So I am recording a fandub and when my voice gets to high and I yell my voice sounds hoarse. Is there a way to eliminate that hoarseness or minimize it so my voice dosnt sound scratchy. Id like my voice to be smooth.
Here is an example I attached. When I say the line
“When Im on a date” Id like my voice to be smooth.
Yes, the WAV-files show, what the problem is. You recorded to loud, so you reached the maximum of the A/D-converters possibilities. The sound is distorted. Afterwards (perhaps in audacity) the volume was reduced, but to late. a distorted signal keeps a distorted signal, even when you reduce thee volume.
You can see this at 00:01,80 and 00:02,35. The horizontal “cuts” are the sign for distortion. “Cut” means, all the peaks habe the same height.
you should change your recording praxis:
Reduce the microfons volume (external Mixer, more distance, Audio-Interface volume knob) until the signal-peaks in Audacity stays between the -0.5 and +0.5 scale. The avarage signal should stay beween -0.25 and +0.25. This means -10dB in peaks and -20dB in avarage. This is studio praxis.
So you have enough headroom for very lod peak (like crying). The recording will be exact, no distortion. Whenever you recorded extrem volumes (too loud, or too silent) you should think about using a limiter and compressor effekt to press the (technical) dynamic into a smaller band. Dont worry…the physio-accoustic cognition will keep! At the end you can normalize the signal to get the correct level for publishing it.