How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Recording Step 1 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically

An audio mixing desk with equalizer and volume controls for each channel
So, you've worked hard to capture your voice recording for a podcast or your pastor's sermon or your audio for video.

But, it just doesn't sound as clear or have the impact of other voice recordings you listen to and enjoy.....

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Ice Pick to the Ear: How to Deal With Sibilance in Your Dialogue how to de-ess how to listen critically transform your dialog

A woman holding her ears in pain in front of a wall of multiple speakers.
Owww! Grimace! Wince! Those painful "S" and "T" sounds in words that jump out of your speakers are called sibilance and they can hurt!

It can actually be painful to your listener when not reined in properly since it's in and...

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How Using a Reference Can Save Your Bacon (and Your Audio for Video) how to listen critically transform your dialog

A woman being filmed for a video using a camera
For a recent video, I almost made a huge blunder with the audio after doing countless tweaks and processing moves to try to make it sound its best.

With some of the processing steps where I was taking things out to improve ...

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How to Remove Something to Improve Your Dialogue Audio clean up dialog recording how to de-ess transform your dialog

A man using headphones and a microphone to record his voice.By: Soundtrap | Unsplash

Did you know you can sweeten the sound of your voice recording (podcasts, voice-overs for video and sermons) simply by removing a few trouble spots?

It's true and it's often the best place to start ...

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How Listening Can Improve Your Voice-Over, Podcast or Sermon Audio how to listen critically transform your dialog

Let's say you have a decent sounding dialogue recording, but you want to improve its quality (and re-recording is out of the question).

You may be asking yourself, “How do I even start to know how to improve or correct th...

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How to Volume Match Your Recording to a Reference Recording how to listen critically transform your dialog

Did you ever have a good sounding recording for your podcast, sermon or voice-over for video that you wanted to take up a notch in quality (but you can’t go back and re-record it)?

How do you make sure your podcast, sermo...

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