Use a Free Plugin to Remove Background Noise from Dialogue clean up dialog recording how to remove background noise transform your voice recording

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In other posts we've gone in depth learning how to get rid of background noise using iZotope RX's spectral de-noiser and standalone noise gates.

But what if you don't have access to the $400.00 iZotope software and still have background noise problems to clean up in your dialogue recordings?

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How Do You Know if Your Voice Over or Podcast Audio is Bad? tips for recording dialog transform your voice recording

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So you just recorded a portion of dialogue for your podcast or voice-over for video.

But when you listen back to the recording, something doesn't sound right...

The spoken words aren't as clear as you had hoped and you hear all kinds of noises in the recording that aren't supposed to be...

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When is my Voice Over or Podcast Audio Good Enough to Release? how to listen critically tips for recording dialog transform your voice recording

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Let's say you just captured a voice recording for your podcast and it sounds good...

You made sure to record in a quiet space and you checked to make sure your volume levels were at a good place.

The volume isn't too loud, where the dialogue is distorted and going into the red (clipping), but...

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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 voice recording

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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 around the frequencies that our human ears are most sensitive to.

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

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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 the recording, I actually ended up losing some of the clarity that the...

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

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

It's true and it's often the best place to start when you're recording dialogue or spoken word recordings from home.

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

So you have a decent sounding recording for your podcast, sermon or voice-over for video, but you want to take it up a notch in quality (and you can't re-record it).

You may be asking yourself, “How do I even start to know how to improve or correct the sound of my voice recording”?...

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

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, sermon or voice-over for video is actually listened to rather than being...

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