https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Improve_Your_Recording&feed=atom&action=historyImprove Your Recording - Revision history2024-03-29T00:48:07ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.41.0https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Improve_Your_Recording&diff=31595&oldid=prevJo2: /* Sibilants: harsh Ssss */2020-10-16T18:17:30Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Sibilants: harsh Ssss</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Move a desktop microphone further away''' The S sounds are only loud quite close to your mouth. If you record between 4" and 8" away from the mouth the S sounds should be reduced. Note that this can introduce unwanted room echo. See below.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Move a desktop microphone further away''' The S sounds are only loud quite close to your mouth. If you record between 4" and 8" away from the mouth the S sounds should be reduced. Note that this can introduce unwanted room echo. See below.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jo2https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Improve_Your_Recording&diff=31594&oldid=prevJo2: /* Room Echo */2020-10-16T18:15:14Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Room Echo</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In most ordinary houses the rooms are too small to hear a sharp sound (like hands clapping) separate from its echo. The echo arrives so quickly from the reflecting wall that we don't hear a gap and the sound and echo merge. What we do hear is a ringing sound as the echo reflects multiple times around the room. If the room contains soft furnishings, curtains and a carpet a lot of the sound energy is absorbed in each reflection and the ringing dies away very quickly. Hard surfaces, like doors, ceilings, windows and hard uncovered walls will reflect sound with only a small loss of power. This is why opening doors and windows can sometimes improve the room echo: the sound passes through the doorway and is absorbed by the space beyond. This is also why the room echo can vary so much within a room: rooms are rarely symmetrical - in one position there may be a direct path to a reflective wall and in another there may be an open doorway or a large piece of soft furniture in the way.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In most ordinary houses the rooms are too small to hear a sharp sound (like hands clapping) separate from its echo. The echo arrives so quickly from the reflecting wall that we don't hear a gap and the sound and echo merge. What we do hear is a ringing sound as the echo reflects multiple times around the room. If the room contains soft furnishings, curtains and a carpet a lot of the sound energy is absorbed in each reflection and the ringing dies away very quickly. Hard surfaces, like doors, ceilings, windows and hard uncovered walls will reflect sound with only a small loss of power. This is why opening doors and windows can sometimes improve the room echo: the sound passes through the doorway and is absorbed by the space beyond. This is also why the room echo can vary so much within a room: rooms are rarely symmetrical - in one position there may be a direct path to a reflective wall and in another there may be an open doorway or a large piece of soft furniture in the way.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You experiment to find which rooms are going to be good for recording by listening to the echo in the room after you clap your hands together loudly. A kitchen with a hard floors and no soft furnishings will usually have a more echoey sound than a carpeted bedroom for example. However, you can probably find somewhere in your house that will have so little echo that you can record there and produce a good audiobook sound. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can also </ins>experiment to find which rooms are going to be good for recording by listening to the echo in the room after you clap your hands together loudly. A kitchen with a hard floors and no soft furnishings will usually have a more echoey sound than a carpeted bedroom for example. However, you can probably find somewhere in your house that will have so little echo that you can record there and produce a good audiobook sound. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In most ordinary houses the rooms are too small to hear a sharp sound (like hands clapping) separate from its echo. The echo arrives so quickly from the reflecting wall that we don't hear a gap and the sound and echo merge. What we do hear is a ringing sound as the echo reflects multiple times around the room. If the room contains soft furnishings, curtains and a carpet a lot of the sound energy is absorbed in each reflection and the ringing dies away very quickly. Hard surfaces, like doors, ceilings, windows and hard uncovered walls will reflect sound with only a small loss of power. This is why opening doors and windows can sometimes improve the room echo: the sound passes through the doorway and is absorbed by the space beyond. This is also why the room echo can vary so much within a room: rooms are rarely symmetrical - in one position there may be a direct path to a reflective wall and in another there may be an open doorway or a large piece of soft furniture in the way.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In most ordinary houses the rooms are too small to hear a sharp sound (like hands clapping) separate from its echo. The echo arrives so quickly from the reflecting wall that we don't hear a gap and the sound and echo merge. What we do hear is a ringing sound as the echo reflects multiple times around the room. If the room contains soft furnishings, curtains and a carpet a lot of the sound energy is absorbed in each reflection and the ringing dies away very quickly. Hard surfaces, like doors, ceilings, windows and hard uncovered walls will reflect sound with only a small loss of power. This is why opening doors and windows can sometimes improve the room echo: the sound passes through the doorway and is absorbed by the space beyond. This is also why the room echo can vary so much within a room: rooms are rarely symmetrical - in one position there may be a direct path to a reflective wall and in another there may be an open doorway or a large piece of soft furniture in the way.</div></td></tr>
