Final Cut Pro X Ripple Lesson 9 - Enhancing The Soundtrack 2 - SOUND Flashcards
Enhancing Loudness
Next, we’ll look at loudness. Select the Talent Mic component (channel) of the Man-Eater clip and you’ll see a red warning symbol next to loudness. As I mentioned earlier, red warnings usually indicate severe audio problems. However I do want to emphasize the word USUALLY. Sometimes the algorithm just gets it wrong.
In this case, Final Cut Pro is making the assumption that that overall component loudness is too low. But playing the clip back, this doesn’t appear to be the case if you’re only going by the audio meters. The fact is, her delivery could use a bit more punch.
ENABLING the checkbox next to loudness has an immediate effect on the waveform, and her _______ ______ is boosted. The Loudness enhancement is not just a volume booster, however. For that we could use the volume controls on the clip itself as you learned in lesson 5.
OVERALL VOLUME
Enhancing Loudness 2
Next, we’ll look at loudness. Select the Talent Mic component (channel) of the Man-Eater clip and you’ll see a red warning symbol next to loudness. As I mentioned earlier, red warnings usually indicate severe audio problems. However I do want to emphasize the word USUALLY. Sometimes the algorithm just gets it wrong.
In this case, Final Cut Pro is making the assumption that that overall component loudness is too low. But playing the clip back, this doesn’t appear to be the case if you’re only going by the audio meters. The fact is, her delivery could use a bit more punch.
ENABLING the checkbox next to loudness has an immediate effect on the waveform, and her overall volume is boosted. The Loudness enhancement is not just a volume booster. For that we could use the volume controls on the clip itself as you learned in lesson 5.
One of the problems with just increasing volume is that the __________ _____ is also increased. Let’s play back.
BACKGROUND NOISE
Enhancing Loudness 3
Next, we’ll look at loudness. Select the Talent Mic component (channel) of the Man-Eater clip and you’ll see a red warning symbol next to loudness. As I mentioned earlier, red warnings usually indicate severe audio problems. However I do want to emphasize the word USUALLY. Sometimes the algorithm just gets it wrong.
In this case, Final Cut Pro is making the assumption that that overall component loudness is too low. But playing the clip back, this doesn’t appear to be the case if you’re only going by the audio meters. The fact is, her delivery could use a bit more punch.
ENABLING the checkbox next to loudness has an immediate effect on the waveform, and her overall volume is boosted. The Loudness enhancement is not just a volume booster. For that we could use the volume controls on the clip itself as you learned in lesson 5.
One of the problems with just increasing volume is that the background noise is also increased. Let’s play back. Loudness is actually a COMPRESSOR. A compressor, if correctly applied, makes the volume level consistent across the clip, reducing the volume __________ between the loud and soft sections in your audio.
DIFFERENCE
Enhancing Loudness 4
Next, we’ll look at loudness. Select the Talent Mic component (channel) of the Man-Eater clip and you’ll see a red warning symbol next to loudness. As I mentioned earlier, red warnings usually indicate severe audio problems. However I do want to emphasize the word USUALLY. Sometimes the algorithm just gets it wrong.
In this case, Final Cut Pro is making the assumption that that overall component loudness is too low. But playing the clip back, this doesn’t appear to be the case if you’re only going by the audio meters. The fact is, her delivery could use a bit more punch.
ENABLING the checkbox next to loudness has an immediate effect on the waveform, and her overall volume is boosted. The Loudness enhancement is not just a volume booster. For that we could use the volume controls on the clip itself as you learned in lesson 5.
One of the problems with just increasing volume is that the background noise is also increased. Let’s play back. Loudness is actually a compressor. A compressor if correctly applied, makes the volume level consistent across the clip, reducing the volume difference between the loud and soft sections in your audio.
The amount slider controls ___ ____ compression is applied.
how much
Enhancing Loudness 5
Next, we’ll look at loudness. Select the Talent Mic component (channel) of the Man-Eater clip and you’ll see a red warning symbol next to loudness. As I mentioned earlier, red warnings usually indicate severe audio problems. However I do want to emphasize the word USUALLY. Sometimes the algorithm just gets it wrong.
