Thanks for the video! Even though I had previously done something very similar, your noise reduction settings (the 1000Hz thing) really made a big difference for me!

Thank you So Much! Works like a dream! My voice sounded like I was underwater with this awful echo/reverb sound. Now, I sound like I'm in a good sound studio! Thanks so much!

Thanks Brother, I've been annoyed by my background noise for a while, and this helps a lot.

Thank you so much for this. Audacity's been updated since you posted this obviously and some of the settings menus have additional sliders but this helped me tremendously.

Oh man, I really needed for this for a project. You're a life saver!

Thank you for this vide man, really helpful, just started doing commentary and I couldn't get it quite right until this video

A lot of people are saying that they can't hear the difference in the video. I think it must have been my recording software... unless you mean my mic quality during the tutorial, because that was un-edited. Glad I could help you. :)

@utubenotsoku Assuming you mean the waveforms; there are two of them because I was recording in stereo (left and right channels), a mono recording would only record a single track, however I could choose to mix my stereo recording down to a single mono file if I wanted. :)

Thank you so much. Now there is no more noise in my videos. This helped immensely .

Guide really really helped with my recording, thanks for the video man.

Hey realy realy thanks man your the only one I could find in HD and you explained it very clear

Dude, thank you lol. The normalize setting of 0.0 really made my voice much clearer and more audible! You've earned yourself a like :)

Worked like a charm. Thank you!

Thanks! This video was quite helpful. I tend to do my video editing on my Ubuntu OS (Linux) and I wasn't able to find many tutorials showing how to improve microphone quality in Ubuntu. However, since this video uses Audacity, which is cross-platform, I am able to use it in Ubuntu.

Thanks for the vid! Been meaning to know a few tricks like this in audacity.

This video helped so much!! Thanks man!

Very helpful.. Thanks for putting this video together. I made immediate improvements.

Thanks a lot. I don't have a cheap mic, but knowing how to do these things made my good mic sound like (to my ears at least) a high-end professional mic. Very nice tutorial and very easy to understand. I personally couldn't really hear the difference in the video itself, but I sure heard it on my end!

@Those3Horses, also if it helps, you could try to restart your computer (it sometimes helps me) and, or you can uninstall some of the junk you don't necessarily need on your computer which can sometimes improve your computers performance. It helps get rid of lag.

@Machoked No problem. I'm here to help. If you need to know anything else about audio editing let me know and I might make a tut. :D Make sure to like and fav etc etc :)

Helped out a lot!

Excellent piece of information. Thanks for that very helpful! :)

how do you save it as a sound document? in wav type for example

Hey bro, thanks a lot for this video. You helped me so much. :)

Just a tip: Get a pop filter or a makeshift one. It will prevent your T or S from making a sharp whistling noise, and a P or a B from making a popping noise.

@jamieshelley1 If it sounds bassy enough, then don't bother with the bass boost. That's only to help with vocals really, maybe only boost it a little, just until you get the sound you want. The sound removal could still help a lot though. Though I imagine if you're using a lot of gain, it may remove some of that too. :)

AWESOME! it helped me a lot thanks

@davidmitrevski For this tutorial I used the on-board sound (from my ASUS motherboard) and a headset that I picked up for £1 (which is about $1.50). I've now upgraded to Turtlebeach Earforce x11's and am considering buying a condenser mic. :)

@Those3Horses, have you tried tempo or speed settings in audacity effects? you can slow down your mic that way for audacity. Sometimes it can also be because your computer lagging like mine. When I record, it will play the sound but it sometimes does this weird thing where it sounds like a radio station is kicking in the sound (in a sense) so it could be because of computer lag. It happens.

thanks for this! It really helped

@Machoked It's the 1.3.12 Beta. Has some more features than the regular Audacity. :)

Great tutorial...investing in a pop filter would definitely help you though:)

awesome man thnx for the help!

@princesspuripuri25 Thnx, glad I could help. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to know and don't forget to check out some of my other vidz. Subscribe if you want to see more tutorials in the future. ^_^

Thx I just started youtube and I got a cheap mic and this really made it sound like a decent mic thx!

