Why Am I At The Bottom Of A Huge Hole?

Mark-Barnard wrote on 7/29/2020, 10:47 AM

Thank for the referral to tech. I now have the system fully working and have recorded several test auditions. One slight issue, though. On reviewing the tracks (I record in Mono for narration work), they play back normally upon review. After saving, though, and opening for editing and on the same laptop, the audio is distorted, as if I'm speaking from the bottom of a well.

Oh, sure, it lends all kinds of dramatic mood, but I'd really like to avoid this. I've made no setting changes from default, other then to select mono as the recording option. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Until then, I'm smiling mindlessly at my wife and pretending nothing's gone wrong. I think she's getting suspicious.

Using in10.

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rraud wrote on 7/29/2020, 2:08 PM

Hopefully we can help dig you out @Mark-Barnard

- What mic, preamp, converters?
- Are you monitoring through headphones whilst recording and does it sound good then?
- Environment? A quiet bedroom or living room with plush furnishings can sound good. It is not uncommon to even use a clothes closet. All the clothing can deaden the reflections nicely. There are stand mount acoustic mic shields as well that can help.
- What format are you saving as? 48kHz / 24 bit PCM files are plenty adequate for dialog editing. Avoid end-user lossy formats (MP3, AAC, ect). If it is for a podcast project, an end-user file type can be encoded from the PCM master.
- Post a sample file on Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, pCloud or other cloud site we can download the file for evaluation .

Mark-Barnard wrote on 7/29/2020, 7:31 PM

I run a pretty basic operation. Just a CAD u27 mike and my laptop. No extra gear. Using the laptop speakers it sounds normal until it's been saved to .wav or editing. Upon paying the saved file it's distorted through both earphones or the unit's speakers. I've narrated audiobooks for several years now, and not encountered this issue. Yes, I do use a mike shield, and have soundproofing in my home studio.

rraud wrote on 7/30/2020, 10:41 AM

Saving in the PCM format??

As I stated, "Post a sample file on Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, pCloud or other cloud site"

Mark-Barnard wrote on 7/30/2020, 2:38 PM

Actually, I worked it out. Thanks though.