In this case, Final Cut Pro is making the assumption that that overall component loudness is too low. But playing the clip back, this doesn’t appear to be the case if you’re only going by the audio meters. The fact is, her delivery could use a bit more punch.
ENABLING the checkbox next to loudness has an immediate effect on the waveform, and her overall volume is boosted. The Loudness enhancement is not just a volume booster. For that we could use the volume controls on the clip itself as you learned in lesson 5.
One of the problems with just increasing volume is that the background noise is also increased. Let’s play back. Loudness is actually a compressor. A compressor if correctly applied, makes the volume level consistent across the clip, reducing the volume difference between the loud and soft sections in your audio.
The amount slider controls how much compression is applied. In this case, a compression amount of 40% is applied. By dragging the slider to the left you are lowering the volume threshold where the compressor kicks in. In other words, at lower settings, more compression is applied.
Notice as I drag to the left, the waveform reacts and the volume is reduced in both the louder and quieter sections of the clip - often referred to as the dynamic range. If I drag to the right, the opposite occurs; less compression is applied and the volume increases ______ the dynamic range of the clip.
across
Enhancing Loudness 6
Next, we’ll look at loudness. Select the Talent Mic component (channel) of the Man-Eater clip and you’ll see a red warning symbol next to loudness. As I mentioned earlier, red warnings usually indicate severe audio problems. However I do want to emphasize the word USUALLY. Sometimes the algorithm just gets it wrong.
In this case, Final Cut Pro is making the assumption that that overall component loudness is too low. But playing the clip back, this doesn’t appear to be the case if you’re only going by the audio meters. The fact is, her delivery could use a bit more punch.
ENABLING the checkbox next to loudness has an immediate effect on the waveform, and her overall volume is boosted. The Loudness enhancement is not just a volume booster. For that we could use the volume controls on the clip itself as you learned in lesson 5.
One of the problems with just increasing volume is that the background noise is also increased. Let’s play back. Loudness is actually a compressor. A compressor if correctly applied, makes the volume level consistent across the clip, reducing the volume difference between the loud and soft sections in your audio.
The amount slider controls how much compression is applied. In this case, a compression amount of 40% is applied. By dragging the slider to the left you are lowering the volume threshold where the compressor kicks in. In other words, at lower settings, more compression is applied.
Notice as I drag to the left, the waveform reacts and the volume is reduced in both the louder and quieter sections of the clip - often referred to as the dynamic range. If I drag to the right, the opposite occurs; less compression is applied and the volume increases across the dynamic range of the clip.
We want the woman’s voice to be consistently louder without boosting too much of the background noise we deliberately removed with the Background Noise Removal enhancement. For this component, a value of 20 should work well. Let’s play back…
The __________ control affects how evenly the compression is applied across the clip.
UNIFORMITY
Enhancing Loudness 10
Next, we’ll look at loudness. Select the Talent Mic component (channel) of the Man-Eater clip and you’ll see a red warning symbol next to loudness. As I mentioned earlier, red warnings usually indicate severe audio problems. However I do want to emphasize the word USUALLY. Sometimes the algorithm just gets it wrong.
In this case, Final Cut Pro is making the assumption that that overall component loudness is too low. But playing the clip back, this doesn’t appear to be the case if you’re only going by the audio meters. The fact is, her delivery could use a bit more punch.
ENABLING the checkbox next to loudness has an immediate effect on the waveform, and her overall volume is boosted. The Loudness enhancement is not just a volume booster. For that we could use the volume controls on the clip itself as you learned in lesson 5.
One of the problems with just increasing volume is that the background noise is also increased. Let’s play back. Loudness is actually a compressor. A compressor if correctly applied, makes the volume level consistent across the clip, reducing the volume difference between the loud and soft sections in your audio.
