Voice Recording - Editing

TheMagician · Thu 29/04/2004 19:41:31

Hi everyone.

I just finished a game which is set on an island. Now I decided to create a speech version for it.
I started recording the voice of the main character in my little room.

Here is the problem: in the game the character is standing at the beach and talks ... and it just sounds stupid ... because there is the echo of my little room ... and you realize that it is recorded inside.

Do you know any sound programs or other ways how to make it sound like it is spoken outside?

Any ideas are very welcome!

Thanks in advance,
Stefan

.. · Thu 29/04/2004 19:46:49

Oooohhh.... You can record it outside!!

Or...

Try going to download.com or rocketdownload.com and searching for Sound Editors

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Thu 29/04/2004 20:03:34

*coughGoldWavecough*

Ishmael · Thu 29/04/2004 20:09:56

Looney bin style, matresses(sp?) on the walls

Ben · Thu 29/04/2004 20:54:55

Don't remove echo with a sound editor.. Most of the time it will just sound worse. If you want to reduce echo when you record, try taking your microphone to another room. A closet full of clothes probably wouldn't have much echo.. Or if you can, bring some sound barriers into your recording area. Anything soft that absorbs sound should work.

I kind of like scuthbert's idea, though. If you can record outside, and there's no background noise (if you live in Wyoming

), then you'll get exactly the sound you want.

m0ds · Thu 29/04/2004 21:05:49

Buy a better microphone. Cheaper ones sound much more "tinny" and echoey, especially those awful "modem microphones" you used to get. They're a bit better these days too.

Also, when recording, shut your door and test with your window open and closed to see which sounds best.

.. · Thu 29/04/2004 21:18:42

Mics are actually quite cheap.. I walked into my local GAME the other day (well.. the other month) and saw a headset mic for 2.99 or something. Sure it was flimsy looking but a headset mic is always goodfor cutting out sound.

You should see my mic though.. it started out as a headset mic.. then the wire snapped removing sound from the right ear (which doesn't bother me cos i have no hearing in that ear) then the actuall headset fell off leaving me with just one earpiece with a mic sticking out.. which amazingly still works...

... A pointless story which is no way helpfull to you but Is nice to tell all the same

LGM · Thu 29/04/2004 22:35:22

I find it yields good results when you drape a blanket or towel over your head as you record.

LordHart · Fri 30/04/2004 01:35:01

Quote from: LilGryphMaster on Thu 29/04/2004 22:35:22
I find it yields good results when you drape a blanket or towel over your head as you record.

Sure it is, you just do that for fun...

Rave · Fri 30/04/2004 04:07:01

QuoteYou should see my mic though.. it started out as a headset mic.. then the wire snapped removing sound from the right ear (which doesn't bother me cos i have no hearing in that ear) then the actuall headset fell off leaving me with just one earpiece with a mic sticking out.. which amazingly still works... ... A pointless story which is no way helpfull to you but Is nice to tell all the same

Lmfao. Yeah, I have a head set too, but the ear pieces just stopped working all of a sudden (which really pissed me off) so I stopped using the thing. Then, a few months later I pick it up to discover that the mic still works [wohoo] but I have no idea if its the same quality that it used to be. I don't record by voice alot so......but anyway.....why am I posting this again?

Ishmael · Fri 30/04/2004 09:47:45

I want a headset with mic... but every time I see one in an electronics shop, I'm there to buy something else, and I don't have enough money on me to get them both... Or I don't dare spending so much at a time...

Quote from: Ben on Thu 29/04/2004 20:54:55
Don't remove echo with a sound editor.. Most of the time it will just sound worse. If you want to reduce echo when you record, try taking your microphone to another room. A closet full of clothes probably wouldn't have much echo.. Or if you can, bring some sound barriers into your recording area. Anything soft that absorbs sound should work.

Quote from: TK + Â·-Â· on Thu 29/04/2004 20:09:56
Looney bin style, matresses(sp?) on the walls

Now do these two suggestions have big diffrence?

TheMagician · Sun 02/05/2004 19:28:14

Many thanks for all your replies and ideas.

I am really thinking about recording it outside ... I am living near a big lake in Germany and there should be no problems with background noise ... however I need to find a notebook to record with :-)

Thanks again ... perhaps the results will be available some time.

.. · Tue 04/05/2004 21:06:48

The strange thing is I was joking when I said you could record it outside...

Voice Recording - Editing

m0ds