duplicate this sound

[qwezxc]

Hey all - I know that the sound of a voice is 90% dependent on the talent, however, that said - what kind of general settings do you think were used in Audition (or could be used to roughly replicate) the robust, crisp sound of this voice:

http://appcheckradio.com/blog/2012/04/egg-dyeing-101/

Many thanks in advance!

 

[ProducerGuy]

Sounds like a good mic and decent pipes more than anything.

 

[qwezxc]

Sounds like a good mic and decent pipes more than anything.

Just a raw WAV file? Not even a compander?

 

[APinDC]

I'm going to suggest there was some compression in use - perhaps multiband - followed by a brickwall limiter.

Gimme 'til tomorrow to see if I can find out more.

 

[ProducerGuy]

Sounds like a good mic and decent pipes more than anything.

Just a raw WAV file? Not even a compander?

It's obviously not completely raw since there are effects added to it, but there isn't a lot of compression. Like the previous poster said, maybe a little multiband.

 

[APinDC]

To the surprise of no one, sometimes all you need to do is go right up to the guy and ask, "How did you do that?".

I wrote to the creator of the audio segment in question, and he happily shared with me details of his entire rig, minus his settings. Qwezxc, I'll PM you with his response. For everyone else, his signature sound comes primarily from an SE Electronics microphone with only a touch of basic comp and EQ found in ProTools LE 8. Evidently, using the plain vanilla tools he was given, he just tweaked, plugged, and finessed his way to exactly the sound he wanted.

Sometimes it ain't the tools; it's the carpenter.