This was exactly what I needed to turn out great voice overs. I'd watched hours of videos trying to get an idea of how to improve the sound. This video was perfect! Thanks so much.

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Back in the day, I worked at a recording studio that specialized in radio commercials and audio for video. G.I.R.A.T.S. was our guiding principle. Usually we had an hour to record, mix and master a 60- and/or 30-sec campaign spot that may or may not contain voice(s), music and effects. More complex spots required more, but most were around the one hour mark. You got to be good, fast. Pre-production was key! My favourite spots were the concert announcements. Cutting music bed tracks was the best fun! (Those were separate half-hour sessions, usually done the day before.) Knowing your gear, the talent, and the client got to be just another tool in your arsenal. Thanks for these very fun and informative videos, and the reminders that what was, still is. (Yeah, OK, a bit dramatic...) If anyone from the Toronto, Ontario area remembers the Canada's Wonderland spots from the mid '80s with "Dave Nash", the last 2 years of that series were all done in my room at the studio where I worked. THOSE were fun!!

HI Joe, another great video. I was wondering, do you have a video about how you set up your live streams? You seem to have the system down perfectly and it's something I've been looking into 😁

No compression? Our pastor's voice goes from whisper quiet to a good forte (no yells, but clear and strong) and a compressor helps me even it all out. Thank you for the good ideas/helps!

I like the method and will be doing this going forward when mastering recordings from church. KISS is always a good thing, AKA don't complicate things.

Great thank you. I am creating a series of spoken word pieces with music I write reflected in the background. This helped a lot.

so touching for an excellent video

Brilliant, really helpful as I'm hoping to get started with podcasting this month. Thanks again Joe!

great, thanks a lot for this input.

Good man Joe

Hey man, love that you are using Studio One. I'm switching now and wonder if you have your podcast template available to download to get a head start on the learning curve. Thanks

Super helpful. Thank you!

This was uploaded 5 years ago, I’d love to try to connect with you to see if there are any processes (this or otherwise) that automation is potentially feasible

You need a plaid T-shirt! ha!...another great vid, Joe. Get PreSonus to send you a faderport 16.... you'll love it as it has some features the live mixers don't. Have you ever used OBS? For my quick and dirty screen capture videos, it's free and great. If you're happy with what you've recorded....no editing/mixing when you're done. Good for the live streams too. Automatically uploads to KZfaq when you stop streaming.

I wanna learn ♥️♥️

i like it!!!

Awesome tip! 1 question: if you have more than one vocal track do you set up a new bus and limiter for each or do they all send to the same bus? Thanks!

Simple. No prob. Great vid. But how do you get rid of a female's vocal breathiness (not breaths between sounds)?

Thank you for making this video. I was wondering if you could do a tutorial on dealing with the same kinds of issues but in a podcast format. As you know podcasts are exploding the majority of my work is editing them. With so many beginners entering the field you wouldn’t believe the crap I get sent specifically streaming audio. For instance someone using earbuds with a little microphone on them from Apple so as they move their head the sound is constantly changing and on top of that the recording is from ZOOM video conferencing call. I have been an engineer for over 20 years I know pro tools inside and out and I have tried every trick in the book. I was just wondering if you had any suggestions... I like the idea of adding a plug-in that adds harmonics to fill in the missing information, but in a musical context you have more choices to be creative. With a podcast the dialogue is naked and completely exposed. Any tips?

so it's like mix and master in the same project?

Great info, thank you! What mic are you using?

Good cta!

One thing I have to disagree: expander or hate should be at the top beginning of the chain before the compressor, or you’ll have less natural results IMO. What is the logic to compress things you know you don’t want in the track?....

Do you use a reverb too on the voice?

Would that expander at around 8:30 in your vid work kinda like a D-verb? Something to un reverb a room. I am working for a great guy but his vox come to me with a pretty live room sound. Kinda reverby all on there own any tricks to quiet the liveness of his room?

how do you make sure the music isnt too loud when youre talking?

What microphone are you using?

how much are you stressing loudness standards for podcasts? I've been getting more podcast mixing jobs recently and being like 30+ minutes long it's a bit annoying to keep checking the longterm LKFS. How do you deal with that, or is it even a big deal in the podcast world?

What is the church site or facebook ?

8 minutes is not 2 minutes

I didn't liked the video, just putting a limiter and eq is not mixing...

You talk too much than teaching