Fledgling voice artist seeking counsel.

[steve]

Steve has even written a plug-in that converts the exported data to an importable EQ-preset.

Where do I find that?

Gale

I think Robert is referring to this experiment: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 04#p203704
and the later version here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 99#p221599

[MichloIW]

Much obliged, Steve!

When I'm up there accepting my first Voice award I shall be sure to mention you all.

But seriously, it would have taken me forever to figure all of this out so I really do appreciate everybody's generous help and I hope this thread helps others in my situation. And your compliments mean more than you can know.

I'm going to be recording again this afternoon to try out the new (definitive?) settings.

Cheers.

[kozikowski]

Be encouraged, we're picking at details now. It's starting to sound very good

What he said.
I'm in favor of using the LF Rolloff for Speech at the top because that handily gets rid of many of the problems ahead of further processing. Noise Removal, for example has less work to do and more likely to be successful without damaging the show.

Cattle Chapter 1
I'm beginning to connect the title with the content. This isn't a Disney show, is it?

Koz

[kozikowski]

Note:
LF Rolloff should be near the top of the list. It doesn't have to be the very first thing.
Koz

[MichloIW]

Haha, most definitely NOT a Disney show.

Fear not, I shall try to get you all copies when it is published.

I would highly recommend that you first read these from the same author, however. Whilst Cattle isn't a sequel per se, it is set in the same world. I'll be voicing all of them eventually but I'm not sure in which order at the moment. Cattle was also the first I edited for him.

http://www.amazon.com/Mort-The-Fearland ... uncan+mort

http://www.amazon.com/Die-Laughing-Fear ... e+laughing

Now, as to my voice work, the last (hopefully) problem I seem to have is those mouth clicks! I'm trying the apples and warm (not cold as I previously thought) water and that really helps along with breath control but they still sneak in there. At the beginning or end of a sentence is fine but now and then I hear them in the middle and that isn't so easy. I know Audacity has a click removal option but I'm not sure how to work it. Obviously I'd rather take care of it at the source so I'm continuing to practice but does that feature help?

And now, for something entirely different. My cousin Martine challenged me to that meme which makes the rounds about English pronunciation. I took her up on it and decided to record it. You will find it here:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10 ... 1411&saved

Cheers.

[kozikowski]

Nice try. Pop and click removal is used to remove cat hairs from vinyl records. Those pops are usually distinctive enough to allow software to find them. Not so mouth noises. Those "look like" the rest of your show and voice and don't have a significant signature.

I'm remembering we got someone else past mouth noises a while back. It wasn't pretty. I think an elf designed custom software for his voice. I don't remember the outcome. Searching.

Koz

[kozikowski]

terpsichorey

...apparently isn't a word.
Who transcribed it? Or did you do it from memory?

~~

I think you're overthinking this mouth noise thing. You suddenly start to obsess over the little oddities that you can only hear when you're under studio conditions. The rest of us on, for example, La Brea or hiking in Baldwin Hills will not be hearing that.

Koz

[kozikowski]

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 39&t=75942
[ducking behind sofa]
Koz

[MichloIW]

terpsichorey

...apparently isn't a word.
Who transcribed it? Or did you do it from memory?

~~

I think you're overthinking this mouth noise thing. You suddenly start to obsess over the little oddities that you can only hear when you're under studio conditions. The rest of us on, for example, La Brea or hiking in Baldwin Hills will not be hearing that.

Koz

My dear Koz,

You spelt it wrong.
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictio ... olicy=true

Now write it out 100 times.

Aye, perhaps you're right. I've been getting tension in my shoulders from obsessing on it (I do most of my work standing). I am thinking of trying one last thing, however and that is a humidifier since I already have one. I just need to wait for the cleaning agent to come since I've not used it in a year.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 39&t=75942
[ducking behind sofa]
Koz

Hmm, interesting thread. I've added a comment to it. Why are you ducking?

And WHEN are you going to stop by? Seriously, you'd be welcome to use my room but also you'd probably spot things I could improve or we could just chill with a film. I can treat you to my home theatre room as a thanks for all your help.

Cheers.

[kozikowski]

Why are you ducking?

Part of that discussion was the idea that the "defects" should not be removed. They're part of the natural voice and many people speak like that. Further, anything you do to the presentation has to be done every time. Post production editing as a fuzzy rule takes longer than the actual show — sometimes may times longer — and adding production tools and processes that may or may not be valuable is not welcome.

This won't hit you until weeks into your career when your fame and fortune pile up, but your time allotted doesn't.

Any problems or complaints of sound quality means you have to go back and revisit the whole show and make sure everything is as you intended. How many times can you stand to sit through an hour show to make sure your mouth clicks and pops didn't have a bad reaction with the noise removal process?


"I got a call from HarperCollins. They want you for the voice of Charlie the Cat. They reserved time at Paramount Studios on Melrose in Looping Studio 7 (the one by the Commissary — try their French Dip). That's not a problem, is it?"

Koz