Should You Process Your Audio?
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@LoudEscapeARK 2 ай бұрын
Your so good. Keep up
@JamesYounger 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@SeanWhitaker-fr6po 2 ай бұрын
Music producer and amateur audio engineer here! I picked 2 for the proper file to send off. Plenty headroom, and minimal processing, if any. The first one sounded really bright and compressed. 3rd was just LOUD lol
@JamesYounger 2 ай бұрын
Nailed it!! 😎
@edwintheperez 3 ай бұрын
Yay! I asked about this on a previous video and you totally answered AND made a video for it. Amazing, thank you so much for clarifying all this.
@JamesYounger 3 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Sorry it took so long!
@Boofcan 3 ай бұрын
Another banger by James !
@JamesYounger 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@rj7257 3 ай бұрын
First pass: #1 struck me as the sound style like a typical ad, but then #3 sounded similarly evened out (compressed), but “fuller” in tone-so I was leaning toward #3 Second pass: I stayed with #3; I saw sort of what I heard in the waveforms. Still not certain of my answer; I really feel like the industry standard may be #1, but my gut tells me it may be a bit over-processed (I’m paused mid-video as I type! I haven’t heard your reveal yet!)
@JamesYounger 3 ай бұрын
You're awesome! Thank you for your honesty! I think a lot of people would have edited their answer after seeing the rest of the video! Good on ya! :)
@abrahamadad 3 ай бұрын
Hi James, I would chose #1 for radio, knowing that it is a voice already processed, #2 as flat, for an engineer to work with but wont use the #3 as seems that is too loud and maybe clicking?? Great video!!!
@JamesYounger 3 ай бұрын
Pretty much spot on! :)
@homestudioacademy 3 ай бұрын
Great video James! I’m not a voice actor but I would imagine that for voice acting in general, most actors should stay away from EQ because like you said, the engineer can’t undo it, and add very slight compression just to tame some of those peaks.
@JamesYounger 3 ай бұрын
Believer it or not, you wouldn't even want to compress it at all if it was a booked job. However, you could definitely do some light processing if it was an audition.
@mind-brainstudio927 3 ай бұрын
I'd say the "correct" way to process would be between #2 (sounded raw) and #3 (just a little too compressed, but best of the bunch). #1 was way too compressed. What did I win? 😁
@mind-brainstudio927 3 ай бұрын
The wave forms on Audition didn't change my answer but I was pissed that I mistook the loudness of #3 for being over processed.
@JamesYounger 3 ай бұрын
No no! In #3 I literally just put a limiter on the audio and cranked the loudness which is VERY much like over compression. So for you to think #3 was over processed was very accurate because technically it was. You're not wrong!
@mind-brainstudio927 3 ай бұрын
@@JamesYounger Thanks! I can keep trusting my ears.
@JeyBott 3 ай бұрын
hmmmm....2 sounded the most "natural", but I like 3 due to the loudness wars ;)
@JeyBott 3 ай бұрын
(watches more of the video) yea yea...#2 is more normal sounding👍
@JeyBott 3 ай бұрын
Other than the loudness of #1 (-3dB) and #3 (-0.1dB??)...what processing was different? the EQ? The waveform isn't as "even" in #3.
@JamesYounger 3 ай бұрын
I actually just limited the piss out of #3, which ends up sounding like over compressions because it basically is. I did add a little deessing as well just because I didn't want to destroy anyone's ears :)