How to make your voice sound better in Audacity
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2021
- How to make your voice sound better in Audacity. Audacity can be the answer to your question about how to make your voice sound good. I make my voice sound better in Audacity using these simple steps. You can make a significant improvement over your audio using Audacity as a beginner.
This way, you can make your audio quality better in podcasts, voice-over, and UA-cam videos. Sound recording can always become better in post-processing. Of course, your recording quality will set the limit of how good it can be, but proper application of audio editing takes it a long way.
If you know how to record and edit using Audacity, you can follow this beginner-level tutorial easily. I have used Audacity 3.0.2 to make this video. This process will also work with Audacity 3.1.2, 3.0.4, 3.0.0 and 2.4.2
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I'm a relative newbie with fixing up recordings, but one thing I have learned is that Audacity is "destructive", meaning you apply an effect and it changes the waveforms themselves, rather than applying the effect as an independent layer to the outgoing sound on playback, like more advanced DAWs do (at least as far as I understand it). I learned the hard way to ALWAYS make duplicates of the original tracks before working on them! Then if a series of steps doesn't work right, you can always start over. So thank you for including that step!
Welcome :-). You are right about destructive editing in Audacity. When I use DaVinci resolve for Audio editing, I can turn off any applied effect just with an on/off switch. I hope in the future Audacity will bring this feature. Though Audacity is a very easy and good software for beginners, one has to know a bit to apply proper settings that work for him/her.
Its not hard to get the audio back
You can press Crtl + Z to undo anything you just did
@@lukky6648 Until you save, of course (and maybe close, reopen).
I believe Audacity just added this.
Yep Davinci is great, I bought licence with HW controller. What Im loving on Audacity is, that its opensource, so you never lose your skills and you may usi it to improve audio on every editor. I dont like to be catched to one solution... Best is to learn principles and you may use it in every tool.
Thank you so much ,best tutorial so far...❤️
You're very welcome! Very glad to hear that :-)
Excellent video Master Editor, thank you!
You're very welcome!
Great vid, thanks! I particularly enjoyed how you explain at least a little what each setting actually does -- using words that even a noob like myself can understand! This was the best video I've found so far on the topic!
You are welcome :-).
Very helpful. Thank you!
You're welcome!
A good and concise tutorial thank you.
Welcome :-)
Great stuff! Insta-subbed. Love the way you go and not only give us the settings' values, but also explain what they actual mean and why we do what we do.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank You Master Editor. You tutorial video really filtered out quite a lot of noise on this topic :)Appreciate your efforts
Very Glad to hear that! Thank you very much for such appreciation :-).
Thanks! Very useful
You're welcome!
these will help me in the future
Very helpful. Thank you.
Welcome 🙂
Thank you very much for this tutorial. It was really helpful.
You are welcome! It feels so great to know it helped :-)
thank you for your help ! very informative !
Welcome 🙂
Very clear explanation. Thanks so much
You are welcome 🙂
great tutorial!
Thanks sir for this video 🥰
Your tutorials are very nice Dude.
Thanks :-) Very happy to hear such appreciation
What a brilliant video. I just applied all of the steps in a scene I've just finished. The scene is of an interview taking place on daytime TV. I recorded the voices of the characters while sitting here in my flat. I'm sure you can imagine the sound quality? There's my noisy pc and other sounds too but by following your instructions the result is nothing short of perfect. Thank you!
You are very welcome 🙂.
THANK YOU, this was incredibly helpful and it was the best tutorial I've found so far, you definitely need more views!
You are Welcome! Inspiring comments like yours will help me to get more views :)
@@MasterEditor5 Thank you for such a good video! I'm new to podcasting and am learning Audacity. I'm used to video editing, but not detailed with sound. I find that my voice is so inconsistent - loud at some points and soft in others and I'm not sure I'm editing correctly. (I'll be better next time when I record...) But I'm selecting certain parts to make them louder (Amplify) and vice versa for softer, but it's taking too long. I've only learned about Noise Reduction - but will the Equalization and Compression - using the default settings correct the highs and lows and make it more consistent in volume? You started to lose me with the Low Roll off...and Treble Boost...etc. Thanks in advance!
