I've been trying to work on my protoss effects over the last couple of weeks ... and today finally came up with one I think sounds pretty good, figured I'd share and see if anyone had any feedback. Not sure how to attach guess I'll have to upload it somewhere ...
Yeah, the old one is effect heavy, but also the mic quality really held it back (dat static). The main issue with the new one is the reverb sounds more echoey than it should, I think, and its volume is high enough that it sort of meshes into the voice and overcomes it at points. Depending what you are using, you may wish to lower the Wet (effect volume level) by about 15-20% and see if the mix sounds a bit more clean.
Starting minimalist (just with the reverb) is a good way to start, because it will help you analyze the kind of readability impact further effects will have.
yea I'm trying to play with the recording settings to get a higher volume ... but for some reason it's just recording really quiet, even if I get up to like 4/5 inches away (the one I posted was recorded at about 10-12 inches) I just got the mic literally like 5 minutes before I did that recording though. I'd love to chat more about audio stuff if you're ever interested. I'm on skype (sjredmon) or some other various chat mediums.
That was my first assumption as well. But my mic volume was at 98% when that was recorded. I've been doing some research and it seems to be a driver issue with my mic. People suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers which I've done twice with no real luck so far. But I experimented with turning the volume up on in Audition and the quality is good enough that it doesn't seem to cause in distortion or anything. I'll probably experiment with all of it again later.
I've been trying to work on my protoss effects over the last couple of weeks ... and today finally came up with one I think sounds pretty good, figured I'd share and see if anyone had any feedback. Not sure how to attach guess I'll have to upload it somewhere ...
https://soundcloud.com/skyler-redmon/jepok this one is with my new mic that I just got, and basically just reverse > reverb > reverse > echo
https://soundcloud.com/skyler-redmon/en-taro-jepok here is an old one with my old mic and probably too many effects going on but to kind of show my progress.
The volume is kind of low, but...
Yeah, the old one is effect heavy, but also the mic quality really held it back (dat static). The main issue with the new one is the reverb sounds more echoey than it should, I think, and its volume is high enough that it sort of meshes into the voice and overcomes it at points. Depending what you are using, you may wish to lower the Wet (effect volume level) by about 15-20% and see if the mix sounds a bit more clean.
Starting minimalist (just with the reverb) is a good way to start, because it will help you analyze the kind of readability impact further effects will have.
yea I'm trying to play with the recording settings to get a higher volume ... but for some reason it's just recording really quiet, even if I get up to like 4/5 inches away (the one I posted was recorded at about 10-12 inches) I just got the mic literally like 5 minutes before I did that recording though. I'd love to chat more about audio stuff if you're ever interested. I'm on skype (sjredmon) or some other various chat mediums.
Sure thing, I'll add you. Your volume can be solved by changing the windows sound control panel settings.
That was my first assumption as well. But my mic volume was at 98% when that was recorded. I've been doing some research and it seems to be a driver issue with my mic. People suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers which I've done twice with no real luck so far. But I experimented with turning the volume up on in Audition and the quality is good enough that it doesn't seem to cause in distortion or anything. I'll probably experiment with all of it again later.
Hmm.. Try it like this: (This is assuming you've applied some nice compression, equalization, and clean up on the sound file)
Chorus - Reverse - Just a tiny hint of reverb - Reverse - Compress
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I think this sounds quite authentic. A bit less delay and you're closer.