. and it's always easier to stay in the same app that you are editing in. Now having said that, I don't think the improvement here should be made in editing primarily. Your biggest issue is that you are using a mic in an environment that it wasn't made to be used in, potentially in the wrong place and comparing it to a much more ideal setup. What do I mean by that? Let's break it down.

  1. you are using a shotgun mic indoors. Shotgun mics are made to be used outdoors almost exclusively. You can get away with it but it's not ideal.
  2. I don't know where you have the mic mounted but it sounds very far away from your mouth. If it's on top of the camera, move it immediately to a mic stand/boom arm.
  3. Your room isn't sound treated. This gives you the most issues as you have a lot of reflections that bounce around and get picked up.
  4. The video you are comparing it to only uses a voice over. Voice overs will always sound better as you don't have to worry about the environment or the mic being visible. You can go into a small, perfectly sound treated closet and get a large very sensitive, rich sounding mic right up to your mouth. This isn't usually possible while shooting video too. This is why even in big budget movies ADR is very noticeable, because the environment just sounds so different. Plus they have a very loud background music playing that helps further hide audio imperfections.

So what can you do? First of all, move the mic as close to your mouth as possible, facing the right way (while keeping it out of the frame if you don't want it in the shot). Then sound treating the room or your recording environment will go a long way. Alternatively or additionally you can use different types of mics that can provide this bassy sound and work better in untreated rooms.

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To an extent you can edit it but you'll not get good results with bad raw materials. You can play with the EQ to boost the parts of your vocal range that you want, add a compressor maybe but that won't fundamentally change the recording. You could run it through an AI audio fixer (like adobe's free online tool) but you'll likely get mixed results with that. It could sound great or it could sound super robotic and fake