As a mixer on many docos I'm always dealing with dialog EQ. My tip is to start with subtraction not boost. Lav mics and boom mics in roomy environments have ugly chest or room resonance, usually around 200hz. With a narrow notch (bell) reduce that frequency first. It is amazing how that first step increases clarity. You can tune the frequency by first adding boost and sweeping the frequency till you hear the resonance of the frequency that is making the sound muddy. Then reduce gain at that frequency. Next step can be high pass to filter rumble then play with boost in higher frequencies. You will use less hi boost when you've tidied up the mud first. Also be aware you might need a tight notch around sibilance which sits around 6khz. Often a specific 'de-ess' plugin might be best used to fix this.
Yup, totally agree. I have a similar process. This is geared for someone who doesn’t want to do audio work and wants a quick result. The non-audio nerds. 😜
Thanks, Jason. That really helped. I appreciate that the advice wasn't too technical as I can get lost quickly. This was something I can implement immediately.
Thanks for your great tutorials. I think for most of us, audio is the biggest area for improvement and is often overlooked or not given the priority it deserves.
Although my audio still sounds terrible thanks to me, this definately helps. Its another little bit of knowledge on this ever so challenging part of creating content
Super easy to follow and helpful tutorial! Instantly solved my 'soft' sounding audio issue. It's good to know that this is a problem that can be fixed easily just with some EQ work
Perfect timing. I just used a new lav mic for my last video and I thought it sounded a bit muddy. I'll definitely use this technique on my voice for my next video. Thank you!
ugh, so stoked i am subbed to this channel, thank you for making this video!! I thought my mic sounded good before but it definitely didn't compared to now! omg so good
Great Video sir. I'm still working on my audio settings for my videos, but you've taught me everything I know about audio in DaVinci Resolve. Thank you!
Here’s a video that will help you set proper audio levels. 🎛️ AUDIO LEVELS CRASH COURSE | 🎥 Camera to DAVINCI 🎞️ RESOLVE to Render/Deliver 🎉 th-cam.com/video/uqg8C4g65wQ/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps!
Wow! Well your the man to know! - actually I've been subscribed to your channel for ages - and I've been stuck on technical motorcycle videoing problems for ages too and the latest has been the audio inside the helmet and wind noise, so, thank you.@@JasonYadlovski
Voice Isolation would help a ton with your wind noise. I’d also try to get a good dead cat for your microphone if you could, that will help get a cleaner recording. If you decide to use voice, isolation, you might want to leave a little bit of background noise in there, it might sound weird if it’s only your voice with no wind at all in the background. But maybe not. I’ll have a video coming out soon on how to keep some background noise using voice, isolation, but lower the volume of that background noise. 😜
I just put a video out about removing background noise using voice isolation, you can check it out here if you want: th-cam.com/video/tqgUA44Nd9k/w-d-xo.html
Hey Jason, thanks so much for another awesome video. You made this seem alot easier than I thought it would be. I know you see audio presets. Will they just go and do these things like you showed automatically? Thanks and glad to see you are about to hit that 100K milestone. Well deserved!
Thanks! Yes, audio presets can do the EQ work for you and set a specific setting. Maybe oneway AI will actually be able to edit a little more accurately based on the audio its given.😜
@@JasonYadlovski I see I had a typo Jason. I was interested in your audio presets you sell. Will they automatically do what you showed up in the video today?
Buddy, you have been so helpful in my (and many others') audio journey. You make EQ and compression....easy?? Your automation tut at RC is still blowing my mind LOL. You are appreciated!!
Excellent. Really helpful. I'll try this on my next video. Do you also have a video on removing room echo? On the video I'm currently rendering out for posting, I spoke into my computer mic in a room with some echo. Want to clean up the audio for clarity and for echo removal. Thanks!
