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audio sweetening tips?
Any advice on sweetening and filling out a persons voice within Avid?
I was asked if it was possible to make our news anchors (or anybody’s) voices sound fuller/richer/better ect. In our :10&:20 second spots. Somewhat like a voice over sounds like. We are only able to use wireless lapel mic’s, which are good mic’s, they just aren’t up to the caliber of a $2,000 mic that voice over talent would use. And we do have Sony Sound Forge 9.0, but it’s a HUGE pain because it’s installed on a completely different computer and our promo’s have to be created and ouputted in a matter of hours. So does anyone have any tips on how to sweeten and fill out the sound of a voice in Avid? Preferably quickly and easily? I don’t have much experience sweeting audio, especially in Avid.
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6 Replies
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Add a little bass to the VO track with an EQ effect. Export your VO (you can’t stack audio FX) and reimport. Add compression from the audio suite (you don’t really need to change anything unless you want to increase the gain).
Jon
“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
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Make plans to budget for a copy of Sound Forge on your Avid system too.
If they took my Sound Forge away a lot of screaming, pouting, and rolling around on the floor would follow.
Sound Forge EQ and a nice little touch of the Wave Hammer is what you ultimately want. But you already know that!
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There are several things that make a good VO work. First the talent, Second the microphone, Third the accoustics of the room. Put you talent in as small a space as possible with sound proofing (if you’re really tight for budget, collect as many egg holders (yes, the kind the AA eggs come in – preferrably the paper kind not styrofoam)) and place them all over the walls. This will deaden the sound to approximate a sound booth.
Then run with trying to compress the audio and EQ it to fit your needs.
Good luck,
Murf -
Thanks for the tips guys, it helps. Now if I can find the time to experiment with these tips. I really appreciate it.
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As you are discovering, Avid does not handle audio sweetening very well. You really have to go to a 3rd party program. Too bad.
Kevin
Kevin Sio
Videographer/Editor
Corporate Communications
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yeah… it doesn’t help that I don’t know much about audio sweetening either.
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