</table>CliveCatterallhttps://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Improve_Your_Recording&diff=12943&oldid=prevCliveCatterall: /* Room Echo */ audio link added2012-03-02T21:59:47Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Room Echo: </span> audio link added</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This means that however good your microphone is, your recordings aren't going to be the best unless you sort out the sound of your recording space. The good news is that speech recording is much simpler than music recording; all we need to do is try to make the room reflect as little sound as possible. The simplest way to do this is to choose a room in your house that has a carpet, curtains and big pieces of soft furniture. Bedrooms are usually a good choice. The fabric, carpet and padding all absorb sound and make the room sound more "dead". </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This means that however good your microphone is, your recordings aren't going to be the best unless you sort out the sound of your recording space. The good news is that speech recording is much simpler than music recording; all we need to do is try to make the room reflect as little sound as possible. The simplest way to do this is to choose a room in your house that has a carpet, curtains and big pieces of soft furniture. Bedrooms are usually a good choice. The fabric, carpet and padding all absorb sound and make the room sound more "dead". </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You can <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">quickly </del>get an idea which rooms are going to be good for recording by listening to the echo in the room after you clap your hands together loudly. A kitchen with a hard floors and no soft furnishings will usually have a more echoey sound than a carpeted bedroom for example. However, you can probably find somewhere in your house that will have so little echo that you can record there and produce a good audiobook sound. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>You can get an idea <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">what the likely difference in recorded sound will be by listening to the audio clip [http://www.archive.org/details/SoundSamplesEtc kitchen_and_bedroom]. The same microphone is used to record the same text in a kitchen with hard floors and walls and in a bedroom with carpet and curtains. The audio clips recorded in the kitchen are first followed by the same clip recorded in the bedroom. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You experiment to find </ins>which rooms are going to be good for recording by listening to the echo in the room after you clap your hands together loudly. A kitchen with a hard floors and no soft furnishings will usually have a more echoey sound than a carpeted bedroom for example. However, you can probably find somewhere in your house that will have so little echo that you can record there and produce a good audiobook sound. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In most ordinary houses the rooms are too small to hear a sharp sound (like hands clapping) separate from its echo. The echo arrives so quickly from the reflecting wall that we don't hear a gap and the sound and echo merge. What we do hear is a ringing sound as the echo reflects multiple times around the room. If the room contains soft furnishings, curtains and a carpet a lot of the sound energy is absorbed in each reflection and the ringing dies away very quickly. Hard surfaces, like doors, ceilings, windows and hard uncovered walls will reflect sound with only a small loss of power. This is why opening doors and windows can sometimes improve the room echo: the sound passes through the doorway and is absorbed by the space beyond. This is also why the room echo can vary so much within a room: rooms are rarely symmetrical - in one position there may be a direct path to a reflective wall and in another there may be an open doorway or a large piece of soft furniture in the way.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In most ordinary houses the rooms are too small to hear a sharp sound (like hands clapping) separate from its echo. The echo arrives so quickly from the reflecting wall that we don't hear a gap and the sound and echo merge. What we do hear is a ringing sound as the echo reflects multiple times around the room. If the room contains soft furnishings, curtains and a carpet a lot of the sound energy is absorbed in each reflection and the ringing dies away very quickly. Hard surfaces, like doors, ceilings, windows and hard uncovered walls will reflect sound with only a small loss of power. This is why opening doors and windows can sometimes improve the room echo: the sound passes through the doorway and is absorbed by the space beyond. This is also why the room echo can vary so much within a room: rooms are rarely symmetrical - in one position there may be a direct path to a reflective wall and in another there may be an open doorway or a large piece of soft furniture in the way.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Use an Equaliser''' An Equaliser is like a fancy tone control, and is built into Audacity already. You can only use an Equaliser if the problem is a fault in your microphone that makes it is too sensitive to the S sounds. Electret microphones often need an equaliser to help them produce a good sound.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Use an Equaliser''' An Equaliser is like a fancy tone control, and is built into Audacity already. You can only use an Equaliser if the problem is a fault in your microphone that makes it is too sensitive to the S sounds. Electret microphones often need an equaliser to help them produce a good sound.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Room Echo</del>===</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Variations in loudness and voice tone </ins>===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">All voice recordings are going to contain a small amount of room echo, and most people agree that recordings are best when this is kept to a minimum. Choose the room you record in carefully. The more soft furnishings, carpets, and curtains the room contains the better. The size of the room also has an effect, as very small rooms can sound "boxy". </del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One </del>good way of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">checking </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">strength </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">echo </del>is to stand in your room and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">clap your hands together once </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hard </del>as you <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Listen </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ringing </del>sound <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">after </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">clap</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Move around </del>the room and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">do it again</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Compare different </del>rooms. