horrible voice over help.

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I am just new to voice overs. So I was comparing my sound with other guys !! I Found a huge difference in quality.
Here is the link attached to the sound !! First 2 are some random voice overs and third one is my random recording for comparison.
https://soundcloud.com/harman9000/comparison

Their voice so soothing and clear, and at the same time my voice seems to be horrible, irritating. :(
I have AT2035 with scarlett 2i2 . I have soundforge and adobe audition.
Please let me know How can I achieve smooth, bright quality like them .

Thanks in advance.
 
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Hey again. Good stuff.

There are a few things you can do.
The first thing that strikes me is that the first two people are clearly handpicked voice artists. They just have nice voices, good phrasing etc.
That's something you can work on. The man in particular speaks with confidence.

I noticed your recording has the occasional blast sound from breathing.
If you're not using a pop filter, try one.


There's also a little bit of distortion later on. (45+47...work and ensure)
I guess you're recording too hot; Either that or you've boosted the gain afterwards in your software?

Whichever it is, try to ease back on that.

Finally, your recording has more bass/mud than the others.
The woman's voice is probably rolled off quite high. Maybe 150/200hz?
The man's voice clearly has bass...sub bass!! :p , but it sounds like they've done a mid scoop. (wide cut at 500 or so?).

Each voice is different, but as a starting point I'd put a high pass filter at around 100hz with a steep Q and move it around to see where you like it. You could probably cut some mids too. Try it and see.
 
Steenamaroo said:
Hey again. Good stuff.

There are a few things you can do.
The first thing that strikes me is that the first two people are clearly handpicked voice artists. They just have nice voices, good phrasing etc.
That's something you can work on. The man in particular speaks with confidence.

I noticed your recording has the occasional blast sound from breathing.
If you're not using a pop filter, try one.


There's also a little bit of distortion later on. (45+47...work and ensure)
I guess you're recording too hot; Either that or you've boosted the gain afterwards in your software?

Whichever it is, try to ease back on that.

Finally, your recording has more bass/mud than the others.
The woman's voice is probably rolled off quite high. Maybe 150/200hz?
The man's voice clearly has bass...sub bass!! :p , but it sounds like they've done a mid scoop. (wide cut at 500 or so?).

Each voice is different, but as a starting point I'd put a high pass filter at around 100hz with a steep Q and move it around to see where you like it. You could probably cut some mids too. Try it and see.
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@Steenamaroo
Thank you very much for the reply.
Yes they surely have phrasing and better voices.
Yes I tried boosting up the gain in software, in which i totally failed ::facepalm:

Though I am noob but I will search around and will try your technique! Can you please let me know Which DAw would you recommend
 
1 more thing i have noticed !! my voice is not smooth and have lot of pichy sounding things (I dont know how to say it) , and other guys have very smooth audio.
what is the reason for that?
 
I wouldn't worry too much about the daw.
All you need is a clean recording, an eq and a comp. Pretty much any daw will do that.

Just be 100% certain that your recording levels leave plenty of room. Don't go anywhere near the red.
Don't worry if it's not loud at this stage; It's not meant to be.

Once recorded you can use an eq (as above) to tidy up the tone, and a compressor to smooth out volume levels.
Have a google/youtube search if that's new to you.

If the smoothness you're talking about is to do with jumps in volume, a compressor will help with that.
 
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