Get my Podcast Voice Processing Presets 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗 ⇨ bettersound.io/ *Available for Logic Pro, GarageBand, Audition, Audacity & REAPER - No third-party plugins* Having a hard time getting your audio to sound the way you want it? Let me do the work for you... I just released 20 presets that I designed using my processing chains & achieves my sound! Available for Logic Pro, Adobe Audition, GarageBand & Audacity. • No third-party plugins • Cleans up that 'muddy' sound • Sounds great with any mic • Designed for male & female voices of all tones • Award-winning sound in just a few clicks
Ryan I would like to make guided audio meditation and Im going through all of your videos> doing my best but no easy :( I would like to make a regular guided meditation you can find on this meditation app such as Insight Timer. Would you help me?
This was bad ass, easy to follow for us non-pro audio dudes. I am a visual designer for over 35 years, and the way you walked through this worked for me. Thank you
I've been producing a podcast for this sports/music/politics blog that I started with my friends and have been dying to find engineering guidance this concise and clear. From one producer to another, thank you for being such a huge help. This is a criminally underrated channel.
Cool. But I still can’t find any GarageBand tutorials for complete novices. I don’t know how to find all of these extra plugins you use. Can you do this stuff with the native GarageBand features?
My man, you Sir are doing God's work! Thank you for sharing this. Had no clue how to EQ my audio, now I know exactly what adjusting each frequency range actually means and what effect that has on the audio.
Oh my gooood huge difference. Cheers Ryan and thank you for the tutorial. My next venture is to snag an RE-20, but this does so much for my current microphone.
Just wanted to say thanks for explaining this so clearly. I was going way overboard with my FX chains, so I trimmed it right back and started again using your video as a guide and I think largely the end result was much the same, but it sounds much cleaner now, really appreciate it!
Best video I've seen for the information and the way it's communicated. As a writer of scripted, fictional content, I have to quickly learn how to do this--my producer completely flaked out--when I used to concentrate on writing the scripts and doing some voicing. It was a tremendous gut punch when I realized my pod sounded horrible and that I would have to learn how to do what an award winning producer was doing for me. But you made this easy--using your EQ curve with a few small adjustments--and it really sounds great. Thank pal!
Wow 😮 just found this channel and it’s already a gold mine 👌🏽 thanks so much man. Most of my questions were answered in the video/comment section. You earned a subscriber and can’t wait to see what you come out with next
I started a new podcast called WORKSHOP. Conversations with creative entrepreneurs about how they found success and their creative process. Check it out: itunes.apple.com/podcast/workshop/id1439338231?mt=2
Thanks Ryan! After years of being on UA-cam, this is my first comment. I am so blocked creatively and so tired of it. I am working on several podcast ideas, and your tut makes all the difference. Cheerio!
@@barramaestro Well, thanks for commenting! If you're feeling discouraged, I'd recommend listening to my podcast WORKSHOP (itunes.apple.com/podcast/workshop/id1439338231?mt=2) ... I think it might fire you up and give you some inspiration! Best of luck with your podcasts.
This is so well explained. Also, congrats on the award! I'm in SW Ontario too and I run a podcast as well, so I always love seeing another Canuck achieving out there!!
I realized while watching that what I love in a voice with a lot of body is a combination of that 100ish hz boost, and how that cut at about 250 hz separates the rest of the vocal from the chesty part. Going to be applying this in my voice over, might get that mic too! Thanks man.
Yep, that's the secret. Cutting out that mid really opens it up and sounds great. I try not to be too shy when cutting out the mids. Some mics really need it more than others...
Thank you so much! I just got a condenser mic, and for some reason sometimes my voice sounded unintelligible. I had tried every eq configuration I could, and nothing worked, until I used your tips. Now it sounds awesome. Thank you man!
Hey Sarah, thanks! :) I don't know of any free NR plugins, I use iZotope's RX Elements, which has great plugins.If you're looking for something that is free, but not a plugin, you could go with Audacity. It has a nice Noise Reduction effect. You could record or import your raw audio file, apply the effect and export it as a WAV. I've done that for years and can't complain :) Hope that helps!
thanks for the help. i was putting too many plugins in my mix and it was coming out digitized after bouncing out of logic. your video helped me streamline my plug in stack. domo domo.
One of the best yet on setting up audio for your podcast. This has been a huge help especially during my initial set up of my own podcast. judos my friend and thanks again.....Manny
You just made me really like the sound of the Re20. I always liked the sound of the sm7b but I never heard someone sound that nice using a Re20 and the people you got on the podcast sounds great using it
Thank you for this video! It was a great guide and reference for me to establish my own process, and that EQ secret sauce was especially helpful and worked absolute wonders on the male vocal I was working with.
