I just started working with DaVinci, and recording voice overs that are the same level throughout the entire video has been a chore. Thank you for all of this FREE help!
It would be nice to have a similar tutorial on how the processing we should do for UA-cam videos when you have talking and then music in order that the music is not too loud relative to the audio
@@MakerMinded I mean more like when in a vlog there is a person talking and then a clip with say a timelapse with music, I would like to normalize the audio of the two
This tutorial is a thing of beauty. I had to take notes, so when I take my next stab at audio beauty (tomorrow morning), I have a chance at getting it right. Thank you, Chadwick. (And thanks for K - a single-finger disable/kill I can actually remember!)
My go to channel for audio stuff. So much solid info here, and you always present it in a very pleasing way with perfect pace. Well done, mate. Keep on rocking.
Thanks so much for this video! New to editing and audio has felt like the hardest thing to understand so far, but now I feel like I can tackle doing a voiceover.
Thanks - lots of good usable tips in this video. I do a lot of voiceovers and I definitely will use it in the future. The big awakening for me was the capability and necessity to do a mix down. Thanks again.
Great great tutorial, I was wondering why my audio was very low compared to other channels, thank you for this! I will put this into practice right away!
Can someone explain to me why he bounced the audio to a new track? He applied the effects on the original track so isn't it already applying what he has done? I'm wondering why he wouldn't just apply the dialogue leveler, then normalize the track, and then apply the limiter all on the first audio track and have it be the same? If it's too combine music and such into one track, isn't that going to affect the limiter and normalization as it may not boost the voice over up if the music is too loud in parts?
Great question. Generally I apply the normalization to an entire mix. However, this is still useful to bounce and bake in the leveler and voice isolation because of the order of operations. Clip level operations happen before track level. I like to use those fx in the track. Hope this helps.
When gain staging (setting input gain), the best approach is to "get excited" and make sure THAT level is around -6db, then you never have to worry about levels being too hot or too low.
As usual great information and so easy to understand. Please keep the videos coming as I just love them. Thanks Chadwick and Happy New Year. to you and your family.
Great stuff, although I don't do VoiceOver much (or at all) the final part with post-processing really was useful. What I really need to do though is to separate my audio channels on recording, since I do mostly gaming videos and right now my audio interface is connected to the pc I do gaming on, while I record on my stream/encoder PC meaning I only have one channel for all audio sent from the gaming pc. And although I have set up the audio levels to be good for streaming, it might not be perfect for video later.
Hello Chadwik and thank you so much for your useful tips :) Audio was not my strongest suit, but now........ thanks to you, it is :D. Hope to se much more from you in the future.
Awesome and super comprehensive tutorial! Will safe me so many nightmares! I haven't checked yet and will be curious to see how to bounce multiple tracks together.. Or is this a one-off step for each track in the mix (e.g. for multiple track with spoken word)? I was already using your older recommendation on normalization, but with this UA-cam preset it got just a little easier still.. As always, thanks for sharing this great tut and knowledge!
I get your -18dB gain staging tip and raise it in post, but with that you’ll also raise the noise floor. For voice over you can definitely set the gain a lot higher. If you shout during a ‘professional’ voice over, you should re-think ‘professional’. Otherwise, great video, great tips!
The noise floor of the room doesn’t change if it’s turned up on the gain knob or in post. What matters is the distance of the voice from the mic. This is a big misconception. Get the voice close to the mic and you’re good. However you are right that it’s not common to shout into a mic, but it does happen inadvertently when people get excited.
@@CreativeVideoTips true. But I’m not talking about the room’s noise. That has nothing to do with the ‘noise floor’. That’s ambient noise. I’m talking mic and pre-amp noise. If you set gain low and raise levels in post, that noise will raise with it
@@Sebas51137 Equipment these days is way, way quieter than it used to be. The signal from a $250 mic and a $120 interface recorded with lots of headroom at 24/48 should be good for tons of gain afterwards without introducing any audible noise.
Great channel. Very helpful. Struggling with a delay when recording my VO. If I’m monitoring the output from my interface it seems I hear the live track in the interface and the return recording coming back in with the other music. I found your video and found the input monitor style and thought that would do it. Changed to record, but still get the echo delay when recording.
