Here are the steps to take to achieve it.įirst, select your active track by clicking on the vertical green banner on the right. In many cases, a clean, rich, natural-sounding vocal track is the goal you’re working towards. The right choice comes down to the type of audio you’re working with and the overall effect you’re going for. Apply a PresetĪudio presets are a great way to save time and effort in Adobe Audition. The track highlighted in green is the unmuted audio from our boom mic, which we’ll clean up in the next couple steps. In the image above, the small ‘M’ button will mute the audio tracks you’re not using. In our case, we are only using the boom mic, so we mute the other two. If your project contains audio tracks you’re not planning to use (such as scratch, or reference, audio from camera, etc), mute the tracks you do not need. You can leave all the options on the default settings, and just click OK. Highlight your project, then use the Edit dropdown menu to select Edit in Adobe Audition and select Sequence: Simply select the project containing the audio track you want to clean up and follow these next steps. Your project might be a little different, but the idea here is the same. Not only is that very inefficient, it also introduces the possibility of mistakes or inconsistencies in your audio clips.
If you don’t process your audio first, you’ll have to make changes to each individual audio clip. It’s important to do this before you start editing your video.Ĭhances are, you’ll generate multiple clips when editing your video. The next step is to import the audio into Adobe Audition to clean it up. In the image above, you can see the blue video track is synced with the three green audio tracks below it. Whether you have one camera, or ten, they should all be linked with your audio in your timeline. To edit this one, right click it, and select open in timeline. In Adobe Premiere, multi-camera sequences do not behave quite like regular sequences. Rename your sequence to something easy to remember – you’ll thank yourself later! Next, click OK, and you’ll have a new multi-camera sequence with your audio and video linked. Another option would be to use the audio waves to sync the audio from the external recorder and the camera. Nick uses the timecode option to sync his audio and video. In Adobe Premiere, select your audio and video sequences, right click, and then select Create Multi-Camera Source Sequence. Note: if you did not use an external recording device, and recorded everything with your camera, your audio should already be synced. By syncing them from the get go, you’ll save time and effort later on. This is key because ultimately, your edited audio track will be tied to your video track. Sync the Audio and Video in Premiereįirst, you need to make sure your audio and video files are synced properly before beginning the editing process.
Keeping reading for step-by-step instructions to replicate Nick’s audio editing workflow.
Along the way, Nick provides plenty of additional pointers for improving your workflow when editing audio.įor guidance on making sure your audio inputs are as good as your outputs, check out our episodes on three popular mic types and when to use them, and advanced video audio techniques.
#STUTTER EDIT TUTORIAL PROTOOLS HOW TO#
This in-depth audio editing tutorial will show you how to sync your audio in Adobe Premiere, edit your audio in Adobe Audition, and put it all back together for an optimal end result. His tips will help you save time and avoid common pitfalls when polishing your audio tracks. Watch the video tutorial below to learn how to edit your audio, and work more efficiently when processing audio in post. In this episode of our How To Video series, Nick LaClair, head of video production for SproutVideo, walks you through removing unwanted background noise, and optimizing your vocals in Adobe Premiere. Yet there is quite a lot you can do to improve your audio if you know the basics. In truth, post-production processing of audio is an entire career track because it’s so specialized and involved. Still, this highly technical process can be intimidating for lots of video editors, even those with plenty of experience under their belt. Audio always needs fine-tuning to sound professional.
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