I really liked this video. Thanx...also, what kind of mic cable are you using? Is it is wrapped and tied off? If my cable were pulled and bent like that it would distort. Also does that method shorten the life of the cable?
Thank you bro, from my side I can give back a suggestion to you that comes to mind - put an SPL filter on your camera, it will remove the reflections of the monitor from your glasses - if you have a smartphone, you can also find such a filter for smarphones :) (e.g moment lenses and filters). The mic is amazing, I'm using Oktava mk-319 but yours does not change the tone of the voice based on the distance from the mic, wow - I was recording some raps multiple times and I need to nail it at one moment because otherwise they don't fit due to always recording from a slightly different distance :) Once I am making money from what I'm doing I might invest in that mic!
This is an amazing tutorial...I'm just starting out and was wondering about vocals and sound. You explained it in a way that makes sense and wasn't overwhelming. I've added it to my private podcast tutorial playlist. Thank you for doing this video, Ryan.
Great video, fully agree with the Low pass filter for getting rid of unnecessary data and am curious as to whether or not you do the same at the other end. Looking at your analyzer a high pass filter cut off at 17.5k - 18k would probably help further eliminate noise and ess.
What a great video. Started doing more voice work on my youtube channel and will use this in my future videos now I have a decent mic. Thanks for sharing.
You sir, are a wizard. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. It's refreshing to watch someone who is skilled pull back the curtain. Excellent instruction. You definitely deserve that WEBBY! Keep it up.
Thanks very much for making this video. I have been blundering around with my voice setting for ages, and never been happy with them. Your approach makes great sense. Fewer effects but carefully set up. I watched your video and tried your settings. It is a big improvement for me and my next video. Of course, I used the best I could find in Logic, but I have noted the third party plugins you mentioned. Thanks again. Great stuff!
Amazing! Happy to hear that. I’m actually working on Podcast Voice presets for Logic, GarageBand & Audition. Will be available for purchase within the next few weeks! I’ll make a video about them, so be sure to subscribe.
@@itsryanfreeman Yeti is so popular. I also subscribed to Invisible City. I will listen with interest from a social and sound engineering perspective on my JBL bluetooth mono speaker :-)
@@itsryanfreeman for sure! and congrats on the award, that's huge! Not sure how much info you have on getting a podcast out to a wider audience, but I'd love to see that video too :D
Hey ryan, found out your video and was so amaze with your sounds proccesings. I want to ask how do you set the gain on your mic? Is it by default like at 12 o'clock? Or maybe do you have another opinion. Thanks
Hey, thanks. My mic doesn’t have a gain knob. It’s plugged into my audio interface , which is where I adjust the gain/input level. You can find all the gear I use here: www.itsryanfreeman.com/pages/my-gear-list
Huge question. if you get the UAD apollo twin x and you have Luna do you need logic pro x, if not can you use logic pro x over luna, and if yes how would you get to use the plugins provided by UAD? Another question, if you use editing software like FCPX or DaVinci 17, they both can edit audio. Would you edit audio in those programs or in Luna/LPX then bring it over to your editing software like FCPX/DaVinci 17? Also for someone like me who wants professional audio but is not necessarily doing professional work; just stuff like unboxings, gaming voice-overs, creating an online course where my voice would be in it, and other audio stuff but I just want the best quality as possible.
Ryan! Thank you so much, I understood this tutorial perfectly fine and was able to implement the same curve on Audition and now my microphones sound SOOO much better. If you did an entire tutorial series on how to get solid audio, I'd watch the absolute hell out of it. the only bit I had a bit of difficulty with was the compression. What exactly does it do?
Thanks for the feedback! Happy to have helped you. I recently started this channel, but I'll be uploaded at least once a week with audio / music production tips and filmmaking tips... So stay tuned. I try to create content with topics that necessarily haven't been made before or of my own process / perspective. There's already a bunch of great content online about recording and mixing fundamentals. So for compression, this video should help you: ua-cam.com/video/91qs3fux5HY/v-deo.html
thanks man! I checked out his series. Definitely some really great information. Congrats on the award! I already subscribed, looking forward to more from you. Cheers!
Great tip on re-EQing after compression before applying the Limiter! Even though we use ECNC (EQ, Normalization, Compression, Noise Reduction) in post, for our remote podcasts we STILL occasionally get this mysterious (and annoying) residual "rattling" or "egg shaker" background sound from our guests that does not show up on the sound file but is present. What causes this, and how can we eliminate it in post (short of demanding our guests record in a dead room)?
Sorry but I’m not sure what that is... It could be in the original recording but just very quietly, then when you process your audio, you hear the subtleties more. Maybe something to do with the audio being recorded from over the internet? Just some weird artifacts..?
