Hmmm.first off, are you using a pop filter (a 'proper' one, or just a pair of tights over a coat hanger will do - avoid fishnets; go for 20 denier and up. Mmmm.... glossy hold-ups... oooooh... where was I? Oh yes...)
Get your levels up so you're not clipping at any point (plosives - 'p' sounds, especially, are worst), and record your VO.
Compression's best if you can add it before you get to the recording device, but in the absence of lots of lovely studio kit, the compressor in CoolEdit is pretty good. Effects-Amplitude-Dynamics processing. Set threshold to about -12 to -15 dB, ratio 7:1 (or thereabouts) above this and a + 3 or 4 dB boost.
The compressor interface is a bit pants on Cooledit, but these settings should give something to work on.
If you have a decent pop filter, use the proximity effect of getting up close to the mic to boost lower frequencies a little. Otherwise, pitch shift down a third or so to sound beefy :)
(Get your levels up so you're not clipping at any point (plosives - 'p' sounds, especially, are worst), and record your VO.
Compression's best if you can add it before you get to the recording device, but in the absence of lots of lovely studio kit, the compressor in CoolEdit is pretty good. Effects-Amplitude-Dynamics processing. Set threshold to about -12 to -15 dB, ratio 7:1 (or thereabouts) above this and a + 3 or 4 dB boost.
The compressor interface is a bit pants on Cooledit, but these settings should give something to work on.
If you have a decent pop filter, use the proximity effect of getting up close to the mic to boost lower frequencies a little. Otherwise, pitch shift down a third or so to sound beefy :)
DogHorse plop,
Mon 28 Nov 2005, 12:00,
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