@@JasonYadlovski im one of your student from India😍..inspired more and more from your videos and tutorials...running a small youtube channel with travel videos☺️, named : walk with renjith
This is great. There's one TH-camr whom I have watched stream for a few years now where it sounds just like this in their streaming videos. They have voiceover gaming streams and during the streams could definitely stand to have an EQ applied to their voiceover. I'm guessing they have a lav mic for stream and something a little more robust for regular videos. Or maybe they just didn't figure out how to apply the EQ in their live streaming software.
Thanks! Yeah, EQ is the one audio tool everyone should learn. It's going to do the best to fix bad sounding audio....not including background noise of course. 😜
@@JasonYadlovski I'm guessing that maybe they just either cannot apply an EQ to their voiceover in the capture software or they don't know how. Not sure which capture software they use for their streams.
@@JasonYadlovski i learn alot from you, appreciate your videos. Do you use the JJP Vocal plugin, can you do a tutorial on that. Thanks to you i was introduced to WAVES plugins
When I go into fairlight, open mixer, cannot see or find EQ. I see Effects, Effects In and Dynamics. But then I see Audio 1 and so forth. No EQ. Under the 3 dots to the right of mixer, EQ is checked on. What I'm I missing?
Great video, very easy to understand. One thing though, in a previous video about making audio better, you did the opposite when it came to the high end (cut them down). Is it a mic thing ? or should we always be bringing up our higher end? Thanks for the great video
Generally I’m going to find harsh frequencies and make cuts. This technique is really for someone who wants to do as little as possible. But it will increase the clarity and sometimes you need to do it. It really depends on the type of clip and what it sounds like.
You could try and use the EQ to remove the static or if you have studio, try some voice isolation. If you have the free version, try the dialogue leveler and use the background noise reduction in there. They might help....
Man oh man, I gotta apply this and the last video's tips into my workflow! One day, I hope to get a comment on a video saying, "Man, your audio is so awesome!" ... right now, I get, "Man, your audio is so awesome! - for a half helmet." A small but important distinction ... and yeah, I know I'm setting a high bar for lower-quality input, but it's the challenge, right? :D
Great tip to simply adjust. Question: at the moment I am working on scenes shot in a church. The echo is very strong and I find it hard to adjust this. Any tips/tricks????????
Thanks! You could try using voice isolation if you have the studio version. But most the time it doesn’t work so well on reverb, but to could help. There’s a great plug-in from Waves called DeReverb that works good on reverb. You could also try an expander or gate, it’s not gonna remove the river, but it can help make it less noticeable between words or phrases.
Hi! I don’t often use the waves EQ plugins but I do like the F6, the Greg Wells vocal, the Scheps Omni channel plugin the C6 multi and compressor to name a few. I usually just use the EQ in Resolve.
Hi Jason, I apologize that this question isn't exactly on the topic of this video, but I am wondering if you ever find that audio you bring into Resolve doesn't show the waveform in the timeline? This happens to me from time to time, and it makes it much more difficult for me to know when audio starts when making edits. Do you know of an easy fix for when this happens? Thank you!
Hey! No worries at all, I will double check to make sure that the way forms are turned on in your timeline view options. Also, the wave forms are a type of cache file. I would try clearing out your cache file directories and see if that helps, and maybe give resolve a restart once you clear out the cache files.
When I use the voice isolation, the audio always sounds muffled and lacks clarity. Would these tips help for that or would you recommend other frequencies to make it sound better? Great channel btw. Thanks.
I would try turning down the amount of voice isolation that’s being used if you can. But you can certainly add EQ on top of the voice isolation to help increase clarity.
Hey Jason! Thanks for another great video! I know it's kind out of the topic of the video, but I just ran into a thing today. Whenever I change the processing order to any option where the FX comes last, the fader automatically changes to pre-fader metering. Is there an explanation for that or it's just a bug in 18.6 version?
Interesting, I'm not sure what's up with that. I'd double check the settings in the project settings to make sure that 'Pre fader metering' isn't checked on....
