Hi Sameer
Apologies for the slow response, explained below. You asked: what
reverb, noise gate and compression settings did you use?
The short answer is I don't know and the slightly longer answer is that
it is not relevant to your situation. A longer answer follows.
For logistical reasons I used Reaper to record while working with
Audacity. I found that more effective than setting up two instances of
Audacity. The reverb and compression was therefore applied in Reaper.
The sad part of the story is that, upon reading your message, I opened
the Reaper project to check what effects I had used and found that the
project had become corrupted. I am just about certain the problem is
with the compressor I used. Given that I had saved the recording, this
should not have been a major issue, but I becamefrustrated and dejected.
But to your quest for knowledge. The amount of and type of effect you
use will depend very much on your environment - room size, microphone,
voice and, importantly, the sound you like. I use some compression to
try to level out my inconsistent speech level. A good narrator would
not have such an issue with that. I also like a touch of reverb to add
a bit of depth. There is a strong temptation to over-do the reverb.
That works for Phil Collins and others (smile) but for podcasts and the
like excessive reverb is more offputting than than pleasant.
When applying reverb to Audacity, I do the following. Make a copy of
the track and apply the reverb to that copy. You can then continue to
pull back the level on the reverb track until you get the sound you
want. If you decide later you want more or less reverb, you can adjust
the reverb track and leave the original as was. You do need to be
careful with overall level, as the two tracks together may cause
distortion if too much gain.
As for compression, it is the bane of my life. Most compressors I have
tried refuse to give me the sound I want. This is not helped my the
countless settings, most of which I do not understand despite an ongoing
quest to do so. One day though!
Andrew
On 21/08/2017 4:38 PM, Sameer Vasta wrote:
Hi List and particularly Andrew
I'm in the process of recording a podcast.
What are the recommended ideal recording settings (values) for the
application of reverb, noise gate and compression effects?
Andrew, what reverb, noise gate and compression settings did you use
during the Audacity intro you did about a month ago?
Kind regards
Sameer
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