I have the PS3 Pulse which is a set of headphones with a mic built in. I've done everything you've said in your tutorials on 2 different versions of Audacity. The problem is that when I record my voice, the quality fluctuates between somewhat muffled and clear in a steady pattern. Do you think my mic is the problem here?

Just copy and paste (CTRL + C then CTRL + V). You don't actually need to do this to improve the quality, it was just for demonstration purposes. :)

@utubenotsoku I'd start by moving your mic away from your face (assuming it's a headset) also adjust your microphone properties: Right click on the audio icon on the far right of your task bar (opposite your Start Menu) and select Recording Devices. From here you can select your microphone and adjust it's properties, mess around with the levels a bit. On the window titled "Sound" (with all your audio devices) you'll want to get the green bars to go to about 3/4 the way up, but not too far. :)

Don't want to sound like an intruding arse, but here's some other useful tips 1.Being in a small room with padded walls helps to reduce reverb 2.A pop filter can rid of plosive sounds (the pop and crackle you sometimes hear) 3.The closer you are to the mic, the more bass you generate (get too close and it will sound terrible, usually) 4.Shock mounts can lessen noise 5.There's a mic for everyone. Some expensive mics could sound terrible for you, while cheaper one's won't.

Move the mic to the side of your face or speak slightly to the side of your desk mic. The amount of wind you are pushing into your microphone is murdering any improvement you intend to show on this. The tutorial is great, but the simple act of removing the wind from your recording will improve your video 100%!

@sealedfate58 If you're using a PC (I don't really know about Macs) right click on the volume icon on your start menu bar (over to the right), select recording devices. Here you can access and adjust the settings for each of your recording devices (e.g. your headset / mic). Right click on your device and go to properties. Now you can change the levels, boost the volume and add enhancements. :) Hope this helps. :D

Thanks this helped me a lot!!!!!

@princesspuripuri25 Not exactly sure what you mean by ecco? You want to add an echo? As in be able to hear yourself back? What operating system you using? (e.g. XP, Vista, 7, OSX, Ubuntu)

This helped me, thanks

You Rock bro!

thanks for the vid it was much help brotha..

@TehCODFailOfTheDay Are you using a headset? Perhaps the cable is dodgey, when you move around the connection could be cutting?

awesome thanks

@LycanSentry I think I'm just have to retry it. What strange is it says remove noise but when I do It isn't gone but is only lower so maybe that is the problem.

Dude thnx so much , u rock

Are you sure the mic jack is plugged in fully? Perhaps a tweak of your mic settings is needed. If you're on a PC you can adjust the mic volume in your "Recording Devices" (right click on your volume icon). Select your mic (Most likely "Front Mic") then click properties and mess around with the levels tab. Hope this helps, let me know how it goes. :D

Dude thanks a million!!! :D :D

Ah, ok then :) BTW I tryed to do this in Audacity, and the result is pretty good. Good tutorial, thanks!

With the new version 2.0, what sensitivity would you recommend for the nosie removal?

Helped alot thnx

@EmbyCraft I know I was amazed at the audio quality I could achieve, that's why I made this tutorial. I did cut up part of a sponge and stick it on the £1 mic, but I lost it somehow. That helped prevent some "puff". I've a £40 Turtle Beach headset now though. Not because it's better quality, but because I can use it with my PC or Xbox 360, or both at once. :)

@LycanSentry hmm.. When I did it the first time it wen't fine but now I keep a very low beeping and that will get stronger if I normalise so then it stays the same. But if I don't do that you will not be able to hear me :( Do you know what I did wrong?

This program is alright for music i have recorded some but is there a better one that is free

THANKS!

Even after repeating several times, and sending the recording to my friend (who is quite good with FL Studio), I still don't have the quality I need for my song cover. I'm going back to my vocal synthesizers if I can't get help. (Of course I will be using synthesizers forever...)

is there any way to improve quality of my mic while im talking vis skype or streaming something ?