@@hollierumman8445 The correct effect to fix high and lows are compression. But that is a bit complex effect to apply. So I suggest you use noise reduction and normalize first. I have made a simplified version here: ua-cam.com/video/R-3-n4B2Rw8/v-deo.html After normalize if you see still high and lows, then use a limiter. Which microphone you are using for recording?
@@MasterEditor5 - hmm ok. I know the noise reduction, but not good with normalize. I'll look at your other video. Thank you for replying - that is SO nice of you! I am using the Audio Technica ATR2100x-USB.I think it has good sound, but maybe I wasn't close enough to it? I'll look at that video and any others you'd recommend. Thank you so much!
@@hollierumman8445 If you wish, you can send a short audio sample of yours in my business email. I can check how much I can improve that. Normally I edit my own recording most of the time, so it would be good practice for me to fix audio from another recording environment.
5 tips on How to record Crisp & Clear sound: ua-cam.com/video/MlAlwI7ZFDc/v-deo.html
Thanks so much for this amazing video, I learned a lot
You are welcome 🙂
thanks sir,its helpfully
You are welcome :-)
Thank you!
You are welcome 🙂
I was recording in an environment with a lot of noise ( a lousy restaurant ) and your video helped a lot. My voice now sound like I recorded in a quiet place. Thanks you. It's really helpful.
Welcome :-) Great to hear!
Thank you for this video
Welcome ☺️
Really helpful for podcast production. I couldn't make normalization work for me before, then I started using compression instead -- didn't realize I'd get the best result compressing and *then* normalizing. And I didn't have to watch a crappy 40-minute video to learn it! Really good work here.
Thank you so much
Welcome :-)
Thanks!
Welcome!
Thanks man
You're welcome!
This tutorial was fairly good, but in the compressor section, you missed an important detail. The default compression ratio is set to 2:1 and you did not talk about it. This weak ratio is only helpful when compressing a whole finished mix. On individual tracks, where there are obvious problems with loud & soft volumes, a ratio of at least 4:1 is required, sometimes a bit more (5 or 6). Never more than 6.
Great point! I will talk about this in future tutorials. I was not sure how much detail I should have provided, so left out some parts. Anyways I will talk about this important process. Thanks :-)
Your comment is so helpful. Thank you so much!!!
your comment is helpful man thanks
Well thx, never though about that
thank you
You're welcome
nice sharing💯
Thanks ☺️
Very useful bro😊
Thank you so much 🙂
Great video . Thank you. Do you have any setting recommendations for violin recordings please??
Welcome. I would really like to give input on that, but I have experience only with voice over.
Thanks. Very helpful
Welcome :). Glad it was helpful!
U r a Master, an expert . And ur voice is sweet melodious like a 🎤👩🎤singer. Please sing a song for us in one of ur future videos.
Wow Sounds good
Thanks
@@MasterEditor5 Welcome bro
This video was so helpful. Thank you so much! My guided meditations sound so much better :)
Welcome 🙂
@@MasterEditor5 Quick question for you: There was one recording where after I did the noise reduction, I sounded like a robot, my voice lost that softness. It was strange. Has that ever happened to you?
@@maroyoga what was the value of frequency smoothing bands and noise reduction?
@@MasterEditor5 frequency smoothing bands is at 3. noise reduction at 12
@@maroyoga try with frequency smoothing band of 0. voice changes a lot with 3
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You are welcome :-)
Thanks for the tips and the video. I can already tell a difference in my audio now that I've used these settings in the sequence you recommended. Two questions: 1) after you use your customized EQ, do you still do a Treble Boost? I'm assuming no; 2) I deal with a fair amount sibilance. Any suggestions on how to remedy that?
Great to hear!
1. Depends on the voice and recording. Also if the custom EQ has a boost in the treble frequencies, I do not apply treble boost. If the voice is clear and good, it is not necessary to apply treble boost.