@@JasonYadlovski That was the first thing I checked. Same results. So weird! I tested with multiple projects, multiple tracks, changed the track type to mono, stereo, 5.1, adaptative. Same results. Probably a bug. I just don't remember to notice this issue in previous versions. THANKS!
As always to the point but i have a question, if i automate the EQ for SFX in my video and if i need to start from 0 what should i do?, i had a problem in which if i want to reset the automated EQ all the work i made remain in that way i just cant reset to put the EQ line straight again.
Yes, you can do that. I'll have a video about Automation coming out soon, I'll show you how to do it. 😜 You are able to edit individual points along the automation.
Make sure you’re in the Fairlight tab. If you are, click on the three dots at the top right of the mixer and make sure that EQ is turned on. Leslie scroll up and down in the mixer above the fader and it should be there.
As a mixer on many docos I'm always dealing with dialog EQ. My tip is to start with subtraction not boost. Lav mics and boom mics in roomy environments have ugly chest or room resonance, usually around 200hz. With a narrow notch (bell) reduce that frequency first. It is amazing how that first step increases clarity. You can tune the frequency by first adding boost and sweeping the frequency till you hear the resonance of the frequency that is making the sound muddy. Then reduce gain at that frequency. Next step can be high pass to filter rumble then play with boost in higher frequencies. You will use less hi boost when you've tidied up the mud first. Also be aware you might need a tight notch around sibilance which sits around 6khz. Often a specific 'de-ess' plugin might be best used to fix this.
Yup, totally agree. I have a similar process. This is geared for someone who doesn’t want to do audio work and wants a quick result. The non-audio nerds. 😜
Also -- lowpassing music in the 10K-12K range can be a much better/transparent way of fitting dialogue in (as opposed to just ducking volume).
Thanks, Jason. That really helped. I appreciate that the advice wasn't too technical as I can get lost quickly. This was something I can implement immediately.
You’re welcome!
Thanks for your great tutorials. I think for most of us, audio is the biggest area for improvement and is often overlooked or not given the priority it deserves.
You're welcome! I agree, gotta have some good audio for your videos! 😁
These tips made a huge difference in clarity with my lav mic audio, thanks for all the helpful videos!
Sweet! That's great, glad they were helpful!
Thank you for an easy walkthrough for someone who is completely new to resolve
You're welcome and Welcome to Resolve!
This has been a game changer! No MORE MUDDY AUDIO! Just subscribed!
Awesome, that’s great! Thanks so much for the sub, welcome to the community.
Your channel is awesome! You are my first stop to fix my videos.
Although my audio still sounds terrible thanks to me, this definately helps. Its another little bit of knowledge on this ever so challenging part of creating content
Glad it helped!
Jay, awesome❗Even I can do this now after watching this and your previous EQ video. Goodbye crappy vocals, hello pro audio. Thank you.
Awesome!
Jason, your the man!
Thank you, Jason!
Sir, your timing is absolutely perfect. Literally got delivered my Sanken COS-11D yesterday.
Perfect!
Super easy to follow and helpful tutorial! Instantly solved my 'soft' sounding audio issue. It's good to know that this is a problem that can be fixed easily just with some EQ work
Glad it helped!
Thank you very much! Finally, a very clear tutorial, easy to follow and precise!
You're welcome!
Perfect timing. I just used a new lav mic for my last video and I thought it sounded a bit muddy. I'll definitely use this technique on my voice for my next video. Thank you!
Awesome, you're welcome!
Seems like perfect timing, I was struggling with my audio on a clip and its been eating at me.
Thanks!
You're welcome!
Always appreciate the tips and tutorials - audio is one of the toughest things to master IMO!
You're welcome!
ugh, so stoked i am subbed to this channel, thank you for making this video!! I thought my mic sounded good before but it definitely didn't compared to now! omg so good
Awesome! That’s great to hear, thank you so much for being a subscriber!
this is amazing! thank you!
Thank you so much! This has made a big difference to my LAV mic recorded audio! 👍
Glad it helped!
That's some great advices, thank you Jason!
Glad it was helpful!
