VO Pro Tip: Post-Production for VO

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Voice-Over Pro Tip

Post-Production for VO

Hey Reader,

Audio Processing technology these days is pretty crazy. There is a lot that you can enhance or repair after the recording process to get your VO's in tip top shape. But before we discuss some of them that you may want to consider - it's worth noting that the best course of action is always to get things right at the source and only rely on processing tools if and when needed.

The goal should be to get a sound from your mic right into your interface that is most of the way there to a fully polished final product. However here are some tools that can take things a little further, including some you've likely used and some you probably haven't considered:

EQ and Compression: These are the two big ones for shaping the tonal quality and dynamics of your VO. Use them to surgically remove any trouble spots in the frequency range, sweeten up the sound with more or less lows and highs, and get even consistency across your read.
De-Noise: These plugins can work some magic on troublesome spots where background noise got in the way of a great take, but they are also great to bring your overall noise floor down to a practically imperceptible level.
De-Plosive: Even with a pop filter, it's very possible to get lot's of plosives in your audio, use this tool to fix up these spots that squeak through. I recommend using this only on the small fraction of a second where each plosive occurs, rather than applying to the whole file.
Stereo Field/Width: These are tools that adjust the stereo image or perceived width of your audio. In regards to VO, they can be a great way to sort of pull things into the center and make your voice seem very upfront and present, which is typically what we want in a VO.

Take a look into some of these tools if you haven't and see if they can take your audio quality up a notch or two!

-Michael

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Thanks so much!

-Michael

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