Most interfaces have a direct monitor button or switch on them. This is how you can monitor your vo without latency. Hope this helps. Also makes sure to turn off speakers in your room to avoid sending anything back into the mic than your voice.
@@CreativeVideoTips thanks!! Actually watched one of your videos on this as well!! I’m using the Rode StreamerX. I can’t seem to find a direct monitor option. The Streamer X might not be the best application for this. I looked at several Scarletts that have that button right on the front.
Hello Chadwick, I'd like to express my genuine gratitude for your contributions. Your willingness to share your professional workflow truly signifies the expertise and experience of a seasoned veteran! I do have some side questions if you have the time: Is your room sound-proofed behind your mic? I have followed countless tutorials on mic setup (I have the Blue Snowball Ice) and even more tutorials on audio processing (I'm an electrical engineer so have a good understanding of High/Low pass signal filtration) - Irrespective of my efforts I can never get my audio sounding crisp and deep like most other UA-camrs. How much of it is really do with your equipment and the space of recording? Appreciate your time!
Excellent video Chadwick, as always! You are my favourite on UA-camr for Davinci Resolve! btw I am struggling to understand how to balance my VO with my music and other audio tracks in a Davinci project, and then performing steps 4 and 5 from this video tutorial. Should I do what you have suggested with the VO track at -18dB, and then balance this against my music tracks etc, and then finally bounce them all to a new track and normalise it? Maybe a new tutorial video showing this is what the doctor is ordering. I think a lot of people here would benefit from a follow-up advanced tutorial showing all audio tracks and your process - especially going by the comments here already. Thanks in anticipation!
I think he's got a video on that topic already, but yes basically you balance the different audiotracks, and then you bounce the tracks to a new track and normalize
Thanks for another great tutorial Chadwick. I edit in a small box room or on the road so acoustics are often a problem. Haven't played with the voice isolation as yet. Does it remove echo? Also what would be your recommendation for a vo mic?
Do you recommend the dialogue leveler for multiple speakers on separate microphones? I’m wondering if it would raise the other voices that are quiet in the background?
It seems to have some sort of gate built in so if the non primary voice is not above some level, say -30db it won’t touch it. It’s for sure the first thing I’d try.
QQ: i see my microphone register sounds on my macbook pro system settings for input yet when i arm my a2 track to record additional VO on same track i recorded on yesterday, the dVinci sound bars arent registering sound. As if that track is muted? Ive tried recording a few times but no sound - help me Obi Wan... youre my only hope! 😢
I happened to see the Beyerdynamic headphones you are using, which one would you recommend? i am getting good value for a new Dt770 pro 80 ohms! is it good? i do voice overs also in da vinci, due to jbl sound box my last voice over was horrendous when i listened to the uploaded video, used rode vmp plus with tasam dr22wl but after compression didnt check in any headphones. please advice.
@@CreativeVideoTips thank you so much for prompt reply, would you recommend me the dt770 pro, I am getting then for dirt cheap, I am honoured to have got reply from the legend and die hard fan of your videos, in fact when I switched from premier pro, you were the inspiration to learn the steep yet solid da Vinci resolve studio graph and yes needless to mention I have got my own speed editor over the editors keyboard, thanks to you, you don't even know how much you have made it easier for folks around the world to learn, re master the fun and love one gets in editing, you surely are a master trainer and a classy one too. Keep it up, love from India and from a doctor cum creator learning creativity through new perspective-filmmaking 😊 thanks once again, and yes don't forget to answer my query on dt770 or shall I use some iem, don't wanna have old age hearing problems later down the lane using iems, ❤
Agreed: don't try to hit -14 LUFS with just a voiceover. It can be done but the track will have to be so compressed and limited that it's unpleasant to listen to. Yours is at -18 LUFS for this video and that's perfect for longer content.
