My biggest worry was how to get rid of background noise and I am using a budget microphone. You took less than 2 minutes to explain it. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much, probably gonna watch this 100 times to remember everything! Ive been looking for someone who actually knows what there talking about for audacity and I finally found it, thanks again man!
When i learn a new program, i write down all the shortcuts on paper and tape them up somewhere in plain sight on my desk so i can see them when i need them.
The true test of if you know something, is being able to explain it successfully and effectively to a 5 year old. You passed the test in flying colors. Congratulations !
Just remember, the more tracks you have overlapping, the more noise will add up. Even 3 or 4 tracks with sound overlapping will create a noticeable hiss. I remove this by applying a Low Pass filter, which doesn't leave you with the underwater sound of Noise Removal..
To avoid the distortion of Noise Reduction, I always create a duplicate of a track before applying it so I can easily compare the "after" and "before" and it helps fine-tune the tool's options ("Sensitivity" and "Frequency Smoothing") to find a balance between removing the noise and distorting the voice. Getting a good Noise Profile in the first place is the best way to go, but that's not always possible.
I try to teach my students to get in the habit of starting a and ending a recording session with a good 3 seconds of silence. This is anticipation of noise removal, and ensures that you get a clean sample of any ambient room and electronics noise.
@@CyberdogStudios Hello I just subscribed. Keith Kuhn here. I have been using audacity for quite some time and I love it. I've been practicing pushing the stuff out in 5.1 surround sound. Have you done that before ? Thanks KK Motion Pictures also on RUclips Keith Kuhn
@@CyberdogStudios Very very nice you certainly do know your audacity. in case you never have pushed something out in 5.1 surround. Instead of exporting it as MP3. Hit export audio then you can mix your channels for different speakers and surround sound. I was hoping you might have a tutorial on your surround sound. Keith Kuhn
*Pro Tip:* For those converting Cassettes, Vinyl, MiniDisc etc... Want to *Automatically create tracks* after recording a cassette? Select all. Analyze>Silence Finder. Then File>Export >Export Multiple. You now have all the songs on your cassette separated into individual tracks!!! Silence finder will search the entire track looking for silence in between songs and automatically create label boundaries.
@@CyberdogStudios this one is a lifesaver for me. I'm in the process of converting my old media to digital and there's just *too much* to spend *any time* on editing any of it. I'm doing cassettes, minidisc, microcassette, vinyl, CD, VHS, 8mm (Hi-8), photos, negatives & video games.
With your tip no.2 on Noise Reduction; you guessed the value of 18. Once you make the selection, instead of “noise reduction” use the Noise Gate first as it will tell you how much to reduce the noise by in Db. You then use Noise Reduction as before but use the suggested value.
The noise reduction tip! Omfg! I just got audacity, been using davinci for my audio drum stuff cuz simple. But there is always a small slight buzz when nothing is happening, I did a lot to minimize this, but I recorded my own trigger sound samples and removing the buzz so my samples in the sample library sound amazing from the start instead of post editing it out!
I'm crying now, because I'm a Linux user and that fancy-ass "File Edit Select ... Help" menu is actually missing from my Audacity app - I mean, it *should* be there, just isn't! I've made my bed.
Further to my last, I found that if I open Audacity like this, it resolves the weirdness - I'm not bothered with fixing the root cause - a workaround is more expedient. % export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 ; audacity
I found this gem only now 2021. This is the best tutorial i got for audacity. I discovered a lot of techniques and tips here. Thank you for this best tutorial on audacity. God bless you sir.
Fantastic! thanks for taking the time to show others how to use Audacity. You are an excellent instructor. You are easy to understand and your tutorial is well constructed. Everything is clear and easy to see what is being explained. You enonciate most effectivly. Congradulations!
