Channel: Curtis Judd

Category: Education

Tags: loudhow toprocessreleasesoundloudnessthresholdvideopresetsettingoutputhow-topluginattackmake-up gainprocessingaudiocompressioncompressorratiomake up gain

Description: Are you a video editor and cannot or will not round-trip your audio over to an audio editing app to compress and even out your sound? If so, here’s a quick and dirty way to use a compressor and adjust two quick settings to get your audio sounding consistent and loud enough. Not my first recommendation, but works in a pinch for videos that aren’t that precious or important. Here’s how I’d really work on audio loudness when the sound really matters: youtu.be/lHNhxGojFRU If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest course is Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini. Support my work creating videos by donating at ko-fi.com/curtisjudd Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVEStore, Perfect Circuit, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases: - Earthworks SR314 condenser microphone - B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/FZq0e - Schneider Radiant Soft Diffusion Filter - B&H geni.us/VFScD - Canon C70 - B&H geni.us/ABYB - Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8L - B&H, Amazon geni.us/qwsEs - ATEM Mini Extreme HDMI switcher - B&H. DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my - Aputure C120DII LED Light - Aputure, B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/deg3 - Aputure Light Dome II soft box - Aputure, B&H, Amazon geni.us/AuMKRr - Aputure Amaran 100D LED light - Aputure, B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/A3HByXB - Aputure MC tiny RGB LED lights - Aputure, B&H, Amazon geni.us/vWS6lB The intro and outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “For the Kids” by Utah. Get the best music for your videos at Musicbed: share.mscbd.fm/curtisjudd Here’s a playlist of some of my favorite tracks over at Musicbed: share.mscbd.fm/curtisjuddplaylist Copyright 2021, Curtis Judd #Loudness #Compressor #Levels Index: 00:00 Start 00:07 Summary 00:17 Introduction 00:37 Presets 00:52 Problems with Presets 01:22 What went wrong? 01:40 Default settings 02:09 How to adjust threshold 02:45 How to adjust make-up gain 03:12 Premiere Pro Loudness Normaliztion 03:35 WARNING 03:57 Please buy my courses