Another great video. QUESTION: I got a little confused at around 12:00. Are you suggesting doing the mix-down before normalization on a Track basis or on a Timeline basis? I understand NOT on a clip basis. You say to do it with all the music, dialogue, Effects, etc but then say to select the track. I try to follow you step by step in your tutorials and have learned so much but got confused on this part. Mix-down the entire timeline then normalize or mis-down each track, then what? Thanks
Good questions @fletcherbrown728. I have the same questions. Hopefully Chadwick will answer these or post another excellent video. I am also struggling to understand how to balance my VO with music and other audio tracks in a Davinci project, and then performing Chadwick's steps 4 and 5 from this video. Ideally a video from Chadwick just repeating the last part of this tutorial but showing what he does with all the other audio tracks.
I read through the comments but didn't see an answer to the following question. If I record VO in mono, should I make the track itself stereo so it comes out of both ear buds? I am confused between recording in mono but track in stereo? Thanks for the great channel and informative videos.
good question - you want your track to also be mono. If you vo is recorded mono and your track is also mono you will hear it in both ears equally. Then your final output will be a stereo bus.
Thank you very much for this valuable video buddy. This one comes right at the time when I have a lot of voice-over work to do. I had already watched an older video of yours and got it working on a Windows machine. Great, slow pace, because English is my 2nd language and you also have to imitate everything on the PC. Many instructors do not take this into account at all. Keep up the good work and thank you very much again. 👍🏻🙋🏻♂️
A great video and really helped me out - started using DVR yesterday after being an Adobe Premiere and FCP user, and with a new USB mic to get integrated. Have subscribed for more!
I have done all of that and it still it will not record; the meter doesn't even register. Also set the recording device (I've tried 2 different ones) to 48k, made it the default both in Windows and in Resolve preferences. Tried everything and it will not record. Using Beta 19 Studio and Windows 10 64 bit. Very frustrating.
Any chance you can advise on any part of this that would be different in iPad? My channel is documenting what it will be like to start a new career in VO and I’ll be using DR on iPad. I’d appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks!
Excellent video as always Chadwick. Perfect and to the point. What screen capture software are you using showing your keystrokes? Thats a great feature.
ive seen a couple other sources say you don't want to go higher than -6dbfs for youtube to leave room for their integrated normalization But you seem to suggest -1 have you heard of that recommendation before?
Thanks! A YT video that actually matches the title 😊 That outro was too quick though, couldn’t pause to comment son I had to load the video again to comment 😅.
Hello CVT! Do you maybe know what causes the issue when exporting clips with audio, that audio is too loud? I.e. how to effectively reduce audio in Fairlight so it sticks when is rendered? Thanks
Thanks as always, Chadwick! I use my Zoom F6 as my audio interface. DaVinci accepts the 32-bit float input, but only creates a 24-bit file. Since Blackmagic listens to you, please ask them for this feature enhancement... thanks!
Hey Chadwick…Great Video. Question for you…do you use the new You Tube normalisation on export feature, or are you suggesting to ignore that and apply the YT normalisation only on the newly bounced track? Thanks for all your work!
Great tutorial, one question... are the clips that are automatically saved ready to use or is there another part of the process for exporting? Many thanks
You go through the stuff pretty fast and it’s very hard to see your cursor as it moves around. Maybe you should try getting one of those pens and drawing little circles and where you’re actually clicking things that would help. I don’t think you’re wrong on anything I just think it’s way too fast, especially if we’re trying to see some small cursor or so you might talk about the part of the USB mic first there are more and more high-quality USB mics out there and if you’re mad that until the end that’s not good.
“It’s so easy.” Me- follows instructions, voiceover audio disappears, i try to undo it, computer locks up, i restart and all my media cannot be found 😩😩😩😩😩 Why does Davinci hate me? 😢
That looks great. I often edit recordings of lectures. People asking questions at the end have no idea where to hold microphones so this looks great for post-processing to even out their contributions.
This video is a killer! I've referred to it repeatedly on my last three UA-cam uploads. But I'm a little confused about something - when you showed the limiter, you only selected one clip, and I was wondering if and how you can use the limiter for the whole track?
Also, I was wondering what happens if you don't combine the clips like you showed in the video, before using the limiter? It wasn't obvious to me as you described it.
