![]() ![]() Take the time to really “listen” to a room to make sure it is free from as much noise as possible. ![]() Choose a quiet place, a really quiet place.Try to find a place that suits your visual needs without compromising your audio standards. If you are not just recording audio, but also video, you must take into account how a room looks and not just the sound.Where you decide to record your audio (and video) is one of the most important factors in how your audio will sound. As soon as we reduced the audio quality, all of a sudden, the scientists and their research lost credibility.” (Newman and Schwarz, 2018)īeing aware of your physical environment is the first step in improving your audio. Does your voice express emotion or is it monotone and dull? Do you speak with inflection that makes it pleasant for the listener? Do you speak with a natural cadence that is easy to follow or are your words and sentences irregular? Do you use a lot of filler words like “um”, “ah” or “like”? Most importantly, are you delivering a performance with your speech or just reciting words? As you wrap up this exercise, consider this conclusion from a recent research study: “When the video was difficult to hear, viewers thought the talk was worse, the speaker less intelligent and less likeable and the research less important. Does your voice sound thin or hit too many low tones as if you were playing with the treble and bass settings on your headphones? Now, take a few minutes and just listen to yourself talk. Maybe there is an unexplained hiss or hum that just seems to be coming from nowhere. Is there low talking or hallway traffic coming through the wall. But what else is there? Is there an air conditioner or refrigerator humming in the background? Maybe a distant lawn mower or a car speeding by outside your window. ![]() What do you really hear? Obviously, you hear yourself talking and hopefully you can make out every word. Press that magical play button and then simply close your eyes and listen. Open a video that you have created for one of your courses, or if you haven’t made one yet, open up one of your colleague’s videos. ![]()
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