I have been doing to voice acting work to buff my portfolio up, but it seems even after noise removal, the audio still sounds weird. I use a Blue Yeti with ASUS Xonar Essence STX.
Could you post a sample of a “raw” (unprocessed) recording.
Please include about 6 seconds of “silence” (noise only) and about 6 seconds of “normal” speech.
Export either in WAV or Flac format, directly from the original recording (no amplifying, no noise reduction, no processing at all). You can use “File > Export Selection…” to export part of a track.
And I am speaking to the front side of the mic. It isn’t right in front of me, I keep it about a foot and a half away from me with a pop filter in the front. I believe I have it set to cataroid.
It’s “cardioid” or heart-shaped pattern. In Europe it’s sometimes the “kidney” shape. Lots of sound in the front, somewhat less on the sides and very little from the rear.
Koz
As I suspected, the problem is that the original recording has far too much noise. Noise Removal cannot work miracles - ask too much from it and it will damage the sound that you want to keep. That “damage” is responsible for the “strange” sound that you hear in your first sample.
The Blue Yeti has a “gain” control. Ensure that is turned well up. You will probably then need to turn down the recording level in the Windows Sound Control Panel to prevent the level being too loud and distorting in Audacity. That should give you a much cleaner signal, so noise reduction should be barely needed.