Voiceover Recording Guide — Step-by-Step Guide & Transcript

[00:02] artist PB and YouTuber with an audio setup and workflow that you can replicate really easily here are my secrets to leveling up your voiceovers to boost your video's retention and fill up your bank account first you'll need

[00:14] depending on your circumstances it's not a good move to throw away thousands of dollars on a super crazy XLR setup and soundproofing your room and all of that because when you start to go up from about $200 audio quality improvements

[00:27] are exponentially less noticeable for example the difference between a $1,000 mic and a $10,000 mic is way less than a $50 mic versus a $150 as for the stuff you're actually going to buy if you have anything less than about $100 to spend

[00:41] be honest your phone will work just fine the best investments that you can make into your channel as good audio can turn an okay video into a great video and likewise bad audio can turn a great

[00:55] video into a bad video for $100 I'd recommend the road nusb mini I've creators before so here's an example of sound quality with basically zero audio editing yo Nate recommended me this mic

[01:07] my videos and I found it pretty easy to use and surprisingly great value for under $100 on the price your side I different than the regular blue yeti mic this mic is a little pricier at about

[01:20] $170 USD if you have the money then absolutely buy this one over the NT USB mini as this is the mic I use in all of my videos and just has sound quality cheaper to my favorite feature with this mic is its flexibility to change

[01:34] different settings as you record so you don't have to do as much editing and either of these I'll have affiliate links to the products in my description purchase used through them so if you want to support me then please use them

[01:47] just remember that having a good microphone is like 80% of the battle so spending $200 in one is a lot better of an investment than it may seem as I've said previously nothing is a bigger turnoff for a viewer than bad audio once

[02:00] you're going to want to change some settings on it if it allows you to the Blue Yeti X comes with support for a software called Logitech ghub which is honestly one of the worst applications I've ever used but it gets the job done

[02:12] it's just so buggy if you want the exact settings that I have for my microphone description and I'll send you stuff every month but more on that later if equalizer and boost the out of the compressor also keep your gain low

[02:26] like your computer fans but make sure sure it's not too low that your voice sounds nasy if you're using ghub you can also test out your audio settings as you like here's what my mic sounds like before changing these settings what's up

[02:40] guys today I'll be prank calling my mom's work to see if I can get her fired in only 24 hours and here's what it sounds like after changing these settings what's up guys today I'll be prank calling my mom's work to see if I

[02:54] can get her fired in only 24 hours next it's time for more gear this gear isn't as important as investing in a good microphone but is still helpful when you personally have a boom arm shock mount and pop filter the pop filter is the

[03:08] most important element of these three as it prevents plosives from making your audio sound unprofessional if you don't know what aive is it's basically like a big smack of air into the mic when you say a sound like P or B here's a sample

[03:21] with the pop filter on what's popping YouTube today we're back with another Minecraft PVP Banger and here's with it up what's popping YouTube today we're back with another Minecraft PVP Banger many microphones come with mic stands

[03:36] vibrations from your keyboard as you speak boom arms are the solution to this adjust your microphone giving you the flexibility to have it out of the way or stand up to record if you so choose some people like to drill holes into their

[03:50] this is totally unnecessary my setup consist of a $5 foldup table as my desk with these two blocks of wood it looks really dumb but I mean it works so I'm

[04:02] a shock mount but I don't really know what this does so you don't need to get filter boom arm and shock mount will all be in the description if you want to buy from these links I'll take a little cut so please do that now that we have our

[04:17] space your microphone should attach to to your desk depending on the type of Pop filter you have it should either attach to your boom arm or go right over top of your mic no matter what setup you

[04:29] have you can probably make it work just get creative like I did try to record in a room with carpet so that there's no Echo and close all windows and doors to mic is right next to your computer fans try and move it away either with your

[04:41] boom arm or just by stretching the cable and sliding the mic stand a lot of YouTubers that I know will record their videos in like a closet because there's clothes all around you leading to better Acoustics but I personally just record

[04:53] great next it's time to start actually recording but you're probably wondering over audacity is probably the most popular free option to edit your audio and you can probably just record also in your video editor of choice but I

