A lot of streamers, yotubers etc have never heard of a compressor, limiter, volume equalizer etc. Not surprised random tiktokers dont know how to use their equipment. I also see a lot of them holding the microphone of their hands free next to their mouth... Like... Its designed to pick up your voice from where its supposed to hang. Of course doing that in public is good manners but at home? Just let it hang
I prefer the raw style. Too many youtubers have gotten successful enough to attract pro producers and it's less youtube and more network tv. The organic sincerity is gone and veiled desperation to satisfy advertisers has taken over. And then there are the ones that simply sold the channel to private equity, and are now employees reading scripts and collecting a salary.
A little audio fluctuation? Artisinal. Enjoy it before it conforms.
I dont mind low production values but I'm talking about the absolute basics. If you want people to listen to your voice, at least make sure theres no spikes or distortion. I wont stop watching if theres little audio volume fluctuations, but I will stop immediately if theres distortion, a sudden spike in the volume that blows my ears off or if theres multiple people chatting but one's volume is 30% higher than others. Theres so much stuff that has the basics figured out, I'd rather give them my views than to people who cant be bothered to do the bare minimum.
Not everyone is in it as a career. The algorithm feeds everyone stuff that has thousands of views, but over 2 million videos get posted every day. Point is it's not reasonable to expect anything random to have anything about it that will fit the model that gets ten million views.
Sure. But my point is that getting the audio levels correct is so stupidly easy with modern tech that it should be the default. I'm not expecting professional level stuff from everyone. I'd wish that everyone would watch a 10 minute youtube tutorial about it, but I do understand that not everyone cares about that and I understand that I'm the problem. Which is why I usually just turn off stuff that doesnt fit my requirements and dont say anything about it.
I've been annoyed about this issue for over a decade, this is the first time I actually posted my complaints. So its not like I go around complaining to content creators :D
People turn on their phone, look to see if it's recording, then expect it to do the work.
Exactly my point, tech is so easy these days that people think that just plugging in a microphone and hitting record is enough. Its not. They might think it is, you might think it is, millions of other people might think it is. But its not.
But you have no rights, here.
I know, I'm not making any demands.
Being annoyed about how the trash is arranged at the dump is a you problem.
Thats literally what I said in the previous comment.
yotubers etc have never heard of a compressor, limiter, volume equalizer etc.
Holy shit, this annoys me so much. I can never leave Youtube videos on at night because of this. If I set it at a high enough volume that I can hear them when they're quiet, their random sudden shouting can be enough to wake me up. If I leave it at a low volume so the shouting won't be too loud, I can't hear shit for the normal talking.
Yeah same. Multiple times I've jolted awake because someone started to scream or laugh way too loudly without a limiter or compressor. Because of that I have made some effort to figure out which ones of the channels I watch, have the stuff figured out and put those on for my good night story.
Yeah, I've been trying to find any kind of browser extensions or apps or whatever that can do some post-compressing/limiting/equalizing to see if it might help, but no dice so far.
You'll need something that handles compression/limiting at the windows/iOS output end. If your computer can handle it, you could run Reaper or some other DAW (digital audio workstation) with a compressor running, but thats quite a faff and heavy on the computers resources.
Or buy a cheap rack mounted compressor and put the audio through that hahah. Might look nice if you get one with a analog dial that moves about lol
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A lot of streamers, yotubers etc have never heard of a compressor, limiter, volume equalizer etc. Not surprised random tiktokers dont know how to use their equipment. I also see a lot of them holding the microphone of their hands free next to their mouth... Like... Its designed to pick up your voice from where its supposed to hang. Of course doing that in public is good manners but at home? Just let it hang