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You </del>will find that the ringing sound is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">different </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">different </del>rooms and in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">different places within </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">room</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Choose somewhere </del>to record <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that has </del>the shortest ring <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">after your clap</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The most common reason for a recording to vary in loudness is that the reader is unconsciously swaying or moving about while reading, often because the reader is so caught up in the story that they forget to keep still. This type of reader can produce and absolutely captivating recording, but unfortunately both loudness and voice tone are very sensitive to the distance between the mouth and microphone.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Setting the microphone a little bit further away from the mouth can help to reduce variation, as slight movements will make less difference.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Although standing while recording is very </ins>good <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for breathing, it does make it very difficult to control the exact distance to the microphone. Most readers find that it is better to find a compromise seating position where swaying is controlled but the body is still upright, perhaps on the front edge of a chair so the knees can be slightly below the hips to help with breathing. However, one reader has reported that he likes to read in an armchair so he can rest the back of his head against the seat to control its position relative to the microphone.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A second, less common reason for tone and loudness variation is comes from recording with the microphone places slightly off to one side in an attempt to reduce popping sounds from problem consonants, such as Ps and Ts. Voice tone is very sensitive to the </ins>way <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the mouth is pointing relative to the microphone as well as the distance. The most natural tone is produced with the mouth pointing directly at the microphone. As you position the microphone off to one side, above or below the mouth (known as "off-axis" positioning) you pick up fewer high frequency sounds and the voice sounds less bright, eventually sounding dull and muddy. These high frequency sounds are very important to the understanding </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">speech, so it is important to control </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">off-axis positioning as well as you can. It is easier to control the angle </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mouth relative to the microphone if you place the microphone above or below the mouth rather than to one side. This way you record facing towards the microphone but keep your head level. This is much easier than trying to maintain some imaginary angle between your mouth and the microphone so your breath passes just to one side.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Probably the best solution is to use a pop filter. A pop filter is made from a very fine mesh material stretched over a metal frame. The filter allows sound to pass through, but it blocks the tiny blasts of air produced by Ps and Ts. With a pop filter in front of the microphone you can record "on-axis" and get the best and most repeatable voice tone. If you mount the pop filter about 7" away from the microphone you can speak with your mouth right up against the filter, making it much easier to keep a constant distance between your mouth and the microphone. If the mesh is very fine and the mounting separate from the microphone you can even speak with your lips lightly brushing the filter material itself.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=== Variation in loudness and tone between recording sessions ===</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Again, assuming that you have set the recording levels the same and are using the same microphone, the most likely cause of loudness and tone change is variation in the distance and direction of the mouth relative to the microphone.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As in the section above, the most reliable solution </ins>is to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">use a pop filter mounted at a fixed distance from the microphone to help you to maintain distance and direction.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you do not want to use a pop filter you could consider measuring the distance between your mouth and the microphone at the start of each recording session. If I stretch out my hand the distance between the tip of my thumb and the tip of my little finger (pinkie) is about 9". I put the tip of my thumb against my lips and shuffle my chair and microphone </ins>stand <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">until the tip of my little finger rests against the microphone. If you watch the opening scene of the film "The King's Speech" you can see the actor Adrian Scarborough playing the part of a BBC announcer making elaborate preparations before speaking on the radio. Just before he speaks he checks the distance between his mouth and the microphone </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">just this way (though he uses two hands and so has a much larger distance than I use).