This man got the JUICE! This video is worth watching! ***TimeStamps*** 0:00 - Intro - About video. 2:09 - Josh's Intro. 3:15 - Audacity where to get it. 4:42 - Audacity details and Equipment requirements. 12:05 - Preparing Your Audacity Environment. 14:20 - Discussing toolbar/buttons/features in audacity. 24:50 - Recording Voiceover and Tips on recording. 33:10 - Reviewing Voiceover/Making Adjustments/Selecting the best track. 39:05 - Discussing Supertake (Power Move). 39:35 - Audio Processing Chain. 40:48 - Searching for Hotkeys in Audacity. 42:20 - Talking about EQ (Graphic EQ and Filter Curve). 47:52 - Filter Curve EQ. 50:25 - Sample edit Demo. 52:50 - Limiter. 54:30 - Difference between Limiter and Normalization. 57:40 - Applying EQ and listening to the difference between the 2 tracks. 1:00:28 - Testimony on Josh’s EQ Course. 1:03:20 - One last EQ comparison. 1:04:17 - Compression. 1:07:20 - Noise Reduction. 1:10:30 - Noise Gate. 1:15:55 - AudioBook tip. 1:16:12 - Gain Slider. 1:16:45 - Adding/editing Background Music/Amplify feature. 1:20:40 - Using envelope/Multi-tool on Music. 1:25:20 - Adjusting Sibilance. 1:30:00 - Back to editing audio and music tracks. 1:32:00 - Using the Pencil Tool. 1:35:04 - Saving and getting access to EQ. 1:37:58 - Saving and organizing projects. 1:39:54 - Exporting MP3 Wave and the difference between WAV and MP3 file. 1:42:17 - Final Product and closing of video.
I’m a terrible student so I’m a skimmer. But I love your tutorials, just the quick skipping around I’ve done has improved my sound recording 10000%. The world is crazy nowadays, but excited to sit down and really absorb everything. You’ve got a fan here!!! Stay well ❤️
Thank you very much! This is great. I have to say that you lost me right after the Filter Curve EQ. The jumping around from 50:30 - 54:00 just made my head spin...
You explain things so precisely. I have been looking at many videos on how to use DAWs, I’m using Reaper, but I haven’t really mastered it. You make me wanna switch to Audacity. I really love the video you did, Ultimate Guide for Narrators and Podcasters. I’m hooked your program. Thanks for sharing.
@VoiceOverMaster This was exactly what I needed. I had no idea how easy could be. ONE SUGGESTION THOUGH JOSH!!! Please HIGHLIGHT your mouse or make it bigger. Because it's the same color as the APP, many times I couldn't see where you were pointing to. I had to re watch 3-4 times to follow your cursor. Most people use a "highlighter" around their cursor. You and many others will thank me.
I'm new to podcasting this has been really helpful will need to watch it a few time I'm 60 years old so it will take a but of time for it all to sink in 😂 Thank you so much your brill.
An example of the "Curse of Knowledge": Josh knows so much that he cannot comprehend what is confusing to the novice. This is a great tutorial for someone who already knows a fair amount about Audacity, music production, etc. But it sucks as an introduction to someone just getting started.
Wooooow what a Tutorial. Ive been using Audacity just to edit my voice and then import the WAV File back into my Video editor. Trying to guess a lot of the effects. These Tutorial connected a lot of dots. And for FREE!!! You've got to be kidding me! I didnt know there was a difference between a Balanced XLR Cable vs a non balanced 1. So much gold in this Tutorial. And agIn for FREE!!! WOW! Iam now a subscriber. THANK YOU
I'm so happy I came across your video! I was about to give up on self-narrating my book. But now every file is passing no problem. Thank you for doing these videos.
I really appreciate at about minute 55 where you point out the difference between Loudness Normalization and Normalization. About a year ago, i tried doing this for my books and it was a crash and burn. Felt like a big game of Wack-a-Mole. Fix one, the other issue came back. Fix that and the other became the issue. Thanks for that.
First off THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!! I have only been in the voice over business since May 2021. I watched this, and several other videos of yours and now have a new sound. I have a little bit of a deeper tone and found that your female EQ2 worked great. I also added the info about noise gate and the order to adjust my files... This I HOPE will be a game changer for me... THANKS
I had to search youtube like three times to get your beautiful face pop up, I forgot to subscribe last time. Luckily I found you on the third attempt using 'compression tuning audacity' cause I know you're good at voice compression.
Hey Josh. I'm just starting my VO journey and I just wanted to say thanks for this. It's really gonna help me get my voice out there with the professional quality I need.
Great stuff! I've been using audacity for several years and love it but I have never bothered to look at the instructions LOL this helps me to fill in a lot of the blanks. Thank you.
