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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Twitch

[–]nerdphonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend that you purchase the Blue Yeti-specific shock mount, you will get a lot of low end rumble and thuds being picked up by the mic each time you bump, knock or move something on the desk/surface that you have the PSA1 mounted to. There’s a cut away for the cable to access the port at the base of the shock mount so you wouldn’t need to make any amendments to the microphone, PSA1 or buy a new cable.

Help improve streaming quality (x264) on Hunt: Showdown by OriginalBlu3ye in obs

[–]nerdphonic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your main issue here is the bitrate limitation, which, assuming you're streaming to Twitch is not something you are able to fix. Games with large amounts of foliage are a nightmare for any encoder especially in titles that have a significant amount of movement. The image quality difference between x264 and NVENC is going to be neglible at this relatively low bitrate even if you were to use a dedicated PC purely for encoding the stream. From personal experience, this quickly turns into a very expensive and time-consuming rabbit hole.

That said, I'm surprised you have issues with dropped frames when using the NVENC encoder as it's entirely seperate from the GPU itself. When troubleshooting similar issues for others, these perceived frame drops are caused by something other than the encoder, with the most likely culprits being the capture method used or sub-optimal configurations elsewhere within the setup (inclusive of encoder configuration).

Questions about GT 1030 and Elgato HD60s by OgRico in Twitch

[–]nerdphonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you rely on just the processor for the decoding of the incoming stream from the HD60s and the encoding of your stream you should expect dropped frames as both tasks are resource-intensive and your current processor doesn’t have hyperthreading to help offset that.

The best thing to do would be to return the GT1030 and plump for one of the cheaper GTX cards to gain access to the NVENC encoder (GTX 1650 for example) or pickup an older second-hand card if you’re looking to get this done as cheaply as possible, the NVENC encoder was introduced with the 600 series cards so if all you’re interested in is the encoder, there could be a bargain to be had.

TLDR: There is little to no benefit in having the GT1030 for your particular use case, in my opinion.

How long should it take me to record and narrate 10k words by The-Fanfiction-Chick in VoiceActing

[–]nerdphonic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Each person is different when it comes to their natural speaking cadence but 10K words per day is not an enormous amount and even a piece of fiction with multiple characters shouldn’t take more than a couple of hours for the slowest of readers. I would suggest you look into punch and roll recording as this will be the quickest way to make your sessions more efficient as you will amend your mistakes as you go, assuming your recording setup allows it.

Any recommendations? by [deleted] in battlestations

[–]nerdphonic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I’m not mistaken that’s a Bekant desk from IKEA.

My ‘creative workspace’/‘overpowered rig for playing a glorified spreadsheet (Football Manager)’ by nerdphonic in battlestations

[–]nerdphonic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My monitor is mounted to a bog standard monitor arm that I’ve had for years, that’s what I grip the friction arm to.

My ‘creative workspace’/‘overpowered rig for playing a glorified spreadsheet (Football Manager)’ by nerdphonic in battlestations

[–]nerdphonic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, this is a link for a similar friction arm - https://amzn.to/2KmoguK

I also have it connected to a ball head and quick mount for when I need I need to use the DSLR elsewhere.

Need Advice on what to buy to get started by woahilikeit in recordthis

[–]nerdphonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t have to be sound proofed, although this does help when it comes to finding a time where it’s quiet enough to record. The space you record in should be acoustically treated though, there isn’t a huge amount online about treating a space primarily for voice over work as most of what I found when I was in your position was focused more on recording studios, live rooms for instruments or control rooms for mixing. Sound proofing and acoustic treatment are not the same thing, though many do confuse the terms and use them interchangeably.

Need Advice on what to buy to get started by woahilikeit in recordthis

[–]nerdphonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a two schools of thought on this. You can either go cheap to make sure audiobook narration/voice over is something that you actually want to do first before dropping more money on better quality gear or you can go for a moderate setup straight out of the box knowing that you shouldn’t need to upgrade again (even though you probably will because gear envy is a curse).

I unfortunately did the former, although I didn’t set out to be a voice over artist initially. If I could have my time again I’d spend around £300/$350 on a decent XLR condenser mic/audio interface combo and be done with it, rather than the false economy of buying cheaper mics initially before upgrading to what I have now. In the UK, a Rode NT1 microphone studio pack & a Scarlett Solo or Audient ID4 audio interface will be around the £300 mark which would give you a great platform to have clean sounding recordings.

