Well done, Steve! This tutorial is as close to perfect as it possibly could be. Here's some feedback on why I think so. 1. Listing and addressing the types of unwanted noise in a recording. 2. Encouraging the audience to experiment with no-cost solutions to reduce noise, blankets. Being creative is more important than being perfect, specially when you are starting out. 3. Showing what a gate is and how to use it in a free plugin. You dont need expensive gear to just start. 4. Encouraging the viewer not to be lazy and edit the track to cut out sections. 5. Encouraging the viewer to capture multiple takes, put in the hard work, to get better results without needing to spend a dime. Work ethic and commitment to quality over expensive gear. And finally, I love the fact that every single video is focused on encouraging people to be creative and brave and engage in learning the craft and community. Well done buddy.

Bless you! I live near a very noisy business and thought all hope was lost for me in recording. You saying "don't let that get in the way of your creativity" was a kick in the butt for me

lets just be creative and make it happen , thanks steve for this wonderful quote , nothing can kill our creativity even noise "subbed" 👍👍

I was discouraged, because I moved back to my childhood house, from a house where I had a room where I used just some blankets to record, here I have not one room, and I'm facing the street, so not only people walk by and play loud music, there are some parakeets that are yelling all the day, and if that's not enough I got a fridge in the next room that makes a loud noise at night.. And the reflections of my voice in the walls. I was feeling like it's over. I have a room where only my bed and some stuff fits, and its quitter at night. So I'm planning on getting my laptop up there even tho it's uncomfortable. Thing is, your message hit my heart, I almost start crying, so thanks a lot, sir. ♥

I love the no excuse approach to your recommendations. Get out there and do it, until you can afford or find the perfect setup or environment

Thank you Steve, is nice to hear a person helping people whit out thinking in a..perfect laboratory and all that kind of stuff. Creativity is more important than perfection. At the end of the day, nothing is really perfect, maybe just cold and sounding expensive but not human. This is great, so, thank yoy very much from Venezuela!.

Wow so positive!!!.. I was browsing for mic technique for recording using android. I thought about buying mics but its expensive as most videos talks about mics brand affect the quality of sound. Watching you saying "...dont let it stop you..be creative" this is so encouraging and prove that a true musician you are. I became your fan now. Btw, i loved stacie orrico too since highschool and even now😂. Thanks for the video! Done subscribed, liked and bell clicked. 🥰🥰🥰

Thank you so much man, I thought there was no hope and I was crushed.. rushed into moving into a new place.. forgot it was right be the road.. can't wait to try, thank you again

Great video. I haven’t checked if you still make regular videos (that’s my next stop) but I subscribed and hit the notifications. I sold all my gear a few years back and miss it. So, I ordered the essentials to scratch that creative itch again. Road noise is a bit of a problem here, I’ve never experimented w the gate. Seems similar to strip silence. Thanks a ton for the quality information!

This here, is exactly why you're a professional sir. Thank you.

That was actually a lot of help! I started working on doing my own recordings and always got lost on the be-perfect stuff. Thanks for that reminder, Steve. I will be following your content closely!

@SteveInTheMix Just what I needed! Remembering from your other post that I was also useful. Congratulations on your great video! Extremely grateful! And also thanks for responding so quickly!

Love your message about not letting things get in the way of creating! Thanks. :)

Thanks for the positive affirmation! Great video

Really needed to hear this. Thank you Steve. Perfect is the enemy of good!

I've ended up here so this channel is going to explode soon! Rawk on and thanks for this great info!! Woooooohoooo Here we go!

Cool. Straight forward, no chaser. I like that. Also, don't know if you have another video that addresses this, you can actually run 10 seconds of clean background over and over again underneath your vocal track so that when you mix them down there's no noise and you still have the background if you want the background of course. Great tutorial man.

I'm digging your message, your attitude, and your encouragement! "Don't Wait For Perfect. Let's Be Creative"! Awesome!

Hi Steve, this has helped me a lot. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!

