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akaCraig
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May 11, 2016
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Deep warm booming broadcaster voice

  • May 11, 2016
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Adobe Audition CC 2015.1 build 8.1.0.162

Macbook Pro OSX Yosemite 10.10.5, 16 GB RAM, Intel Core i7

Microphone is MXL 990 USB Stereo

Can someone tell or show me the best way to take an raw audio track of my voice over, and turn it into a Deep warm booming broadcaster voice, without leaving behind any unpleasant artifacts, and with minimal steps ?

Thanks,

Craig

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Correct answer chrisw44157881

use parametric equalizer to raise lower frequencies. I was going for a smooth voice that you could listen to for hours. too boomy and your ears get tired.

studio reverb affect only freqs 300hz and below. rolloff high freqs, multiband compression, bs1770

capture noise print, adaptive noise removal. heal spikes, remove clipping etc.

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chrisw44157881
chrisw44157881
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May 12, 2016

does this sound like what you want?

CreativeCOW

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akaCraigAuthor
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May 12, 2016

@Chrisw - Yes. A little more bass maybe ?

chrisw44157881
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Inspiring
May 13, 2016

use parametric equalizer to raise lower frequencies. I was going for a smooth voice that you could listen to for hours. too boomy and your ears get tired.

studio reverb affect only freqs 300hz and below. rolloff high freqs, multiband compression, bs1770

capture noise print, adaptive noise removal. heal spikes, remove clipping etc.

SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
Community Expert
May 12, 2016

Without hearing your voice, then no we can't give you definitive steps.

If your voice isn't a long way there already though, it's not going to be that easy to achieve this without pitch alteration as well as some EQ, and that doesn't always work so well for VOs. But as I said, we'd need to hear what you have to work with first.

Due to - well, I don't know why really, but it's slightly bizarre - you can't post audio files onto the Adobe audio forum. You have to put them in something like Dropbox and post a link.

Bob Howes
Bob Howes
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May 12, 2016

As Steve hints, there's no magic way to created the deep warm booming broadcaster voice.  Most times, people who sound like that have, well, deep warm booming voices.

However, before you even get to Audition, there are some things you can do.  Ideally you'd have a different microphone but assuming that's not an option, use a pop screen and work right up close to the mic for the maximum "proximity effect" which enhances the bass.  Similarly, you can help your self by working on your "chest voice" and actually imitating the voice you're after.

Within Audition there are some effects presets designed to enhance/exaggerate voice overs.  Without hearing your voice, it's hard to suggest which ones to use (even as a starting point) but looking at things like Effects/Amplitude and Compression/Mutliband Compressor/Broadcast or Effects/Amplitude and Compression/Tube Modelled Compressor and one of the Vocal Booster or Voice Thickener but those can only be guesses.   It's worth noting though that any of these will work better if your original recording is as close as possible to what you want.

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akaCraigAuthor
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May 12, 2016

Just a couple more quick questions.

Does a Pre-amp and/or a mixer help ?

In addition to the MXL 990 USB Mic, I have tried a Rode NT1-A with a M-Audio  MobilePre USB Preamp, without much difference.  Maybe these are too low-end ?

I get the part about having the voice to start with.  Here is a sample of the voice:

Dropbox - Track 2_11.zip

Let me know,

Thanks,

Craig

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