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VIDEO — Removing a mouth click from your recording

17 October 2010

In olden days — say, 5 years ago — home recording studios were not common among voiceover talent. Today, though, having your own recording studio has become a necessity to compete in this industry.

Recording yourself requires one skill set. Editing the recording requires another one.

I am meticulous about editing out undesirable sounds to provide a pristine recording to my clients. This :41 video shows you how to isolate and eliminate a click from your recording. I use Pro Tools LE, but this technique should work with any audio editing program.

Since editing is done in real time, you can just imagine the amount of time needed to edit your recording of a long video or e-learning narration, much less an audiobook! When quoting a price for a job, you always have to factor in the time required to edit the audio. In fact, the general rule of thumb that I use is to expect 2 hours of audio editing for every 1 hour of finished recording.

Was this video helpful to you? Are there other audio editing techniques that you would like to see? I look forward to your comments on the blog!

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Filed Under: Audio Editing, Narrators, Videos, Voice-Over

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  1. Lauren McCullough says

    20 October 2010 at 9:20 am

    Karen,

    Thanks for sharing this video!
    Fabulous job.

    Best,
    Lauren

    Reply
  2. Karen says

    20 October 2010 at 7:24 pm

    Lauren, thanks so much for the kind words and retweeting my link on Twitter. I had fun making this video and look forward to making some more of them!

    Karen

    Reply
  3. hillary says

    11 February 2011 at 3:39 pm

    LOVE that you took the time to do this karen. you’re awesome!

    Reply
  4. Karen says

    11 February 2011 at 9:55 pm

    Greetings, Hillary! I’m glad you liked this video. I’m planning another one to show how to smooth out a popped P in the wave form.

    Thanks for stopping by the blog!

    Karen

    Reply
  5. Summer Love says

    7 March 2011 at 3:22 pm

    Hello, new to Blog.
    Would like to learn VO for reading purposes. I volunteer at Tradtions (nursing, hospic, health rehab home)while seeking employment.
    Are there classes under $99.
    Kindest regards,

    Reply
  6. Karen says

    7 March 2011 at 10:31 pm

    Greetings, Summer! I can’t answer your question. I suggest you do a Google search for classes in your area. Also, check out my recommended reading list at Amazon (the link is on my Advice page) or the coaches directory at Voices.com for more assistance.

    Karen

    Reply
  7. Greg says

    24 January 2012 at 6:43 pm

    Hi Karen. Thank you so much for sharing this! It’s such a little thing but to one who struggles with vocal noise in his voice-overs I greatly appreciated this! I’ve been in the Voice over industry for a year now and you’re right about the editing for sure. Your video here has helped me to isolate and understand what the vocal noise looks like and how to eliminate it. Thanks again!

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  8. Karen says

    25 January 2012 at 9:24 am

    Greetings, Greg! Thanks for the nice note. I’m so happy that you found the video to be helpful.

    This video shows one technique to eliminate the noise. You also can reduce the gain on it or patch over it with room tone. I delete it if it’s a single up/down wave like I show in the video.

    When you’re editing, it’s important to look at the pattern of the wave. Sometimes the wave pattern is a pattern of 2 or 3 humps on the same side of the horizontal axis. You have to get all of the ones in the pattern in order that you don’t hear a drop-out in sound.

    Clicks often are not as dramatic as the one I showed in the video. The more you look at your audio, the more you’ll recognize the patterns and be able to isolate any unwanted sounds.

    Of course, prevention is the best cure, so it’s good to stay hydrated, brush your teeth, and do other preparations before hitting the record button. Everybody seems to have their favorite routine.

    Best wishes for your continued success!

    Karen

    Reply

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