</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you are using a mouth to microphone distance of 6" or more you will be picking up a significant amount of sound that has been reflected around </ins>your room <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(Room Echo). The reflected sound will be different in different rooms </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even at different places within one room, so try to record from the same place every session. Keep windows and doors in the same position for each session, </ins>as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these can alter the reflected sound </ins>as <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">well.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=== Room Echo ===</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Unless </ins>you <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are lucky enough to own a recording studio, all of your voice recordings are going to contain a small amount of room echo</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you are using a mouth to microphone distance of 6" or more your recordings will contain enough room echo </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">make it a significant part of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">overall </ins>sound<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This means that however good your microphone is, your recordings aren't going to be the best unless you sort out </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sound of your recording space</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The good news is that speech recording is much simpler than music recording; all we need to do is try to make </ins>the room <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reflect as little sound as possible. The simplest way to do this is to choose a room in your house that has a carpet, curtains </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">big pieces of soft furniture. Bedrooms are usually a good choice. The fabric, carpet and padding all absorb sound and make the room sound more "dead"</ins>. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You can quickly get an idea which </ins>rooms <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are going to be good for recording by listening to the echo in the room after you clap your hands together loudly</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A kitchen with a hard floors and no soft furnishings </ins>will <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usually have a more echoey sound than a carpeted bedroom for example. However, you can probably </ins>find <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">somewhere in your house that will have so little echo that you can record there and produce a good audiobook sound. </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In most ordinary houses the rooms are too small to hear a sharp sound (like hands clapping) separate from its echo. The echo arrives so quickly from the reflecting wall </ins>that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">we don't hear a gap and </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sound and echo merge. What we do hear is a </ins>ringing sound <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as the echo reflects multiple times around the room. If the room contains soft furnishings, curtains and a carpet a lot of the sound energy </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">absorbed </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">each reflection and the ringing dies away very quickly. Hard surfaces, like doors, ceilings, windows and hard uncovered walls will reflect sound with only a small loss of power. This is why opening doors and windows can sometimes improve the room echo: the sound passes through the doorway and is absorbed by the space beyond. This is also why the room echo can vary so much within a room: </ins>rooms <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are rarely symmetrical - in one position there may be a direct path to a reflective wall </ins>and in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">another there may be an open doorway or </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">large piece of soft furniture in the way</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The best way to find a good place </ins>to record <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is to walk around all of the rooms in your house clapping your hands and listening to the ringing sound after the sharp clap. You will quickly find the room with the shortest ring - probably one of the bedrooms. Walk slowly around the room and find the place in the room with </ins>the shortest ring<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. In doing so you will probably notice the difference in sound when you are close to a wall, that internal room corners are very strong reflectors of sound, and that in some places you can get "flutter" echo (usually where there are hard walls exactly parallel to one another)</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you cannot find anywhere with a really short ring try closing curtains, and opening doors and windows (if that doesn't introduce more noise!). If that doesn't work you will have to try hanging up blankets and duvets on the walls or over drying racks to try and reduce the echo. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you cannot find anywhere with a really short ring try closing curtains, and opening doors and windows (if that doesn't introduce more noise!). If that doesn't work you will have to try hanging up blankets and duvets on the walls or over drying racks to try and reduce the echo. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you are still stuck you could consider building a cheap portable sound booth. There are instructions here.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Background Noise ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Background Noise ===</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Some consistent background noise can be effectively removed.''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|</del>Audacity software versions 1.2.6 and lower do not do a very good job of noise removel. They tend to sound tinny. Version 1.3 and higher provide more satisfactory results. While there are programs and techniques which ''can'' make "noisy" recordings sound better, it is always much better to work at ways to cut down on noise '''before''' you read. If you need '''after''' recording help, visit the Advice forums for ideas, or create a post there for noise removal. There is also a [[Noise Cleaning]] page which explains the use of various software programs.