I’ve been following your guidance - look forward to trying this updated process on my next video. Thanks for all that you share… Greatly appreciated! 🍻
I needed this info perfect timing. Thanks for sharing. I use the Volt 1 from Universal Audio and I love it for recording into Resolves Fairlight Page. This helped a lot as far as understanding UA-cam Loudness.
Thanks for this. I've been watching a lot of dialogue tutorials lately. This is a one-stop-shop including the latest features in Resolve, which didn't exist when a lot of the older tutorials were made.
_Incredibly_ useful Chadwick, thank you thank you. I've been doing _okay_ with the podcast purely by luck but needed to actually understand what I was doing and this is it.
this video is so helpful. I been watching videos on this for a week and couldn't get any audio from my apollo to davinci idk what i did but I followed step by step and finally got it to work! Thank you
Love your take on this, sir! For me, as a professional VO artist slogging away in the middle of market (I'm a corporate VO utility player!) once I picked up an RCP 2 I never looked back. I record to this poor person's Apollo, with a low pass filter and light de-essing and compression, and never a dropped frame. This gives me a head start when I get to processing the file in Davinci Resolve. (I came from a video background, so I never picked up the Reaper or Studio One habit like most others in VO!) I edit, get rid of any mouth noise and the like with iZotope RX, work in my personal corrective EQ with Fairlight's stock plugin and what I like to call my "boost to clarity" via an SSL 4000g plugin. Dynamics only if needed, then mix in any sfx or other sound design that the client needs. Then mixdown and normalization. If I know my client is just going to slap it onto a video headed straight for social media, I'll aim for -17 LUFS/-1.5 dBTP (I find it preserves some dynamic range there), otherwise it's -23 LUFS and a minimum of 7 or 8 dB of headroom.
Try Fairlight > Input Monitor Style > Mute to avoid the feedback loop without muting your overall monitor.
This should be pin comment!
Lifesaver!
I just started working with DaVinci, and recording voice overs that are the same level throughout the entire video has been a chore. Thank you for all of this FREE help!
It would be nice to have a similar tutorial on how the processing we should do for UA-cam videos when you have talking and then music in order that the music is not too loud relative to the audio
Look into a technique called 'ducking"
@@MakerMinded I mean more like when in a vlog there is a person talking and then a clip with say a timelapse with music, I would like to normalize the audio of the two
This was so helpful. I just got my first mic to start recording voiceover, so the timing couldn't have been better. Thank you!
This tutorial is a thing of beauty. I had to take notes, so when I take my next stab at audio beauty (tomorrow morning), I have a chance at getting it right. Thank you, Chadwick. (And thanks for K - a single-finger disable/kill I can actually remember!)
Thank you for a well-done tutorial. You always just the right speed for your learners. And the content is always the right stuff.
My go to channel for audio stuff. So much solid info here, and you always present it in a very pleasing way with perfect pace. Well done, mate. Keep on rocking.
Best tutorial that I have found on this yet! Also, how do I fix my mono VO's only playing in the left ear?
Just found your tutorial. Excellent advice! Thank you 🙏
Thanks so much for this video! New to editing and audio has felt like the hardest thing to understand so far, but now I feel like I can tackle doing a voiceover.
Awesome! Heck yeah, you can do it.
Finally, someone explained this in a clear way, and it is certainly a much easier way than what I was doing for my channel's videos. Thanks!
Glad it helped!
Thanks - lots of good usable tips in this video. I do a lot of voiceovers and I definitely will use it in the future. The big awakening for me was the capability and necessity to do a mix down. Thanks again.
Thanks so much for the kind words Chris. Great to hear there was new value in this one.
THIS VIDEO... totally fixed all of my audio problems! Thank you so much.
Great great tutorial, I was wondering why my audio was very low compared to other channels, thank you for this! I will put this into practice right away!
Can someone explain to me why he bounced the audio to a new track? He applied the effects on the original track so isn't it already applying what he has done? I'm wondering why he wouldn't just apply the dialogue leveler, then normalize the track, and then apply the limiter all on the first audio track and have it be the same? If it's too combine music and such into one track, isn't that going to affect the limiter and normalization as it may not boost the voice over up if the music is too loud in parts?