You're helping me a lot. thanks, Jason.
Happy to help!
Great Video sir. I'm still working on my audio settings for my videos, but you've taught me everything I know about audio in DaVinci Resolve. Thank you!
Thanks!
Really well explained, Jason. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful! 😁👍
this video is so much helpful i can't mention it in one word. Thank you.
You're welcome!
This helped so much but I need the voice louder too. I will dig around but thank you so much!
Here’s a video that will help you set proper audio levels. 🎛️ AUDIO LEVELS CRASH COURSE | 🎥 Camera to DAVINCI 🎞️ RESOLVE to Render/Deliver 🎉
th-cam.com/video/uqg8C4g65wQ/w-d-xo.html
Hope this helps!
Loved it !!! Now I will use it everytime
Thank You Soo Much. Finally voice over is improved by these EQ settings.. 😃😃
Glad to hear that!
Thanks again Jason, these audio tips have been very helpful without a lot of work. Perfect KISS (keep it simple stupid!!) Cheers. 🇨🇦👍
Glad to help!
Great stuff Jaon, this video helped a LOT! Thanks for you do, buddy.
Glad it was helpful!
life saver! thank you for this
Excellent as per Jason. Thank you Mate!
Thanks!
Another great tutorial - cheers, Jason 😁🙏
Thanks Gary!
Thanks a ton man! This was genuinely helpful, I felt like i learned some great stuff
Glad to hear it! Thank you for checking out the video!
hi sir,i am from tamilnadu india your my Davinci Teacher sir💐🤝
Awesome! Thank you for being a part of the community!
So good! My motorcycle helmet audio really needs this help, thanks 🙂
Awesome, glad it helps! I'm a fellow rider too. 😜
Wow! Well your the man to know! - actually I've been subscribed to your channel for ages - and I've been stuck on technical motorcycle videoing problems for ages too and the latest has been the audio inside the helmet and wind noise, so, thank you.@@JasonYadlovski
Voice Isolation would help a ton with your wind noise. I’d also try to get a good dead cat for your microphone if you could, that will help get a cleaner recording.
If you decide to use voice, isolation, you might want to leave a little bit of background noise in there, it might sound weird if it’s only your voice with no wind at all in the background. But maybe not. I’ll have a video coming out soon on how to keep some background noise using voice, isolation, but lower the volume of that background noise. 😜
I took a photo of your advice! I don't know anything about Voice Isolation so I look forward to the new video ☺@@JasonYadlovski
I just put a video out about removing background noise using voice isolation, you can check it out here if you want: th-cam.com/video/tqgUA44Nd9k/w-d-xo.html
Hey Jason, thanks so much for another awesome video. You made this seem alot easier than I thought it would be. I know you see audio presets. Will they just go and do these things like you showed automatically? Thanks and glad to see you are about to hit that 100K milestone. Well deserved!
Thanks! Yes, audio presets can do the EQ work for you and set a specific setting. Maybe oneway AI will actually be able to edit a little more accurately based on the audio its given.😜
@@JasonYadlovski I see I had a typo Jason. I was interested in your audio presets you sell. Will they automatically do what you showed up in the video today?
thank you.best video in youtube about this topic
Wow, thanks!
Awesome! Thanks Jason
You bet!
Buddy, you have been so helpful in my (and many others') audio journey. You make EQ and compression....easy?? Your automation tut at RC is still blowing my mind LOL. You are appreciated!!
Thanks so much, I appreciate that! I'm actually going to make a video with the automation example for TH-cam. Stay tuned for that. 😜
thanks man, good stuff subscribed.
Welcome to the community!
Excellent. Really helpful. I'll try this on my next video. Do you also have a video on removing room echo? On the video I'm currently rendering out for posting, I spoke into my computer mic in a room with some echo. Want to clean up the audio for clarity and for echo removal. Thanks!
Dude, you're so helpful. Thank you for the video! Appreciate it so much.
You're welcome! Thank you for your kind words!