One thing I've learned is not to worry how sounds sound by themselves, but how they sound in the context of the song. You can listen to almost any acapella vocal tracks of songs and hear some other noise creeping in. The way I see it, if I can't hear the background noise in my monitors, my 3 pairs of headphones, my pair of ear buds, my phone speakers or my car speakers, I'm not too worried about anyone else hearing it. And as someone who samples a lot, I've also learned that sometimes the extra noise that you don't want at the start, actually adds to the song. Not sure about vocals but more than once there were little sounds that concerned me at the start when creating a melody out of samples, that actually became an important sound in the song. I know because sometimes I go to remove it and realize it sounds better with it. So unless it's something that sounds out of key I just let it be until mixing then decide whether I want to keep it there, remove it, or just remove it from certain sections. Sometimes the most random sounds can add life to a track. Especially in modern electronic music. Anyway, learned a lot from this video as I'm just now getting into vocal recording and live on a busy street. But I did get a decent mic. The AT4050 so hopefully I can make this work or at least as good as I can get it to work where I'm at til I can set something better up.

I like your way of thinking. I subscribed

thanks again uncle Steve! I def love this kind of stuff and wanna make it a career. Im def tryin to get better everyday with anytime I have free and your guidance is helping thank you!

Great tips as always. Great video Steve. Keep them coming.

Great video!

Great advice! Easy to understand! Subscribed 🙌🏼

Thanks for the reminder to not worry about perfection! I needed to hear that.

so encouraging thank you

What a great tutorial, thanks for the advices! I will recommend this channel to all my friends, definitely!

thank you so much i've been struggling with background noise and this has helped me a lot thank you so much

really love this video dude

I can't stress enough the importance of gate compression when recording in a Brooklyn apartment with all that outside noise

Thank you so much for this video especially the fact that it doesn’t have to be perfect let’s just start being creative I really needed to hear that :)

Thank you man, I just gave up on my first recording. You gave me my hopes back!

Exactly what I was looking for =)

like your positivity!

If the noise is too loud and you cannot find a noisefree place, using a dynamic microphone can be really good in those situations. I've been traveling and recording with an SM58 everywhere, car, different rooms/apartments... and the results are pretty nice.

Steve u r a big time life saver Thank u so much!!!

Awesome tutorial!! Great headphones you got, i use the same

Excellent video. Thank you.

2:57 Me: waiting for Steve to drop some bars Steve 🐐:

wow thank you for your tips!

This is the motivation I need everyday

Thanks

Nice video Steve. My new friend. Comping is good practice generally.

Loved ur video. Keep doing that

This is great stuff. I don't have dedicated audio software - up until recently I was content with still photography. I'm dabbling in videography a bit, so this will definitely help when I'm working with the audio tracks. I'm still very much a noob and I'm okay with that. But even so, it appears the audio portion of Davinci Resolve is quite nice. Lots of stuff there I haven't even tried out yet! Surprising VERY budget shotgun mic I'm using is a Comica CVM V30 Lite. Not pro level gear but leaps ahead of the built-in mic on my DSLR. Not too shabby at all for $50.

Best of best

Thank you!

Stellar!

This helped me alot

this video saved my spirits!!!!!

Love this a good musical performance with noice floors is better than a crystal clear average/bad musical performance

Great content! 😍

Literally just discovered this channel after moving to a city from a very quiet environment. This video is a life saver. Love this. Love the attitude. Everything. Absolute legend.

Very helpful, thanxs

Definitely better to use acoustic absorption panels than reflection filters and especially the Kaotica eyeball - colored my voice wayyyy too much. I’ve found better to have panels around you so the sides of mic and behind the performer’s head and leave the back of mic open when using cardiod - it leaves some air to voice. Don’t go for completely dry vocals, but balanced. A major point is to not get too close or far from mic when recording - about 12 inches work for me.

Love you man.

i needed to hear the info about the air conditioner. I have a computer and it would work for the computer fan as well. thanks

Thanks for your infomation

Really thank you sir

Man you’re awesome

thanks dude

Love the advice and energy. You’d make for a great teacher if you’re not one already.

O try to get your Gain around 12 or 18 DB. Also see how the free plug-in from waves to get as more smoother take sound rack.