2. Try with both a narrow and wider cut alternatively in the region of 5K to 7K or 5K to 9K frequency. In software like DaVinci resolve De-Esser is available. So you can try that if your computer supports that.
@@MasterEditor5 Thanks!
hmm it works for me... so thanks
You are welcome :-)
Please consider doing all your work in waveform db display. This matches the sensitivity of the ear and displays noise much more clearly.
Okay, thanks. I have taken note of this. :-)
Adrian, what is waveform dB display and how do I enable it?
Btw Add Noise Gate For Empty Noise Moment, for it to be Disable
Another excellent instructional video. Can you do one whereby a previous audio can be cut and pasted into a new audio, that is sections of it. Is that possible?
Yes, it is possible with multi track and splitting audio. First one will be original track and then new one will be another track. Split and then delete the parts in the first track you want to replace. Keep only the desired parts in the second track with the same splitting technique. Then Mix and render.
Thanks for the explanation compressor, Im using just noise reduction and compressor. Have already accurate volume recording level, so must not use a normalization...
That's great. It's not necessary to normalize when you have a perfect volume level.
@@MasterEditor5 Yep Im trying to havd a great level at recording time because it lowering noise. When someone recording with low level and normalize/compress volume up, it dramatically increase any background noise...
1.Nouse reduction
2.filtercurve
1. Low roll off
2. Truble boost 6db change graph
3.comprosser (default ) no tick
4. Normalize ( check -1,-2,-3.every time
Noise Reduction 1:00
Equialization 2:30, 5:11 (Treble Boost) keep it at 6 dB
Compression 5:40, (just select Compressor and click OK)
Normalization 6:50 (keep it at -5dB, u can also try between -5 to -1 or even 0db in order to see which one works better for u)
That is good
Thanks :-)
Holy crap the AI are learning, not much longer until they figure out how to rap...
ha ha
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Hey @Master Editor..thaks for this video! When doing equalisation on a voiceover, should a female do the treble boost step to boost base?
Thanks!
Treble boost only boosts treble region, not the base region. There is a factory preset to boost base: bass boost. Default bass boost is NOT recommended in any voice. Treble boost adds crispiness to voice, so you can try that
Thanks so much :)
As some people already pointed out about compression, I suggest you watch the compression part from this video: ua-cam.com/video/8-KyDB5clII/v-deo.html
Compression technique discussed in the current video missing some information like ratio and how to find optimal threshold level. This video discusses those in detail: ua-cam.com/video/8-KyDB5clII/v-deo.html
Need information on the correct filing of projects and which areas to file recordings.
Maybe you are looking for file save or export?
Ctrl + D Duplicatin track short cut
Would you recommend applying this process to every audio recording you make moving forward? I've noticed that Audacity saves your preferences and applies them to all recordings moving forward.
This is a bit generic guideline. You may want to apply all the 4 steps on most of your Audio but preferences may change. For example Your Audio sample can have less noise, so you can set a less noise reduction value. Also you may need to set different compression settings or normalization value depending on your Audio recording.
In short these are the steps to improve Audio quality, but the proper settings comes with understanding what is does and of course with experience :-)
Hi Thanks for the tips. I have an acoustic sound proof room, of size 4 by 6 ft but do not have an audio interface, using Snowball I blue mic. when i record using this mic, the audio sounds very sharp. So i use the laptop mic. the audio sounds hollow. Can you pls tell me the reason.
Do you have a pop filter? Also try by speaking in different positions. And speak from different distance from the microphone. What is after the microphone in your talking direction? Try putting a pillow behind the microphone to prevent sharp reflection.
@@MasterEditor5 thanks for your reply. I will try the pillow technic. Thanks 👍
where is the tool that help me to move the track for example I make son chorus and i need to calibrate it and put it in the right place .for that purpose I use a tool that looks like an arow that is betwin the magnifing glass and the axterix) how can activate this tool
please I try to explain myself aging , the thing that i said is beside the record button it is the sybol betwing the ones i said before is a arrow that is pointing both sides . help me please .and i am sorry i do not speak englis and is hard to explain myself
I understand you're talking about moving tracks. Which version of Audacity do you use?
