Increase Audio CLARITY (Crisp Clear Dialogue) in DaVinci Resolve 18 | Lav Mics Especially!

Sometimes Dialogue just need to be a little bit clearer. Today I'll show you a few simple techniques to make your audio clearer and easier to understand in DaVinci Resolve 18.
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0:00 Clearer Vocals
1:07 Make it Good
3:16 Make it Better
4:51 Even Better Yet
5:23 Remove Mud/Boom
6:05 Before/After

[@digitalcity1]

As a mixer on many docos I'm always dealing with dialog EQ. My tip is to start with subtraction not boost. Lav mics and boom mics in roomy environments have ugly chest or room resonance, usually around 200hz. With a narrow notch (bell) reduce that frequency first. It is amazing how that first step increases clarity. You can tune the frequency by first adding boost and sweeping the frequency till you hear the resonance of the frequency that is making the sound muddy. Then reduce gain at that frequency. Next step can be high pass to filter rumble then play with boost in higher frequencies. You will use less hi boost when you've tidied up the mud first. Also be aware you might need a tight notch around sibilance which sits around 6khz. Often a specific 'de-ess' plugin might be best used to fix this.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yup, totally agree. I have a similar process. This is geared for someone who doesn’t want to do audio work and wants a quick result. The non-audio nerds. 😜

[@MarcusAlsterfjord]

Thank you for an easy walkthrough for someone who is completely new to resolve

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome and Welcome to Resolve!

[@EncourageFaith]

Thanks, Jason. That really helped. I appreciate that the advice wasn't too technical as I can get lost quickly. This was something I can implement immediately.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

[@AnastasTarpanov]

That's some great advices, thank you Jason!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TinpotTravellers]

You're helping me a lot. thanks, Jason.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Happy to help!

[@PJPantelis]

Really well explained, Jason. Thanks!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it was helpful! 😁👍

[@English.Fluency]

Thank you very much! Finally, a very clear tutorial, easy to follow and precise!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@GatesVideoProductions]

These tips made a huge difference in clarity with my lav mic audio, thanks for all the helpful videos!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Sweet! That's great, glad they were helpful!

[@tonyodonnell9655]

Excellent as per Jason. Thank you Mate!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@jer3006]

Jay, awesome❗Even I can do this now after watching this and your previous EQ video. Goodbye crappy vocals, hello pro audio. Thank you.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome!

[@TheEditWiz]

Very helpful info. Thanks so much!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CJSmallz330]

Always appreciate the tips and tutorials - audio is one of the toughest things to master IMO!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@rickray]

Great stuff Jaon, this video helped a LOT! Thanks for you do, buddy.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Another great tutorial - cheers, Jason 😁🙏

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks Gary!

[@DillonTaitano]

ugh, so stoked i am subbed to this channel, thank you for making this video!! I thought my mic sounded good before but it definitely didn't compared to now! omg so good

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome! That’s great to hear, thank you so much for being a subscriber!

[@Desmo904]

Thank you so much! This has made a big difference to my LAV mic recorded audio! 👍

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it helped!

[@RajivChopra]

Brilliant!!! Love it!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@markjohnson2723]

Thanks for your great tutorials. I think for most of us, audio is the biggest area for improvement and is often overlooked or not given the priority it deserves.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome! I agree, gotta have some good audio for your videos! 😁

[@narwhakun]

Thanks a ton man! This was genuinely helpful, I felt like i learned some great stuff

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad to hear it! Thank you for checking out the video!

[@RyanZulqudsie]

Dude, you're so helpful. Thank you for the video! Appreciate it so much.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!

[@tomazzaman]

Sir, your timing is absolutely perfect. Literally got delivered my Sanken COS-11D yesterday.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Perfect!

[@BikeBoatandTravel]

Thanks again Jason, these audio tips have been very helpful without a lot of work. Perfect KISS (keep it simple stupid!!) Cheers. 🇨🇦👍

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad to help!

[@BroZachD7]

Seems like perfect timing, I was struggling with my audio on a clip and its been eating at me. Thanks!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@indie12]

thank you.best video in youtube about this topic

[@JasonYadlovski]

Wow, thanks!

[@crearam]

this video is so much helpful i can't mention it in one word. Thank you.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@nickcurtola]

really helpful. thanks!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@overkillphil514]

Perfect timing. I just used a new lav mic for my last video and I thought it sounded a bit muddy. I'll definitely use this technique on my voice for my next video. Thank you!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome, you're welcome!

[@codesoak]

Thank You Soo Much. Finally voice over is improved by these EQ settings.. 😃😃

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad to hear that!

[@tnsquidd]

Super easy to follow and helpful tutorial! Instantly solved my 'soft' sounding audio issue. It's good to know that this is a problem that can be fixed easily just with some EQ work

[@JasonYadlovski]

Glad it helped!

[@virta-tube]

Great Video sir. I'm still working on my audio settings for my videos, but you've taught me everything I know about audio in DaVinci Resolve. Thank you!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@KaseyPlays]

Awesome!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@Storyteller.movies]

Thank you!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@BrianRouse]

Good one! Thanks for the info.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

[@MakAngeleez]

Thanks Jason!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You got it!

