Hi there! ( ･ω･)ﾉ <3
Your audio recordings sound-
LIKE THIS? ~
or LIKE THIS? ~~
OR EVEN LIKE THIS!?
And you want to change that?
Do you still use your mum's favorite fork
as a microphone
and want to improve your audio quality nonetheless?
I'm WangleLine and these are the golden rules
of audio quality.
Let's get started!
Sound is just a bunch of waves of compressed air that travel through space.
Your voice generates those vibrations and
they travel to your microphone,
but also to your walls!
And your walls are like:
"EW, NO! GET THAT OFF ME!" D:
And the waves travel back into your microphone!
This is called Echo or Reverb-
And it's what makes-
*This* (Dry Audio)
sound like *THIS* (Reverberated Audio)
(quiet whispering) subscribe to WangleLine <3
"But Line, you fucking delicious little trans
girl, how do I fix this!?"
- You might ask.
Here's the answer:
Slap your walls.
...but, gently.
...with soft things! :3
Basically, Soft and fluffy materials are nice,
and they welcome the sound waves in their arms.
arms, like a warm, caring mother ; - ;
They absorb those sound waves very well and
if you cover all hard surfaces with it,
the waves will not be redirected to you as intensely.
To do this, you can use blankets, pillows,
or acoustic foam!
Basically, the fluffier it is, the better.
Don't use toilet paper though, that's weird.
Of all these things, blankets seem to do the best job.
I use acoustic foam because it's somewhat
effective,
my room is very small and already filled with a lot of soft things-
And it just... looks nice... ~
A while ago, I slapped a billion blankets
and pillows onto the walls of my restroom
and the difference is truly astonishing
Here's what is sounds like WITHOUT soundproofing:
*claps* (Unpleasing, reverberated audio)
And here's with soundproofing:
*claps* (Dry, clean audio)
If you don't want to go through the pain of
gluing foam-
or nailing blankets onto your walls,
you can also climb into your closet
and record in there.
And if this is still too much work,
just record like I did half a year ago!
*whispering* Hi there!
*whispering* This is...
*whispering* WhhhuangleLine ASMR
The next important variable is distance.
It should be quite obvious that being far away from your microphone
*distant screaming* SOUNDS LIKE SH*T!
So try to get close to your microphone,
but not too close, or it will sound
*very loud* SOUND A BIT UGLY
A distance of about one banana or two fists is appropriate when you talk loudly like me.
You might wonder what this weird thing is
for, and here's the answer
Plosive sounds are made by suddenly releasing air that has been blocked by various parts of the mouth.
The sound /d/ is one of these plosives.
The others are /b/, /t/, /p/, /k/ and /g/
The large amount of air will sound extremely loud in your recordings.
To stop these bursts of air, you can use a
pop-filter.
These are made of a thin mesh of either metal or nylon and they filter out most of wind.
You can also make of your own using some random trash and nylon.
Or you just buy a good pop-filter off the internet.
They cost about 10-15 dollars each.
This is what it sounds like without the pop-filter:
My Papaya painfully paints panels (loud plosives)
This is with the filter:
My Papaya painfully paints panels (no loud plosives)
We still have one more problem:
Other sources of noise.
This could be a loud PC fan,
A clock,
or children!
And to fix our issues, we've got to use more extreme measures.
After recording our juicy voices,
there are just a few more steps until we're done.
Go download audacity if you haven't already.
Select a part of your audio where you're not talking and only unwanted noise is audible.
go to effects,
> noise reduction.
And click on "get noise profile".
Now audacity knows what to look out for when
removing noise,
so we can select our entire audio clip with  CTRL + A.
back to effects, noise reduction.
Now we can choose how much noise we want to remove.
I suggest to try it out in small steps,
since too much of this removal can make the voice sound weird.
If you really think your cheap webcam
microphone -
(or fork)
- has a decent enough quality that doesn't make people want to kill themselves,
rethink your life choices and invest in some kind of proper microphone.
Seriously, there are really good microphones
- for 20 dölers each - on the internet!
Now I would like to thank my Patreons  for supporting my content.
Huge thanks to
ThatsMyJam,
ThatsMyJam, Fen Carter,
ThatsMyJam, Fen Carter, ScotcherDev
ThatsMyJam, Fen Carter, ScotcherDev and Donutsen
Thank you for your generous support,
and I'll see you next time.
Cya! ( ･ω･)ﾉ <3
OwO what's this? I love you all <3 :D
