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Could listen to this and give me your thoughts?

Aug 08, 2015 23:48

Hello, all! I've never done a podfic before and am embarking upon my first podfic-creating journey; I've chosen The Apothecaries' Garden as my first attempt (ten thousand words seemed like a good amount for a first time). Could you listen to the first half here and tell me what you think? Tell me all: if I sound off, if there's a background ( Read more... )

audacity, beta

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susan_voight August 10 2015, 01:11:03 UTC

I've dl'ed and am giving a quick listen to the first few minutes!

susan_voight August 11 2015, 11:52:22 UTC

Thanks for posting this! I haven't had time to listen to the whole thing, but I wanted to get you some feedback.

Your recording sounds clear to me. Occasionally there are noises of maybe clothes swishing, something crinkly? and some breath pops/bumping into mic kinds of things. These are much more noticeable on headphones than in the car, and they are generally not so loud as to distract me (there was one that jumped out at my in the car, in the first couple minutes, that now I can't find using headphones!), but if you're using a headset mic you might consider moving it slightly away from a direct line of your mouth, or if you're using a stand mic you might consider a pop screen. These are probably also removable using Audacity's noise reduction tool, also.

The pacing of your reading is good, and you're brave to start with a 10K fic--I started with less than 1K!

Keep going, you're doing great!

stellinia August 11 2015, 20:35:24 UTC

Thanks so much!! I'm glad you liked it :) But I'd like to know how can I remove the noise using Audacity? I don't know how to do that because it seems like you have to have like a pure piece of that noise to identify it and then remove it and... XP I don't understand it.

susan_voight August 12 2015, 01:43:59 UTC

Mostly I noticed the swishing/crinkling when you weren't reading, so if you find a particularly loud bit between sentences, just select that bit, do the step 1 "get noise profile," and then do the step 2 right on the same selected bit. Or you can try running step 2 on the entire track, just to see if it catches similar stuff.