To produce professional-quality voice recordings, you’ll need to invest around $80 to $150 in a microphone. ..
If you don’t have audio equipment, or if you want to improve the quality of your recordings, please follow each step carefully. ..
Picking Audio Equipment For a Professional Voice
There are dozens of great microphones available, but for budget options I would suggest purchasing a Blue Snowball Ice Condenser microphone for $50, a MXL Mics 770 Cardioid Condenser Microphone for $70, or a Blue Yeti for $120.
To create a professional sounding voice in Audacity, you’ll need to start with your gear. Once you have everything you need, you can move on to the steps below to get started.
How To Improve Your Voice Recording Quality In Audacity
First, make sure you have a good microphone. You can find a good microphone for under $50. Second, make sure the room is quiet. Third, be sure to speak clearly and slowly. Lastly, use a timer to keep track of how long you spoke. ..
Second, make sure you have a clear and concise goal. Journalists often need to record a lot of different things in order to get a good story. Make sure your goal is clear and concise so you can focus on the task at hand.
Once you have reduced the sound, it’s time to record your voice. I have personally found the Windows 10 Voice Recorder app to work perfectly. To start the recorder, open the app and click on the microphone icon.
To start recording, open the voice recorder and click the microphone button. A visual will appear to show you that sound is being picked up. Click the stop button to end the recording. You can also pause if necessary, but I find it easier to cut out mistakes later in my video editing software. ..
For every recording, have a 30 second period of silence before you start speaking. This way you can pick up the sound profile of your environment and use Audacity to reduce it.
To finish your recording, right-click the recording in Voice Recorder and select “Open file location.” You’ll need this location for the next step in Audacity. ..
Audacity is a software program that can be used to create audio files. It can be used to create music, sound effects, and other audio content. Audacity is easy to use and can be edited quickly.
To import an audio recording:
Open File > Import > Audio.
Navigate to the folder where your recording was saved and double-click it.
If the file is not already open in a media player, it will be opened and ready to play. ..
Choose a task to do
Follow the steps to do it
Result
To improve audio quality, first remove background noise. Equalize your voice for a more consistent sound. Use a compressor to reduce the dynamic range of your voice, and then amplify it to adjust after using the tool. ..
To remove background noise from your voice recording, click and drag the area of silence you recorded at the start of your voice recording. It will be highlighted as you drag it.
Next, click Effect > Noise Reduction.
To reduce noise in a voice recording, first click the “get Noise Profile” button on the noise reduction window. The window will close. Now press Ctrl + A to select the entire voice recording. Once again, click Effect > Noise Reduction. This time, click OK to apply the noise reduction based on the noise profile you just collected. ..
After this, press Ctrl + A to select the entire voice recording again. Click Effect > Equalization. You can click to add points on the EQ graph.
The low end of the audio spectrum is where sound is created. The left side of the audio spectrum is where sound is heard. The point at 75Hz on the left side of the audio spectrum creates sound at a lower volume than on the right side.
The high end of a audio recording can be improved by dragging the point at 3000Hz to around 6dB. This will improve the sound quality of the recording.
-Threshold: 50 -Ratio: 2 -Attack: 0.5 -Release: 1.0 ..
The threshold is -30 dB, the noise floor is -50 dB, and the ratio is 5:1. The attack time is 0.10 seconds, and the release time is 1.0 seconds. The tick make-up gain for 0 dB after compressing is 0. ..
Finally, click Effect > Amplify again. This time, set the amplification level to -2.8, then click OK. ..
You can now play the audio back. The default audio is much worse than you would expect. To save the recording as an MP3, click File > Export > Export as MP3.
