Mixing Audio for Video, Part 1: Getting Started
Do you ever wonder why your favorite movies or TV shows sound so good? Or why TV commercials are so much louder than your favorite movies or TV shows?...
Do you ever wonder why your favorite movies or TV shows sound so good? Or why TV commercials are so much louder than your favorite movies or TV shows?...
First thing’s first—with any audio issue, you have to identify what it is in order to treat it. Is it distortion? Hum? Noise from a fan? Once...
Room noise—who would’ve thought it would be so controversial? Ask any post production engineer, and they’ll tell you it’s vital to communicating the...
It is common to find recordings mired by GSM cell phone interference—a “dit dit dit” or buzzing sound from the RF transmission that can creep into...
Hum and buzz can be introduced to guitar tone in a number of ways: single coil pickups, a bad cable, a faulty power supply, or even the construction of...
When recording at home, it can be hard to find a quiet space without background noise from kitchen appliances, computers, and air conditioners/HVAC. With...
You may have heard of machine learning but not exactly understood what the term means, or how we use it in our everyday lives. Machine learning refers to...
Dealing with clipped audio is something that used to be very difficult and typically meant throwing out what was sometimes the perfect take. Setting the gain...
Transitions from studio-recorded commentary to a presenter on camera with a personal mic are a constant headache when mixing documentaries. It can be difficult...
Fix common audio issues in guitar recording including amp buzz, string squeaks, and pick noise. Many of the issues we run into when recording guitars can...
Cell phones ringing at a violin recital. Door hinges squeaking during an interview. Traffic noises interrupting on-location dialogue. These are just a few...
Gaps, dropouts, and short sections of corrupted audio are a common audio problem. These can be caused by everything from a loose audio cable to digital...