The first time I saw an editor I’d hired do this, I about fell out of my chair. Lie #1: To Make Things Louder than the Clip Volume Will Go, I Just Double the Audio Tracks. If you’ve become an MZed Pro Member and watched the Mix Volume, you know that one discipline of learned audio can apply to all.īut if you haven’t registered already, the below will get you a good feel for how you can use the built in compressor found in every NLE, regardless of price, to change how you get great sounding dialog. This article will apply to the dialog issue mainly, but it can certainly apply to any aspect of sound you’re dealing with. In a Non-Linear Editor (NLE) that’s not always so easy. You’ve got to add sound effects – and get them approved, ambiences, room tone, temp music and of course, find a way to get the dialog to sound good.
Give the filmmaker/producer/your boss a strong feeling that it’s going to sound good. But it is important that you can There are Some Audio Editing Lies to be Debunked After all, that’s what audio people are for.
Let’s debunk the Lies and Learn how to use one of these tools, the NLE Compressors.Īs an editor, it’s not really required that you have a perfect sounding mix. There are also some amazing audio tools available to editors who are in-the-know to get beautiful audio from plugins built into every NLE. There’s a lot of misinformation about getting good sound in an NLE Timeline.