PowerUP Webinar 08: Improve Your Audio Using Soundtrack Pro

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Duration: 57:50

Presented: July 28, 2010

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Tutorial Overview

We all want perfect audio. But, sometimes, life intervenes. Our hoped-for perfect audio is recorded too soft, with noise, with a hum, or with someone who is completely incapable of speaking a coherent English sentence without injecting “um’s” and “ah’s.” In other words, your audio needs help. This session shows you what you need to know to rescue your audio.

In this video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows you what you need to know to successfully improve the quality of your sound. Starting with a definition of key terms, followed by techniques in both Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro, this session will give you the skills you need to immediately improve the quality of your sound.

NOTE: The information in this training is relevant for all versions of Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro starting with Final Cut Studio 1 (FCP 5).

Audience Level

This tutorial is designed for someone familiar with Final Cut Pro, who wants to learn how to improve their audio. This session will teach you what you need to know to use Soundtrack Pro.

Content Outline

• Explain the range of human hearing and human speech
• Define common audio terms
• Show how to use normalizing in Final Cut Pro to improve audio levels
• Introduce the Soundtrack Pro Audio File interface
• Introduce the Soundtrack Pro Multitrack interface
• Show the best way to round-trip between FCP and STP
• Explain the different between “Send to” and “Open in Editor”
• Provide an audio workflow that works

• Audio Example: Rearrange track order in a clip
• Audio Example: Remove unneeded tracks in a clip
• Audio Example: Convert a clip from stereo to mono
• Audio Example: Reduce background noise
• Audio Example: Edit specific frequencies, not just waveforms
• Audio Example: Remove AC Hum
• Audio Example: Save a file to update it back in Final Cut Pro
• Audio Example: Reduce pops and clicks
• Audio Example: Use EQ Matching to match the sound of different mics
• Audio Example: Replace “Um’s” and “uh’s” with ambient noise
• Audio Example: Export AIF files and import into Final Cut Pro