Great question. Generally I apply the normalization to an entire mix. However, this is still useful to bounce and bake in the leveler and voice isolation because of the order of operations. Clip level operations happen before track level. I like to use those fx in the track. Hope this helps.
That was a lot of wisdom you just shared, thank you!
thank you for the kind words of encouragement
Outstanding! Thanks for the very thorough approach and organizational steps to precede the actual VO recording process.
When gain staging (setting input gain), the best approach is to "get excited" and make sure THAT level is around -6db, then you never have to worry about levels being too hot or too low.
Yet another BRILLIANT tuition vidoe,Chadwick! I have learnned so much from you,.Thank you very much!
Clear, concise, and complete - excellent video that is really useful! Thanks!
Thanks so much for watching!
As usual great information and so easy to understand. Please keep the videos coming as I just love them. Thanks Chadwick and Happy New Year. to you and your family.
Thank you! Great tutorial!
Nice to see you on the Earthworks Ethos, it's such a great mic!
I love this thing! Glad you are in the know too.
Great stuff, although I don't do VoiceOver much (or at all) the final part with post-processing really was useful. What I really need to do though is to separate my audio channels on recording, since I do mostly gaming videos and right now my audio interface is connected to the pc I do gaming on, while I record on my stream/encoder PC meaning I only have one channel for all audio sent from the gaming pc. And although I have set up the audio levels to be good for streaming, it might not be perfect for video later.
Great tutorial, Chadwick. Thanks for the tips and tricks. I really appreciate it. ❤
Thank you!
Hello Chadwik and thank you so much for your useful tips :) Audio was not my strongest suit, but now........ thanks to you, it is :D. Hope to se much more from you in the future.
Great video Chadwick, subscriber 777 still here with you. From the mountains to Ny. Keep up the good work.
Wow you have really hung with me. I appreciate it. We are finally get our first big snow tonight in New York so it reminds me of Boulder a lot.
😂 I bet
Awesome and super comprehensive tutorial! Will safe me so many nightmares! I haven't checked yet and will be curious to see how to bounce multiple tracks together.. Or is this a one-off step for each track in the mix (e.g. for multiple track with spoken word)?
I was already using your older recommendation on normalization, but with this UA-cam preset it got just a little easier still..
As always, thanks for sharing this great tut and knowledge!
I get your -18dB gain staging tip and raise it in post, but with that you’ll also raise the noise floor. For voice over you can definitely set the gain a lot higher. If you shout during a ‘professional’ voice over, you should re-think ‘professional’.
Otherwise, great video, great tips!
The noise floor of the room doesn’t change if it’s turned up on the gain knob or in post. What matters is the distance of the voice from the mic. This is a big misconception. Get the voice close to the mic and you’re good.
However you are right that it’s not common to shout into a mic, but it does happen inadvertently when people get excited.
@@CreativeVideoTips true. But I’m not talking about the room’s noise. That has nothing to do with the ‘noise floor’. That’s ambient noise.
I’m talking mic and pre-amp noise.
If you set gain low and raise levels in post, that noise will raise with it
@@Sebas51137 Equipment these days is way, way quieter than it used to be. The signal from a $250 mic and a $120 interface recorded with lots of headroom at 24/48 should be good for tons of gain afterwards without introducing any audible noise.
Great channel. Very helpful. Struggling with a delay when recording my VO. If I’m monitoring the output from my interface it seems I hear the live track in the interface and the return recording coming back in with the other music. I found your video and found the input monitor style and thought that would do it. Changed to record, but still get the echo delay when recording.
Most interfaces have a direct monitor button or switch on them. This is how you can monitor your vo without latency. Hope this helps. Also makes sure to turn off speakers in your room to avoid sending anything back into the mic than your voice.
@@CreativeVideoTips thanks!! Actually watched one of your videos on this as well!! I’m using the Rode StreamerX. I can’t seem to find a direct monitor option. The Streamer X might not be the best application for this. I looked at several Scarletts that have that button right on the front.
I really like your ways of thinking. Thanks for an other great tutorial!
Thanks for this tutorial, that's exactly what i needed for the first record in davinci))
Great Chadwick, great as always! Thank you.
