How to Make Your Audio Sound AMAZING in FCPX (without any plugins)

[@savvycircuits9683]

Man. As someone just getting started making KZbin content, I must say, this is prob the best video on FCPX audio I have come across. Precise, to the point and great tips. Well done!

[@steffenhi3605]

I was about to write a comment like this

[@KateThomas_Media]

I've been editing for 15 years and your tip just blew my mind. Thank you, that's amazing.

[@megameechvideo777]

oh my god. ive been syncing video manually for YEARS didn't even know FCP had the option to sync it. THANK YOU.

[@eatsleeptechrepeat]

Wow dude that is plain, clear and straightforward instructions! I’ve always been interested in improving my dialogue audio quality but worried to even add the channel EQ or compression effects but you made it look easy! I’ll try them now for my next video thanks!

[@tvnathreviews]

I can't thank you enough for this video. Seriously. I have done more than 100 videos in my KZbin channel, and never I have processed like this before. Then I did and I am amazed.

[@lucanianman]

Man, this is got some gold in it. How to use compression...how to use the equaliser effectively...etc. Well done.

[@PhilStille]

You're my new favorite FCP Info source. Your delivery is practical and simple. Thank you for being here!

[@RetroPlayaustralia]

I just found your video after searching for how to make my audio sound better. I just bought myself a Shure mic for voice over work . I followed some other videos but i just wasnt able to follow them easily but when i watched yours it now makes sense. Thank you for explaining so well, you're a talented young man. Im subbed

[@Luke-vg7ut]

Switching to final cut from Premiere was literally so worth it, I had to buy an entire new computer but honestly editing in FCP is so so much easier and more fun.

[@boblongmire3680]

I did the same thing. Used Premiere for years. I now work faster in FCP.

[@rickrenhart6828]

Your tutorial was really helpful and it did make my audio sound better. I liked that you went straight to the point, clear, efficient, no BS, no time wasted. Thank you very much !

[@spelunkerd]

Well done. Is there any resource that explains exactly what each slider within the compressor does? I'm looking for fundamental information to better understand that tool. Apple doesn't seem to have the detail I'm looking for.

[@ThePotThickens]

Thanks. Great information. I was doing it all wrong. Any tips on removing echo reverb from large rooms without plugins?

[@learnitalready]

Great video! Thanks. Easy to understand. Straightforward. Beneficial. We are just starting out and wish we would have known this 27 videos ago. Thanks again!

[@thornwebdesign]

Super video, very well made. Love your whole setup, you could make another video about the editing of frequencies, why they are good and bad.

[@jacobleetech]

This was exactly what I needed. I'm moving from Premiere Pro and I'm looking up all the different tutorials for everything I haven't figured out yet. Audio was at the top of the list.

[@ryanhedrick3949]

This is amazing. I wasn't sure if I should stay with DaVincci Resolve or upgrade to Final Cut, but now that I know I can get my audio sounding great I'm going to buy it. Thanks!

[@lukaskkramer]

Really appreciate the simplicity, Josiah! Thanks for sharing your process! I have a lot of respect for the pro audio engineers, but their videos went over my head when I was just looking to optimize audio in a few minutes.

[@jrpcreative]

Kudos to you for this video man. Only FCPX audio related video I can find that's not advertising any plugins.

[@fiorefilmsrising]

Good job buddy. You're the king of audio! You should teach this in schools.

[@Teddy3inDC]

I think you just saved me at least 5 months of work. Thanks for this tutorial. This was by far the best one I've seen on this topic, and that's with years of doing this and watching tutorials on it. Awesome.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Super helpful, thanks. That was really clear, and just when I was thinking "that would be a pain in the butt to do for every audio file," you explained presets. Perfect! Thanks!

[@PatrickMastersProductions]

Great tips, Josiah. It is a crime you don't have way more subs. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@idaav]

Tnx for All ..AMAZING..But still Problems with speed up video and distortion audio..Any trick on that?

[@KelseyRodriguez]

This is such a great video! With summer in full force in the US, I've had *tons* of air conditioner noise in my audio. I was thinking about getting a lav mic (still am) but this helped me remove some of that noise and make the audio workable for the time being!

[@the_nord_lord]

Thank you SO much for this inspiring tutorial- definitely will use for my own audio endeavors in FCPX!! :)

[@TechRealityGlasgow]

Probably one of the most useful pieces of advice I have come across regarding audio with FCPX. Great stuff!

[@DJaysParadise]

Really solid workflow! I‘ve got one suggestion: rather than using the compressor you should use a limiter (basically just a strong compressor with output control). The idea here is to have control over the output level so you don‘t run into clipping. Must make sure though that the limiter is always last in line of the audioeffects!

