Audio volume is a chronic issue people complain about on my videos, and I think the problem is my hearing is too sensitive AND I have a low threshhold for too loud, so I edit with it turned way down. I need someone, ideally someone with either good equipment at their house, or even someone with hearing loss, who is interested to listen to the draft and let me know if the audio is too discrepant, or who can tell me how to visually see whether it’s discrepant, or who can otherwise give me specific equipment advice as being told it’s a problem does not get me closer to solving it. Thank you in advance. I’ve tried several mics and several editing softwares.
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Do you have film editing software like Final Cut Pro? There are quite a few helpful audio editing video tips out there. That’s what I used to level off my sound - rule of thumb is to keep the levels between - 6 and -12 (from my recollection). I have an audio technica mic that works quite well. If you have a short film you want help with then I can help. Once you get the hang of it - editing sound is a formula you just repeat. Also - Final Cut has a great new feature that gets rid of background noise without compromising the sound.
I have tried Inshot, Wevideo, and Movavi. I am wondering if there's some setting I just don't know about that would normalize it. The "normalize" button doesn't seem to do it. The most recent complaint I got was on the Church of the Nonbinaries Girl, Interrupted that went up in 3 parts on youtube this weekend. I'll check out final cut. I am also trying out Adobe Premiere Pro right now but I would prefer something that did not have a monthly subscription fee.
I use Premiere. If those programs do have a normalize audio function, you'll probably have to normalize each video clip separately before you stitch anything together. Basically, normalizing the audio will set a portion of audio to the correct level based on its loud peaks. You have to normalize the different sources separately to get normal audio across the whole video.
Do you have a Mac? I specifically use Final Cut BECAUSE it's a one time fee and a pretty low one. I refuse to pay Adobe yet another monthly fee! The problem is that you use clips so you have to edit each part. I can hear the sound fine on the video you mentioned though the sound drops off a few times - either make sure you speak directly into the mic or you can edit each of those bits and bring up the sound. Using headphones help because then you'll hear when you aren't speaking into the mic. But I can still hear you without a struggle. I would up the bass levels on your speaking parts - they tend to be kind of pitchy and not rich sounding. That's probably due to the particular mic you're using. The clip you use in the video you note has a lot of echo in it, which might make it harder to hear. It's not a loudness issue but a clarity one. Final cut allows you to do all sorts of stuff with sound including removing echo. I'm sure Premiere does as well. Your videos are MUCH better than they used to be sound-wise. I used to have to keep putting the volume up and down on the same video. I don't anymore. And I'd probably never comment on the video you mentioned because overall it's fine. But if you want to take sound to the next level then there are things you could do to make that happen.
Actually part 2 of Church of the Nonbinaries is kind of quiet. Part 3 is what I was commenting on. It's not just quiet (because you can just turn up the volume) but as I'd said, the clarity is lacking. The used clips are very muddy and echo sounding. IF you get final cut then check this video out. https://youtu.be/kSKKLn7N8w0 I found it quite useful - It'll help you get all of the levels the same using the "limiter." I'd add bass to your speaking clips also. I'm only useful in the Final cut realm because that's what I use so perhaps others can help with Premiere.
I like DaVinci Resolve. It's pro-grade comprehensive editing software that's very intuitive to learn. There are many online tutorials covering all aspects of post, but most importantly, it's free.
i have some hearing impairment, and use closed captioning whenever possible. i'm also sensitive to sound and to emotional voices---i find the angry detrans girls you use in your videos stressful to listen to so i prefer to use CC for them. and many, many other political vids also. i do not have trouble with your voice. you speak quite clearly. but i use the CC whenever possible. i know nothing about tech however.
What you need is Sound Forge Audio Studio. It will help you "see" where the levels are at and you can compare the highest peaks against the meter indicators on the left (or right).
Apart from when there's shouty clips from tiktokers or youtube, I don't generally have problems with yr vids. I've watched them here, youtube, oddysee and rumble.
Replied to the email I got with this post with my info there. Would love to help out!
