EQ for Dialogue Audio: Make Your Voice Sound Better with an Equalizer

In today’s episode, we demonstrate one way to use an EQ (equalizer) plugin to make a dialogue sound recording a little better - richer, less harsh, and more articulate. You can do this with virtually any video editing or audio editing app available. We demonstrate how to do it, in this case, with Adobe Audition.

#Sound #EQ #Dialogue

Copyright 2020, Curtis Judd

Index:
00:00 Introduction
00:07 Summary
00:17 Explanation - Use any app
00:36 Before sample
00:49 How to EQ
07:17 Before vs After
07:52 Please take my courses

[EpicLightMedia]

Best audio channel I’ve found on YouTube! I’ll be watching this video again I’m sure... lots of knowledge here

[xHadesStamps]

It's amazing how much of a difference that EQ makes! Horrible without EQ on your voice, but **much** better with EQ

[LandsickMedia]

This sort of tutorial is exactly what most of tech youtube is missing. Thanks Curtis!

[alex_montoya]

Your channel is wonderful, Curtis. There's so much work put in it and I've learnt a lot.

That's it, just wanted to chime in and say thanks.

[marlashaw]

Love this!!! I am working on my first audiobook... FINALLY found a way to sound legit!!! I bring the acting... but all this techno stuff is new to me... learning curve pegged! THANK YOU!!!

[joenicklo]

No lie, I've been waiting for you (specifically) to put out this video.

[bsp]

Curtis, I couldn't help but laugh out loud when you had a -6dB cut with a Q of 2 and then saying "it's a subtle change" hahaha! You're the best man. A really helpful video, and an absolutely HORRIBLE sounding microphone on your voice. You definitely improved the sound on it a lot.

[TheCrafsMan]

Curtis! I've only recently started getting more into EQ. Previously the MOST I would do is roll off the low-end to account for any rumble or proximity effect type stuff.
Hearing your example, I should have gotten into this sooner! But at least now, thanks to your video, I'm armed to better pull the best out of my dialog. THANK YOU!

[indys]

This was a great quick overview of how the Parametric Equalizer works. It would be great to see more videos going over the other audio repair tools found in popular software.

[JAK_EDITS.]

This is fantastic Curtis. Please more DAW/sound editing tutorials!
Sound is so often overlooked in production houses that put out daily/weekly content.
I wish there were 100 more people like you on YT!

[grantcroshaw]

Youtube had me running around for an hour trying to find what I didn't know would be this video. Thanks for teaching to the point with clear examples of before and after.

[AnthonyValli]

So many tutorials I’ve seen give ranges of hertz you should boost or lower for male and female vocals. I found myself constantly referring back to their resources and mindlessly plugging in numbers. I love this tutorial because you actually teach us what to listen for and take matters into our own hands!

[marshall]

Just the kind of clear, concise and, most of all, useful tutorial the subject calls for. Virtually everyone has or deals with voices that might not be a perfect fit for this mic or that signal chain. Nobody has an infinite microphone locker. But everyone has ears. This provides a great guide for using them.

It's also a nice antidote to the temptation of wasting time and money chasing some holy grail microphone. There isn't one. And while you obviously cannot turn a Blue Yeti into a U87, you can certainly make most voices fit most mics well enough to be pleasing and credible to most listeners. Thanks, again, for underscoring that sometimes overlooked idea.

[GeorgeAtanassov]

Thank you Curtis,

You are a benchmark for high quality (not only production quality) instructions and information on the industry. Huge respect.

[Just_Samson]

I have seen this done many time by many great audio techs but this is by far the best example of the subject. You nailed it Curtis🏆 😉 Very well done.

[kiwijar_]

Hey, just stumbled across this video after spending way too many hours trying to EQ my voice. Must say this was one of the easiest to follow. Clear instructions and info made it super easy to (I hope) find what needed to be fixed and adjust it. Cheers

[pvthudson]

Zero fat in this video, just purely the exact information needed, perfect starting place to learn.

[juneaftn]

Wow. Your voice sounds like night and day after EQ. This kind of awakened my perception of subtle differences in hearing my voices after EQ. Thanks, Curtis.

[Bruces-Garage]

Exactly what I needed. Thank you for the detailed quick explanation and process. I’m ready to try this out!

[Arfonfree]

Thanks for the link. I had subscribed to your channel a week or two ago. I need to go back through your library! This was exactly what I was looking for.