[@Vadlife]

Very good. Thank you!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Thank you for watching!

[@bobcieslinski]

Hey Jason, thanks so much for another awesome video. You made this seem alot easier than I thought it would be. I know you see audio presets. Will they just go and do these things like you showed automatically? Thanks and glad to see you are about to hit that 100K milestone. Well deserved!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Yes, audio presets can do the EQ work for you and set a specific setting. Maybe oneway AI will actually be able to edit a little more accurately based on the audio its given.😜

[@bobcieslinski]

@@JasonYadlovski I see I had a typo Jason. I was interested in your audio presets you sell. Will they automatically do what you showed up in the video today?

[@yamdelonge]

Thank you so much!!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@UncleDjGames]

thank you brother

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@Pabz2030]

Perfect tutorial

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

[@yasyas188]

Thank you.

[@JasonYadlovski]

You're welcome!

[@walkwithrenjith1338]

Great lesson... definitely this will help me a lot

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome, glad you found it helpful! Thanks so much for watching!

[@walkwithrenjith1338]

@@JasonYadlovski im one of your student from India😍..inspired more and more from your videos and tutorials...running a small youtube channel with travel videos☺️, named : walk with renjith

[@TheThinkersBible]

Excellent. Really helpful. I'll try this on my next video. Do you also have a video on removing room echo? On the video I'm currently rendering out for posting, I spoke into my computer mic in a room with some echo. Want to clean up the audio for clarity and for echo removal. Thanks!

[@chriswganser]

thanks!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Welcome!

[@denchakov]

Hi, thank you it really useful tutorial I have seen

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome, thank you so much for checking out the video

[@slowmastervideos]

Thanks a lot

[@JasonYadlovski]

Happy to help

[@venkateshsandharmaraj763]

hi sir,i am from tamilnadu india your my Davinci Teacher sir💐🤝

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome! Thank you for being a part of the community!

[@ranarajvansh_the1]

great videos

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks!

[@KJmotoplus]

So good! My motorcycle helmet audio really needs this help, thanks 🙂

[@JasonYadlovski]

Awesome, glad it helps! I'm a fellow rider too. 😜

[@KJmotoplus]

Wow! Well your the man to know! - actually I've been subscribed to your channel for ages - and I've been stuck on technical motorcycle videoing problems for ages too and the latest has been the audio inside the helmet and wind noise, so, thank you.@@JasonYadlovski

[@JasonYadlovski]

Voice Isolation would help a ton with your wind noise. I’d also try to get a good dead cat for your microphone if you could, that will help get a cleaner recording. If you decide to use voice, isolation, you might want to leave a little bit of background noise in there, it might sound weird if it’s only your voice with no wind at all in the background. But maybe not. I’ll have a video coming out soon on how to keep some background noise using voice, isolation, but lower the volume of that background noise. 😜

[@KJmotoplus]

I took a photo of your advice! I don't know anything about Voice Isolation so I look forward to the new video ☺@@JasonYadlovski

[@JasonYadlovski]

I just put a video out about removing background noise using voice isolation, you can check it out here if you want: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqLKhnRqabOXb80

[@FFVison]

This is great. There's one KZbinr whom I have watched stream for a few years now where it sounds just like this in their streaming videos. They have voiceover gaming streams and during the streams could definitely stand to have an EQ applied to their voiceover. I'm guessing they have a lav mic for stream and something a little more robust for regular videos. Or maybe they just didn't figure out how to apply the EQ in their live streaming software.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Yeah, EQ is the one audio tool everyone should learn. It's going to do the best to fix bad sounding audio....not including background noise of course. 😜

[@FFVison]

@@JasonYadlovski I'm guessing that maybe they just either cannot apply an EQ to their voiceover in the capture software or they don't know how. Not sure which capture software they use for their streams.

[@Baruavlog]

Thanks! You are great, do you know how to save this like a preset for futures videos? Cheers from Italy

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! Yes, you can save it as a preset. Here's how to do it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/op3CaqewbbZqmbM

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[@JasonYadlovski]

على الرحب والسعة! شكرا للمشاهدة!

[@usmvnjaved]

Wow. This could have never been easier. 😮

[@JasonYadlovski]

It's great for a quick fix. 👍

[@AlarkSoni]

please make one videon on voice modulation preset settings (how each settings works) in fl.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Which voice modulation presets?

[@RoadReality]

Man oh man, I gotta apply this and the last video's tips into my workflow! One day, I hope to get a comment on a video saying, "Man, your audio is so awesome!" ... right now, I get, "Man, your audio is so awesome! - for a half helmet." A small but important distinction ... and yeah, I know I'm setting a high bar for lower-quality input, but it's the challenge, right? :D

[@JasonYadlovski]

Haha, you're getting close though! As long as we can understand you well, you're going in the right direction. 😜

[@RoadReality]

@@JasonYadlovski That's the ticket!