Been trying to use audacity for my let's plays and this helped me to iron out some of the issues. Thank you, very clean explanations, and concise tips.
dear sir, i have been using audacity for the last 7-8 years. i have recently updated it to version 3.1.2. i have been using karaoke tracks available in you tube and other channels and record instrumental songs played in my key board and upload to my channel in you tube. i have been playing the instrumental tune in the same pitch of the karaoke track. But for the last 2-3 days, audacity is recording my instrumental track up by 2 pitches than the actual pitch in which i play the tone. i am not able to understand why it is doing it. My audacity project rate (Hz) is 44100 and i changed it to 44800 but in vein.... please help me how to enable audacity to record in the pitch which i play my key board and not in different pitch.....
thank you very much, I was losing my head trying to merge all tracks into one. Do you know if there is a way I can record always always in only one track (I record audiobooks and every mistake is one new track, end result: 888,888 tracks -errors-) Thank you very much again
Absolutely the best tutorial I’ve found on audacity so far. You covered a lot of ground in a short period of time and I understood all of it. I’ve seen tutorials just on noise reduction which were just as long as your 16 tips video. And those were harder to understand. You have a gift. Thank you.
This tutorial is phenomenal for a beginner like me! Thank you so much, you have probably saved me so much editing time with some of these shortcuts! So very well explained. Thank you!
Hi, I have done a music recording, and burned it to cd, but it seems to have lost a lot of its bass. Do you have any thoughts please? Also should the height of the blue wave be big, and take up most of the height on the track? Exported to Mp3. Thanks.
Thanks for posting.......love your quick delivery! Although at my age I might watch it again a few times to catch up!.... It always amazes and comforts me, that there are so many kind souls out there in RUclipsLand....that are willing to take the time to do tutorials and share their knowledge and wisdom for gratis. I learn so much. I will release that album one day! Peace, love, red beans and lentils from Kaapstad.
Thank you so much! Very clear explanation. Great tutorial!!! I would like to learn how to create a video from a PowerPoint presentation. Any free movie/video editor to suggest? Thanks again!
With the noise, I max out the volume of the section, then use the Noise Reduction. Haven’t had many issues with it. (After getting the sample into Noise Reduction, I then return the section used to normal volume levels.)
Noise reduction "sample" will not allow a sample to be selected. Apply s instead. Very upsetting and disappointing.---- UPDATE, figured it out, not working according to this video.
Hey @CyberdogStudios thanks for this. Tip 1 0:50, Tip 2 1:21 & Tip 3 2:33 let me do the job at hand. As well as deleting leading & trailing silence, I've been copying a bit (Ctrl-C) & pasting (Ctrl-V) it to the beginning, as one of our systems always cuts off the first bit of our IVR recording, so you get the back half of "Welcome"...
Hi , I have an old magnavox fp1413sl01 turntable that plugs into my magnavox 1441 amp with rca cables. I don't think the turntable has a preamp. The system is from the 1980s and the only place I have been able to locate and info on them is turntableneedles.com (they have been great). I am wanting to transfer my 150+ LPs to my computer. I used to have a usb turntable but I got rid of it and I also have used Xitel. I purchased a Behringer UCA 222 interface to use. Do you know if I still need a phono preamp with the 222 or not or do you have any other suggestions . My laptop does not have a audio in jack so I have to use usb. Thanks, Mike
I'm using a Behringer UMC204HD digital interface for 2 dynamic mics and some regular headphones. I'm having problems with recording and playback levels. Both meters only show activity on the left side. I can't hear anything, through the headphones, while recording. But on playback, I'm hearing only out of the left headphone and it's very low, no matter how I adjust the volume. Also, somehow, the waveform meters shrunk to little more than a line and adjusting zoom does nothing. Please help. I'm so new at this and it's been driving me crazy for two weeks now. Thanks for your time.
Great video! But, my "Split New" menu isn't highlighted, it's not clickable. What could be wrong? Also, do you have a tip for slowing playback when playing zoomed-in, when editing? I need to find the very exact spot for splitting, but when zoomed-in to see the wave pattern closely, the playback moves at normal speed, and just zooms by at such speed, I am not able to catch the exact spot when I need to place the split. Any help on that please? Thanks.
Ok so obviously I'm doing something last-minute for college. Audio recording for a movie I'm making. Turns out my computer's super noisy and my microphone is absolute crap, like 1 dollar crap. Somehow a normalize and a noise reduction following your exact numbers made it sound extra good. Good enough to make me stop what I'm doing to type this. great work friend.
Is there possibility to record through MIDI controler instead a microphone? I use a newest Audacity version : Audacity 2.3.3. I prefer to record through my MIDI controller because then is not a noise . Possibly how to set recording ?
How do you select the entire track on tip#2 after you've selected noise profile? Just by simply clicking on it, it automatically high lights it all ? Thank you!