Brilliant!!! Love it!!
Thanks!
Thanks man
Very helpful info. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Great lesson... definitely this will help me a lot
Awesome, glad you found it helpful! Thanks so much for watching!
@@JasonYadlovski im one of your student from India😍..inspired more and more from your videos and tutorials...running a small youtube channel with travel videos☺️, named : walk with renjith
This is great. There's one TH-camr whom I have watched stream for a few years now where it sounds just like this in their streaming videos. They have voiceover gaming streams and during the streams could definitely stand to have an EQ applied to their voiceover. I'm guessing they have a lav mic for stream and something a little more robust for regular videos. Or maybe they just didn't figure out how to apply the EQ in their live streaming software.
Thanks! Yeah, EQ is the one audio tool everyone should learn. It's going to do the best to fix bad sounding audio....not including background noise of course. 😜
@@JasonYadlovski I'm guessing that maybe they just either cannot apply an EQ to their voiceover in the capture software or they don't know how. Not sure which capture software they use for their streams.
Thank You
You're a genius buddy
I don't know about that...😜
@@JasonYadlovski i learn alot from you, appreciate your videos. Do you use the JJP Vocal plugin, can you do a tutorial on that. Thanks to you i was introduced to WAVES plugins
Good one! Thanks for the info.
You’re welcome!
thx so easy, great!
You're welcome!
When I go into fairlight, open mixer, cannot see or find EQ. I see Effects, Effects In and Dynamics. But then I see Audio 1 and so forth. No EQ. Under the 3 dots to the right of mixer, EQ is checked on. What I'm I missing?
You may have to scroll your mouse wheel in that section of the mixer to scroll up and down.
Perfect tutorial
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
really helpful. thanks!
You're welcome!
Thanks! You are great, do you know how to save this like a preset for futures videos? Cheers from Italy
Thanks! Yes, you can save it as a preset. Here's how to do it: th-cam.com/video/ll_9tz8Q7cQ/w-d-xo.html
Thanks helps alot
I’m sorry but I thought the thumbnail was Jeff bezos. 😂😊❤❤❤
😆 I only play a billionaire on TV 😜
@@JasonYadlovski oh ok ✅
Super helpful. Thanks man!
Glad it helped!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Great video, very easy to understand. One thing though, in a previous video about making audio better, you did the opposite when it came to the high end (cut them down). Is it a mic thing ? or should we always be bringing up our higher end? Thanks for the great video
Generally I’m going to find harsh frequencies and make cuts. This technique is really for someone who wants to do as little as possible. But it will increase the clarity and sometimes you need to do it. It really depends on the type of clip and what it sounds like.
cheers mate@@JasonYadlovski
Very good. Thank you!
Thanks! Thank you for watching!
Hi, thank you it really useful tutorial I have seen
You’re welcome, thank you so much for checking out the video
thank you so much
You're welcome!
Thanks Jason, this has made my audio much clearer. My only issue is that it's bringing out the static noise, any ideas how to remove the static?
You could try and use the EQ to remove the static or if you have studio, try some voice isolation. If you have the free version, try the dialogue leveler and use the background noise reduction in there. They might help....
many thanks Jason you've answered a lot of my issues with this one video
You’re welcome!
Man oh man, I gotta apply this and the last video's tips into my workflow! One day, I hope to get a comment on a video saying, "Man, your audio is so awesome!" ... right now, I get, "Man, your audio is so awesome! - for a half helmet." A small but important distinction ... and yeah, I know I'm setting a high bar for lower-quality input, but it's the challenge, right? :D
Haha, you're getting close though! As long as we can understand you well, you're going in the right direction. 😜
@@JasonYadlovski That's the ticket!
Great tip to simply adjust. Question: at the moment I am working on scenes shot in a church. The echo is very strong and I find it hard to adjust this. Any tips/tricks????????
