Premiere Pro Guru: Mixing Audio Clips and Tracks

Course details

Good audio makes for great video, and with Premiere Pro, you can make your audio sound great. In this installment of Premiere Pro Guru, Luisa Winters walks through the process of mixing audio—adjusting levels, adding transitions, and more—and then stepping it up a notch with some commonly used effects, such as EQ, reverb, and de-essing. She also includes tips for changing the length and speed of your audio tracks, recording scratch tracks, and exporting audio separately from video.

Learning objectives
Knowing your tools
Setting up audio in Premiere Pro
Adjusting audio levels in the Premiere Pro timeline
Adding keyframes
Working with audio transitions
Using the Limiter and EQ effects
Healing noise in Audition
Trimming audio on the go
Recording and exporting audio

Concepts

Introduction

Welcome
Using the exercise files

Setting Up the Mix

Knowing your equipment and setting up your audio
Understanding gain and levels
What is normalization and when should we use it
Changing the interface to suit your needs
Understanding the types of audio tracks
Audio channels together No problem Separate your audio tracks

Mixing Your Sound

Understanding audio meters, dynamic range, and clipping
Adjusting levels in the Timeline
Adding keyframes
Understanding audio transitions
Audio clip and track mixer - What's the difference
Understanding automation modes, part 1 - Read, write, touch, and latch
Understanding automation modes, part 2 - Read, write, touch, and latch
What are submixes and why should I use them

Commonly Used Effects

Multiband compressor
Limiter
EQ
Loudness radar
Reverb
DeEsser
DeHummer
Understanding pre- and post -faders
Use Audition to clean up your audio
Healing noise in Audition
Using Audition to match the level of your clips

Other Audio Editing Tips

How do you restore deleted audio
Trim your audio on the go
Change the speed of audio, not the pitch
Recording a scratch track
Exporting audio

Essential Sound Panel

Introduction to the Essential Sound panel
Unify loudness in your audio
Repairing your audio
Working with music and sound effects clips
Creating and modifying presets

New and Updated Effects

Convolution reverb
Distortion
FFT Filter
Notch Filter
Scientific Filter
Hard Limiter
Pitch Shifter

Conclusion

Goodbye