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Sound levels too low
I am working on a trade video and am having trouble with my sound levels. Part of the video is VO from a production house. When I bring this into FCP the levels are coming in at -18db when they should be coming in at -12db. Is there an overall setting that I have set wrong? This has been a issue with several projects I have worked on. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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5 Replies
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Post house may ahve mastered to that… some formats like digibeta use a -18 db levels. I would suggest making sure tracks are panned center… then duplicate the audio by Option dragging a ssecond copy to a lower track.
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Is it better to pan center or should I copy the track and pan one left and the other right? Thanks for the info.
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Unless you have stero effects…. pan narration center… leave music panned left and right
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No need to “duplicate” the audio tracks to add level (an possibly complicate the edit down the line).
Just add the Audio Filters > Apple > AUPeakLimiter and adjust the “Pre-gain” to any level you want.
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Filters require rendering…. duplicating a track does not
Either way works
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