I didn't receive it and had settings set up to only accept email from paying subscribers, but now. it says all subscribers. Can you please either resend or forward to exulansicrelay@gmail.com?
Just forwarded it to you
Do you have film editing software like Final Cut Pro? There are quite a few helpful audio editing video tips out there. That’s what I used to level off my sound - rule of thumb is to keep the levels between - 6 and -12 (from my recollection). I have an audio technica mic that works quite well. If you have a short film you want help with then I can help. Once you get the hang of it - editing sound is a formula you just repeat. Also - Final Cut has a great new feature that gets rid of background noise without compromising the sound.
I have tried Inshot, Wevideo, and Movavi. I am wondering if there's some setting I just don't know about that would normalize it. The "normalize" button doesn't seem to do it. The most recent complaint I got was on the Church of the Nonbinaries Girl, Interrupted that went up in 3 parts on youtube this weekend. I'll check out final cut. I am also trying out Adobe Premiere Pro right now but I would prefer something that did not have a monthly subscription fee.
I use Premiere. If those programs do have a normalize audio function, you'll probably have to normalize each video clip separately before you stitch anything together. Basically, normalizing the audio will set a portion of audio to the correct level based on its loud peaks. You have to normalize the different sources separately to get normal audio across the whole video.
Not sure if I can post links here but this one is pretty good: https://youtu.be/KHbuNWhiPVk
Do you have a Mac? I specifically use Final Cut BECAUSE it's a one time fee and a pretty low one. I refuse to pay Adobe yet another monthly fee! The problem is that you use clips so you have to edit each part. I can hear the sound fine on the video you mentioned though the sound drops off a few times - either make sure you speak directly into the mic or you can edit each of those bits and bring up the sound. Using headphones help because then you'll hear when you aren't speaking into the mic. But I can still hear you without a struggle. I would up the bass levels on your speaking parts - they tend to be kind of pitchy and not rich sounding. That's probably due to the particular mic you're using. The clip you use in the video you note has a lot of echo in it, which might make it harder to hear. It's not a loudness issue but a clarity one. Final cut allows you to do all sorts of stuff with sound including removing echo. I'm sure Premiere does as well. Your videos are MUCH better than they used to be sound-wise. I used to have to keep putting the volume up and down on the same video. I don't anymore. And I'd probably never comment on the video you mentioned because overall it's fine. But if you want to take sound to the next level then there are things you could do to make that happen.
Actually part 2 of Church of the Nonbinaries is kind of quiet. Part 3 is what I was commenting on. It's not just quiet (because you can just turn up the volume) but as I'd said, the clarity is lacking. The used clips are very muddy and echo sounding. IF you get final cut then check this video out. https://youtu.be/kSKKLn7N8w0 I found it quite useful - It'll help you get all of the levels the same using the "limiter." I'd add bass to your speaking clips also. I'm only useful in the Final cut realm because that's what I use so perhaps others can help with Premiere.
I like DaVinci Resolve. It's pro-grade comprehensive editing software that's very intuitive to learn. There are many online tutorials covering all aspects of post, but most importantly, it's free.
Fwiw, I've cut a feature, trailers, sizzles and docs on it.
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i have some hearing impairment, and use closed captioning whenever possible. i'm also sensitive to sound and to emotional voices---i find the angry detrans girls you use in your videos stressful to listen to so i prefer to use CC for them. and many, many other political vids also. i do not have trouble with your voice. you speak quite clearly. but i use the CC whenever possible. i know nothing about tech however.
What you need is Sound Forge Audio Studio. It will help you "see" where the levels are at and you can compare the highest peaks against the meter indicators on the left (or right).
Thank you!
I can also turn you on to some good mastering software to help you knock down those levels and cancel a lot of unwanted noise.
For what it's worth, I've never noticed an issue with your audio.
Apart from when there's shouty clips from tiktokers or youtube, I don't generally have problems with yr vids. I've watched them here, youtube, oddysee and rumble.