Why did the background of my track turn grey instead of light blue? That happened and I don't know why. Also when you show how to split, you don't demonstrate how to move the track over together. Please explain.
I have a ring doorbell that’s in a hallway and the echo and static sound is awful. I’m pretty sure your video has just allowed me to finally show police what a man is saying outside my door after sexually harassing me for years. If I can use this software and it helps, I’ll be back in the comments to update you and thank you!
These are some really cool tips. I just downloaded version 3 which has the mp3 ability pre-installed so you don't have to do anything else to get it. Anyone who gave your video a thumbs down, in my opinion is a Karen and sucks! This was a superb video! Good job bro!
I used to use noise removal. No matter what setting it's at it interferes with the vocals and causes distortion the higher the setting is. I'd rather slight background noise than slight vocal distortion.
0:50 - Tip#1: Normalize Audio Levels
1:21 - Tip#2: Noise Reduction
2:33 - Tip#3: Trimming Clips
2:48 - Tip#4: Zoom In (Ctrl-E)
3:05 - Tip#5: Zoom Out (Ctrl-F)
3:17 - Tip#6: Split Clip (Ctrl-I)
3:38 - Tip#7: Time Shift Tool
4:00 - Tip#8: Spit New (Ctrl-Alt-I)
5:25 - Tip#9: Vertical Zoom Out (Ctrl-Shift-F)
5:37 - Tip#10: Time Shift to rearrange
6:19 - Tip#11: Select All Tracks (Ctrl-A)
6:48 - Tip#12: Ctrl-Select Specific Tracks
7:16 - Tip#13: Mix and Render
7:28 - Tip#14: Shift-Select To select a group
7:55 - Tip#15: Pan Tracks
8:17 - Tip#16: Export as an MP3 (or WAV)
Thank you.
thank you alot
The hero we need
OMG!!!! Thank you! I was tired of going back to the vid and waiting til, the specific tip that I wanted to listen to, came up.
So helpful. Thank you.
My biggest worry was how to get rid of background noise and I am using a budget microphone. You took less than 2 minutes to explain it. Thank you so much!
yes, i found it so helpful. which no one else could explain so easily.
Perfect for a noob like me!
Lmao right I was gonna comment the same thing about that
@@bluntedsage Hashtag-me-too!
Dude. Best Audacity tutorial ever. No BS, no fluff- just hopped right into it.
Yeah
Not too much explanation
Thanks so much, probably gonna watch this 100 times to remember everything! Ive been looking for someone who actually knows what there talking about for audacity and I finally found it, thanks again man!
When i learn a new program, i write down all the shortcuts on paper and tape them up somewhere in plain sight on my desk so i can see them when i need them.
@@roostergentry that's a really useful tip. Thank you
I also write them down and then proceed to immediately lose the paper.
You are right bro.
It was fast but very clear.
Thank you so much. Best tutorial I've found on Audacity.
I agreee!!!
The true test of if you know something, is being able to explain it successfully and effectively to a 5 year old. You passed the test in flying colors. Congratulations !
i've watched this and referred back to this video countless times. appreciate the tips as i get ready to launch my podcast in a week!
Just remember, the more tracks you have overlapping, the more noise will add up. Even 3 or 4 tracks with sound overlapping will create a noticeable hiss. I remove this by applying a Low Pass filter, which doesn't leave you with the underwater sound of Noise Removal..
To avoid the distortion of Noise Reduction, I always create a duplicate of a track before applying it so I can easily compare the "after" and "before" and it helps fine-tune the tool's options ("Sensitivity" and "Frequency Smoothing") to find a balance between removing the noise and distorting the voice.
Getting a good Noise Profile in the first place is the best way to go, but that's not always possible.
I try to teach my students to get in the habit of starting a and ending a recording session with a good 3 seconds of silence. This is anticipation of noise removal, and ensures that you get a clean sample of any ambient room and electronics noise.
@@CyberdogStudios
Hello I just subscribed.
Keith Kuhn here.
I have been using audacity for quite some time and I love it.
I've been practicing pushing the stuff out in 5.1 surround sound.
Have you done that before ?
Thanks
KK Motion Pictures also on RUclips
Keith Kuhn
@@CyberdogStudios
Very very nice you certainly do know your audacity.
in case you never have pushed something out in 5.1 surround.