Wish it included a music track as well since that would require different compression/normalisation techniques
Another awesome video mate, thanks heaps :)
My pleasure!
Hello Chadwick, I'd like to express my genuine gratitude for your contributions. Your willingness to share your professional workflow truly signifies the expertise and experience of a seasoned veteran!
I do have some side questions if you have the time: Is your room sound-proofed behind your mic? I have followed countless tutorials on mic setup (I have the Blue Snowball Ice) and even more tutorials on audio processing (I'm an electrical engineer so have a good understanding of High/Low pass signal filtration) - Irrespective of my efforts I can never get my audio sounding crisp and deep like most other UA-camrs.
How much of it is really do with your equipment and the space of recording?
Appreciate your time!
Excellent video Chadwick, as always! You are my favourite on UA-camr for Davinci Resolve!
btw I am struggling to understand how to balance my VO with my music and other audio tracks in a Davinci project, and then performing steps 4 and 5 from this video tutorial. Should I do what you have suggested with the VO track at -18dB, and then balance this against my music tracks etc, and then finally bounce them all to a new track and normalise it?
Maybe a new tutorial video showing this is what the doctor is ordering. I think a lot of people here would benefit from a follow-up advanced tutorial showing all audio tracks and your process - especially going by the comments here already. Thanks in anticipation!
I think he's got a video on that topic already, but yes basically you balance the different audiotracks, and then you bounce the tracks to a new track and normalize
Thanks for your response!
Also if you can find the other video tutorial on this, please let me know. I have looked everywhere.
I didn't even know you could record in DR, how to you watch one timeline and record on another? I guess missed something somewhere.
Legend!
Is there a way to record the VO while playing a video file at the same time in DaVinci Resolve?
Thanks for another great tutorial Chadwick. I edit in a small box room or on the road so acoustics are often a problem. Haven't played with the voice isolation as yet. Does it remove echo? Also what would be your recommendation for a vo mic?
Love you man!
If I enable Track FX, I can't record my voice. So I have to apply Track FX after I am finished recording the voiceover?
Do you recommend the dialogue leveler for multiple speakers on separate microphones? I’m wondering if it would raise the other voices that are quiet in the background?
It seems to have some sort of gate built in so if the non primary voice is not above some level, say -30db it won’t touch it. It’s for sure the first thing I’d try.
What did you use to record this tutorial to begin with? In other words, what’s doing the screen capture, etc.?
QQ: i see my microphone register sounds on my macbook pro system settings for input yet when i arm my a2 track to record additional VO on same track i recorded on yesterday, the dVinci sound bars arent registering sound. As if that track is muted? Ive tried recording a few times but no sound - help me Obi Wan... youre my only hope! 😢
(The gain stage of my mic in davinci resolve, even though patched isn't registering sound)
I happened to see the Beyerdynamic headphones you are using, which one would you recommend? i am getting good value for a new Dt770 pro 80 ohms! is it good? i do voice overs also in da vinci, due to jbl sound box my last voice over was horrendous when i listened to the uploaded video, used rode vmp plus with tasam dr22wl but after compression didnt check in any headphones. please advice.
DT900 Pro - love em to death, I've had them for 2 years. they are open and great to mix with.
@@CreativeVideoTips thank you so much for prompt reply, would you recommend me the dt770 pro, I am getting then for dirt cheap, I am honoured to have got reply from the legend and die hard fan of your videos, in fact when I switched from premier pro, you were the inspiration to learn the steep yet solid da Vinci resolve studio graph and yes needless to mention I have got my own speed editor over the editors keyboard, thanks to you, you don't even know how much you have made it easier for folks around the world to learn, re master the fun and love one gets in editing, you surely are a master trainer and a classy one too. Keep it up, love from India and from a doctor cum creator learning creativity through new perspective-filmmaking 😊 thanks once again, and yes don't forget to answer my query on dt770 or shall I use some iem, don't wanna have old age hearing problems later down the lane using iems, ❤
Agreed: don't try to hit -14 LUFS with just a voiceover. It can be done but the track will have to be so compressed and limited that it's unpleasant to listen to. Yours is at -18 LUFS for this video and that's perfect for longer content.