Thanks!
The room I'm recording in, has alot of echo.
Can I reduced the ECho In this process? If yes,
Then after which step should I remove the echo?
Welcome :-)
Unfortunately Audacity do not have a built in deverb plugin. Some paid plugin can be found, but I am not sure how well those works.
Maybe you can try adapt some echo free recording techniques. For example you can use software like krisp. It lessens echo a bit.
Another technique is to talk bit closer to mic. What kind of microphone you're using?
Third technique is to put some blanket in front of back and front walls. Also putting some pillow after microphone also works.
In the reverb effect, you will see a Vocal I preset. You can try with tone low 100 and tone high 0. It dampens the sound. May not improve a lot, but you can check if that helps.
@Master Editor thanks the replay!
Okay i will check out the krisp software.
My microphone is one cheap microphone 😂, called evolution 600/800. But I'm planning to buy better one! Please can you suggest any good one for me on affordable price?
And I will try all the tricks u share of putting the pillow and cover the wall, thanks.
I have experience with Maono AU-A04 and Samson C01U Pro mic. Both are USB mic with cardioid and super cardroid pattern. Samson works much better than Maono.
You will find link of Samson mic in description. But I suggest you to try improving recording environment first. :-)
@@MasterEditor5 okay,thanks. Subscribed🙌
Is the original sound more muffled that the adjusted one ,just trying to figure if I'm getting the point.
yes, to increase the loudness normalization has been applied in the last step
dear sir, i have been using audacity for the last 7-8 years. i have recently updated it to version 3.1.2. i have been using karaoke tracks available in you tube and other channels and record instrumental songs played in my key board and upload to my channel in you tube. i have been playing the instrumental tune in the same pitch of the karaoke track. But for the last 2-3 days, audacity is recording my instrumental track up by 2 pitches than the actual pitch in which i play the tone. i am not able to understand why it is doing it. My audacity project rate (Hz) is 44100 and i changed it to 44800 but in vein.... please help me how to enable audacity to record in the pitch which i play my key board and not in different pitch.....
Thanks for your comment. I would be very glad to help you, but I no experience with instruments in Audacity. I only work with voice over. I think channels that works with instrument in Audacity may help you. Another thing you can do, install older versions of audacity and check if it is working there.
Hi،
I have a scarlett 2i2 with cm25 microphone.
The cm25 microphone only record mono even if I chose stereo Track.
Help please
If the mic only supports mono, you have to record in mono. After recording you can convert to stereo.
Hi, what AI Voice software, are you using?
azure tex to speech
Btw Everytime i have to edit my Voice in audacity, i have to watch this Video to See what to do, Thx for the Video!
You are welcome 😊
@@MasterEditor5 👍
what type of narrator do you use?
Azure text to speech
Is there a macro or a way to add shortcuts to certain effects so I can quickly apply multiple things at once? A macro would be a real save. Doing it manually for example for 50 files when I have a bigger recording is beyond tedious
Yes, Audacity has Macro support. You can find in under tools menu
@@MasterEditor5 Fantastic, will dive right into it. It seems really easy to setup and we can adjust individual parameters of any effect we apply. Monster feature, thanks
Is this video more for speaking voice? Do you also have a video on how to get better singing vocal sound with Audacity??
It is the basic so applies both to voice over and singing. I mainly focus on Voice over
hi please do you have a tutorial on how to make an effect mosty scream in horror film or tragic when a loved one dies and someone screams nooooooooo. it has this kind of echo but its not
Currently I don't, but do you have example of that effect? If you can share a link, I can try to make it
@@MasterEditor5 ua-cam.com/video/wQZsnAtgIKY/v-deo.html
From 10sec to 15sec
A video on improving voice recording done by a computer-generated voice?
With helpfor recordings making humans are still thbEHst.
Excellent tutorial..but in the end it's all trial & error...Another tip when you listen back to the finished recording..Do not use headphones alone ..use speakers, earphones, earbuds etc..This will give you a more clearcut idea of the audio quality... Remember that now days folks watch and listen to most stuff on their phones.
