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Separating Audio Tracks
Working on a feature narrative. When creating separate tracks for each audio track – dialog, foley, effects, ect… how should I separate ambience from atmosphere/foley sounds? For example, a man walks into a room and sits down. I have a track of just the room tone but I also have the track of the man walking into the room with the VERY subtle sounds of his movement. Should I just use the “walking” take or is it better to create a “room tone” track then add the walking sounds in a separate track either by cutting the sounds from the walking take or by a foley session? Trying to do this the “correct” way and wondering how the pros do it.
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Mike
Generally it’s good to have separate tracks for room tone. Anything with PFX [production effects, aka footsteps, door closing, whatever] should have it’s own track. You can never have too many these days!
That way when editing and doing your final mix you have the most flexibility and control.
I suggest reading John Purcell’s excellent book Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures.
After many years film/video editing his book and a sound class I took really opened my eyes to the value of using many tracks in your work.
Also make every single edit have a fade in/out, a couple of frames or even milliseconds is enough until the mix. This prevents pops which may come up on different systems.
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Hi Mike, I think you use all and remove and/or mix as needed. Let you ears be your guide.
Regards,Ty Ford
Cow Audio Forum Leader
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Thanks for the info! I’ll check it out.
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