With my RE20 I notice if I have it like you have it set up down your head it pick sound different if I have it over my head facing down, do you think it makes a difference?
I'm sure it makes a difference.. I'd imagine having the mic below your head, closer to your chest picks up more low in your voice. I'm not exactly sure through, I haven't really experimented with difference mic positioning. I just do what sounds best and most comfortable to me, which is having it below my head.
Overall great video, but there’s one part I question. @6:50 you’re clipping but you say that’s ok because you have the limiter on the master catching it. I don’t think this is the best advice because you’re still distorting it before it hits the limiter. The limiter will smooth that out, but wouldn’t it be better to turn the output of your compressor or the channel gain down enough so that it doesn’t clip at all, and then adjust the threshold of the limiter by the same amount? My understanding of gain staging is that you should ALWAYS avoid clipping everywhere (between plugins, on the channels, etc)
Yes, I think you’re right. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We always have to be open to improving and letting people call us out when there’s room to develop. That’s why I love UA-cam. As a community, we can all share and get better together. 👊🏻
@@itsryanfreeman hey no problem! I wasn't even sure I was correct, so I just wanted to see what your take on it was. Kudos for listening and considering my take. This was a quality, informative video and that one little bit being "wrong" doesn't change that. Nice work!
100% definitely. Just swap the compressor and limiter for stock and you're there pretty much. The EQ he's using is already stock. Noise reduction/ removal you can do from the selection based processing menu (but be cautious, as I think it's destructive and might take some fine tuning). Tbh, noise reduction is something I'd def recommend splashing on a plugin. Ozone is the one I use. Can probably trial a few if you know where to look ;)
Thank you for the tips. I managed to create the sound I wanted on the vocals, saved it as a default and then when I added my music tracks the sound was off on all of them. Did saving the default cause that?
@@itsryanfreeman I figured it out. Looks like I had the EQ button on while working on one of the music tracks. I think I've resolved it now. Thank you for coming back to me so quickly.
Do you use the plugins on the chain in your UAD console or do you apply them in logic and just go for a clean signal through your UAD, when recording your own vocals? GREAT video too this was incredibly insightful. Just bought your bundle too! Super excited to get our vocals dialed in.
Im on pro tools... whats a good compressor and EQ, I think thats what I need. I got a pair of the shure sm7b's and they're great but I still need that umph, that boosted sound.
Hi Ryan! Your videos have been really helpful. And I've bought your bundle preset to help me with my podcast since I have little to no idea of what I'm doing. The recordings now sound much better but I do have a few questions (I use garageband) I'm hoping you can answer on here: - Some of my recordings were done with a pretty loud background noise (like air con/traffic in NYC)...how can I get rid of it even more? I realise it won't fully disappear - My seem to have recorded the voices too loud from the get go. How exactly do I adjust the volume so it doesn't blow up for the listener? - When mastering, the audio levels of jingle/voice doesn't seem to work that well and I still need to adjust volumes... - We only used 1 mic in recording and some are interview with male and female on one track. Do you then suggest using the preset for the main voice? e.g. the male voice if he is mainly the one talking Thanks so so much!
Hi Ryan, thanks for those awesome tips!!! I just started producing a video podcast so I want to edit the audio within premiere pro. I created this order. Can you PLEASEEEE let me know if it's correct or what's the right order?. I also have Audition so if there's any other step that's better like noise reduction process with a print instead of Denoise, I can do it. (P.S: I'm using a Lav mic now, but will upgrade to a dynamic mic soon. Shooting in my non-sound treated living room) 1 --> Gain peak at -12 to -6 2 --> DeNoise 3 --> DeReverb 4 --> Dynamics Compressor (+ engage Limiter) 5 --> DeEsser 6 -->Parametric Equalizer 7 --> Hard Limiter Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
So I take it that your initial voiceover recording is done a treated environment? I don't get the sense of any reflection and so on. Do you have something equivalent to a reference track or podcast on your site?
Hi, thanks for the video, there was a lot of useful information, nicely explained. I am wondering though: i hear lots of plosives in your recording, would a pop shield help with this? Would more distance to the mic help or would it ruin the sound in general? I'd appreciate your reply. All the best and keep it up.
Hey - Yes, there are plosives and yes, a pop filter of some sort would help.. But I think a pop filter looks ugly in videos and It was a compromise I was willing to make. You could distance yourself from the mic if you don't have a filter/shield, but that would take away from some of that classic close 'broadcast / radio' sound.
Would you recommend, for a podcast that records three to four people in a room to record lower and then in post raise the volume. I find that since I’m used to speaking on my mic I always sound boomy and clear but others stay away from the mic just enough to sound lower and I have trouble making all voices sound equal. I use a mixing board with levels pretty much the same. Slight eq differences within the board.