[@mrkumaran]

You're a genius buddy

[@JasonYadlovski]

I don't know about that...😜

[@mrkumaran]

@@JasonYadlovski i learn alot from you, appreciate your videos. Do you use the JJP Vocal plugin, can you do a tutorial on that. Thanks to you i was introduced to WAVES plugins

[@LukeStocking]

Thanks Jason, this has made my audio much clearer. My only issue is that it's bringing out the static noise, any ideas how to remove the static?

[@JasonYadlovski]

You could try and use the EQ to remove the static or if you have studio, try some voice isolation. If you have the free version, try the dialogue leveler and use the background noise reduction in there. They might help....

[@oureverydaygetaway]

When I go into fairlight, open mixer, cannot see or find EQ. I see Effects, Effects In and Dynamics. But then I see Audio 1 and so forth. No EQ. Under the 3 dots to the right of mixer, EQ is checked on. What I'm I missing?

[@JasonYadlovski]

You may have to scroll your mouse wheel in that section of the mixer to scroll up and down.

[@drewh79]

Great video, very easy to understand. One thing though, in a previous video about making audio better, you did the opposite when it came to the high end (cut them down). Is it a mic thing ? or should we always be bringing up our higher end? Thanks for the great video

[@JasonYadlovski]

Generally I’m going to find harsh frequencies and make cuts. This technique is really for someone who wants to do as little as possible. But it will increase the clarity and sometimes you need to do it. It really depends on the type of clip and what it sounds like.

[@drewh79]

cheers mate@@JasonYadlovski

[@mrkumaran]

Hi Jason, which EQ Plugin would you recommend from waves for dialogue. Can you do a video on that, if possible. Thank you, much appreciated.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hi! I don’t often use the waves EQ plugins but I do like the F6, the Greg Wells vocal, the Scheps Omni channel plugin the C6 multi and compressor to name a few. I usually just use the EQ in Resolve.

[@mrkumaran]

Thank you for the info@@JasonYadlovski

[@lrd669]

Great tip to simply adjust. Question: at the moment I am working on scenes shot in a church. The echo is very strong and I find it hard to adjust this. Any tips/tricks????????

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks! You could try using voice isolation if you have the studio version. But most the time it doesn’t work so well on reverb, but to could help. There’s a great plug-in from Waves called DeReverb that works good on reverb. You could also try an expander or gate, it’s not gonna remove the river, but it can help make it less noticeable between words or phrases.

[@joeym4090]

When I use the voice isolation, the audio always sounds muffled and lacks clarity. Would these tips help for that or would you recommend other frequencies to make it sound better? Great channel btw. Thanks.

[@JasonYadlovski]

I would try turning down the amount of voice isolation that’s being used if you can. But you can certainly add EQ on top of the voice isolation to help increase clarity.

[@HikingWithCooper]

Buddy, you have been so helpful in my (and many others') audio journey. You make EQ and compression....easy?? Your automation tut at RC is still blowing my mind LOL. You are appreciated!!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Thanks so much, I appreciate that! I'm actually going to make a video with the automation example for KZbin. Stay tuned for that. 😜

[@MrKennym321]

Hi Jason, I apologize that this question isn't exactly on the topic of this video, but I am wondering if you ever find that audio you bring into Resolve doesn't show the waveform in the timeline? This happens to me from time to time, and it makes it much more difficult for me to know when audio starts when making edits. Do you know of an easy fix for when this happens? Thank you!

[@JasonYadlovski]

Hey! No worries at all, I will double check to make sure that the way forms are turned on in your timeline view options. Also, the wave forms are a type of cache file. I would try clearing out your cache file directories and see if that helps, and maybe give resolve a restart once you clear out the cache files.

[@dennispombo]

Hey Jason! Thanks for another great video! I know it's kind out of the topic of the video, but I just ran into a thing today. Whenever I change the processing order to any option where the FX comes last, the fader automatically changes to pre-fader metering. Is there an explanation for that or it's just a bug in 18.6 version?

[@JasonYadlovski]

Interesting, I'm not sure what's up with that. I'd double check the settings in the project settings to make sure that 'Pre fader metering' isn't checked on....

[@dennispombo]

@@JasonYadlovski That was the first thing I checked. Same results. So weird! I tested with multiple projects, multiple tracks, changed the track type to mono, stereo, 5.1, adaptative. Same results. Probably a bug. I just don't remember to notice this issue in previous versions. THANKS!

[@DehinorVargas]

As always to the point but i have a question, if i automate the EQ for SFX in my video and if i need to start from 0 what should i do?, i had a problem in which if i want to reset the automated EQ all the work i made remain in that way i just cant reset to put the EQ line straight again.

[@JasonYadlovski]

Yes, you can do that. I'll have a video about Automation coming out soon, I'll show you how to do it. 😜 You are able to edit individual points along the automation.

[@DehinorVargas]

@@JasonYadlovski i´ll wait for that video. Bet for that!

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😃😃

[@manfromthemist1958]

many thanks Jason you've answered a lot of my issues with this one video

[@JasonYadlovski]

You’re welcome!

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Just in time...

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