Great video. I'm shocked you can get such great results with an ac on in the background. How much noise does it register when recording because I couldnt hear it one bit or tell your voice had a gate stopping it. I have had an issue where my pc fan is killing the quality of my vocals. I can't speak naturaly and have the noise floor be an reasonable level. By the time my voice get to around -18 db the fan noise floor is around -40 or so... id think id need it under -70 or so to nk be heard in the recoding but then my vocals are whisper quite... ibe been producing for over 10 years and vocal tracking has killed my joy for making music. I hear less talented and seasoned producers tracking better vocals with ease and ik still yet to figure out why mine sound so bad at the same levels... any help or suggestions would be appreciated big time. Id even be willing to make a video and send it out to show you what ik facing to see if you have any suggestions. My pc is older but I really don't think the fan should be picking uo thay loud if your able to have a ac on and still get your voice to sound the way it did. Thank you for ant help

Thanks for the inspiration and ideas!! Keep creating!! Any tips for minimizing noisy floor boards? (Older house)

Thanks sir

Thank you Sir ~~~

Can you repeat this in studio one. Very informative. Bring hope

Nice studio !

Love it, Steve. I’ve found the only post-processing that really works in taming room reflections is a multi-band transient designer like the JST Transify. Find your worst mid-frequencies and pull the release way down. Maybe turn the attack up a bit to retain those frequencies in the vocal, but it really has saved a lot of my vocals.

Hey Steve, could you tell me where did you place the mic/s for shooting this video and what type/s of mic did you use? (condenser or dynamic?) What mic do you suggest to a beginner?

you really saving me rn 😂

dude. i own 12 parrots my house is like a scream festival

Just waned to say thank you , listening to you was like drinking a nice ice water lol

thia is just wholesome

very impressive clear and to the point you get the rare thumbs up subscribe and bell on first watch Thank you

What setting should I use in a nosiy environment using zoom h6 and f8 fn8

Hey Steve! , my first time stopping by and I want to thank you for your words of encouragement. I really needed to hear it. You asked for comments so here goes...You keep it short, simple and to the point,. You have no idea how refreshing that is when time is not on your side. I do have a question that maybe you can answer. I don't have a dedicated room to record in so every recording needs a ton of post (Audition) But I just used a high end Blue cardioid mic w pop screen and got a squeakiness to my vice. Kinda like i was chewing on a balloon. I have heard it before but though it was the recorder. Any idea what could be causing it? Usually around the F or ph sounds. Thanks, Rob in Dallas

The transitions

I love you

Nice informative tips. I use Attack, Hold and Release with a Compressor effect obs for Audio Ducking, so I was able to understand that... Thanks very much :). BTW, what if we use some good Dynamic mic like Shure SM58 or Behringer XM8500 kind of clones? these take less noise as these are more Directional mics, right???

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Set the gate to cut out some while recording then set the gate like you just did to finish with lowpass after the gate . Then put a small low end boost for more realistic recording. Don't set lowpast cut while recording .

What about the reflections from your monitor and desk?

which software is that ?

hey Steve, i listened over and over and couldnt decide myself...does the gate also reduce the background noise in the actual vocal?

Can you tell me how should I record meditation audios in which I have long silences? What type of mic what type of setup, what type of editing? I have been using Dolby digital app & it's been pretty good for noise cancellation but not 100%. I record at home and there is a lot of traffic horns, some even at 3 am. :(

Ur so inspiring and motivating :) thanks so much for it u made my day feel better and made me feel better for the work i have to put in to create stuff. Im an artist startig out on youtube by channel name cathartist and really wanted to make asmr videos but have less than optimal conditions so yeah thanks so much for motivating me ^^

The dialog for Metal Gear Solid on PlayStation was all done an a lightly treated room.

Went with a dynamic microphone with -72db sensitivity, in-line preamp to try to limit the noise in the apartment.

Hav any good hacks/DIY to block white noise on Android audio recordings?

Sometimes removing background noises affect the audio quality also, it makes me sound like Terminator... how do I fix that?

The hiss in this video is so loud

0:11 damn...did I just get shot?

im currently stuck in this. i'm living with a hard of hearing older person and i get really frustrated.

Steve I know its been a year but this is awesome...i stream live i have an old Radioshack mic in between tracks I vol up my audio interface it picks up everything my voice..the sound of the piano key that im playing...what mic should I get so i just get my voice at some point id like to sing...but it pickups way too much...if you get a chance you could hear what Im talking about twitch.tv/garyspianocovers im using a scarlett ai any other suggestions for improving the sound...

I’m having a problem with CRICKETS! I can take out those high frequencies with the EQ but then the guitar doesn’t sound as bright as I want it. HELP!

im in the strange position of having a room that has a useable verb in it which i dont want to kill with treatment, but then my vocals simply cant be intimate.

You a Real nigga