Thanks so much. I’ve been suing auphonic to keep it simple and it’s nice and all, but this sounds better. Rocking SM7B’s. I have my gain up higher and occasionally have a peak so I’ll try lowering it a little bit and see how it goes.
Hi Ryan, Nice tutorial can you do something like this but in Logic Pro X. Is it even possible to do it in Logic Pro X ? if Possible. It would be great if you could do a tutorial .. Thanks.
I've been trying to find help on editing audio on podcasts and THIS is the video I've been looking for! Goes into the nitty gritty of editing. Thanks so much for the info, it's incredibly helpful \o/
Get my Podcast Voice Processing Presets 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗 ⇨ bettersound.io/
*Available for Logic Pro, GarageBand, Audition, Audacity & REAPER - No third-party plugins*
Having a hard time getting your audio to sound the way you want it? Let me do the work for you... I just released 20 presets that I designed using my processing chains & achieves my sound! Available for Logic Pro, Adobe Audition, GarageBand & Audacity.
• No third-party plugins
• Cleans up that 'muddy' sound
• Sounds great with any mic
• Designed for male & female voices of all tones
• Award-winning sound in just a few clicks
Ryan I would like to make guided audio meditation and Im going through all of your videos> doing my best but no easy :( I would like to make a regular guided meditation you can find on this meditation app such as Insight Timer. Would you help me?
you should do a link to the Mic u show so that you get little profit when someone click and buy i would have clicked right now xd
I hear yeah! I’ll keep thinking about doing affiliate links.
Ryan, will you be adding Fairlight to your list of supported DAWs?
Yeah I can! Haven’t had too many request for it but I can work on it :)
thanks so much for this, has made my channel sound so much better
That’s awesome! Glad to hear it has helped 👌🏻
This was bad ass, easy to follow for us non-pro audio dudes. I am a visual designer for over 35 years, and the way you walked through this worked for me. Thank you
Showing that curve! Thanks bruv! This is great. People rarely actually show this so it’s always nice to experiment with a new curve
No problem! That EQ curve works magic
It kinda blows my mind that I have settled on a similar EQ setup in my mixes, as an amateur. Given me some good confidence here! Thank you, love this!
waw me too :)
I've been producing a podcast for this sports/music/politics blog that I started with my friends and have been dying to find engineering guidance this concise and clear. From one producer to another, thank you for being such a huge help. This is a criminally underrated channel.
Happy to help! :)
Cool. But I still can’t find any GarageBand tutorials for complete novices. I don’t know how to find all of these extra plugins you use. Can you do this stuff with the native GarageBand features?
My man, you Sir are doing God's work! Thank you for sharing this. Had no clue how to EQ my audio, now I know exactly what adjusting each frequency range actually means and what effect that has on the audio.
Thanks man. Glad that EQ works for you 😊
Oh my gooood huge difference. Cheers Ryan and thank you for the tutorial. My next venture is to snag an RE-20, but this does so much for my current microphone.
haha! Glad it helped. The RE20 is great, but with my processing, it will make pretty much any setup sound much better :)
Just wanted to say thanks for explaining this so clearly. I was going way overboard with my FX chains, so I trimmed it right back and started again using your video as a guide and I think largely the end result was much the same, but it sounds much cleaner now, really appreciate it!
Awesome! Glad to help.
In fact, I prefer the real voice in your program. It seems to be much better than many channels. Is there any secret? Share it
Thank you Bjergsen
Best video I've seen for the information and the way it's communicated. As a writer of scripted, fictional content, I have to quickly learn how to do this--my producer completely flaked out--when I used to concentrate on writing the scripts and doing some voicing. It was a tremendous gut punch when I realized my pod sounded horrible and that I would have to learn how to do what an award winning producer was doing for me. But you made this easy--using your EQ curve with a few small adjustments--and it really sounds great. Thank pal!
Awesome man. I hope everything worked out for you!
Hey - I just released my audio processing presets - I thought you might find them useful! Wanted to share: www.itsryanfreeman.com/presets
Wow 😮 just found this channel and it’s already a gold mine 👌🏽 thanks so much man. Most of my questions were answered in the video/comment section. You earned a subscriber and can’t wait to see what you come out with next
Thank you! I try to reply to every comment so we can all learn from each other's problems / asks. More videos soon...
I started a new podcast called WORKSHOP. Conversations with creative entrepreneurs about how they found success and their creative process.
Check it out: itunes.apple.com/podcast/workshop/id1439338231?mt=2
Thanks Ryan! After years of being on UA-cam, this is my first comment. I am so blocked creatively and so tired of it. I am working on several podcast ideas, and your tut makes all the difference. Cheerio!
