In this part of the Audio Journey I look at one of the most important elements of recording a successful voiceover, podcast or youtube video and that’s getting the correct input levels. Your microphone will likely be connected to your computer either via a USB interface/mixing desk or directly from […]
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At the weekend I watched a Youtube video but I only made it to about 30 seconds into the video before I was forced to turn it off. Was the content bad? No. Was the sound quality unacceptable? Yes. The video in question was an ASMR video. For those that […]
Today’s Audio Journey is specific to radio presenters and looks at the art of voice tracking. Modern techonology allows for more radio than you think to be “as live” as opposed to actually live. Some presenters are that good at voice tracking that it’s blatantly obvious it’s voice tracked but […]
On today’s Audio Journey we look at the importance of having the correct monitors. By that I don’t mean your screens (although usually the greater real estate the better), I mean your headphones or your speakers. A lot of start up voice over artists and producers may think they can […]
This part of the Audio Journey replies to a question from Nick regarding the “coloured bit” at the bottom of my screen. I usually work with the Spectral frequency display turned on as it reveals far more about the audio than the usual waveform. It’s a “heat map” of your […]
Today’s Audio Journey looks at how to convert the sample type of your audio. In Audition you have the choice to work in mono, stereo or 5.1 but you can also convert the sample type having already started a project. A word of warning, once you’ve converted sample type down […]
In this part of the Audio Journey we look at how to create a round of applause just on your own. To start you need to record a few claps yourself in different styles and then it’s a case of fettling with them in the multi-track. First chop the recording […]
Today is part 2 of the generating tones and noise series and we look at what to do with the tones and noises we created last time. Tones and noise can be used to generate effects for use in imaging. You can generate tones at any frequency but you can […]
Today’s Audio Journey is the first of a two part on generating tones and noise and how you’d use them in your audio production. Today we concentrate on generating the files you’ll need in order to learn how to use them in the next pair. If you remember in the […]
Today’s Audio Journey is just a short one and something fun! Today we create the “pips” you hear leading up to the top of the hour on BBC Radio in the UK and on the World Service. In commercial radio stations will play a news jingle leading up to the […]