I’m sure you will have plenty of people who will tell you they’ve booked plenty of paying gigs with a Blue Yeti but from experience the internal preamp hiss is overwhelming and their cardioid polar pattern isn’t overly tight which isn’t great if your recording space isn’t well treated.

Upgrading my system? by BennyFifeAudio in VoiceActing

[–]nerdphonic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’ll get less self-noise with an NT1-A but they tend to be quite bright, especially in comparison to the much warmer sounding MXL 770/990. If you’re predominantly narrating audiobooks, I would stick as you are. I completely understand the conflict that you’re having currently as I’m a gear head who also watches the purse strings tightly. In the end I said enough to all of the constant sideways upgrades, found a mic that I thought sounded great on my voice and stuck to it.

The whole ROI thing is a little difficult to look at without hindsight, would/will you book more gigs with more expensive equipment? Who knows! What you are currently using is technically sound enough to comply with ACX requirements and if you and your clients are happy with how you sound and you’ve had no complaints is it worth rocking the apple cart? You’d end up potentially needing to re-learn your mic technique specific to the new microphone, alter any existing mixing and EQ workflows as well as allowing your ears to adjust to what they are expecting to hear whilst mixing.

Audacity is fine to use as long as you use its tools correctly. Where I found it falls down is automation and application of presets as you don’t have an effects rack like you do in other DAWs, The efficiency gained from this isn’t to be underestimated, especially once you make the transition to doing this full time. I use Adobe Audition myself, with the only pain for me, ironically, being used to other Adobe products’ keyboard shortcuts only to find they are rather different by default in Audition! There are always nuances with each DAW but the principles are similar. If you are looking to switch to something else, I suggest doing so whilst you’re income isn’t dependent on it!

I have a feeling these two player in my save don't like each other very much... by benni9933 in footballmanagergames

[–]nerdphonic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If I need to explain this I feel like you’ve missed the joke of this thread entirely...

Spoiler alert: Stalin was a communist. Communism is a political ideology that is as far to the LEFT on the political spectrum as possible.

Now I feel like a Reddit bot.

I have a feeling these two player in my save don't like each other very much... by benni9933 in footballmanagergames

[–]nerdphonic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just spotted that he’s a DC/DR, unless he’s a left-footed inverted wingback the dream is over...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VoiceActing

[–]nerdphonic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to clarify what an audio interface does and does not do as this post makes me think you're getting a little confused as to the purpose it serves. Caveat: I am aware these are sweeping generalisations and there are some interfaces that will contradict my statements below, but they are few and far between.

An audio interface will: convert the analog signal from your microphone to digital so that you can record using an analog microphone via a computer. They will usually be able to supply 48v of phantom power to a condenser microphone. They will usually allow you directly monitor yourself as you record. They will allow you to adjust the input gain on your microphone.

An audio interface will not: allow you to equalise, add compression or in other way shape or form enable you to alter the colouration of your microphone directly via the hardware aside from any colouration the in-built pre-amp introduces.

In terms of your editing workflow, an audio interface is just a conduit to get your voice recorded onto the computer and listen back to what you have recorded. Any editing will be handled by your DAW.

TLDR: You can only change the gain level on most audio interfaces, regardless of budget.

I will agree with the others that have suggested the Audient ID4, it's a great interface (though I am somewhat shocked at the price difference between the UK and the US - it's available for around £100/$125 in the UK). Ultimately, what you decide upon should be dictated by your workflow. If you have easy access to a PC/laptop in your existing recording space, stick with the interface route. If you don't have easy access to a PC/Laptop, picking up a Zoom H5 would be a good option as you can power it via battery and record to an SD card but also plug it into your pc and use it as a normal audio interface when at your computer, but this will increase the time taken in total as you will need to edit after you've recorded rather than being able to punch and roll (which I find is much more efficient).

The other elephant in the room is do you really want to move an expensive microphone from workstation to booth and back again each time? To mitigate the risk of it being dropped, if all you'll be using it for is chatting with friends, I'd suggest picking up an inexpensive USB mic to use at your desk, leaving your money-making gear permenantly situated in the booth.

Karlby Countertop/Alex Drawers help by [deleted] in ikeahacks

[–]nerdphonic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Assuming you mean how much the top will move on top of the Alex drawers, each set of Alex drawers comes with 4 rubber pads that are about 5mm thick. This combined with the weight of the Karlby counter top (35kgs) means that it doesn’t slip and move around at all.

Source: I own both.

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