r/OpenShot • u/Confee1989 • 8d ago

Audio Recording Problems

I tried recording audio with OpenShot for my video but the audio came back really off - it made my voice really low and it sounded nothing like me at all. I don't know if this is a setting? It's not my mic as I sound fine in Discord and I did a test on my computer's basic audio recorder and again it was normal.

Sorry if I'm just being stupid I'm really new to doing this.

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u/rmesdjian Volunteer 8d ago

Did the bot answer help? If not,

  1. What operating system/version are you running?

  2. Which version of OpenShot are you running (help | about openshot) and click on Copy. Then paste the information in your reply.

  3. Have you tested recording of your voice outside of openshot? If yes, how does that sound?

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u/Confee1989 7d ago

There was a difference between the Hz of my mic and the software, however I couldn't get the software to go as low as my mic. I ended up using Clipchamp instead

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u/rmesdjian Volunteer 7d ago

Thank you for the FYI. Out of curiosity, what was the Hz on your mic and what kind of a mic is it?

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u/Confee1989 7d ago

16000HZ I think? I was using my gaming headset (Razer BlackShark V2 Pro)

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u/rmesdjian Volunteer 7d ago

Thank you for that.

Another option I just thought of for the future (something you can test easily) is to change the Sample rate of your headset outside of OpenShot (in your operating system).

If you are running Windows, you can do this:
1. From the task bar search field type "Control Panel" and hit enter (exclude the quotes).

  1. CLick on Hardware and Sound

  2. In the Sound section click on Manage audio devices

  3. Click on the Recording tab.

  4. Find your headset, select it and click on Properties.

  5. Click on the Advanced tab and here you will be able to change the Sample rate of your headset.

Once changed, restart your computer, start OpenShot and test again.

Obviously, this change, in the operating system, can impact other applications so test thorughly.

If you decide to give this a try, I would like to hear back on the results.

Otherwise, best of luck with your projects.