You are speaking my mind! Nowadays I think of making an improved version of this tutorial and you just expressed excellently my thoughts on that. You are also giving some valuable inputs. I think those will help the viewers as well.
You are my ALELUYA!!
Thanks 🙂
I want to remove sibilance in addition to doing what you describe here. Should I do that first?
During EQ or after normalize
İ want the use hard limiter can you recommed for finish hard limiter ?
There is some complexity to consider on using hard limiter. For example, it would not be possible limiter unless your volume level exceeds -10 db. So you can use hard limiter only when some of your volume level cross -10 dB.
@@MasterEditor5 Thank you so much
Hi this sounds like an artificial voice to me and a damned good one!
If it is, where did you get it from?
Thx in anticipation! John
Welcome :-). Yes, this is AI generated voice. I use Microsoft Azure Text to Speech. I also have a couple of videos on this topic. ua-cam.com/video/_CJX1QPnaig/v-deo.html
and ua-cam.com/video/SwjUw_LLdbY/v-deo.html
@@MasterEditor5 thank you so much, have been hoping to discover this technique.
Guess you can use different accents!
Yes, quite some options there
My audio levels were very low. Should I amplify before or after the four steps
You should try to get a louder recording in first place. In these 4 steps, normalization is a kind of amplification. If you don't get proper loudness after normalization, you can amplify or use the gain slider on the left.
What about loudness amp if you record something but it doesn’t sound loins enough. Can you add that into effects because my recordings usually need those ?
Normalize does the amplification. I will publish a detailed video in couple of days. That may have your answer.
@@MasterEditor5 So then there’s no need for loudness normalization?
@@ZephyrBW If normalize does the job, then it may not be necessary. It mainly depends on where you are using the audio and if they have specific requirement on LUFS.
@@MasterEditor5 I just use audacity and my closet with my MXLR mic. I think i need a few moving blankets to help the suffer but I want to see if this helps first, money issues like everybody theses days.
What audacity version is this Sir?
This will work on latest Audacity
Is there any free software for auto tune if please I urgently require it
Yes, you can use a VST plugin Gsnap with Audacity. I have also made a video on it: ua-cam.com/video/6ZCgDWalhqQ/v-deo.html
@@MasterEditor5 thanks
You have a MacOS?
Yes, big sur
@@MasterEditor5 I WANT A MACOS
Which is better -1.0 or -5.0?
Depends on how loud the recording is. Choose a value so that playback meter is around - 9 to - 6
Bro do you have hands on TDR NOVA?
Not yet but I will look into it!
@@MasterEditor5 are you an audio engineer?
@@user-xu9ji3kr3j No, I am a software Engineer. But I am an audio enthusiast.
@@MasterEditor5 okay! This eq thing is kinda confusing, besides cutting the high and low frequencies rest everything seems confusing. If eq boosts base and treble then what's the function for base & treble option in audacity?
@@user-xu9ji3kr3j EQ is the way to manipulate frequency. Bass and Treble is the way to manipulate frequencies in the bass and treble area. Whereas EQ gives you the freedom to boost or cut any frequency range you like
Is changing the bass and treble of my voice considered cheating? Like am I improving the quality of the recording or am I enhancing my voice?
It is never cheating. Of course you can change anything as long as your sound quality becomes better. Blindly applying the default bass boost and treble boost of Audacity most probably won't improve your voice. Better approach can be trying out different values and check which settings is actually suitable for that piece of recording.
@@MasterEditor5 THANKS FOR REPLYING!
I'm actually relieved now because I felt like a fraud everytime I applied the treble and bass and the quality got better 😅 thanks for the effort btw ❤️
No Limiter? everybody on UA-cam out here recommending limiter in place of either compression or equalizer
Limiter has some drawbacks. Soft limiter is actually a compressor and hard limiter is actually a de-amplifier. Clipping is always a big no, so those limiter should not be applied.
@@MasterEditor5 My guy uses Audacity on Mac but he gets this error where it forcibly reverts his audio, mid recording, to mono instead of stereo and distorts the heck out of it. Any fix for that?
