A good way to learn to do this and to relax with your deliveries (by which I mean, relax in terms of your approach, not style’) is to open a book, read for half an hour out loud while recording yourself, and pay attention to it – you’ll forget about it after a while…and you will learn to take swallow breaks normally. Thanks for the laugh and the advice!People think that mouth clicks are the same as having bad looks – you just have to deal with them. Thank you, I’d always been curious about this, not least because it doesn’t happen to me. Small Mouth Sounds book. I am so happy to read this article Hugh!To misquote Tony Blair .. Hydration, hydration, hydration. I got headlines – concentrate on steps 1-3 and you won’t need green apples.Thanks for all the good info, Hugh (and the humor!) Therefore, the dialogue is nice and loud and the noise floor and your mouth clicks are quieter, comparatively.Such useful pointers – especially the projection and distance from the mic. This is also relatively common believe it or not. You have been warned!Yep – that’s the key – and don’t forget the placement. For the record, Apple Juice does work with green apples due to the acid, however it is a band-aid and doesn’t last long, and not a proper replacement for properly hydrating in the first place. Delivering dialogue louder does not increase mouth noise as well, as mouth noise is just the tongue, saliva and teeth working together.Take a look at this image of a speech waveform with a click in it (highlighted in white) before compression is applied:Hugh, I am increasingly impressed with the quality and depth of advice from GFTB. Take a look at your tongue, gross right? Still in deficit. Take care!Hi Teresa – we prefer natural ingredients – water and in a pinch, green apples (although that’s a very temporary fix) The problem with hydration though, is that the body can only take in water at a certain rate. Yep I agree with this one. I’ve also been using singing exercises called Singing for Snorers (I have mild sleep apnea) that seem to help some. I’m fairly new to voice acting with only one published book to my name and am currently recording my second, but am wondering now if I’ve been turned down for other auditions because of the clicking.
This cleans through the mouth and eradicates the nasty, clicky, dehydrated saliva.It’s more likely to be your mic position Wes, i.e. Thanks Hugh.The crucial aha moment for me was:So, I’m going to show you how to get rid of mouth clicks, once and for all.We tackle this kind of thing in our mentoring program if you’re interested. (Like the “d” sound.) Anyway, sorry for the long post, but like I said – I’ve got to give this H2O thing a serious try. Seems my continual massive water consumption has yet another benefit! In fact, this works with anything that has that sharp, citric acid. As I’ve mentioned before…“Compression effectively reduces the ratio between the loudest parts of the speech waveform and the quietest parts of the speech waveform. )I’m working on awareness, currently trying to reduce “pop waves” I apparently produce at the leading edge of certain sounds, curious if this is common, or a result of missing a tooth half way back?if you remember, I said that the body can only take in water at a certain rate. Glad you found it useful!The most important thing for me to do is relax my abdominal muscles and/or diaphragm. You need to keep up with the water drinking throughout.This is replicated in the same way in front of a microphone. I live in dehydration – have for years. While the pop frequently occurred in the middle of words, I could always force it to happen when releasing my breath after words like “straightforward”.
You project more and back off slightly. I already had the thought that water would help my voice, so I’ve tried to drink more – then became the guy that tries to hurry and drink a lot of water before my sessions. )You want headlines? ?Ok, so look, everyone knows that if you eat half a green apple, your clicky-mouth will cease almost instantly. Strange thing is (or maybe I just don’t understand it), I salivate…A LOT. This kind of pop sounds kinda like a billiards ball gently hitting another ball. So useful.I like your tips in this article.
Yep. The analogy is kids playing computer games who forget to blink….essentially you’re not allowing yourself to relax and to swallow as you normally do; tempered with professionality. Then it’s water until the job’s done.Wow I’m glad I found this and I hope it works for me. When it’s white, yellow, or green (!