Compressor: Shrinks dynamic range by turning loud stuff down Limiter: Prevents audio from peaking above a user-defined limit Normalize: Turns the entire clip up or down until the loudest peak hits a user-defined level
Thumbs way up. I'm so blessed by your intuitve show and tell production schemes ... using this now-excellent free platform! Ctrl + R seemed well employed! You also dove into mics, EQ theory, envelopes for voice overs, many fxs, and sibs ... treating each with merciless keystrokes of love...imho. Utmost blessings!
My condolences extended on the transition of your Grand Father. I add a Bless to his eternal journal. Thank you for this tutorial. I learned so much. Much Respect - In The Key of Gee!
Thank you so much for all of your tutorials! I have made my EQ curve and it really works great - I love how you explain why you do something so we can adapt it to our needs (I'm female so my voice is higher although I'm alt). I really hate bad sound so I'm so happy to have found your channel! I know there's a lot to improve but even a few tricks from previous tutorials made a great difference! Thank you so much!
Very cool video, I have learned so very much about this software product! Of course much of it does not apply since I was a child of the 60's. When I was young, I loved Country and Western Music and my folks used to complain that I had the hearing of a bat, as I could hear the slightest sound at a great distance. Well in 1970, I was inducted into the US Army and sent to Vietnam. Two things happened over there. First off, I began listening to rock and roll because when ever I tried to listen to country things happened to my equipment then the enemy started hitting us with artillery and rockets interspaced with mortars. My sanative hearing is now a thing of the past, and after 25 years on the Police Department my hearing just got worse. Now all the sounds pretty much blend into sameness. The VA has given me some nice hearing aides so I can now understand folks who speak to me fairly well but music has lost a lot of it's pizzazzz. I still love the rock and roll from the early 70's and of course much from the 60's and some from the 50's when I was in grade school. Of course back then we lived with no electrical power on the home place so my music was limited to that played during the listening times when father would allow us to deplete the battery pack on the farm radio, mostly news and moms soaps, dad's games and fights and our few westerns that we were allowed to hear.
You do not need to have your mic or audio interface plugged in, prior to starting Audacity. Select TRANSPORT and Rescan Audio Devices if you fired it up without plugging in or you unplug after it's running.
I really really appreciate your lesson , it worths a lot and thanks for transferring your valuable knowledge , I got all the answers that was swimming in my mind , thanks so much ! by the way your voice is extra ordinary, you are on the right spot !!!!
Amazing video, I appreciate all the advice and tips. I just started recording and this has helped tremendously! I have quite a bit of work to do but you've cut so much of the learning process down thank you so much. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Topic requests from a longtime sub, in depth: - plot spectrum - spectogram - where sounds sit in frequencies, I.e. fullness around 250hz, edge around 4k, etc - EQ sweeping the Audacity way since you can't sweep really like you can in a DAW - how Audacity compares to DAWs, since it is literally like no other UI ❤
Great ideas. I’ll consider them! I actually have a course on custom eq creation. I think you’d love it. Reach out if you’re interested. There’s also a buy now link in the description.
I believe the compressor works the other way around: With a threshold of -20 and a ratio of 3:1, it would compress a sound that was -17 down to -19, or a -14 down to -18, -11 down to -17 and so on. Also selecting the make up gain to 0dB option would remove the -3.2dB headroom you would set in the limiter - that is, if you used the compressor with that setting on *after* the limiter. The order I do the usual effects for spoken word is: 1. High pass filter (or you can do this in the EQ as well) 2. Noise reduction 3. Normalize (Using the regular normalize effect, to -1dB This helps with using the compressor later.) 4. EQ 5. Compression 6. Loudness normalization 7. Limiter (for any peaks that went over -3dB) Anything else funny like reverb or something I would probably slip in between compression and loudness normalization.
Love this video. One small tip for equipment is use of a gaming mouse like the G600 from Logitech. You can program the 12 thumb buttons for various hotkeys. I use it mainly for cutting, pasting, deleting, zooming, grab tool. Super handy.
Thanks for your tutorial you have explained each and every step very clearly that I have come across ever. This is very very informative and also I must appreciate your patience for explaining the fundamentals of the each step. Thanks once again.
Josh this is truly golden! I'm new to recording, just started late in 2021. I'm officially comfortable with my voice; and soon after I discovered your channel. I'll definetly be following, learning, and supporting! Keep up the outstanding work!
Many thanks. I no doubt will be watching several times as a learner. Very thorough & great starting point. 👍 Will definitely be checking out more of your tutorials.