@@OfficialRedTeamReview I have not faced such issue yet. How long was the recording when this happened?
@@MasterEditor5 It varies from the literal start to within 10-40 minutes in
There is one final effect that should be done before you upload your audio to UA-cam...It's called Loudness Normalization. This should be set at -14 LUFS. If you right click on the video and go to"stats for nerds" then go to the third column down this will tell you if your loudness levels are too high or low...If they are too high YT will bring down the levels to the above setting but if they are too low they will NOT increase the levels of the audio..So all the volume/Normalization/compressor effects could be null & void should you not use this relatively new effect which has been introduced in Audacity..
I was not aware of this stats for nerds thing. Excellent sharing. I will add your information in the next video I make on this topic. Thank you :-)
@@MasterEditor5 I've been using Audacity for almost 10 years..I use a Rode U.S.B microphone to record my vocals..The big problem I find is getting the audio levels right ..Even within my own uploads I can hear some videos louder than others (while using the exact same settings)...Recordings done in professional recording studios always seem to sound louder on YT . Also I'm sure you're aware that there are many plugins which you can attach to Audacity.. for E.Q..Compressors..Reverbs etc..It's an excellent program.
Hi could you please help me record a song over an instrumental version so my finished song is completed with music and audio, by the way it’s just covers and no intention to break copyright acts of the owner❤
I do not work on projects at the moment
@@MasterEditor5 No worries
Ironic that a tutorial (great, btw) about how to improve your voice is actually read by a computer.
How can we have multi tracks with Audacity? I know a man who can have multi tracks of the songs.
I have couple of videos on multi track recording and editing. Here is one you can check : ua-cam.com/video/_aTZo9sr4NE/v-deo.html
Anyone know how to get your recordings to sound better without running through the filters
Which filters?
A friend of mine who was a sound engineer had a favourite saying... "Cr*p in, cr*p out" .....
Ha ha
Byw you are using text to speech ?
Yes, but the method works
@@MasterEditor5 is this paid or what ?
@@gamingarmy4307 Azure text to speech. Free to some extent then paid
@@MasterEditor5 thanks for the info
The narration is done by a computer voice, right?
Yes, technically it is computer generated human voice. First a good chunk of human voice is recorded. Then using AI that voice can read any text like that human.
I met a guy in Wynwood who claims he uses audacity to record all his music, but his production quality is insane! here's a link to his stuff @ give this a listen, you think he was pulling my leg! or can you do this with audacity!?
I do not see any link in this comment but understands what you are talking about. Recording quality mainly depends on recording environment, microphone and audio interface. If anyone knows proper mixing technique with Audacity, he can produce amazing music with this.
@@MasterEditor5 wow, so you can really get this on audacity!?
Yes, give Audacity a try and you won't be disappointed :-)
@@MasterEditor5 downloading! this is amazing! I can't believe it's free!
If you've got a good intonation, and have neither a thin reedy voice nor a monotonous low one, why do you need EQ at all? I don't think my recording needs that sort of support.
That's right. EQ can act like a noise reduction with low roll off for speech. Normally voice do not have anything below 80 hz, but certain noise can be in those frequencies. Also treble boost can make sound bit crisper. But if these presets do not enhance sound, EQ can be ignored.
@@MasterEditor5 Thanks for the clarification -- appreciated : )
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sleepy?
I will talk like a robot
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Not sure what did you mean
@@MasterEditor5 Sorry sorry, it was just for my information so I could come back
Oh, okay. I thought you were asking something in those times. :-)
Can this still work even for 2024?
yes
Is it just me or does the un-edited one sound better ??
I its think because of the AI voice.
May be, I have latest videos where I improved my voice :-). You may want to check that.
Why use an AI voice on a video about improving vocals? that undermines your credibility which is unfair to you because this is a really good guide
I live in a noisy environment. It is lot of works to get a noise free recording. In this video I applied effects on AI voice. In my recent videos, I have used AI instructions but for demo voice I used my own voice.