How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Mastering Step 8 eq dialog start to finish how to de-ess how to listen critically

So, you've worked through the recording process and editing of your voice recording.

Maybe it's sermon audio from the past week or your podcast.

It's starting to sound really good after you've cleaned things up in the editing phase by dealing with background noise, stopp...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Editing Step 7 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically

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We've made it to the end of the editing phase learning to use EQ to remove resonances and soothe sibilance.

Now, we'll learn how to get your podcast recording's sound one step closer to a professional sounding voice recording.

So, how do...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Editing Step 6 eq dialog start to finish how to de-ess

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Sibilance, those harsh, ear-splitting "S" and "T" sounds in words, is almost always a problem in ourĀ dialogue recordings.

It creates aĀ huge barrier to a professional sounding voice recording if our listeners are having to fight through a ...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Editing Step 5 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically

Learn howĀ to get your voice recording sounding clear and beautiful (just how you hear it sounding in your head)!

Specifically, we're covering the many ways you can use an EQ to sculpt and improve the sound of your dialogue recordings in the recording and editing phases.

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Editing Step 4 eq dialog start to finish

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SoĀ you have your voice recording, maybe for a podcast, that's been nicely sculpted with EQ after recording it.

In addition, you even used a reference recording as your guide for the EQing - you're doing great!

Now we enter the editing phase to learn how to further improve...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Recording Step 3 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically


To capture your voice recording, you already made sure to follow all the tips and tricks to get the clearest dialogue audio possible. Great job!

Now, after the recording process, how do you bring the quality up even higher using an equalizer or EQ?

We've been learning to m...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Recording Step 2 eq dialog start to finish how to de-ess how to listen critically

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You've worked hard with your microphone placement and recording levels to capture a great sounding spoken word recording.

However, you find thatĀ it just doesn't sound as clear and crisp as you'd like it to, especially compared to other dialogue recordings online...

Let's c...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Recording Step 1 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically

An audio mixing desk with equalizer and volume controls for each channel
So, you've worked hard to capture your voice recording for a podcast or your pastor's sermon or your audio for video.

But, it just doesn't sound as clear or have the impact of other voice recordings you listen to and enjoy...

Enter the humble EQ...one of the most powerful ...

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Ice Pick to the Ear: How to Deal With Sibilance in Your Dialogue how to de-ess how to listen critically transform your dialog

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Owww! Grimace! Wince! Those painful "S" and "T" sounds in words that jump out of your speakers are called sibilance and they can hurt!

It can actually be painful to your listener when not reined in properly since it's in and around the frequencies that our human ears are mo...

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How Using a Reference Can Save Your Bacon (and Your Audio for Video) how to listen critically transform your dialog

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For a recent video, I almost made a huge blunder with the audio after doing countless tweaks and processing moves to try to make it sound its best.

With some of the processing steps where I was taking things out to improve the recording, I actually ended up losing some of ...

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