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Q: My voice goes deeper in certain footages and I don't know why?

Hi!

 

I am currently editing a vlog and noticed that everyone's voice sounds more manly (deeper) starting from the middle of the video until the end! I may have clicked on something by accident, but I don't know how to fix it! Our voices are fine in the beginning...

MacBook Air, final cut pro

Posted on Jun 3, 2016 3:17 PM

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Q: My voice goes deeper in certain footages and I don't know why?

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  • by BenB,

    BenB BenB Jun 4, 2016 7:04 AM in response to DOSEofHANNA
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    Jun 4, 2016 7:04 AM in response to DOSEofHANNA

    First thing to do is select that clio in the Timeline, Option-Command-R will reset any speed retiming changes you may have accidentally made.  

     

    What camera recorded this?

    What codec, frame rate, audio sample rate?

  • by EcoGreg,

    EcoGreg EcoGreg Jun 4, 2016 5:25 PM in response to DOSEofHANNA
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    Jun 4, 2016 5:25 PM in response to DOSEofHANNA

    Hi Dose

    In the Timeline, select a clip that is "manly". Open the Inspector Pane, click on the Audio tab and scroll down and see if you applied any effects to the clip like EQ, Vocal Enhancement, etc… If you find something a small blue indicator should be lit up. Click on that and then see if the issue goes away.

    Do the same for Video tab in the Inspector pane.

    You may have activated something like "Background Noise Removal" or "Hum Removal" and this will affect the sound.

    This assumes you made your recordings with the same audio gear. If you used a different camera or audio recording gear/microphone, then that may be the reason.

     

    Hope this helps, Greg

  • by DOSEofHANNA,

    DOSEofHANNA DOSEofHANNA Jun 16, 2016 8:38 AM in response to BenB
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    Jun 16, 2016 8:38 AM in response to BenB

    Thank you for your help, but resetting everything didn't solve the problem actually! I didn't add any audio or visual effects that may cause this, which is why I don't know what the cause of the "manly voice" is.

     

    I used my iPhone 5s. As for the codec, frame rate and audio sample rate, I honestly don't know what these things are. Please tell me where I could find them and I will let you know!

  • by DOSEofHANNA,

    DOSEofHANNA DOSEofHANNA Jun 16, 2016 8:40 AM in response to EcoGreg
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    Jun 16, 2016 8:40 AM in response to EcoGreg

    Hi Greg,

     

    Thank you so much for helping me out! Unfortunately, resetting the audio and visual "effects" didn't work, because there were none! I don't know why this is happening to only SOME clips...

     

    That is correct, I am using the audio from my iPhone 5s throughout the entire vlog.

  • by David Bogie Chq-1,

    David Bogie Chq-1 David Bogie Chq-1 Jun 16, 2016 9:55 AM in response to DOSEofHANNA
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    Jun 16, 2016 9:55 AM in response to DOSEofHANNA

    There are two easily messed up ways a voice can be made to sound deeper: You apply an audio or time-change effect to it deliberately or you're playing at the wrong frame rate. (Sampling rates are a different possibility.)

    You have said there are no effects applied so that leave frame rate issues. If you shot your movie at 30fps and placed it into a 25fps timeline, it's going to be playing slightly slower and the frequencies in your voice will be reduced, lowering the pitch. You shoot 10 seconds at 30 fps, that's 300 frames.

    You put that clip into a 25fps timeline and it is now going to play the original 300 frames over a longer time, 12 seconds.

     

    It's much more complicated than that (FCPX will try to keep things matched but those settings are user-controlled) but that's one basic, possible, mechanical explanation.

  • by DOSEofHANNA,

    DOSEofHANNA DOSEofHANNA Jun 16, 2016 10:10 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1
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    Jun 16, 2016 10:10 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1

    You are so helpful, thank you! Now that I understand this concept, where exactly do I go on FCP to change the fps?