Hi everyone! This is my first post on the forum. I apologize if this is in the wrong place.
I do voice commentary over gaming videos that I create. I record using Shadowplay, edit video in Vegas, and then I edit audio in Audacity. The final result sounds like my voice is slightly distant/thin, for lack of a better description. The chain of effects in Audacity is as follows: Noise Reduction, Compressor, Hard Limiter, EQ, Normalize. I've attached a picture of the EQ settings I'm using.
I've done some internet scouring and found vocal EQ cheat sheets, as well as general opinions from others.
Boosting in the 3K - 6K range as suggested by a vocal EQ cheat sheet, results in more sibilance and an overall thin sound. It also doesn't seem to address the issue of the recording sounding a bit distant, or not right up front. I'm assuming there is a sweet spot I'm not quite hitting?
I attached a short segment of the audio so you all can listen for yourselves. I should also mention that the track that the final vocal recording is on in Vegas is set to -3.6db. Could a simple volume reduction cause the vocal to sound distant? I wanted to make sure I mentioned this because the audio clip I have attached here is before the 3.6db volume reduction.
Any advice or tips would be hugely appreciated. Thank you for your time.
I do voice commentary over gaming videos that I create. I record using Shadowplay, edit video in Vegas, and then I edit audio in Audacity. The final result sounds like my voice is slightly distant/thin, for lack of a better description. The chain of effects in Audacity is as follows: Noise Reduction, Compressor, Hard Limiter, EQ, Normalize. I've attached a picture of the EQ settings I'm using.
I've done some internet scouring and found vocal EQ cheat sheets, as well as general opinions from others.
Boosting in the 3K - 6K range as suggested by a vocal EQ cheat sheet, results in more sibilance and an overall thin sound. It also doesn't seem to address the issue of the recording sounding a bit distant, or not right up front. I'm assuming there is a sweet spot I'm not quite hitting?
I attached a short segment of the audio so you all can listen for yourselves. I should also mention that the track that the final vocal recording is on in Vegas is set to -3.6db. Could a simple volume reduction cause the vocal to sound distant? I wanted to make sure I mentioned this because the audio clip I have attached here is before the 3.6db volume reduction.
Any advice or tips would be hugely appreciated. Thank you for your time.