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How to make vocals and recordings sound much better. (In Audacity)


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Do you have an absurdly horrible sounding microphone? There is a way to make it sound better without having to buy a new one or a pop filter? Here are some tricks and tips to make it better.

 

Removing background noise:

 

Download audacity for this. Probably the most user-friendly, (easy to learn for new people), simple recording and editing software out there. Also It's free.

 

Now when you are recording, leave some extra space at the end of just silence. We will be using this to create a noise profile.

To create one, simply select a box of where you want the recording to be. (Preferably the non-speaking part that we talked about.)

 

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Now go up to the effect button and on the drop down menu select 'Noise Removal.'

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When you select it, this window should pop up:

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Simply click 'Get Noise Profile' to let audacity use the selected sound for an example of what your microphone sounds like.

 

Now go back up to the effect menu again and again select 'Remove Noise'

 

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Just select OK when this window pops up. You can play around with the sliders if you wish, but always preview it beforehand to get the best effect. Just remember, too much removal can cause voices to sound robotic. Try 12 noise reduction as a start and improve if need be.

 

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Now it should sound more clearer, but it's a tad quiet. So go up to the Effects tab and select Amplify.

 

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It should automatically decide what's the best loudness for the clip, so select OK.

 

And that's it. Nothing too much to it.

 

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Making a low-quality microphone sound better:

 

Now cleaning up background noise isn't alway enough to fix the sound. If you bought a 20 dollar microphone from Walmart, I wouldn't expect great things from it either. But we can improve the quality of bad mics to sound a tad better.

 

So firstly, go up to the Effects menu and again, select amplify.

 

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From here, we are going to reduce the sound by 6 decibels. So just put in -6 for Amplification and select OK.

 

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Open up the Effects menu once more and select 'Bass Boost.'

 

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Now increase the Decibels by 6 and Select OK. (Increase by 12 for really bad microphones)

 

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It may be quiet, so just amplify it to whatever you wish. But if you hear it, it should sound a bit muffled but more clearer than last time.

 

And that's all folks. Your toothbrush microphone should be more from toothbrush standards to regular microphone standards.

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