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Post by digitaljoe on Feb 29, 2016 22:10:04 GMT
Hey all! I've come across a problem recently. I don't really have the money to buy a fancy several hundred dollar microphone. Do you guys have tips on how to improve a cheap microphone's quality, or know of any microphones that won't break the bank? I know some of you have really clean audio so I'm curious how you get it that way.
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Post by TheGameStatistic on Feb 29, 2016 23:04:43 GMT
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Post by digitaljoe on Mar 1, 2016 0:55:44 GMT
Well I was under the impression you needed big bucks for good mics. Thank you for educating me, I will be getting one of these very soon!
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Post by Content Free Time on Mar 4, 2016 19:02:54 GMT
I just record on a Blue Snowball mic I picked up at Fry's. :/ It was like $40.
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Post by 8 Bit Brody on Mar 9, 2016 3:07:12 GMT
I'm lucky that I was a music major and have all sorts of audio equipment because muh band.
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Post by TheGameStatistic on Mar 9, 2016 4:05:39 GMT
Music Major eh? What kind of music you make?
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Post by 8 Bit Brody on Mar 9, 2016 5:00:03 GMT
I went to school for jazz. I make avant-garde rocky shit with a band. We've never recorded because live shows are life.
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Post by TheGameStatistic on Mar 9, 2016 5:34:24 GMT
aww. that's terrible. I gotta hear it
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Post by Petronious on Mar 24, 2016 19:44:50 GMT
For me, I use a Blue Yeti but even with that, a little bit of tweaking making a world of difference. I use Audacity to record all of my Voice-over. Before I start speaking I wait 5 seconds to allow the mic to pick up the ambient noise in the room. Afterwards I can then use that as the noise profile, and remove it from the rest of the recording using "Noise Removal". This cant remove things like cars in the background, but say... In my room there is a boiler, which when on it does a very quiet ambient hum whilst is doing it's thing, I'm pretty sure it can remove things like that to make your silence between words actually silent. After that I go into "Equalization" and apply a Bass Boost, then go into the same menu and also apply a Treble Boost. These seem to give the audio a better quality for this sort of stuff in my opinion. Then I "Normalize" the whole project which makes the audio a bit louder, but doesn't make it so loud that it pops. This will also make the project quieter if you have a loud spike at one point because it seems to analyse the whole thing and pick a middle-ground for everything. I can't recommend Audacity enough though, it's free and since being show it years ago I've got no reason to use anything else for my voice-over stuff. Even with the Mic I used to use, had I known thee steps it would have improved the quality of that too. I think TomatoGhost will vouch for Audacity too cause I know he uses it for sure. Maybe this'll help?  |
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Post by TheGameStatistic on Mar 24, 2016 23:15:05 GMT
the noise removal for audacity was a life saver. If you wanna take it even further get the free version of FL studio and take it to the next level. use sound gooodizer, maximus, and the different EQs to meet different situations. you have full program access in the free version, you just cant open saved files so you better be certain your satisfied with audio quality once you go to render it out.
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Post by 8 Bit Brody on Mar 26, 2016 2:12:00 GMT
Anyone know any good interview mics that are 1/8th inch?
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