The amount slider controls how much compression is applied. In this case, a compression amount of 40% is applied. By dragging the slider to the left you are lowering the volume threshold where the compressor kicks in. In other words, at lower settings, more compression is applied.
Notice as I drag to the left, the waveform reacts and the volume is reduced in both the louder and quieter sections of the clip - often referred to as the dynamic range. If I drag to the right, the opposite occurs; less compression is applied and the volume increases across the dynamic range of the clip.
We want the woman’s voice to be consistently louder without boosting too much of the background noise we deliberately removed with the Background Noise Removal enhancement. For this component, a value of 20 should work well. Let’s play back…
The Uniformity control affects how ______ the compression is applied across the clip. At lower settings, the greater the dynamic range is being acted on by compressor, and
at higher settings less dynamic range is being acted on. In general, I recommend leaving this value low - either at the default value of 6 or lower.
I’m going to leave the value at 6 so the compressor is working on both the background noise and the woman’s voice. You may find that the loudness enhancement only gets you so far. Using Loudness may be acceptable in situations like this where there the dynamic range of the clip is fairly tame.
With some clips however, you’ll find that the lack of more precise controls is limiting and you’ll want to use an actual compressor. I’ll be showing you how to use a compressor in lesson 11.
EVENLY
Enhancing Loudness 11
Next, we’ll look at loudness. Select the Talent Mic component (channel) of the Man-Eater clip and you’ll see a red warning symbol next to loudness. As I mentioned earlier, red warnings usually indicate severe audio problems. However I do want to emphasize the word USUALLY. Sometimes the algorithm just gets it wrong.
In this case, Final Cut Pro is making the assumption that that overall component loudness is too low. But playing the clip back, this doesn’t appear to be the case if you’re only going by the audio meters. The fact is, her delivery could use a bit more punch.
ENABLING the checkbox next to loudness has an immediate effect on the waveform, and her overall volume is boosted. The Loudness enhancement is not just a volume booster. For that we could use the volume controls on the clip itself as you learned in lesson 5.
One of the problems with just increasing volume is that the background noise is also increased. Let’s play back. Loudness is actually a compressor. A compressor if correctly applied, makes the volume level consistent across the clip, reducing the volume difference between the loud and soft sections in your audio.
The amount slider controls how much compression is applied. In this case, a compression amount of 40% is applied. By dragging the slider to the left you are lowering the volume threshold where the compressor kicks in. In other words, at lower settings, more compression is applied.
Notice as I drag to the left, the waveform reacts and the volume is reduced in both the louder and quieter sections of the clip - often referred to as the dynamic range. If I drag to the right, the opposite occurs; less compression is applied and the volume increases across the dynamic range of the clip.
We want the woman’s voice to be consistently louder without boosting too much of the background noise we deliberately removed with the Background Noise Removal enhancement. For this component, a value of 20 should work well. Let’s play back…
The Uniformity control affects how evenly the compression is applied across the clip. At lower settings, the _______ the dynamic range is being acted on by compressor, and
at higher settings ____ dynamic range is being acted on. In general, I recommend leaving this value low - either at the default value of 6 or lower.
I’m going to leave the value at 6 so the compressor is working on both the background noise and the woman’s voice. You may find that the loudness enhancement only gets you so far. Using Loudness may be acceptable in situations like this where there the dynamic range of the clip is fairly tame.
With some clips however, you’ll find that the lack of more precise controls is limiting and you’ll want to use an actual compressor. I’ll be showing you how to use a compressor in lesson 11.
greater, less
Hum Removal
As you just heard, line hum is simply buzz picked up due to ________ induction when an audio cable is in close proximity to an AC power cable.Hum removal works by notching out the frequencies around 50 hertz or 60 hertz, depending on the country you’re in. Different countries used either 50 or 60 Hz alternating current in their power supplies.
