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Cuts and Audio
I was wondering if there is a way to undo cuts or eliminate cuts. I have an audio track that I cut up a while ago and now I would love for part of it to become whole again so that I can properly equalize it. I would also like to know what the best method is for equalizing a musical track that has a large range going from very soft to extremely loud. I originally used the gain normalizer but this still left the very soft sections too soft, so I tried to isolate the soft sections and give them a gain boost. I an afraid that although I have been using my ear that when I transfer to AVI and then Encore the finished audio track is going to be all messed up. What is the most effective way to do this? And is their a cut elimination tool?
Thank You Very Much!
Prof. Spira
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Hi,
I believe the only thing you can really do is “group” clips, which will only allow you to move them around together.
You are likely stuck applying effects to each clip individually, but using the cut and paste method, it should be relatively quick. (Unless you ae working on a 20 hour project 😉
Regarding your audio question, you best option, by that I mean the one that will give you the most control, is the Dynamics plugin. There you will find a compressor and an expander, which are the very tools you need for what you are trying to achieve. That requires a bit of knoowlege of audio dynamics, but there’s always a manual 😉 There are also presets that might work for you on the top right of the effect. Either way, these will serve you again and again if you do editing on a regular basis.
Cheers,
Vince
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You can export the track as a WAV and use it to replace the original audio.
Steven
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Another approach would be to apply equalisation at track level, if you can or have grouped the relevant clips onto one or a few tracks. Use the audio mixer window, use the twirly to open the effects / sends panel and choose from the EQ tools in the drop down.
Alternatively, you can open the source clip in PPro (another project or timeline) or another tool (Audition, SoundForge, whatever) carry out the EQ you need, and export the treated file (if you use PPro) or re-save the soure file (if you choose an audio tool that allows this).
If you exported a modified version, you’ll need to close PPro, rename the source as a backup and give the modified version the orignal clip name; then when you re-open the project in PPro all of the many clips referring to that source file will now refer to the treated audio version …
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I should have added that a dynamic range processing effect / audio compressor may be a good choice of tool for you – either this works well at PPRo track level too.
In PPro you could play with the EQ, the Dynamics or the Multiband Compressor filters.
If you double-click on the effect name in the audio mixer window the effect controls window will open. You may just want to boost the quieter sections of the sound, leaving everything else “as is”. If your music features a voice and you want to pull that forward in the mix, the Multiband Compressor lets you pick out a frequency range and emphasise that one set of sounds …
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I thank you all very much. Your comments have been very helpful. I am still very surprised that Premier Pro does not have some kind of combining capability for cut tracks to digitally splice the tracks as one. Oh well. I ended up just replacing the mutilated track with a fresh un-cut one and I am now using some EQ, compressors, etc.
I will talk to you all soon.
Prof. Spira
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