@@barramaestro Well, thanks for commenting! If you're feeling discouraged, I'd recommend listening to my podcast WORKSHOP (itunes.apple.com/podcast/workshop/id1439338231?mt=2) ... I think it might fire you up and give you some inspiration! Best of luck with your podcasts.
This is so well explained. Also, congrats on the award! I'm in SW Ontario too and I run a podcast as well, so I always love seeing another Canuck achieving out there!!
For sure! Thank you 🙏🏻
Love the simplicity and how clean it is. Congrats on your award.
Thank you for teaching me how to use the limiter!! you rock!
Super helpful info! I will definitely be implementing things I learned from this.
Awesome! Glad you’re able to use some of my process
Congratulations on your award-winning podcast.
I realized while watching that what I love in a voice with a lot of body is a combination of that 100ish hz boost, and how that cut at about 250 hz separates the rest of the vocal from the chesty part. Going to be applying this in my voice over, might get that mic too! Thanks man.
Yep, that's the secret. Cutting out that mid really opens it up and sounds great. I try not to be too shy when cutting out the mids. Some mics really need it more than others...
Thank you so much! I just got a condenser mic, and for some reason sometimes my voice sounded unintelligible. I had tried every eq configuration I could, and nothing worked, until I used your tips. Now it sounds awesome. Thank you man!
Awesome to hear! You’re very welcome 😊
This was so incredibly helpful. Thank you so much.
Any recommendations for a free noise reduction plug-in? Thanks for the great video!
Hey Sarah, thanks! :)
I don't know of any free NR plugins, I use iZotope's RX Elements, which has great plugins.If you're looking for something that is free, but not a plugin, you could go with Audacity. It has a nice Noise Reduction effect. You could record or import your raw audio file, apply the effect and export it as a WAV. I've done that for years and can't complain :)
Hope that helps!
thanks for the help. i was putting too many plugins in my mix and it was coming out digitized after bouncing out of logic. your video helped me streamline my plug in stack. domo domo.
Yeah, that can happen if you’re over processing your audio. Glad you got it sorted!
One of the best yet on setting up audio for your podcast. This has been a huge help especially during my initial set up of my own podcast. judos my friend and thanks again.....Manny
Thanks Manny! Appreciate the comment 🙌🏻
Ryan. This is top notch. You've eliminated so much of the mysticism of audio production. Subscribed!!!
Glad to hear you found it more approachable!
Awesome video, I was able to get a great EQ for my voice. Getting ready to launch a podcast. Can't tell you how much this helped!
Awesome, Joe! Best of luck with you new podcast :)
Loved the video man! I'm in the East end of Toronto super close!
great video, that eq was exactly what ive been looking for!
Thanks! Glad it works for ya 👌🏻
You just made me really like the sound of the Re20. I always liked the sound of the sm7b but I never heard someone sound that nice using a Re20 and the people you got on the podcast sounds great using it
gotta love the RE20!
Man, this was so helpful. Thank you for easily breaking it down in a digestible way. Thank you.
Glad it helped 👊🏻
Thanks Ryan - just what I was looking for to help with my VO Channel EQ.
Awesome! Glad it helped :)
Thank you for this video! It was a great guide and reference for me to establish my own process, and that EQ secret sauce was especially helpful and worked absolute wonders on the male vocal I was working with.
Thanks for this! I have no idea what I am doing but managed to pick it up some how!
No problem. Good luck!
Hey - I just released my audio processing presets - I thought you might find them useful! Wanted to share: www.itsryanfreeman.com/presets
Nicely done mate!
Thanks a lot!
Thanks so much Ryan... super helpful for VO talent on this side of the mic (the talking end) to understand how to do this.
Awesome! You're very welcome :)
Thank you, learned a lot from this, very clear explanation.
Thanks for the much needed help. Finally an explanation specifically for podcast vocals.
No worries! #MakePodcastAudioGreatAgain
I love it, thank you for sharing your secrets! :]
Awesome video. So suprised you use the LA2a for this I would have thought it would be way too high ratio for dialogue
Sounds good to me.. 🙌🏻
@@itsryanfreemanno doubt. I'm going to give it a go next time
I really liked this video. Thanx...also, what kind of mic cable are you using? Is it is wrapped and tied off? If my cable were pulled and bent like that it would distort. Also does that method shorten the life of the cable?
Just a normal XLR cable wrapped and tied to the arm. Not sure if it shortens the life of the cable.
Thanks Bro!
No problem
This is such a great resource! Thank you for showing the EQ and explaining every step!
One of the best videos ever for podcast mixing. Thank you.
Eh, thanks! I've been thinking about making a new updated version of this tutorial...