Can't thank you enough , searched a lot on RU-vid but never found any valuable solution ,but you made it brother ♥♥.. I'm A vocalist I play and sing together and record songs ,in that case we need little bit of reverb as well ,please make a dedicated video on perfect balance of reverb brother , it'll help more for many people ..Love From India ♥♥
What a brilliant video, thanks for sharing all this information, you are right, generally, it is all over the place but this IS nicely packaged. I really appreciate it...:)
Thank you so much for this vid! I appreciate your authenticity and the fact that you explain this yourself without wasting words or being chatty or rhetorical (aka, wasting time). Excellent info, sir. o7
Sorry for the loss of your grandfather. Your video was really helpful to me. However, I may have missed it but is there a reason you left your audio in mono? Some people recommend turning it into stereo. Just wondering.
Hi. Any chance of you doing a more unto date tutorial, Im new to Audacity and have just downloaded Audacity version 3.2.1 and find that it is very different to your tutorial based on I believe 3.1.3, albeit only 10 months ago. Having said that I do like the pace of this tutorial and clear and precise instructions, if only I could relate them to 3.2.1. I really appreciate the time and effort you have put in to it.
Holy buckets this is awesome! I'm one week into starting my VO career and this is GOLD! I'm not even done yet as I am applying what you are doing to my demo real as I go. I downloaded the ACX check plugin. Where can I find all the other plug ins you have? Thanks for the above and beyond help 🙏
Hi. Liked the presentation overall. Having come from Audition, I had a few very frustrating moments with Audacity that I was hoping would be addressed but were sort of hidden or missed I offer this as honest critique by someone looking for a quick get started for a person not starting from the "beginning". I've been very frustrated by my timeline constantly not putting the cursor where I expect it when starting to record. Running a Macbook. I am trying to do "punch ins'' on a prerecorded radio show with 1 hour of music. I lay the music beds down, fill the hour, then want to go back an insert quick reads of the songs just played and a station ID. I find the cursor jumping back the last recorded bit in the narrative track, rather than starting at the location on the timeline where I want the cursor located. Also, if I try and move the cursor I end up creating loops, which is not what I expect to happen. Following your lead, I tried double clicking on the timeline, yes the cursor goes there, but doe s not record when I hit the record button. In fact, it vanishes and does not record. I guess I was hoping to get a quick overview of how to lay down a track and record to it, with possible gotcha's and shortcuts. Your section on recording voice over and tips on recording don't match my experience recording. Not sure why. Very frustrating. Oh well. I'll stick with it, but I have to say Audacity seems vastly more cludgy than Audition. Another thing not mentioned, it appears that you have to prebuild your own EQ, whereas other products have prebuilt EQ already as part of it. Thanks for your efforts though. Overall a very good and thorough presentation.
whats the final word on the work flow? i'm kind of confused based on different things you've said in past videos what is your current reccomendation on work order? (what order you do things like noise reduction, noise gate, compression, eq, loudness normalization, limiter, etc
I feel like I am either insane or on my way there. I am stuck. My peaks are too compressed or low (-10dBz usually), but if I amplify my peaks, the RMS becomes too noisy. All of the advice I see is when your peaks are too high and the RMS is low, but I do not see much for the opposite circumstance. I have this same problem on all 8 of my recordings, so I know that it is my fault, but I am following every instruction.
really good stuff, I learned a lot, I am forever thankful! But, too much emphasis on making a commercial...how many times did I listen to a 15 second clip of a commercial? Just record five seconds of voice then do your stuff. Would have saved a ton of time!
Nothing about the spectropram? I use it every day in Audacity and working with audio editing. It gives you so much more visual information about your audio. Good video though.
Okay it looks like you reply to some of your fans so I'm going to go ahead and subscribe just in case I have a question. Plus I'm going to hit the bell. I do use audacity I don't Know every trick in the book with it but I certainly would love to learn it more than I know. Thanks. Keith
If I could offer some input: Shorten your titles. As I’m scrolling through trying to find a video that fits my dilemma, all I see is audacity multiple times and 2022. I have to click into each indivudal video to see what the video is about. I scrolled by most
Great video. Still watching. I've been using Audacity for a long time and I just upgraded to 3.2.1. Where did you get that ACX button in the Analyze tab?
IDK if youll get this but im super serious about this i have done voices my whole life and can mimic anything. i can do cleveland and spongebob, hank hill and any accent or dialect. im in process of building a pc so i can edit my own videos i wanna make my own cartoons like seth mcfarland. i can do more voices than him too lol. i can do more voices than most any voice actor i just need to get my foot in the door lol
Thank you dude! I sounded like two bears fighting over a salmon for following alot of random peoples advice with the bass and treble boost. Now i sound like Morgan Freeman after he just made out with Jesus.
