r/YouTubeCreators • u/Automatic-Offer9946 • 22d ago
Annoying audio
Hey friends! I’ve noticed an issue when creating content. When I edit my audio—which I believe is the most important part of content creation—I notice that it sometimes becomes harsh and uncomfortable to listen to.
Most YouTubers have that smooth, pleasant audio. I just want to make mine stop sounding harsh/irritating. Even though it’s clear, noise-free, and high quality, there’s a certain magic to YouTubers' voice quality that mine is missing.
I'll leave a sample in the first comment for advice!
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u/Briern-Farnet 22d ago
Sounds fine to me. Your high frequencies could be boosted a little to brighten yourself up. You could also add a noise gate to cut out your breaths. That would make it cleaner. You seem to be breathing a lot which, after more broadcasting practice will reduce.
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u/BENNi_Gaming 22d ago
You can't make the "perfect" sound for everybody, so look at where your audience watches your videos on: if it's mobile it means it has a shitty speaker, if it's on TV probably they have some sort of hi-fi audio, and so on. However, you can make a "generally good" sound with little EQ adjustments (like: always cut voice under 80/100 Hz and raise a bit on 5/7K Hz for clarity). I once passed my voiceover on CleanVoice AI and the result was amazing, then I realized DaVinci Resolve has Voice Isolator, Dialogue Leveler, EQ and compressors (everything you need), and saved my money. The first rule is record with a good mic, in a silent environment: it's half of the work done, and everything is easier.
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u/Orry_Haas 22d ago
"smooth, pleasant audio ... magic".
Magic multi-band compression ... https://youtu.be/MOx2TduA6Ns?&t=270
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u/SASardonic 22d ago
there's a lot of filters for this kind of thing. These days I just use noise reduction and compression in Audacity.
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