Thank you bro, from my side I can give back a suggestion to you that comes to mind - put an SPL filter on your camera, it will remove the reflections of the monitor from your glasses - if you have a smartphone, you can also find such a filter for smarphones :) (e.g moment lenses and filters). The mic is amazing, I'm using Oktava mk-319 but yours does not change the tone of the voice based on the distance from the mic, wow - I was recording some raps multiple times and I need to nail it at one moment because otherwise they don't fit due to always recording from a slightly different distance :) Once I am making money from what I'm doing I might invest in that mic!
Thanks man and good call! :)
This is an amazing tutorial...I'm just starting out and was wondering about vocals and sound. You explained it in a way that makes sense and wasn't overwhelming. I've added it to my private podcast tutorial playlist. Thank you for doing this video, Ryan.
I appreciate it! Best of luck with your podcast endeavour
@@itsryanfreeman Thank you! Happy New Year and I look forward to more of your tutorials!
This would sound amazing with my Rode NT. Thank you !
Great video, fully agree with the Low pass filter for getting rid of unnecessary data and am curious as to whether or not you do the same at the other end. Looking at your analyzer a high pass filter cut off at 17.5k - 18k would probably help further eliminate noise and ess.
👌🏻
What a great video. Started doing more voice work on my youtube channel and will use this in my future videos now I have a decent mic. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! Looking forward to seeing your work.
this is so helpful. thank you so much, Ryan!
No problem! 😊
Thanks for sharing Ryan...am a Subscriber now.
Thanks so much. More to come soon!
I LOVED your EQ settings. Thank you!
No worries! Glad it sounds great for you
Great walkthrough. Such a classic CBC/NPR vocal mix, really like it.
Thanks Ryan!
I also use an LA-2A and a very similar EQ curve for my podcast. I also enjoy a bit of tape saturation for the heck of it too.
Great video. 👌🏻👌🏻
You sir, are a wizard. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. It's refreshing to watch someone who is skilled pull back the curtain. Excellent instruction. You definitely deserve that WEBBY! Keep it up.
haha Thanks Sam!
Thank you! this 'secret sauce' really improved my meditation audio!!
Awesome! Happy to help :)
Thanks very much for making this video. I have been blundering around with my voice setting for ages, and never been happy with them. Your approach makes great sense. Fewer effects but carefully set up. I watched your video and tried your settings. It is a big improvement for me and my next video. Of course, I used the best I could find in Logic, but I have noted the third party plugins you mentioned. Thanks again. Great stuff!
Amazing! Happy to hear that. I’m actually working on Podcast Voice presets for Logic, GarageBand & Audition. Will be available for purchase within the next few weeks!
I’ll make a video about them, so be sure to subscribe.
@@itsryanfreeman I will be delighted to hear them. Remember, and I know you will, we are all using Yetis, LOL!
haha! OK, I might make some presets being microphone specific... Especially for the Yeti
@@itsryanfreeman Yeti is so popular. I also subscribed to Invisible City. I will listen with interest from a social and sound engineering perspective on my JBL bluetooth mono speaker :-)
@@JustinTimeEnglishClip haha sounds good! Thanks again and I wish you all the best
Thank you Ryan it was very useful
Thank-you for the great video. Getting ready to record my first podcast and needed some input on editing the vocals.Thanks again. :)
Thanks for the advice on the EQ!
You’re welcome 👌🏻
thanks, that EQ curve helped a lot, I appreciate you!
Thanks for the kind words!
@@itsryanfreeman for sure! and congrats on the award, that's huge! Not sure how much info you have on getting a podcast out to a wider audience, but I'd love to see that video too :D
Thanks!
I’d say - Consistency. Quality. Engage with your audience.
@@itsryanfreeman Thank you, will do! the quality will def go up after this good advice :D
Good job bro and congrats on the award!
Thanks man 🙌🏻
Hey ryan, found out your video and was so amaze with your sounds proccesings. I want to ask how do you set the gain on your mic? Is it by default like at 12 o'clock? Or maybe do you have another opinion. Thanks
Hey, thanks. My mic doesn’t have a gain knob. It’s plugged into my audio interface , which is where I adjust the gain/input level. You can find all the gear I use here: www.itsryanfreeman.com/pages/my-gear-list
Ryan, this was a very nice overview, your work is great too! Thanks for sharing!
Glad it helped. Thank you!
Excellent video, thanks for the info.
No problem! Thanks for watching 👊🏻
Literally everything I needed to see! Thanks for sharing!