[05:07] one I already have adobe's Creative Suite and two there's a really really streamlined workflow that I've created that makes it so worth it I'm going to you're not planning on using Adobe Audition then skip to this timestamp in

[05:21] session and make sure your mic is plugged in and everything is set up working then go to your audio Hardware setting things in audition and select the description and install auto hotkey and then also download the script that I

[05:36] created by my friend Nick from the mental checkpoint YouTube channel binds three keys to speed up our workflow F1 F2 and F3 start by hitting shift space in audition to start recording then say a couple lines or so of your script and

[05:50] hit F3 to move on to the next line F1 to redo the current line and F2 to stop the recording this is way faster than stopping deleting and restarting the entire recording for a bad take and it's turned my voiceovers from Endeavors that

[06:02] 20-minute jobs I can grind out like clock now remember how I told all of the this time stamp well they're going to skip to it and I'm going to scare them right now got you but anyway if you're

[06:15] your audio editor of choice say a few lines of your script and wait a few seconds before recording the next line if you mess up just stop talking for a recording going until you're totally done as you'll be able to cut everything

[06:29] when you speak into the mic stand about hang 10 distance away from the mic if to clip and it's going to sound like remember to adjust your microphone's gain if needed which you can do in your mic software or even just

[06:43] that make sure that you talk directly into the mic the whole time and not like to the side of it or you're going to sound again like make sure as well talking into is the correct side my microphone is a side address condenser

[06:57] to the front of it other microphones like this road one are called shotgun mics which means that you speak into the top of it and not the side do your own research on your microphone if needed because my boom arm is easily adjustable

[07:10] I also like to stand up instead of sitting down as I record as it opens up my diaphragm and makes my voice sound better having a nice glass of water near your setup also helps with recording clearer voiceovers just don't spill it

[07:22] clearly don't Mumble and just be confident obviously don't scream but conversation with a friend slowing down your speech a little helps sell the idea that you're confident and also helps with preventing bad takes overall it's

[07:36] process down but also really try to add inflection to your voice and be practice with a friend and have them roast your public speaking skills if you've gotten through your entire script though just stop recording save your

[07:49] file and you finished your first voice over which is crazy because it's not an easy thing to do but unfortunately we're not done even though like I said earlier there's already audio editing being done on my mic through Logitech ghub I still

[08:02] you're an audition start by merging all of your Clips by selecting everything going to clip and then hitting merge all then go to effects amplitude and compression and normalize your audio so that everything is as loud as it can

[08:15] effects again amplitude and compression and slap a multi-band compressor on it compressor to make it sound like you want but if you want my exact multiband compressor settings sign up for my email list Link in the description this is

[08:29] any audio editing what is up guys today we will be discussing the top 10 reasons why Nate wellth should be banned and this is what my voice sounds like after guys today we will be discussing why Nate wealth needs to be banned and is a

[08:43] bad YouTuber now it's time to cut up all for audio if you're using a program that's not Adobe Audition you'll have to export and pop it into your video editor manually or of course you can just do it directly in your audio editor however

[08:55] there's an easier way that automatically removes all silence in your voice if you're using Adobe Audition if you're not then just skip to this time stamp first after making sure everything is merged go into the file select all withr

[09:08] a and go to the Diagnostics window in this window there's going to be a button called delete silence click it and if you want my exact settings then like up for my email list with the link in the description but otherwise play

[09:21] what volume you want to consider silence and what you want to consider dialogue when you've got that all sorted hit scan and then Mark all to Mark anytime you markers select all of them and change their type to subclip now press export

[09:36] of the current multirack session then what's cool about this is in Premiere you can hit import select your wave file and it'll import as individual sub Clips all sliced up for you which makes it way easier to work off of and adjust things

[09:49] then like I said before you'll just have to cut up your voiceovers manually which takes more time but is definitely doable also if you need to change anything in your voice over later don't reexport the

[10:03] imported sound bites in your video editor of choice instead make a new file and just import it to your video editor separately and with that I guess you're great with this amazing voiceover you

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