JohnTheChef
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I'm not a very concise person, but I'll try to keep this organized & short-sweet-and-to-the-point.
Summary:
I have a podcast. I do all my editing like this guy: https://youtu.be/1k_0mPb6efI?t=700 (The editing part of the video is 3-minutes long).
The only difference is that I used noise reduction or adaptive noise reduction to get rid of my equipment noise. I'm an amateur who doesn't know the difference, but they both got rid of the noise I needed, so I would just choose one (I'm sure that makes some of you cringe). I use the exact same equipment as that guy, but for some reason my audio files have noisier equipment sounds; it's unpleasant for listeners so I use noise reduction.
(Btw, I can't ask him for help, because he charges an outrageous amount of money for information.)
The problem:
A certain unpleasant sound is occurring with the final cut. For the longest time I was unaware of its existence because it can only be heard with headphones; more specifically earbuds. I did my editing with computer speakers. When listening through computer speakers or a phone speaker, it sounds excellent. With earbuds it sounds like I'm picking up some weird space signal and the audio quality sounds very 'airy'. Like the room is very spacious.
Process of elimination:
Of course I thought it was my equipment, so I set everything up as I normally do, then read Charlie Chaplin's speech from the movie The Dictator. Then I removed the mouse from my laptop and read it again. Then I removed my laptops power adapter...and read it again. Then I turned off the laptops WiFi and Bluetooth, then I turned off everything in the room that was unnecessary (and moved the laptop out), then I tried various mixer settings and equipment settings....etc. I continued this process of elimination and then compared each audio-file together.
I discovered that it was not the equipment, despite removing everything, the quality of each audio file sounds identical.
I believe I've narrowed the problem down to noise reduction.
If this is true, then I have a new problem...
New problem:
I either need to;
A. Find out how to eliminate equipment noise without creating additional noise and completely trashing the audio quality. (Requires knowledge I don't have)
B. Find out how to get my equipment to make less noise. (Costs money and requires an expert overlook my equipment and its settings)
What I want (my end-goal):
I'm looking for complete consistency in my podcast episodes. I want to be able to record with everything in such a manner so as to create nearly identical audio files. Then I want to take those identical audio files, insert them into Adobe Audition, and follow a list of instructions I made for how to edit the perfect podcast episode. Slightly **** sound, lows a bit higher, kinda loud (so listeners can control the volume on their own with more flexibility), and absolutely no equipment sound. I would like to be able to refer to a piece of paper and see step 2. for my editing process until I've memorized it.
Currently, I do not have this. Episode #1 sounds amazing. Episode #3 has volume problems. Episode #7 has this annoying space sound. Some episodes are louder than others, some are quieter.
Additional questions and concerns:
1. For episode #1 I applied the preset the guy mentions in the video, except twice. It sounded great - deeper and richer sound. But whenever I do it now, it never sounds as good as it used to. I'm not sure what I did then that I can't do now.
I think it now has something to do with me using noise reduction now, THEN the present, then noise reduction again.
In this instance, is it better to use noise reduction before or after using a preset? Is it bad to use it more than once? Does using noise reduction after a preset ruin the quality or void the preset?
(Btw I didn't use noise reduction in episode #1. That's the equipment noise I'm referring to, except imagine it as being a bit louder.)
2. If I want an episode to sound like #1, but without equipment noise. Instead of Episode #7, which instructions should I have for editing? Which presets?
3. How can I make my audio content sound like this, without the equipment noise being so loud? He doesn't appear to be using noise reduction.
He has the same equipment and allegedly told everyone his exact settings in that video, yet his equipment has more kick to it. More "Boom" when he talks.
4. Is it unwise to want noise reduction? Does it always ruin audio quality?
Thank you for taking the time to read this!
Do you have any advice for me?
Summary:
I have a podcast. I do all my editing like this guy: https://youtu.be/1k_0mPb6efI?t=700 (The editing part of the video is 3-minutes long).
The only difference is that I used noise reduction or adaptive noise reduction to get rid of my equipment noise. I'm an amateur who doesn't know the difference, but they both got rid of the noise I needed, so I would just choose one (I'm sure that makes some of you cringe). I use the exact same equipment as that guy, but for some reason my audio files have noisier equipment sounds; it's unpleasant for listeners so I use noise reduction.
(Btw, I can't ask him for help, because he charges an outrageous amount of money for information.)
The problem:
A certain unpleasant sound is occurring with the final cut. For the longest time I was unaware of its existence because it can only be heard with headphones; more specifically earbuds. I did my editing with computer speakers. When listening through computer speakers or a phone speaker, it sounds excellent. With earbuds it sounds like I'm picking up some weird space signal and the audio quality sounds very 'airy'. Like the room is very spacious.
Process of elimination:
Of course I thought it was my equipment, so I set everything up as I normally do, then read Charlie Chaplin's speech from the movie The Dictator. Then I removed the mouse from my laptop and read it again. Then I removed my laptops power adapter...and read it again. Then I turned off the laptops WiFi and Bluetooth, then I turned off everything in the room that was unnecessary (and moved the laptop out), then I tried various mixer settings and equipment settings....etc. I continued this process of elimination and then compared each audio-file together.
I discovered that it was not the equipment, despite removing everything, the quality of each audio file sounds identical.
I believe I've narrowed the problem down to noise reduction.
If this is true, then I have a new problem...
New problem:
I either need to;
A. Find out how to eliminate equipment noise without creating additional noise and completely trashing the audio quality. (Requires knowledge I don't have)
B. Find out how to get my equipment to make less noise. (Costs money and requires an expert overlook my equipment and its settings)
What I want (my end-goal):
I'm looking for complete consistency in my podcast episodes. I want to be able to record with everything in such a manner so as to create nearly identical audio files. Then I want to take those identical audio files, insert them into Adobe Audition, and follow a list of instructions I made for how to edit the perfect podcast episode. Slightly **** sound, lows a bit higher, kinda loud (so listeners can control the volume on their own with more flexibility), and absolutely no equipment sound. I would like to be able to refer to a piece of paper and see step 2. for my editing process until I've memorized it.
Currently, I do not have this. Episode #1 sounds amazing. Episode #3 has volume problems. Episode #7 has this annoying space sound. Some episodes are louder than others, some are quieter.
Additional questions and concerns:
1. For episode #1 I applied the preset the guy mentions in the video, except twice. It sounded great - deeper and richer sound. But whenever I do it now, it never sounds as good as it used to. I'm not sure what I did then that I can't do now.
I think it now has something to do with me using noise reduction now, THEN the present, then noise reduction again.
In this instance, is it better to use noise reduction before or after using a preset? Is it bad to use it more than once? Does using noise reduction after a preset ruin the quality or void the preset?
(Btw I didn't use noise reduction in episode #1. That's the equipment noise I'm referring to, except imagine it as being a bit louder.)
2. If I want an episode to sound like #1, but without equipment noise. Instead of Episode #7, which instructions should I have for editing? Which presets?
3. How can I make my audio content sound like this, without the equipment noise being so loud? He doesn't appear to be using noise reduction.
He has the same equipment and allegedly told everyone his exact settings in that video, yet his equipment has more kick to it. More "Boom" when he talks.
4. Is it unwise to want noise reduction? Does it always ruin audio quality?
Thank you for taking the time to read this!
Do you have any advice for me?