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Dialogue Level
Hi,
I’m editing in Final Cut Pro. It takes a great deal of time editing audio on certain shows because of audio fluctuations with talent having quiet moments and loud ones. To maintain a dialogue level of -24 dBFS +/- 2 dB, in these instances it requires me to raise the global audio of the program, making my peaks consistently too high. I need my peaks to be at -10 db for the finished project.
Is there any software or hardware out there that can handle this situation? Has anyone had any luck with audio filters within Final Cut Pro for this exact situation?
Thanks,
Ben
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7 Replies
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Did you try normalizing and applying a compression filter?
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Try Levelator, a free download available at:
https://the-levelator.en.softonic.com/macDavid Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Levelator is amazing. I met one of the engineers that developed it at a conference a few years ago, Podcast Academy I think. It’s entirely automatic. There aren’t any controls so no tweaking which could be good or bad depending on what you are trying to do. It works surprisingly well.
Here’s a direct link from the people that developed it that has downloads for all platforms.
https://www.conversationsnetwork.org/levelator
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I tried Levelator out about a year ago when this forum went through the same discussion and it was recommended.
I was not entirely impressed as they are applying dynamics compression so my caveat continues that unless you are finishing the audio in FCP (something I never recommend) then do no do processing like normalising or using Levelator if you are then exporting an OMF for proper audio post production as you affect the clips in the OMF unlike applying plugin filters which are ignored by an OMF export.
The quality of dynamics control that I am used to with professional mixing systems like Fairlight are better than Levelator which does an excellent job but is not in the same league of a well driven dynamics module.
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Hi David,
The Levelator worked great!
Thanks.
Ben
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Glad it worked for you Ben.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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[Michael Gissing] “The quality of dynamics control that I am used to with professional mixing systems like Fairlight are better than Levelator…”
I’m not sure what your point is Michael. Levelator is designed to be entirely automatic. It has no controls. To say something else is better because you have more control is kind of missing the point. Different tools for different jobs.
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Eric Susch
http://www.LetsKnit2gether.com
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