Best audio settings for voice over narration (how to sound good as a speaker?)

[MLO2022]

Hallo Team

I am not happy with my voice over my videos. 

Somehow I can´t find the best equalizer setting to make my voice sound good.

Do you have any good tips for  good setting for a speaker narration?

Regards

MLO

[Lancelot Chan]

I just tune down the volume of my speakers so the sound doesn't go into my mic, then record the narration as I play the video in VP. 😐

[borate]

This is essentially a function of microphone settings in Windows.  Open Control Panel and review the settings...

Of course, adjustments and effects such as EQ can be applied to Videopad narration clips.

[MLO2022]

Yes this speaker sound, this makes sense, but I was looking more into the best Equalizer setting to make the voice sound deeper and more serious and pleasant to listen to.

[borate]

Share a voice track and someone here may play with it.  Of course, their idea of "more pleasing" may not match yours.🙂

Upload the file/s to a free server, such as Google Drive or MS OneDrive, get a shared (public) link, copy the link and paste it here or to me in a Private Message via the mail envelope in the top-right corner of this forum.  When using Google Drive, if necessary change "restricted" to "anyone with link can view."

[Lancelot Chan]

You wanna sound like hollywood trailer?

[Alan Hodkinson]

There is a way to make your voice sound deeper, you could experiment and try, This is a demo I did of tying fishing  hooks  https://youtu.be/YUxD6wgiP2k.

Now, this second clip is the same but re exported slowed down a little to lower the voice    https://youtu.be/_uhyCvv0ex4

I play around and experiment all the time, I love finding out what I can change, just have a play.

Speaking slower in voice overs sounds better and more professional anyway

[MLO2022]

Hi Alan and Lancelot, thanks for your support. I will check...

Look this is my clip which I recorded with VIDEOPAD and this is my voice, with which am not happy 😞

https://youtu.be/D8EhZ92mPaQ

what would you say?

On 4/13/2023 at 1:30 AM, Lancelot Chan said:

You wanna sound like hollywood trailer? https://content.invisioncic.com/r33241/emoticons/default_biggrin.png

ikikikikikik yes 🙂    send some links of your video, am also curious

[Lancelot Chan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTiArHWBirc
This is the most complex video I made with videopad so far, a test cut session of my student. 

[Lancelot Chan]

2 hours ago, MLO2022 said:

Hi Alan and Lancelot, thanks for your support. I will check...

Look this is my clip which I recorded with VIDEOPAD and this is my voice, with which am not happy 😞

https://youtu.be/D8EhZ92mPaQ

I don't know German but you sound fine to me~ If you want hollywood trailer sound, you may need wavepad's voice changing function instead of an equalizer. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DaFyD0t_V0
And for narration, I did this.

[borate]

Click the Sequences tab - above the bin - then right-click on the sequence and Save Sequence Audio as New File.

That will be a WAV file, stored in the PC Music folder.

  If there is no Sequences tab, add a new blank sequence by clicking the + sign on the sequence tab that's just above the timeline.

Import it to WavePad, then experiment will the many different effects the program has to offer.  Once done, SAVE, then add the file to VidePad, and mute the original track.

[Alan Hodkinson]

4 hours ago, MLO2022 said:

Look this is my clip which I recorded with VIDEOPAD and this is my voice, with which am not happy 😞

https://youtu.be/D8EhZ92mPaQ     Shat would you say?

Hi, the tone of your voice sounds fine, one thing I would say, you may be speaking too close to the microphone, there seems to be some popping now and again that results from being too close, also now and again it gets a little muffled, a little bit further away would give more clarity.

You may do well to do as Borate and Lancelot say and try playing with Wavepad, it's a very good programme, Best of luck