Instead of exporting it as MP3.
Hit export audio then you can mix your channels for different speakers and surround sound. I was hoping you might have a tutorial on your surround sound.
Keith Kuhn
Short and right to the point. Instead of saying bullshits which most of the youtubers do. Thanks sir✌️
*Pro Tip:*
For those converting Cassettes, Vinyl, MiniDisc etc...
Want to *Automatically create tracks* after recording a cassette?
Select all. Analyze>Silence Finder.
Then File>Export >Export Multiple.
You now have all the songs on your cassette separated into individual tracks!!!
Silence finder will search the entire track looking for silence in between songs and automatically create label boundaries.
So many great features in Audacity - I didn't know about this one!
@@CyberdogStudios this one is a lifesaver for me. I'm in the process of converting my old media to digital and there's just *too much* to spend *any time* on editing any of it.
I'm doing cassettes, minidisc, microcassette, vinyl, CD, VHS, 8mm (Hi-8), photos, negatives & video games.
Thank you very much..the information about the short cuts was quite helpful indeed...
I just basically edited my first 20 minute podcast episode using nothing but this video. Brilliant. Thank you.
EXCELLENT VIDEO TUTORIAL. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for the informative video 😊 I hope you havr a great day 😁👍
Very interesting and helpful. Thank you.
Thanks much...i feel it for your keyboard though
I'm learning to use Audacity and this tutorial is very clear to understand, nice work!
With your tip no.2 on Noise Reduction; you guessed the value of 18. Once you make the selection, instead of “noise reduction” use the Noise Gate first as it will tell you how much to reduce the noise by in Db. You then use Noise Reduction as before but use the suggested value.
One of the most useful audacity tip videos out there, thanks man
The noise reduction tip! Omfg! I just got audacity, been using davinci for my audio drum stuff cuz simple. But there is always a small slight buzz when nothing is happening, I did a lot to minimize this, but I recorded my own trigger sound samples and removing the buzz so my samples in the sample library sound amazing from the start instead of post editing it out!
I'm crying now, because I'm a Linux user and that fancy-ass "File Edit Select ... Help" menu is actually missing from my Audacity app - I mean, it *should* be there, just isn't! I've made my bed.
Further to my last, I found that if I open Audacity like this, it resolves the weirdness - I'm not bothered with fixing the root cause - a workaround is more expedient.
% export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 ; audacity
Very nice tutorial... sir....👌👌👌
Thank you!! Still very helpful even in 2024 with audacity 2.5
Glad it helped!
Title: in 9 minutes
Video: actually 9 minutes
Useful thank you.
Hi from ph
I found this gem only now 2021.
This is the best tutorial i got for audacity. I discovered a lot of techniques and tips here. Thank you for this best tutorial on audacity.
God bless you sir.
Fantastic! thanks for taking the time to show others how to use Audacity. You are an excellent instructor. You are easy to understand and your tutorial is well constructed. Everything is clear and easy to see what is being explained. You enonciate most effectivly. Congradulations!
Been trying to use audacity for my let's plays and this helped me to iron out some of the issues. Thank you, very clean explanations, and concise tips.
dear sir, i have been using audacity for the last 7-8 years. i have recently updated it to version 3.1.2. i have been using karaoke tracks available in you tube and other channels and record instrumental songs played in my key board and upload to my channel in you tube. i have been playing the instrumental tune in the same pitch of the karaoke track. But for the last 2-3 days, audacity is recording my instrumental track up by 2 pitches than the actual pitch in which i play the tone. i am not able to understand why it is doing it. My audacity project rate (Hz) is 44100 and i changed it to 44800 but in vein.... please help me how to enable audacity to record in the pitch which i play my key board and not in different pitch.....
thank you very much, I was losing my head trying to merge all tracks into one. Do you know if there is a way I can record always always in only one track (I record audiobooks and every mistake is one new track, end result: 888,888 tracks -errors-) Thank you very much again
Absolutely the best tutorial I’ve found on audacity so far. You covered a lot of ground in a short period of time and I understood all of it. I’ve seen tutorials just on noise reduction which were just as long as your 16 tips video. And those were harder to understand. You have a gift. Thank you.