[@thepmaexperience]

Hi I also use Limiter but I'm curious as to why it needs to be the last effect used on the audio selection??

[@DJaysParadise]

@@thepmaexperience because the limiter puts a limit (as the name implies) to your output decibel levels. Any effects after that could increase levels over that limit. Also be aware that clipgain is always applied after effects so that will also mess with the limiter output levels.

[@nickotv7714]

after seeing a few tutorials, I would say yours is the best one so far. Very clearly explained, short and brief.

[@superpiratesevents473]

Dude, really helpful. Nice stuff! I love finding great KZbinrs that don't have TONS of subscribers. Golden nuggets!

[@mustang774]

Very clear and helpful video. You didn't try to cover too much information in a very short time like many tutorials do. This was a great video.....Take care, Bluefin.

[@JosiahVaughan]

mustang774 thanks man. I try!

[@OnlyThomasHayes]

Golden evergreen content right here on audio mixing 🔥

[@thejustinleemethod3936]

Been working on Premiere Pro to enhance audio and then import it on FCPX, this is so helpful as I am still new on using Final Cut. Thanks for this tutorial!

[@bobrosberg55]

Hello; I really enjoyed this tutorial. Very clearly explained without needless excess. My question is about using the EQ and then audio sweeping. When I pull up a narrow frequency to sweep, as soon as I hit play I am unable to sweep, it won't respond. Stop the clip and then the eq "unfreezes". This does not always happen which makes me think I am making a simple mistake. Hope you understand my question and have some ideas. Thanks!

[@SarahJonestoo]

Very good and clear and helpful. Thank you. Just bought FCP and this will be really helpful. As a musician I know about audio mastering from the music recording end but this has shown me how to do it in FCP.

[@JesusPursuit]

Damn...Thanks. I don't usually leave comments but this helped out TONS! I have watched a lot of these but yours just hit the spot. Great Job and thanks again.

[@JosiahVaughan]

Derik H thanks man!

[@camcamwatt]

Great TUT - You're a natural, to the point, quality! Love it and thank you!

[@JohannH]

Thank you @josiah, Yes found this to be the most useful workflow for managing EQ. I do have a question, in the past I have had issues with audio pops at the beginning of clips when I use FCP's EQ. Have you had any such issues?

[@aboutphotography]

Hi, thanks for the great tip. What would you say would be the good sound lvl of bacground music when the voice is raised to -4/-2. Thank you!

[@craigwright2977]

Clear explanation and instruction without a bunch of unnecessary filler - great video! Thank you.

[@pedromoreno6836]

Great audio quality awesome lighting... very good tutorial. What’s your video set up?

[@TheYogaStudio_]

Josiah! Brother, thank you so much for this. The best tutorial I've found on editing V/O on FCPX!

[@TiffanyINC]

This is EXCELLENT info, thank you! Currently dealing with a little iMovie-to-FCP overwhelm, this helped a lot!!

[@Danjocross]

Great video! Fast, to the point, full of great tips, and your delivery is awesome too. Thanks for sharing!

[@Harunnawzadi]

Great video. What about lowering background music ?

[@andragre]

I just logged in just to say thank you! Best audio tutorial on FCP.

[@XALIRATE]

Great video. I’ve always used an external mic which sounds decent but adding the compressor and channel EQ sounds like it’ll make it so much better 👌🏽

[@MarksmanSpecialist]

Nice brief and concise tutorial for adjusting and leveling the audio, the channel EQ and compressor looks like interesting tool down the line if I want to do live audio recording.

[@COOKINGBIRD]

Wow, that video was awesome! Thank you for creating such great content!🙏♥🙏♥ Can't wait for the next one!👏😊👍👏😊👍

[@LoveUniqueStudios]

Try the Fat EQ and Brightness plugins. They work great too.

[@BeRightBack]

great stuff!! wish u lot of success with your channel!! You deserve more popularity for sure.... best wishes from India !!

[@ashishnagpal8041]

Precise and to the point. The reason I was forced to subscribe to your channel. Also because you didn't ask once in your video to like and subscribe like all other KZbinrs!

[@AshLOVEsTECH]

Good video thanks. what do you suggest for levelling multiple clips from different environments?

[@Photobyashutosh]

it was very helpful , can i use limiter and compressor at the same time ?

