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Mixing audio from two video sources
I am editing a video from a school play where I have two video sources from opposite sides of the room. When I use the two videos, occasionally the sound clips during loud scenes, songs, or applause. I tried manually adjusted the audio level several times to avoid the clipping and I’ve ended up around -3.97dB. I think there should be a mathematical means to arrive at an actual value rather than guessing but it is escaping me right now. What is the best way to mix audio of two different shots of the same sceen? Manually adjusting the audio level, or is there a builtin audio effect?
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The best way to deal with heavy variations on audio volumes is to use a compressor. It is part of the audio processing effects in Premiere and may require a little reading if you are not familiar with its functions, but it is well worth the effort.
Its function is to keep the peak audio values below a certain level without affecting the average values. You will have to play around with it to obtain a good result, but it certainly is much faster than manually riding the volume.
Vince
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