Topic
Clarity.
4 pieces
How to reduce background noise in Audacity
Audacity's built-in Noise Reduction cleans steady hiss and hum well — if you don't overdo it. Step by step: get a noise profile from a silent moment, apply it gently, and avoid the watery over-scrubbed artifact.
· 6 min
How to treat a room for vocals (cheaply)
An untreated room bakes reflections into your vocal that are hard to remove later. How to treat a recording space for vocals cheaply — blankets, a clothes-filled closet, recording into a soft pocket — and what actually matters.
· 6 min
How to remove mic bleed from vocals
Mic bleed is unwanted sound recorded alongside the vocal — headphones, other instruments, room. Why it steals clarity and control, why a gate only fixes the gaps, and how separating the voice from simultaneous bleed is the real job.
· 5 min
How to make vocals cut through the mix
A buried vocal is a space problem, not a volume problem. How to make a vocal sit on top of a mix: carve room in the competing instruments, add presence, keep the level steady, and control the esses so it cuts without spitting.
· 6 min