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Turn off noisy appliances.''' Washing machines, dishwashers, central heating pumps and boilers etc. can all contribute noise to your recording, even when they are several rooms away. Pause or switch them off while you record.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>CliveCatterallhttps://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Improve_Your_Recording&diff=9199&oldid=prevTriciaG: /* Sibilants: harsh Ssss */2011-07-14T18:26:49Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Sibilants: harsh Ssss</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Use a De-Esser''' This is a special audio compression program that targets this problem. There are Plug-Ins that you can download for Audacity that do this.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/De-Essing_Files: </ins>Use a De-Esser<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>''' This is a special audio compression program that targets this problem. There are Plug-Ins that you can download for Audacity that do this.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Use an Equaliser''' An Equaliser is like a fancy tone control, and is built into Audacity already. You can only use an Equaliser if the problem is a fault in your microphone that makes it is too sensitive to the S sounds. Electret microphones often need an equaliser to help them produce a good sound.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''Use an Equaliser''' An Equaliser is like a fancy tone control, and is built into Audacity already. You can only use an Equaliser if the problem is a fault in your microphone that makes it is too sensitive to the S sounds. Electret microphones often need an equaliser to help them produce a good sound.</div></td></tr>
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</table>TriciaGhttps://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Improve_Your_Recording&diff=3603&oldid=prevCliveCatterall: /* Style */2010-06-05T21:12:12Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Style</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The key to developing a good reading style is to become comfortable with your reading. Let your body relax as you're reading, and don't get frustrated over mistakes. If you are tense you're more likely to read too quickly, or forget to enunciate words. Don't worry about reading too slowly, because listeners will prefer a slightly slower reader. This allows them to digest what they are hearing and enjoy it more. You will usually make fewer mistakes if you are reading more slowly too.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The key to developing a good reading style is to become comfortable with your reading. Let your body relax as you're reading, and don't get frustrated over mistakes. If you are tense you're more likely to read too quickly, or forget to enunciate words. Don't worry about reading too slowly, because listeners will prefer a slightly slower reader. This allows them to digest what they are hearing and enjoy it more. You will usually make fewer mistakes if you are reading more slowly too.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you find that you are making a lot of mistakes (and if this bothers you - you <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can </del>edit them out later) try reading the text aloud just before you record. Rehearsing the text like this allows you to relax and not worry so much about any stumbles you do make. It is important that you do read aloud when rehearsing - it forces you to read every word and only then will you discover the unfamiliar combinations of words that can cause stumbles.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>If you find that you are making a lot of mistakes (and if this bothers you - you <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">could always </ins>edit them out later) try reading the text aloud just before you record. Rehearsing the text like this allows you to relax and not worry so much about any stumbles you do make. It is important that you do read aloud when rehearsing - it forces you to read every word and only then will you discover the unfamiliar combinations of words that can cause stumbles.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''If you're using a headset mic, put the mike down below your chin, or above your nose.'''</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''If you're using a headset mic, put the mike down below your chin, or above your nose.'''</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Some readers find that they have problems with very harsh and loud S sounds. This problem does not respond well to shields or microphone angles, but there are a couple of things you can do:</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Use a De-Esser''' This is a special audio compression program that targets this problem. There are Plug-Ins that you can download for Audacity that do this.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">All voice recordings are going to contain a small amount of room echo, and most people agree that recordings are best when this is kept to a minimum. Choose the room you record in carefully. The more soft furnishings, carpets, and curtains the room contains the better. The size of the room also has an effect, as very small rooms can sound "boxy". </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One good way of checking the strength of the echo is to stand in your room and clap your hands together once as hard as you can. Listen to the ringing sound after the clap. Move around the room and do it again. Compare different rooms. You will find that the ringing sound is different in different rooms and in different places within a room. Choose somewhere to record that has the shortest ring after your clap.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If you cannot find anywhere with a really short ring try closing curtains, and opening doors and windows (if that doesn't introduce more noise!). If that doesn't work you will have to try hanging up blankets and duvets on the walls or over drying racks to try and reduce the echo. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Background Noise ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Background Noise ===</div></td></tr>
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