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Tibalt
May 14, 2017

What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee

I feel like my "Sss" sounds are very prominent and unpleasant, but I can't find any specific advice on talking better when recording beyond "Enunciate more" and "Open your mouth wider". Does anybody have any advice they could link me? Or is this a better question for the voice work thread?

I just started a sports podcast about the fictional game of Blaseball called Why I Love Blaseball. I don't have any podcasting or voice recording experience, so any feedback would be appreciated.


The first episode is Here, I guess, until I figure out if I want to host it somewhere else.

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Tibalt
May 14, 2017

What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee

CaptainViolence posted:

a de-esser is your friend in this situation (just make sure not to go overboard, because it'll turn it into an unnatural-sounding lisp). lots of DAWs have them built in, but if you have a budget then iZotope RX has a good one i use for basically everything. alternately, you can set one up yourself with a multiband compressor, where you only compress between ≈5kHz-12kHz. if you don't already have one of the two built into your DAW, i'd suggest tracking down a de-esser over a multiband compressor since it'll probably be easier to use.
Didn't quite feel like going in on the iZotope RX just yet, this is still a new hobby for me, but I found a plug-in for Audacity that seemed to do what you were describing. I tried it out and the Ess sounds still seem there, if a bit reduced, but I was afraid to push it too much. I also added repeating bed music throughout the entire podcast, not just for the into and outro. The level seems good to me, but maybe it's too quiet?

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1323568/5358481

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