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Subject:All about audio editing for video purposes. Tips, tricks, advices Posted by: mitteg Date:10/11/2002 2:38:55 PM Hello, Sometimes we think that video is more important than audio but as far as I see it I would say that audio is at least as important as video. I know how to edit video, but I would like to edit audio in the same way that pro people do. So, what do I have to know about audio editing? For example: Sometimes, when someone is speaking we can hear his/her voice before he/she appears in the screen and then we see him/her go on speaking. Very common in documentaries. what other tricks are there like this ? Or what other things like this can I apply to my video so that it doesn't look such amateur. And what about equalizing audio ? What frequencies do I have to manipulate in order to improve the sound (voice) of someone who is speaking. For example: rising 3dB/oct the frequencies from 5kHz to 5.1kHz, you know? **What about the music, its volume and so on. When I watch the BBC documentaries the audio is just perfect. I know that they use high-end equipment but I'm sure they manipule the audio in post in order to improve it. What kind of things do they do to the audio? Do they follow specific rules like: FIRST: normalize, SECOND equalize and so on??? Please I would like to know all these things ? Can you help me ? Oh, and do not worry if you have to explain it to me in a technical way. I know what are dBs and such things. Thanks a lot ! Robert. PS. I use Vegas Video 3.0c and Sound Forge 6. And sorry for my poor English, I'm Spanish actually ;-)
Subject:RE: All about audio editing for video purposes. Tips, tricks, advices Reply by: mitteg Date:10/13/2002 2:53:59 AM comments please
Subject:RE: All about audio editing for video purposes. Tips, tricks, advices Reply by: Lawrence_S Date:10/14/2002 11:09:04 PM I have realized that you want two kinds of advices: technical and theoretical. For technical issues I suggest doing the audio pro course from Artist Pro. This organization provides a high quality audio pro course on line for FREE! All you need to do is visiting the url www.artistpro.com and, after that, creating a login and a password. You will be able to read the lessons any time you want, do lots of exercises and listen many audio examples. You´ll will learn about EQ, compression, mixing, mastering and other subjets related to audio production. I also suggest the book below: ROSE, Jay. Producing Great Sound for Digital Video. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1999. For theoretical aproaches I recommend the books bellow: COOK, Nicholas. Analysing Musical Multimedia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. ALTMAN, Rick. Film Sound. Theory and Practice. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992. By the way, it really isn´t necessary to have a high-end audio workstation to prepare a good sound track. The basic concept is having a good sound capture. For this porpose, you´ll need a good microphone (I recommend a condenser like Audix C111 Audiotechnica AT 4033 or Newman TLM 103), a reasoble console like Mackie and a workstation based on PC. There are lots of excelent audio cards in budget prices. Take a look in the websites bellow: www.m-audio.com www.echoaudio.com Good Luck! Lawrence_S

Subject:All about audio editing for video purposes. Tips, tricks, advices

Posted by: mitteg

Date:10/11/2002 2:38:55 PM

Hello,

Sometimes we think that video is more important than audio but as far as I see it I would say that audio is at least as important as video. I know how to edit video, but I would like to edit audio in the same way that pro people do. So, what do I have to know about audio editing?

For example:

** Sometimes, when someone is speaking we can hear his/her voice before he/she appears in the screen and then we see him/her go on speaking. Very common in documentaries.

what other tricks are there like this ? Or what other things like this can I apply to my video so that it doesn't look such amateur.

**And what about equalizing audio ? What frequencies do I have to manipulate in order to improve the sound (voice) of someone who is speaking. For example: rising 3dB/oct the frequencies from 5kHz to 5.1kHz, you know?

**What about the music, its volume and so on. When I watch the BBC documentaries the audio is just perfect. I know that they use high-end equipment but I'm sure they manipule the audio in post in order to improve it. What kind of things do they do to the audio? Do they follow specific rules like: FIRST: normalize, SECOND equalize and so on???

Please I would like to know all these things ? Can you help me ? Oh, and do not worry if you have to explain it to me in a technical way. I know what are dBs and such things.

Thanks a lot !

Robert.

PS. I use Vegas Video 3.0c and Sound Forge 6. And sorry for my poor English, I'm Spanish actually ;-)

Subject:RE: All about audio editing for video purposes. Tips, tricks, advices

Reply by: mitteg

Date:10/13/2002 2:53:59 AM

comments please

Subject:RE: All about audio editing for video purposes. Tips, tricks, advices

Reply by: Lawrence_S

Date:10/14/2002 11:09:04 PM

I have realized that you want two kinds of advices: technical and theoretical.

For technical issues I suggest doing the audio pro course from Artist Pro. This organization provides a high quality audio pro course on line for FREE! All you need to do is visiting the url www.artistpro.com and, after that, creating a login and a password. You will be able to read the lessons any time you want, do lots of exercises and listen many audio examples. You´ll will learn about EQ, compression, mixing, mastering and other subjets related to audio production. I also suggest the book below:

ROSE, Jay. Producing Great Sound for Digital Video. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1999.

For theoretical aproaches I recommend the books bellow:

COOK, Nicholas. Analysing Musical Multimedia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.

ALTMAN, Rick. Film Sound. Theory and Practice. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992.

By the way, it really isn´t necessary to have a high-end audio workstation to prepare a good sound track. The basic concept is having a good sound capture. For this porpose, you´ll need a good microphone (I recommend a condenser like Audix C111 Audiotechnica AT 4033 or Newman TLM 103), a reasoble console like Mackie and a workstation based on PC. There are lots of excelent audio cards in budget prices. Take a look in the websites bellow:

www.m-audio.com

www.echoaudio.com

Good Luck!

Lawrence_S