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Basic audio sweetening in FCP 7
I am working on a project:
:45 spots, talking heads,
very good recorded sound/dial
a couple woosh sfx
ambiance music track I added in BGI don’t have the budget to send to a pro audio guy so I am hoping to do my own audio sweetening.
So far I applied the normalization on the clips… and made sure the overall level of the spot is around -12db.
How do I create this rich sound you get when a spot comes back from mixing?
Thx
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6 Replies
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There are many ways an audio pro enhances a track. Basic tools are EQ and compression. although, there are many more. There’s no preset formula. Google for tutorials on mixing. You will find good info.
John
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googled …. nothing really serious / interesting comes up as far as sweetening.
“mixing” is getting the levels correct but I want to sweetened so it all sounds loud/rich w/o spiking -
Try the compressor/limiter filter and play with the settings until you get the result you’re looking for.
E=MC2+/-2db
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thx for the tip.
Been doing that and quite happy with the results actually -
If you know how to work with Soundtrack Pro, which allows you to use VST Plugs,
Then get Ozone and WAVE, with this you can do a great audio finalisation.
Special the compressors and limiters of WAVE are incredible.Greetings,
Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
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thx, I’ll check it out
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