How do you deal with your audio quality?

Choco Berry Gaming said:
My gain settings on the mic is 52, Volume settings in windows is 100 (I'm not sure what you mean about that), About 3 or 4 inch, Polar Pattern Cardioid, I'm using the USB cable that came with, I'm using Audacity to record my audio and the settings are: First I do noise removal then Compressor (with threshold -17 dB), then Equalization "Bass Boost" 9dB or 6 dB sometimes. On my program to edit the video I turn the audio volume to +12.0 to make it a little bit sparkling.[DOUBLEPOST=1455668701,1455668656][/DOUBLEPOST]
Hahahah lol ok I will try.
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Ok, so the mic gain at 52 would be what I meant, under Recording Devices in Windows. So the next question is what is the gain knob on the Yeti set at. You should set both to half/50/12o'clock. Don't have the gain setting in windows be reasonable but the Yeti maxing itself out. That's a recipe for distortion.

Now, on the editing side. Your order of operations is a bit off. I would suggest changing your order to Normalize, Compress, EQ and then Noise Removal. Tone the bass boost back. You're using too much of it. The reason to normalize and compress first, is that the more you edit after noise removal, the more you are reintroducing noise back into the recording. It should be nearly the last thing you do.

And if you have to, normalize the audio at the end to -1db but if you set it up right to start, you won't need to do that. Don't just crank the volume by 12db in the video editor. That should never be a thing. If you have your bulk of your audio in the -6db range or so in Audacity, then your volume is perfect. When you go to edit, reduce the volume of the other tracks like game audio and such. Don't pump your vocals to match when you already know the levels are good.

Try a few of those things and maybe put up an unlisted video which is just a 20 or 30 second comparison against your normal method.
 
Tarmack said:
Ok, so the mic gain at 52 would be what I meant, under Recording Devices in Windows. So the next question is what is the gain knob on the Yeti set at. You should set both to half/50/12o'clock. Don't have the gain setting in windows be reasonable but the Yeti maxing itself out. That's a recipe for distortion.

Now, on the editing side. Your order of operations is a bit off. I would suggest changing your order to Normalize, Compress, EQ and then Noise Removal. Tone the bass boost back. You're using too much of it. The reason to normalize and compress first, is that the more you edit after noise removal, the more you are reintroducing noise back into the recording. It should be nearly the last thing you do.

And if you have to, normalize the audio at the end to -1db but if you set it up right to start, you won't need to do that. Don't just crank the volume by 12db in the video editor. That should never be a thing. If you have your bulk of your audio in the -6db range or so in Audacity, then your volume is perfect. When you go to edit, reduce the volume of the other tracks like game audio and such. Don't pump your vocals to match when you already know the levels are good.

Try a few of those things and maybe put up an unlisted video which is just a 20 or 30 second comparison against your normal method.
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Thank you so MUCH!! :D this will definitely help me.[DOUBLEPOST=1455729463,1455729216][/DOUBLEPOST]
Tarmack said:
Ok, so the mic gain at 52 would be what I meant, under Recording Devices in Windows. So the next question is what is the gain knob on the Yeti set at. You should set both to half/50/12o'clock. Don't have the gain setting in windows be reasonable but the Yeti maxing itself out. That's a recipe for distortion.

Now, on the editing side. Your order of operations is a bit off. I would suggest changing your order to Normalize, Compress, EQ and then Noise Removal. Tone the bass boost back. You're using too much of it. The reason to normalize and compress first, is that the more you edit after noise removal, the more you are reintroducing noise back into the recording. It should be nearly the last thing you do.

And if you have to, normalize the audio at the end to -1db but if you set it up right to start, you won't need to do that. Don't just crank the volume by 12db in the video editor. That should never be a thing. If you have your bulk of your audio in the -6db range or so in Audacity, then your volume is perfect. When you go to edit, reduce the volume of the other tracks like game audio and such. Don't pump your vocals to match when you already know the levels are good.

Try a few of those things and maybe put up an unlisted video which is just a 20 or 30 second comparison against your normal method.
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My gain knob on the yeti is 45/11o'clock
 
One trick I use is to use audacity to edit my sound files from what I record. It's free to download and has improved my audio quality somewhat, although I would really benefit from a better microphone when I can afford one. You can get rid of any unwanted sounds on there very easily (if you do struggle there are tutorials online which may also help you), especially things in the distance like cars, and sometimes unwanted clocks in the house, which always seem to tick loudly in my videos! With gaming video's, try not to breathe down the mic like other people have said, but also try and keep your voice somewhat softer, especially when excited because I experienced YouTuber's creating crackling sounds when their voice, which sounds like loud music when it hits your ears and makes cracking noises.

I hope this somewhat helps you, many of the other suggestions are also good on here, especially about buying professional gear if you want that professional finish to things

Best Wishes
Jan
 
Well i capture my gameplay audio with the Elgato HD60 capture card. For my friends' and I's commentary I started by recording everyone's audio separately with cheap mics and synced everyone's audio. Now I'm using a blue snowball mic. It allows me to record more than one person's audio with one mic. It's a $50 mic and I highly recommend it! Good luck friend!
 
You can use audacity a free software, as long you have a mic on your computer audacity will pick it up. Then you can change to sound quality to make it sound better
 
lol, I don't even... @Dstacey97 @Atomicred @Review Wiz are all essentially spammers at this point. No, suggesting that the guy buy a Blue Snowball is not a good option because he's already using a Yeti. No, suggesting Audacity as though it's a magical solution won't help him because he's using it already.

Jesus... you lot need to get the hell out of advice forums because it's clear that you're not even reading the threads.

Choco Berry Gaming said:
I just made a new video can you please give me some feedback about my audio? I think now Is better.
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It is getting better. You're still capping the diaphragm on the mic though. The distortion starts at 0:27 and it's all because you started yelling again. If you're going to have such a wide range of volume all the time, you will need to become very good friends with the Compressor in Audacity. And turn the gain down. You never want your audio to clip.
 
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