This tutorial is phenomenal for a beginner like me! Thank you so much, you have probably saved me so much editing time with some of these shortcuts! So very well explained. Thank you!
THIS IS SO HELPFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH
Is it possible to listen to the audio through your headphones but record your audio with the device microphone, eg Laptop Microphone?
Pretty sure it is - under Audacity''s EDIT - PREFERENCES the first screen lets you make these changes
This gave me all I need to know to put together my podcast! Thank you so much.
Clear and understandable. Thanks!
Hi, I have done a music recording, and burned it to cd, but it seems to have lost a lot of its bass. Do you have any thoughts please? Also should the height of the blue wave be big, and take up most of the height on the track? Exported to Mp3. Thanks.
Great video! Thanks!
This was AMAZING thank you SO much!!!
Fantastic tutorial. Very clear and precise. Will watch this lots of times as most people do with tutorials. Thank you very much.
This is absolutely great! I love the format of showing useful items very quickly. Other tutorials should take note.
this is such a great tutorial! There's no fluff, just extremely helpful information! Keep up the good work c:
I agree! Great hob explaining what you are doing as you do it. Very well done,
Wow! I learnt a lot with your video, other tutorials were so basic, it was hard to find your video! Thx a lot!
Thanks for tutorial!
My voice is pretty high I want to know can normalled will fix it
Noise reduction tip was just amazing! Thank you!
No words to say, Thanks you million trillion times, All the best, Let’s see at Heaven 🤩🥳🥳
Great tutorial
Thanks
Very handy tips given with no bs attached. Exactly what noobs like me need most. Thank you, sir
That was fantastic! Very useful pointers
Bless you. CTRL ALT + I Is literally the most useful thing ever.
Control+alt+i does not work on mine am i missing something. Doesnt even show that as the short cut on the drop down menu under edit.
@@davidl6917 You can edit or add key shortcuts in "Preferences -> Keyboard".
thank you soo much i really needed to learn how to recordd and edit on audacity u helped me a lot...your explnation is amazing
Thanks Mr, I was having trouble with the background sound but when I tried the Noise Reduction It fully went away.
Thanks So much , I came looking for how to ‘split’ but did not that’s what it was called and how simple it was 😌
Thanks for posting.......love your quick delivery! Although at my age I might watch it again a few times to catch up!.... It always amazes and comforts me, that there are so many kind souls out there in RUclipsLand....that are willing to take the time to do tutorials and share their knowledge and wisdom for gratis. I learn so much. I will release that album one day! Peace, love, red beans and lentils from Kaapstad.
Fantastic tips! Can I ask, if I have noise on a section of my audio but no space where there's no voice, how can I remove the background noise? Thanks
😊 thank you so much.
Thank you, 20 tuturials that aere all 8 mins long with no noise removal and I FINALLY FOUND YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH .
Thank you so much! Very clear explanation. Great tutorial!!! I would like to learn how to create a video from a PowerPoint presentation. Any free movie/video editor to suggest? Thanks again!
nice presentation
Super clear and helpful-thanks!
Dear Sir,
Great Video!! Heartily Thank you for nicely Explanation. Please help me whenever I have doubts....
Basavaraj, from India.
Thank you for this man! This helped a lot - super clean and informative. Well done.
I am trying to save my work files to .wav. I am getting a 'shortcut' message but not the whole file? What am I doing incorrectly? Thanks for any help.
I always selected tracks and saved them as a selected file. -but it saves the whole recording! I cannot figure it out.
With the noise, I max out the volume of the section, then use the Noise Reduction. Haven’t had many issues with it. (After getting the sample into Noise Reduction, I then return the section used to normal volume levels.)
Noise reduction "sample" will not allow a sample to be selected. Apply s instead. Very upsetting and disappointing.---- UPDATE, figured it out, not working according to this video.
You deserve more praise than 15 comments, this was incredibly concise. Well done!
Hey @CyberdogStudios thanks for this. Tip 1 0:50, Tip 2 1:21 & Tip 3 2:33 let me do the job at hand. As well as deleting leading & trailing silence, I've been copying a bit (Ctrl-C) & pasting (Ctrl-V) it to the beginning, as one of our systems always cuts off the first bit of our IVR recording, so you get the back half of "Welcome"...
omg your poor mouse and keyboard THWACK THWACK THWACK BOOOOM BOOOM.