Thanks! Yeah just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Good insight.
Big Tip ( 0 ) If you don't see the input option in the mixer hit the ( ... ) select input. Cheers 🍻
Another great video. QUESTION: I got a little confused at around 12:00. Are you suggesting doing the mix-down before normalization on a Track basis or on a Timeline basis? I understand NOT on a clip basis. You say to do it with all the music, dialogue, Effects, etc but then say to select the track. I try to follow you step by step in your tutorials and have learned so much but got confused on this part. Mix-down the entire timeline then normalize or mis-down each track, then what? Thanks
Good questions @fletcherbrown728. I have the same questions. Hopefully Chadwick will answer these or post another excellent video.
I am also struggling to understand how to balance my VO with music and other audio tracks in a Davinci project, and then performing Chadwick's steps 4 and 5 from this video. Ideally a video from Chadwick just repeating the last part of this tutorial but showing what he does with all the other audio tracks.
I read through the comments but didn't see an answer to the following question. If I record VO in mono, should I make the track itself stereo so it comes out of both ear buds? I am confused between recording in mono but track in stereo? Thanks for the great channel and informative videos.
good question - you want your track to also be mono. If you vo is recorded mono and your track is also mono you will hear it in both ears equally. Then your final output will be a stereo bus.
Thank you very much for this valuable video buddy. This one comes right at the time when I have a lot of voice-over work to do. I had already watched an older video of yours and got it working on a Windows machine. Great, slow pace, because English is my 2nd language and you also have to imitate everything on the PC. Many instructors do not take this into account at all. Keep up the good work and thank you very much again. 👍🏻🙋🏻♂️
thanks for the great tutorial! have a good one!
A great video and really helped me out - started using DVR yesterday after being an Adobe Premiere and FCP user, and with a new USB mic to get integrated. Have subscribed for more!
Great tutorial, Chadwick. I really appreciate it. Thanks you for the tips and tricks.
I use pro q3 and wave's L1 and rvox,
Vocal rider, ns1, wave's meter, gw voicecentric.
I have done all of that and it still it will not record; the meter doesn't even register. Also set the recording device (I've tried 2 different ones) to 48k, made it the default both in Windows and in Resolve preferences. Tried everything and it will not record. Using Beta 19 Studio and Windows 10 64 bit. Very frustrating.
Any chance you can advise on any part of this that would be different in iPad? My channel is documenting what it will be like to start a new career in VO and I’ll be using DR on iPad. I’d appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks!
Excellent video as always Chadwick. Perfect and to the point.
What screen capture software are you using showing your keystrokes? Thats a great feature.
ive seen a couple other sources say you don't want to go higher than -6dbfs for youtube to leave room for their integrated normalization
But you seem to suggest -1
have you heard of that recommendation before?
When I try to bounce the audio track it's giving me an error of "no intervals", does anyone have a solution for that? 😕
Thanks! A YT video that actually matches the title 😊
That outro was too quick though, couldn’t pause to comment son I had to load the video again to comment 😅.
Hello CVT!
Do you maybe know what causes the issue when exporting clips with audio, that audio is too loud?
I.e. how to effectively reduce audio in Fairlight so it sticks when is rendered?
Thanks
Thanks as always, Chadwick! I use my Zoom F6 as my audio interface. DaVinci accepts the 32-bit float input, but only creates a 24-bit file. Since Blackmagic listens to you, please ask them for this feature enhancement... thanks!
Hey Chadwick…Great Video. Question for you…do you use the new You Tube normalisation on export feature, or are you suggesting to ignore that and apply the YT normalisation only on the newly bounced track? Thanks for all your work!
Great tutorial, one question... are the clips that are automatically saved ready to use or is there another part of the process for exporting? Many thanks
You go through the stuff pretty fast and it’s very hard to see your cursor as it moves around. Maybe you should try getting one of those pens and drawing little circles and where you’re actually clicking things that would help. I don’t think you’re wrong on anything I just think it’s way too fast, especially if we’re trying to see some small cursor or so you might talk about the part of the USB mic first there are more and more high-quality USB mics out there and if you’re mad that until the end that’s not good.