Thanks! You could try using voice isolation if you have the studio version. But most the time it doesn’t work so well on reverb, but to could help. There’s a great plug-in from Waves called DeReverb that works good on reverb. You could also try an expander or gate, it’s not gonna remove the river, but it can help make it less noticeable between words or phrases.
thank you brother
You're welcome!
Wow. This could have never been easier. 😮
It's great for a quick fix. 👍
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thnx
Hi Jason, which EQ Plugin would you recommend from waves for dialogue. Can you do a video on that, if possible. Thank you, much appreciated.
Hi! I don’t often use the waves EQ plugins but I do like the F6, the Greg Wells vocal, the Scheps Omni channel plugin the C6 multi and compressor to name a few. I usually just use the EQ in Resolve.
Thank you for the info@@JasonYadlovski
Awesome!
Thanks!
please make one videon on voice modulation preset settings (how each settings works) in fl.
Which voice modulation presets?
Hi Jason, I apologize that this question isn't exactly on the topic of this video, but I am wondering if you ever find that audio you bring into Resolve doesn't show the waveform in the timeline? This happens to me from time to time, and it makes it much more difficult for me to know when audio starts when making edits. Do you know of an easy fix for when this happens? Thank you!
Hey! No worries at all, I will double check to make sure that the way forms are turned on in your timeline view options. Also, the wave forms are a type of cache file. I would try clearing out your cache file directories and see if that helps, and maybe give resolve a restart once you clear out the cache files.
When I use the voice isolation, the audio always sounds muffled and lacks clarity. Would these tips help for that or would you recommend other frequencies to make it sound better? Great channel btw. Thanks.
I would try turning down the amount of voice isolation that’s being used if you can. But you can certainly add EQ on top of the voice isolation to help increase clarity.
Hey Jason! Thanks for another great video! I know it's kind out of the topic of the video, but I just ran into a thing today. Whenever I change the processing order to any option where the FX comes last, the fader automatically changes to pre-fader metering. Is there an explanation for that or it's just a bug in 18.6 version?
Interesting, I'm not sure what's up with that. I'd double check the settings in the project settings to make sure that 'Pre fader metering' isn't checked on....
@@JasonYadlovski That was the first thing I checked. Same results. So weird! I tested with multiple projects, multiple tracks, changed the track type to mono, stereo, 5.1, adaptative. Same results.
Probably a bug. I just don't remember to notice this issue in previous versions.
THANKS!
Thank you so much!!!
You're welcome!
Thanks a lot
Happy to help
As always to the point but i have a question, if i automate the EQ for SFX in my video and if i need to start from 0 what should i do?, i had a problem in which if i want to reset the automated EQ all the work i made remain in that way i just cant reset to put the EQ line straight again.
Yes, you can do that. I'll have a video about Automation coming out soon, I'll show you how to do it. 😜 You are able to edit individual points along the automation.
@@JasonYadlovski i´ll wait for that video. Bet for that!
great videos
Thanks!
Awesome where’s the EQ? It’s not showing in my mixer ?
Make sure you’re in the Fairlight tab. If you are, click on the three dots at the top right of the mixer and make sure that EQ is turned on. Leslie scroll up and down in the mixer above the fader and it should be there.
Thanks. I do have a cheap mic.
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على الرحب والسعة! شكرا للمشاهدة!
never thought jeff bezoes gonna show me these tricks but here we are
I only play a billionaire on TV. 😜
Just in time...
👍 Yes!
Wondering if you can tell me how to remove the dialogue from chatty tourists ruining my wildlife video?
Hi! You can remove the voices by using either the Dialogue Separator or the Music Remixer. One of them should do the trick.
@@JasonYadlovski Thanks very much. Just upgraded to Studio and used the music remixer! Voila!
😃😃
🗿
You look like jeff bezos
Shhhh....When I'm not busy making billions of dollars with amazon, I make DaVinci Resolve Videos....
@@JasonYadlovski Ok, I won't bother you, man.
@barracudaboi790 😜😁
Thank you, Jason!
thanks!
Welcome!
Thanks Jason!
You got it!