Can you make video that how to make video podcast directly from camera ...Or what the tools needed ...Thanks
Hi , I have an old magnavox fp1413sl01 turntable that plugs into my magnavox 1441 amp with rca cables. I don't think the turntable has a preamp. The system is from the 1980s and the only place I have been able to locate and info on them is turntableneedles.com (they have been great). I am wanting to transfer my 150+ LPs to my computer. I used to have a usb turntable but I got rid of it and I also have used Xitel. I purchased a Behringer UCA 222 interface to use. Do you know if I still need a phono preamp with the 222 or not or do you have any other suggestions . My laptop does not have a audio in jack so I have to use usb. Thanks, Mike
I'm using a Behringer UMC204HD digital interface for 2 dynamic mics and some regular headphones. I'm having problems with recording and playback levels. Both meters only show activity on the left side. I can't hear anything, through the headphones, while recording. But on playback, I'm hearing only out of the left headphone and it's very low, no matter how I adjust the volume. Also, somehow, the waveform meters shrunk to little more than a line and adjusting zoom does nothing. Please help. I'm so new at this and it's been driving me crazy for two weeks now. Thanks for your time.
Great video! But, my "Split New" menu isn't highlighted, it's not clickable. What could be wrong?
Also, do you have a tip for slowing playback when playing zoomed-in, when editing? I need to find the very exact spot for splitting, but when zoomed-in to see the wave pattern closely, the playback moves at normal speed, and just zooms by at such speed, I am not able to catch the exact spot when I need to place the split. Any help on that please? Thanks.
Really helpful! Thanks for your time and effort, it's been a great resource teaching myself new skills under lockdown.
Ok so obviously I'm doing something last-minute for college. Audio recording for a movie I'm making. Turns out my computer's super noisy and my microphone is absolute crap, like 1 dollar crap. Somehow a normalize and a noise reduction following your exact numbers made it sound extra good. Good enough to make me stop what I'm doing to type this. great work friend.
Is there possibility to record through MIDI controler instead a microphone? I use a newest Audacity version : Audacity 2.3.3. I prefer to record through my MIDI controller because then is not a noise . Possibly how to set recording ?
Thank you. You're as talented at video production and script writing as you are audio engineering in Audacity.
TipTop
Thank you very much......just began using Audacity
Well done and said,,,,,,
Thank you
Finally! a video with no long introductions whatsoever and get the topic done fast. Thanks!
How do you select the entire track on tip#2 after you've selected noise profile? Just by simply clicking on it, it automatically high lights it all ? Thank you!
Thank You this helped tremendously!
You're a life saver
Why did the background of my track turn grey instead of light blue? That happened and I don't know why. Also when you show how to split, you don't demonstrate how to move the track over together. Please explain.
Thank you for this! It was very straightforward and coherent, I was able to follow it well and am doing much better with my project
8:10- Thanks for letting me know about the "mono" conversion, thought I was having a technical problem that could have been serious.
I have a ring doorbell that’s in a hallway and the echo and static sound is awful. I’m pretty sure your video has just allowed me to finally show police what a man is saying outside my door after sexually harassing me for years. If I can use this software and it helps, I’ll be back in the comments to update you and thank you!
Great wonderful tutorial ...
These are some really cool tips. I just downloaded version 3 which has the mp3 ability pre-installed so you don't have to do anything else to get it. Anyone who gave your video a thumbs down, in my opinion is a Karen and sucks! This was a superb video! Good job bro!
Thanks very much. I quickly learned some useful things.
Hi,I need to take out the LEAD guitar from an MP3 track.How would I do this please?
I like to learn Audacity on your channel .. thank you for the lesson .. greetings from Indonesia ..> notes are awaited for further knowledge ..
very helpful, appreciate the chapters for easy navigation, as a novice, because initially, the program is difficult to manage
This is good!! I just found your channel I hope you are still active and sharing your knowledge. I have a lot to practice with.
Very helpful. Will be re-watching a couple of times, I'm sure :0)
great video..I am in the process of converting cassette tapes to mp3 using Audacity. Any additional tips for this project?
I used to use noise removal. No matter what setting it's at it interferes with the vocals and causes distortion the higher the setting is. I'd rather slight background noise than slight vocal distortion.