I'm the problem
Listeners said my audio sounds bad (one even said "get a better mic, the mic on a pair of airpods would work" (sob)). I know it can't be the mic so it's gotta be something I'm doing.
Hardware: Shure SM7B, Triton fethead, Audient id4
Software: OBS > Audacity > Davinci Resolve
Process is 1) recording audio in OBS, converting it to .wav in Davinci (since OBS outputs video too).
Opening in Audacity to edit (Noise Reduction > Loudness Normalization > Graphic EQ Low Rolloff for Speech > Limiter). Exporting as .wav
Inserting into video in Davinci and applying final volume boost if needed.
If anyone can recommend a better process/specific filter values/and or software, or even an understandable tutorial youtube video, I'd be grateful. Pieced together this setup and process from various forums and YT video tutorials but obviously I'm not doing something right.
Maybe there's some recording interface that's better than OBS for audio. I have Cakewalk downloaded too but the interface is overwhelming idk where to even start and different sources keep telling me different things about them.
The worst part is my editing process is very time consuming and I comb through it painstakingly editing out saliva sounds and breaths to make it the best it can so it sucks that it doesn't result in listenable audio (it sounds somewhat decent to me through both my earbuds and wired earbuds but maybe I just listen to it so much while editing I acclimate to it). Any help appreciated thanks