Huge question. if you get the UAD apollo twin x and you have Luna do you need logic pro x, if not can you use logic pro x over luna, and if yes how would you get to use the plugins provided by UAD? Another question, if you use editing software like FCPX or DaVinci 17, they both can edit audio. Would you edit audio in those programs or in Luna/LPX then bring it over to your editing software like FCPX/DaVinci 17? Also for someone like me who wants professional audio but is not necessarily doing professional work; just stuff like unboxings, gaming voice-overs, creating an online course where my voice would be in it, and other audio stuff but I just want the best quality as possible.
Ryan! Thank you so much, I understood this tutorial perfectly fine and was able to implement the same curve on Audition and now my microphones sound SOOO much better. If you did an entire tutorial series on how to get solid audio, I'd watch the absolute hell out of it.
the only bit I had a bit of difficulty with was the compression. What exactly does it do?
Thanks for the feedback! Happy to have helped you. I recently started this channel, but I'll be uploaded at least once a week with audio / music production tips and filmmaking tips... So stay tuned.
I try to create content with topics that necessarily haven't been made before or of my own process / perspective. There's already a bunch of great content online about recording and mixing fundamentals. So for compression, this video should help you: ua-cam.com/video/91qs3fux5HY/v-deo.html
thanks man! I checked out his series. Definitely some really great information. Congrats on the award! I already subscribed, looking forward to more from you.
Cheers!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge on EQ, I found these tips particularly helpful of all the video's I watched. Keep up the great work (y)
Thanks for the feedback, Max!
Very good stuff. You have educated me.
Cheers!
Love the video! I'm planning on creating a podcast and this definitely helped!
Amazing! Best of luck with the podcast 😊
Thanks! trying to figure out how to get the best voice quality possible for our podcast. there's a lot to learn and this was helpful
No problem. Good luck with your podcast!
Excellent video by the way! It's my go to
Thanks so much!
This was super helpful. Thank you for sharing!
No problem! Glad you found it helpful :)
Great tip on re-EQing after compression before applying the Limiter! Even though we use ECNC (EQ, Normalization, Compression, Noise Reduction) in post, for our remote podcasts we STILL occasionally get this mysterious (and annoying) residual "rattling" or "egg shaker" background sound from our guests that does not show up on the sound file but is present. What causes this, and how can we eliminate it in post (short of demanding our guests record in a dead room)?
Sorry but I’m not sure what that is... It could be in the original recording but just very quietly, then when you process your audio, you hear the subtleties more. Maybe something to do with the audio being recorded from over the internet? Just some weird artifacts..?
With my RE20 I notice if I have it like you have it set up down your head it pick sound different if I have it over my head facing down, do you think it makes a difference?
I'm sure it makes a difference.. I'd imagine having the mic below your head, closer to your chest picks up more low in your voice. I'm not exactly sure through, I haven't really experimented with difference mic positioning. I just do what sounds best and most comfortable to me, which is having it below my head.
Overall great video, but there’s one part I question. @6:50 you’re clipping but you say that’s ok because you have the limiter on the master catching it. I don’t think this is the best advice because you’re still distorting it before it hits the limiter. The limiter will smooth that out, but wouldn’t it be better to turn the output of your compressor or the channel gain down enough so that it doesn’t clip at all, and then adjust the threshold of the limiter by the same amount?
My understanding of gain staging is that you should ALWAYS avoid clipping everywhere (between plugins, on the channels, etc)
Yes, I think you’re right. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We always have to be open to improving and letting people call us out when there’s room to develop.
That’s why I love UA-cam. As a community, we can all share and get better together. 👊🏻
@@itsryanfreeman hey no problem! I wasn't even sure I was correct, so I just wanted to see what your take on it was. Kudos for listening and considering my take. This was a quality, informative video and that one little bit being "wrong" doesn't change that. Nice work!
Great stuff! Thanks!
Thank you!
thx very much! is it possible to have a similar result with the built in plug ins?
100% definitely. Just swap the compressor and limiter for stock and you're there pretty much. The EQ he's using is already stock. Noise reduction/ removal you can do from the selection based processing menu (but be cautious, as I think it's destructive and might take some fine tuning). Tbh, noise reduction is something I'd def recommend splashing on a plugin. Ozone is the one I use. Can probably trial a few if you know where to look ;)
Yes! I actually made presets using stock plugins that creates my processing sound. Available on my website Ryanfreeman.com
Thank you for the tips. I managed to create the sound I wanted on the vocals, saved it as a default and then when I added my music tracks the sound was off on all of them. Did saving the default cause that?
Hard to say! Not exactly sure what happened... Sorry I can’t be of any help.
@@itsryanfreeman I figured it out. Looks like I had the EQ button on while working on one of the music tracks. I think I've resolved it now. Thank you for coming back to me so quickly.
Fantastic! Thanks so much for showing your process. VERY helpful.
