Could someone teach me how to improve my audio?

[Mithril]

I just got my new microphone and I made a video with it. Since my videos are completely audio based, I'm trying to keep the quality as high as possible. However, I don't really have any experience at all in audio editing and I just pretty much uploaded the raw audio from the mic with a bit of noise removal.

I've seen a few tuts, but they're all guys making the videos and I'm not sure if the process would be different at all for me. I'd really appreciate some feedback on my current audio and any tips or suggestions for things to do in the future. Thanks!

 

[unknown_user54684097890]

Can you specify what microphone you are using?

 

[Mithril]

Can you specify what microphone you are using?

Well, I was thinking more on the editing end, but I have a Blue Yeti. Thanks

 

[MudPlayz]

Well, I was thinking more on the editing end, but I have a Blue Yeti. Thanks

i'm going to be watching this thread to look out how I can improve mine as well, i'm using the Blue Yeti too

 

[WeiseGamer]

I may hop on this as well, after getting my AT2020 I feel like the audio sounds a bit digitized after my normal noise removal ritual and balancing.

 

[Wrice4]

There is a sticky that will help you improve this. Also, if you search the thread, this has been covered multiple times, so you will be able to find some good help.

 

[Tarmack]

Audacity Tut in sig. There's also two videos on the channel for Adobe Audition, but that program is not cheap.

Here's a quick laundry list of things.

- The further away from the mic you are, the more room echo will be in your recording. The Yeti sits on the desk nicely but this also often keeps the mic further from you than is ideal. Roughly 5-6 inches away from your face and a 45 degree angle to the left or right (at your cheek) is the best placement for most condensers.
- Audacity is free, so use it.
- Normalize will pick the volume up to a good standard without making the track "clip".
- Compression will even out the volume peaks so that your track doesn't have loud and quiet bits. This combined with normalize stops the viewer from having to adjust their volume.
- Noise removal can help with background ambient noise. It won't do mouse clicks or one off sounds, but things like a fan or furnace going in the background can largely be removed from the track. Record a few seconds of silence before your vocals begin. Then select the silent part of the track and choose "get noise profile". Then select the whole track and choose noise removal. Default options will be fine for most, but play with it to decide what sounds best.
- From there, all you really should be aware of are how to use equalizers to push up/down the base or treble depending on what sounds best to you.