hi there, this is mrinal once againand welcome to rtt videocast now, this is first video ofyoutube 101 a series of videos wherei will sharing my experience on making yt video
Android record audio, and,in today’s video you will seehow i record audio for all my youtube so if you just starting a yt channelor what know how i work, then this one is for you
ok, so, how do i record my audio? well, it’s a long journeyand to make things simple, i have divided this videoin 4 parts. #1 what equipments do i use#2 how to write a good script #3 how to set up good enough recording studio#4 and finally how to record and edit your audio so without any further adolet’s get started: #1 what equipments do i need?
now, if you are just getting started withvideos, then you can use the build-in mic in yourcomputer or even a smartphone. obviously,they will not have the best audio quality in the world,but we can make it better in post production.. and we will see how to do that,in later part of this video. however,once you decided to this youtube thing seriously. you should definitelyinvest in more professional mic.
like a blue yeti if you are working indoors.which works with your computer. or if you are working in the fieldthen you can go for a livelier or shotgun mic. basically,you can get a decent professional mic for 100-200$and they are well worth the cost. --- now,in my case, i record my video and audio separately. for videos,i use a panasonic camcorder
and for audiothere is the popular, blue yeti mic, which is plugged into my computer now, this setup has it’s own pros and cons the advantages being- you can improve the quality of the audioin post production while the disadvantage is-sometimes it can be tedious to sync the audio and video but you can overcome thatby clapping before and end of the video. and later use the spike in waveformto match the video footage.
so in short,start with, whatever you have. and later, when once you have the resources,get a professional mic like - blue yeti. or whatever fit your purpose. #2 get a good script now this may not look obvious buttrust me having a good script is importantespecially if you are beginner but why? well, take it this way. if your content is high quality,you will feel more confident
and your voice will sound more natural. for instance,here is the script of this video i wrote on google docs. and there are couples oftake away from it. #1 remove redundancy.and keep your content to the point. people on youtube has very short attentionspan and if they don’t find useful informationfor 30 sec. remember, it only one seconds to click theback button. so respect your audience time, and say onlythe important stuff.
#2 use a conversation tone,as much as possible. now, it may not work for every situationbut for 90% of the time conversational tone is good. imagine, that you are taking to personsitting next to you. and write your script accordingly, like if there is a pause in a sentencethen leave a gap or write it in a new line. #3 and if you have noticed,i only use one half of the page, because, you can other half towrite the corresponding actions,
like what will you do/sayfor this particular sets of lines. this will help you visualize the characterwhile doing the voice over. now once you are done with your scriptprint it out if you have a printeror you can also read it from the smartphone or computer. so in a nutshellusing a script will help you communicate clearlyin less time. #3 recording studio now, that we have our script readywe need a suitable environment for voice recording.
but why notjust record the voice over? well, think of this way,unlike a blog post, video can’t be edited later so make sure to do your best. ------ #1 in the beginning,it’s better to stand up while recording your audiothis helps to fill in more air in diagram and you will be able to breath in easily. #2 use curtains and cushionsto avoid the reverb
i personally, record most of videosafter midnight to avoid the surrounding noisecaused by people and surrounding. #3 a pop filter is goodfor cutting high end sounds, like when you say sentences thathas lots of ps and bs in it. it also helpful, for removingslow breaths that you take after you finish your sentence. #4 one big mistake,i made in past was, i was speaking right into the mic. but actually,one should speak perpendicular to the mic
and a distance of one 1 feetwhile your pop filter is kept somewhere in the middle. #5 another technique that helped me a lotwas using hand gesture while recording. this makes your voice sound more natural you can also hold a pen in your hand,so when you want to raise your pitch raise the pen and vice versa this trick works pretty well in sub consciouslevel. so, this was a sneak peakon how i setup my recording studio. if you want,you can setup your home studio in similar
fashion and, now that we have everything setup,let’s start recording the audio. —————— #4 record and edit like a ninja for this, we will use audacity now,there are many other audio editing programs as welllike audobe audition and garage band etc. but, i like audacitybecause it’s free, open source and it’s indeed very powerful
so install the appif you haven’t already and then open it. press on the red buttonand start recording your audio and, once you are donehit the stop button. ----- now, you can see there is a bit of noise,so let’s remove it. for that first select a sample of pure noiseand then extract it. it’s good practicespeak after 5 seconds this wayyou will be able to pick up the noise quite easily.
now, let’s improve the audio qualityby applying couple of filters #1 normalize so select your clip and go to effect >and then normalize. in very simple words,what this does is it increase the audio level of the entireclip without affecting the dynamic range. so, if you audio is low,it will increase it but don’t overdo it,or it will kill you quality and add extra noise
#2 compress next you can try a little bit of compression. now select your audiogo to effects > and compression. now what compression does itdecrease the diff between low and high of your video.so that you audio sounds more even. (now at this point,it very important to know the difference between normalization and compression) when we normalize an audiowe are increase the audio level on entire clipbut without affecting the dynamic range
which the ratio b/w low and high and when we compressing an audiowe are reducing the diff b/w low and high. so the dynamic range get affected. so depending on how you are audio isuse them accordingly. but don’t overdo itor you will get noise in the audio. next, you can some equalization like bass boostthis will make your voice sound deeper like morgan freeman. and then add a bit of of treble boostto make it words crisp and clear.
however, i highly recommend not to overdowith any of this filters because then you are sounding like someoneelse and next time if you speak without filtersyour audience will not know who you are. and finallyonce you get the sweet spot in your recording you apply the chain effect to automate everythingso that you don’t have to do all this manually. ------------ so this all for now. i will end this videowith the most important tips i.e.practice
practicepractice everyone sound awful at firstbut with practice and following some tips that i showed in this video you will definitely produce some great contentjust be patient. so this all for now,i will leave the like of this youtube 101 seriesin the description below so be check that out. that being said,give this video a thumbs up
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