In fact, that’s the only option you have to set on this enhancement. If there’s hum in your audio, choose either 50 or 60 and enable. Let’s play back. Wow, pretty impressive enhancement wouldn’t you say? If there’s still remaining hum, you’ll need to resort to a dedicated EQ to treat it. Click the history button to return to our main timeline.
magnetic
Hum Removal 2
As you just heard, line hum is simply buzz picked up due to magnetic _________ when an audio cable is in close proximity to an AC power cable.Hum removal works by notching out the frequencies around 50 hertz or 60 hertz, depending on the country you’re in. Different countries used either 50 or 60 Hz alternating current in their power supplies.
In fact, that’s the only option you have to set on this enhancement. If there’s hum in your audio, choose either 50 or 60 and enable. Let’s play back. Wow, pretty impressive enhancement wouldn’t you say? If there’s still remaining hum, you’ll need to resort to a dedicated EQ to treat it. Click the history button to return to our main timeline.
induction
Hum Removal 3
As you just heard, line hum is simply buzz picked up due to magnetic induction when an audio cable is in close proximity to an __ power cable.Hum removal works by notching out the frequencies around 50 hertz or 60 hertz, depending on the country you’re in. Different countries used either 50 or 60 Hz alternating current in their power supplies.
In fact, that’s the only option you have to set on this enhancement. If there’s hum in your audio, choose either 50 or 60 and enable. Let’s play back. Wow, pretty impressive enhancement wouldn’t you say? If there’s still remaining hum, you’ll need to resort to a dedicated EQ to treat it. Click the history button to return to our main timeline.
AC
Hum Removal 4
As you just heard, line hum is simply buzz picked up due to magnetic induction when an audio cable is in close proximity to an AC ______ ______. Hum removal works by notching out the frequencies around 50 hertz or 60 hertz, depending on the country you’re in. Different countries used either 50 or 60 Hz alternating current in their power supplies.
In fact, that’s the only option you have to set on this enhancement. If there’s hum in your audio, choose either 50 or 60 and enable. Let’s play back. Wow, pretty impressive enhancement wouldn’t you say? If there’s still remaining hum, you’ll need to resort to a dedicated EQ to treat it. Click the history button to return to our main timeline.
power cable
Hum Removal 5
As you just heard, line hum is simply buzz picked up due to magnetic induction when an audio cable is in close proximity to an AC power cable.Hum removal works by notching out the ___________ around 50 hertz or 60 hertz, depending on the country you’re in. Different countries used either 50 or 60 Hz alternating current in their power supplies.
In fact, that’s the only option you have to set on this enhancement. If there’s hum in your audio, choose either 50 or 60 and enable. Let’s play back. Wow, pretty impressive enhancement wouldn’t you say? If there’s still remaining hum, you’ll need to resort to a dedicated EQ to treat it. Click the history button to return to our main timeline.
frequencies
Hum Removal 6
As you just heard, line hum is simply buzz picked up due to magnetic induction when an audio cable is in close proximity to an AC power cable.Hum removal works by notching out the frequencies around 50 hertz or 60 hertz, depending on the country you’re in. Different countries used either __ or __ __ alternating current in their power supplies.
In fact, that’s the only option you have to set on this enhancement. If there’s hum in your audio, choose either 50 or 60 and enable. Let’s play back. Wow, pretty impressive enhancement wouldn’t you say? If there’s still remaining hum, you’ll need to resort to a dedicated EQ to treat it. Click the history button to return to our main timeline.
50 or 60 Hz
Hum Removal 7
As you just heard, line hum is simply buzz picked up due to magnetic induction when an audio cable is in close proximity to an AC power cable.Hum removal works by notching out the frequencies around 50 hertz or 60 hertz, depending on the country you’re in. Different countries used either 50 or 60 Hz alternating current in their power supplies.
In fact, that’s the only option you have to set on this enhancement. If there’s hum in your audio, choose either 50 or 60 and enable. Let’s play back. Wow, pretty impressive enhancement wouldn’t you say? If there’s still remaining hum, you’ll need to resort to a dedicated EQ to treat it. Click the history button to return to our main timeline.
EQ
