[Melodie Holmen]

I’ve found that using the lowest possible number of tracks helps with the rendering time. Even if you have a muted track, it will render faster if you delete it from your workspace. That said, your render time seem pretty good to me already. In comparison, my last project was a music video for my son’s rock band. Using multiple cameras (tracks), with effects for color correction and a lot of panning the seven minute video took over six hours to render. Needless to say, my computer renders while I sleep 🙂

[Melodie Holmen]

You can place each audio file on a separate track in the timeline, then fade the audience track in and out as necessary to get the effect you’re looking for. You can also “throw” the sound of the audience to the left and right to get good results as well. Hope that helps.