Do you use the plugins on the chain in your UAD console or do you apply them in logic and just go for a clean signal through your UAD, when recording your own vocals? GREAT video too this was incredibly insightful. Just bought your bundle too! Super excited to get our vocals dialed in.
Awesome, thank you! I record clean, then apply effects/plug-ins afterwards.
how do you find those compressors ? is it in logic natively or did you buy them (sorry I'm a newb to logic) I like your tutorial best!
Im on pro tools... whats a good compressor and EQ, I think thats what I need. I got a pair of the shure sm7b's and they're great but I still need that umph, that boosted sound.
Hi Ryan! Your videos have been really helpful. And I've bought your bundle preset to help me with my podcast since I have little to no idea of what I'm doing. The recordings now sound much better but I do have a few questions (I use garageband) I'm hoping you can answer on here:
- Some of my recordings were done with a pretty loud background noise (like air con/traffic in NYC)...how can I get rid of it even more? I realise it won't fully disappear
- My seem to have recorded the voices too loud from the get go. How exactly do I adjust the volume so it doesn't blow up for the listener?
- When mastering, the audio levels of jingle/voice doesn't seem to work that well and I still need to adjust volumes...
- We only used 1 mic in recording and some are interview with male and female on one track. Do you then suggest using the preset for the main voice? e.g. the male voice if he is mainly the one talking
Thanks so so much!
Hi Ryan, thanks for those awesome tips!!! I just started producing a video podcast so I want to edit the audio within premiere pro. I created this order. Can you PLEASEEEE let me know if it's correct or what's the right order?. I also have Audition so if there's any other step that's better like noise reduction process with a print instead of Denoise, I can do it.
(P.S: I'm using a Lav mic now, but will upgrade to a dynamic mic soon. Shooting in my non-sound treated living room)
1 --> Gain peak at -12 to -6
2 --> DeNoise
3 --> DeReverb
4 --> Dynamics Compressor (+ engage Limiter)
5 --> DeEsser
6 -->Parametric Equalizer
7 --> Hard Limiter
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Ryan, which music libraries would you recommend for podcasts and documentaries?
If I had to choose, probably Musicbed.com
But always try to hire a composer/artist directly to make original music if you can! :)
So I take it that your initial voiceover recording is done a treated environment? I don't get the sense of any reflection and so on. Do you have something equivalent to a reference track or podcast on your site?
Thank you for your insight, I will use your approach..GOD BLESS.
Thanks, Eric!
very nice tutorial. Big thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
No problem! More to come. Thanks for your time watching
Hi, thanks for the video, there was a lot of useful information, nicely explained. I am wondering though: i hear lots of plosives in your recording, would a pop shield help with this? Would more distance to the mic help or would it ruin the sound in general? I'd appreciate your reply. All the best and keep it up.
Hey - Yes, there are plosives and yes, a pop filter of some sort would help.. But I think a pop filter looks ugly in videos and It was a compromise I was willing to make. You could distance yourself from the mic if you don't have a filter/shield, but that would take away from some of that classic close 'broadcast / radio' sound.
Would you recommend, for a podcast that records three to four people in a room to record lower and then in post raise the volume. I find that since I’m used to speaking on my mic I always sound boomy and clear but others stay away from the mic just enough to sound lower and I have trouble making all voices sound equal.
I use a mixing board with levels pretty much the same. Slight eq differences within the board.
Yes, you’re going to have to adjust the volume in post. I’d also recommend telling your guests to stay close to the mic before you begin recording.
This was really helpful, thanks so much!
You’re welcome 🙌🏻
Thanks so much. I’ve been suing auphonic to keep it simple and it’s nice and all, but this sounds better. Rocking SM7B’s. I have my gain up higher and occasionally have a peak so I’ll try lowering it a little bit and see how it goes.
Sounds good. Good luck!
Hi Ryan, Nice tutorial can you do something like this but in Logic Pro X. Is it even possible to do it in Logic Pro X ? if Possible. It would be great if you could do a tutorial .. Thanks.
Hey! This tutorial is in Logic Pro X.
@@itsryanfreeman Hi sorry I didn't paste the link as in what I really wanted .. Here it is ua-cam.com/video/mWBksoPzgIc/v-deo.html
I've been trying to find help on editing audio on podcasts and THIS is the video I've been looking for! Goes into the nitty gritty of editing. Thanks so much for the info, it's incredibly helpful \o/
Thank you! I’m glad I was able to help. More videos coming soon!
Hey - I just released my audio processing presets - I thought you might find them useful! Wanted to share: www.itsryanfreeman.com/presets
This helps a lot. Thank you so much for sharing useful tips and information! I'll boost my podcast production today LOL.
Woo! Go get it :)
Very helpful. Thank you.