I'm looking for a tutorial on how to make a crappy audio recording exactly as the one in this video, and make it sound better, easier on the ears. Any pointers are greatly appreciated.

how do you record your voice and add it to your video or some people record the voice after the video and add it to the video how to do that?

Alright, a question. When I use this program, will it directly record with those settings? A.k.a. if I record gameplay via fraps, will it directly filter out noises or is this for editing -afterwards- ?

thanks man that honestly helped a shit load for recording acoustic guitar

PLease how does ur mic pic up left and right at the same time

ty for the help

nice tutorial. U earn a sub.

@francky101 There's a tool with an icon that looks like 2 little arrows facing away from each other (top tool bar). Click this and then you can drag your clips forward or backward. :)

@LycanSentry I have a Snowball, I had a problem where the microphone wouldn't work in my any of my usb slots for a month then one day it worked again,

Thanx so much

Thanks dude :)

thanks!

Ok so, the mic that is built in to my laptop gives off that white noise during recording playback.. I'm assuming getting a better mic will eliminate this problem, right? I want to purchase the Blue Snowball USB mic I just hope it is compatible.

thank you very much it helped

@Vguitarist105 I would have thought so. Give it a go and let me know if it works. :D You might have to try a few slightly different settings though. :)

I want reverb on my mic DURING the recording. Is there a way to do that?

my audacity has as sliding bar for noise removal instead of numbers I can change. What version of audacity are you usingg?

thanks for this vid :D

@gammogun Sure you're doing everything in the right order? Sounds like you might not have sampled a space of audio with just noise when you were using the noise removal tool.

You sound like Trottimus from hats films

@KoolAidtotheMan @jamieshelley1 Granted .mp3 is not the best format to record and edit audio in (as it's mainly designed for uploading or burning to disk) the audio quality (at about 320kbps) is almost unnoticeably different to that of an uncompressed .wav file, however I agree with KoolAid, you should save recordings as .wav's. :) It's also good to keep an original version of the recording (as a .wav) in case you want to edit it differently another time. :D Save .mp3's for upload. :)

Ty for the great video. It helped a lot, but there is one thing. I just downloaded Audacity and some of the options in effects have changed, for example the sensitivity slider in Noise removal. I had to look it up and test a few times to understand better how to set the sliders, it would be extremely good if you could briefly talk about the sliders in the new version..

But what frequency should those who are in voice change like me?

thank you very much. like and fav.

so... you dont need it opened up when your record so... it sets it strait away for your recording???

Thank you dude, your awesome! Now I don't have noice anymore! =D

@gamesketch Thanks dude. Glad I could help ya. :D

good shit.

Just select a small section of your audio (e.g. your voice, instrument, etc) with a little bit of noise and preview it until you've tweaked your settings. Then select the whole piece and apply the effect. :)

Nah, I didn't edit this video's audio because at the time I had to record all the audio with the screen capture and it would have affected the sound of the recordings when I was demonstrating the difference. :)

When it comes to my commentaries I record my audio and video at the same time. The game audio is saved with the video (Recorded with Fraps for PC and my PVR for Xbox games), and I record myself using either Audacity or Pamela (Skype call recording software). Then just drop them into a video editor, add my intro, music, titles etc and export for uploading. :D You can however record audio in your video and then edit it later, but that's another story all together (Not with audio from games).

faved cause this will help me a hell of a lot

What soundcard and mic you use?

Smeone help me plz, I'm tryng to record my music and when I speak into my microphone while the beat is playing (overdub), my voice comes in a late response while playback,, In other words my voice plays slower than the voice... Help me!!!!

No I didn't - if I had used it on the video, then all of the audio would have been improved and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the original recording and the edited one. Will add this to the description. :)

@gammogun Thanks. I try my best. :D

ok i did all that but how do i match it to my video

why did you turn up the attack all the way?? The point of noise removal is make your voice sound as clean as possible right?

Which microphone did you use to record this audio. Microphone model number pls.....