Make Amateur Voice-Over Sound Professional (With Bad Gear)

In this course, you’ll learn how to record and enhance voiceover audio. I will walk you through my voiceover recording and voiceover editing process in Audacity and Premiere Pro. You don’t have to have any prior knowledge of voiceover and audio editing software because I will show every intricate detail and walk you through my voiceover enhancement process step-by-step. Lessons in this course will cover topics on: How to improve voice-over audioHow to optimize your environment for better voiceover qualityHow to record voiceovers at homeMicrophone locationSetting up audacityAudio limiterAudio compressorAudio normalizationNoise reductionHow to export audioAudacity tips and tricksParametric EqualizerGraphic EqualizerHard LimiterEditing voiceovers for YouTube videosBalancing audio levels between background music and voice-overBest audio export settings for YouTube videosPremiere Pro tips and tricks for editing audioAssignment: Record and enhance an audio clip using the key takeaways from this course. Steps: Record a short audio clip with any microphone of yourself saying a few sentences in the environment that youre in right now. After the course, record the same thing but apply an edit in audacity, and an edit in Premiere Pro. After you have 2 clips - one without any post-production and environment design and the other one with, you’ll be able to compare the difference between the two voiceover clips and see the progress youve made. The main thing I want to emphasize is that its very important to try out the new things that you learn yourself. Our brains are not designed for keeping information when we dont put it to use. Thats why I encourage you to open Audacity and Premiere and go along with me pausing the course along the way and enhancing your voice-over or trying the keyboard shortcuts, tips and techniques yourself as I showcase them. That way you’re going to improve your chances of actually remembering the things you learn when you need to use them in the future. So whether you create YouTube videos, Instagram reels, or TikToks, this course will help you improve the audio quality of your videos. Lets get started! I cant wait to see what you create!