You gave a ton of great tips, not just about voice recording. Thanks! I see where you get your youtube name from..
i cant talk when i hear my self!!
“It’s so easy.” Me- follows instructions, voiceover audio disappears, i try to undo it, computer locks up, i restart and all my media cannot be found 😩😩😩😩😩 Why does Davinci hate me? 😢
I'm very sorry - I would look more into your "capture" location and see if it is writing a file to disk.
That looks great. I often edit recordings of lectures. People asking questions at the end have no idea where to hold microphones so this looks great for post-processing to even out their contributions.
This was magical. Thank you
This video is a killer! I've referred to it repeatedly on my last three UA-cam uploads. But I'm a little confused about something - when you showed the limiter, you only selected one clip, and I was wondering if and how you can use the limiter for the whole track?
Also, I was wondering what happens if you don't combine the clips like you showed in the video, before using the limiter? It wasn't obvious to me as you described it.
the best tutorial Ive seen.
I am having horrible LATENCY issues....!!! Any Advice would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work!
You will be best off if your interface has a direct headphone monitor. See if that is an option, and only listen through that.
This was what I was missing. Thank you so much for saving me what has turned into years of headaches.
i am brand spankin new....thank you for saving me years. i know so little, i don't even know what info is useful yet.
This video is great, I've been doing it all wrong for the last year!
Great to hear it was helpful. I would be embarrassed to tell you how many years I've recorded too loud. I wish I knew some of this stuff earlier.
What about EQ?
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Great tips - and you there in lots of extra nuggets for step 5 that apply to audio in general!
Thanks so much for watching!
I’ve been following your guidance - look forward to trying this updated process on my next video. Thanks for all that you share… Greatly appreciated! 🍻
I needed this info perfect timing. Thanks for sharing. I use the Volt 1 from Universal Audio and I love it for recording into Resolves Fairlight Page. This helped a lot as far as understanding UA-cam Loudness.
I got way more out of this than I thought I would. Great stuff!
Amazing tutorial, as aways!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!
Great video... just noticed a slight distortion in the final example... (could be on my end), but all in all, very informative.
Thanks for this. I've been watching a lot of dialogue tutorials lately. This is a one-stop-shop including the latest features in Resolve, which didn't exist when a lot of the older tutorials were made.
_Incredibly_ useful Chadwick, thank you thank you. I've been doing _okay_ with the podcast purely by luck but needed to actually understand what I was doing and this is it.
this video is so helpful. I been watching videos on this for a week and couldn't get any audio from my apollo to davinci idk what i did but I followed step by step and finally got it to work! Thank you
Great job distilling a bunch of complicated stuff!
This is a great workflow, with perfect parameters. Thank you so much for this tutorial.
Thanks so much for this. Really insightful!
Love your take on this, sir! For me, as a professional VO artist slogging away in the middle of market (I'm a corporate VO utility player!) once I picked up an RCP 2 I never looked back. I record to this poor person's Apollo, with a low pass filter and light de-essing and compression, and never a dropped frame. This gives me a head start when I get to processing the file in Davinci Resolve. (I came from a video background, so I never picked up the Reaper or Studio One habit like most others in VO!) I edit, get rid of any mouth noise and the like with iZotope RX, work in my personal corrective EQ with Fairlight's stock plugin and what I like to call my "boost to clarity" via an SSL 4000g plugin. Dynamics only if needed, then mix in any sfx or other sound design that the client needs. Then mixdown and normalization. If I know my client is just going to slap it onto a video headed straight for social media, I'll aim for -17 LUFS/-1.5 dBTP (I find it preserves some dynamic range there), otherwise it's -23 LUFS and a minimum of 7 or 8 dB of headroom.
P.S. This has become my standard practice for videos, podcasts, and remixing livestreams, too.
Happy New Year Chadwick.
Always nice to learn new things about DaVinci Resolve.
Happy New Year Doug
Thanks for your efforts doing these videos. I really take a lot out of them.
Which speaker do you actually use in your editing suite?
I use old KRK Rockets for my speakers. But honestly, they are not my favorite. So I mostly use my high end Beyerdynamic open-back headphones.