How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Mastering Step 8 eq dialog start to finish how to de-ess how to listen critically

A man using an equalizer on a dialogue recording within an audio editor.

So, you've worked through the recording process and editing of your voice recording.

Maybe it's sermon audio from the past week or your podcast.

It's starting to sound really good after you've cleaned things up in the edi...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Editing Step 7 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically

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We've made it to the end of the editing phase learning to use EQ to remove resonances and soothe sibilance.

Now, we'll learn how to get your podcast recording's sound one step closer to ...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Editing Step 5 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically

Learn how to get your voice recording sounding clear and beautiful (just how you hear it sounding in your head)!

Specifically, we're covering the many ways you can use an EQ to sculpt and improve the sound of your dialogue...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Recording Step 3 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically


To capture your voice recording, you already made sure to follow all the tips and tricks to get the clearest dialogue audio possible. Great job!

Now, after the recording process, how do you bring the quality up even higher u...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Recording Step 2 eq dialog start to finish how to de-ess how to listen critically

An audio mixing desk with equalizer and volume controls for each channel.
You've worked hard with your microphone placement and recording levels to capture a great sounding spoken word recording.

However, you find that it just doesn't sound as clear and crisp as you'd like it to, especially compar...

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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.By: Artur Voznenko | Unsplash

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 reine...

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

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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 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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