[@mollysmale]

hiii wow i loved this video thank you so much! I was just wondering if you could help me out with something, my audio sounds fine in final cut pro but when i exported the finished video and went to go watch it back my audio was echoing.. just curious if you've had this happen before! thanks for your time :)

[@MancanTv]

thnks bro..i have solution now for my audio problem..cause i never used external microphone when filming,,i will try edit audio like you did

[@kumoitojp]

Great! Can't wait to apply it and see how it turns out!

[@jimmaccormaic6689]

Wow! What a terrific video. A pleasure to listen to, and wonderfully informative.

[@mediafactoryinternational]

Hey Josiah your audio sounds GREAT! I have a question... I shot an interview with 2 people and they had a lab on them plus we had a boom - if I was to add and clean up sound using compressor and other tools - should I do it on individual audio tracks or together? I see my main audio in Final cut as LAV1,LAV2,LAV3and NTG3 - Four Mono - On adding any audio effect, it gives me the option of adding to individual or as Dialogue... Please suggest. THANKS

[@rogersherman3619]

This is a great tutorial. Thanks. Is there a way to add Compressor or other effect to all clips? It didn't work when selecting all the clips and dragging the tool over.

[@JosiahVaughan]

Copy one clip with the compressor, then select all your other clips and use the shortcut Shift-Command-V to paste specific attributes. Then you can select the compressor effect.

[@rogersherman3619]

@@JosiahVaughan many thanks!

[@KEEVVY]

Like simple tutorials😀, not going to use the eq that much, but first part made it sound better, I don't know how will impact a angle grinder sound, may be I shpold had left it original that part, but I think viewers would like to hear how the tool works.

[@LifeistooshortCK]

It was very useful. You are a great communicator 👍

[@mylensvue1107]

Thank you, Josiah! This was very helpful and easy to follow. I love the sound quality of your video.

[@mtn_techne]

Great video! I will definitely be using these techniques on my videos going forward!

[@bronzepodcast]

Josiah, thank you for these quick tips. have a good day sir!

[@GarethDanks]

Superb mate. Thanks for that very helpful. Good luck with your channel. You’ll do well I’m sure 🥸👏🏻

[@TomYoungsChannel]

Dude you have a world class voice! Great video, super informative and like people have said, very compact and to the point! Awesome!

[@AnchorSwing]

How do you recommend synchronizing multiple audio tracks with a movie track. Running a camera microphone and 2 wireless microphones (recording their own tracks). I could sync the video to either of the audio tracks and the audio tracks to each other. However the three wouldn't sync right. I had to manually adjust the audio so we didn't look like an old Kung Fu movie.

[@mrdecember]

You deserve the world and more, for making this video. This helped me a huge amount with my first video

[@proplantours3632]

Very useful. Thank you for the clear instructions and explanations.

[@FieldingShredder]

The "analyze" box is no longer available can you do an update in the description for this?

[@NicholasPaulFranks]

Enjoyed this...easy to follow! EQ’ing isn’t something I’ve done much. Quick Q: my audio source for a new film isn’t very good (a lav and shotgun poorly positioned). How would you recommend beefing it up? Thanks mate

[@JosiahVaughan]

Nick Franks well a shotgun mic poorly positioned is really bad because it purposely rejects any sounds outside it’s pickup zone. If it’s possible, I would suggest ADR (recording the dialogue again with your talent while they watch the scene to match their own lips). And if you can, record it in a similar space that it was filmed in so it sounds natural. If adr isn’t possible, then my only suggestion is to use eq and just do the same thing I showed in the video, and try to boost your high end frequencies if it’s sounding too dull. But adr is really the way to go.

[@NicholasPaulFranks]

Josiah Vaughan I reckon following your EQ advice is the best bet... t’other option sounds tricky! Thanks for the fast response

[@JosiahVaughan]

Nick Franks no problem. 👍🏻

[@marksabota4056]

Hi Josiah, how do you remove the hissing noise from the mic? My camera does have some hissing noise when recording and other tools on final cut make the speech even more awful. If you lower the high end filter on EQ, will it remove the white noise? Which camera and mic did you use by the way? I have comica budget mic from amazon, same as boya. Hope I can fix that problem! Thanks!

[@katiehorrell3589]

Appreciate these tips so much!! I was editing a video this week with pretty bad background noise and applied your tips to one clip - and it really seemed to help!! One question for you- if I want to apply Channel EQ effects to multiple clips - how do I do that (or is it possible)?

[@JosiahVaughan]

Katie Horrell yeah it’s actually really easy in FCPX. Just copy the source clip, then select your target clips and press command+option+v. Then just select what effects you want to paste.

[@bluelinebigfoot]

This video was sooo good!!! You rocked it bud, thanx!!! Easy to understand and very informative.

[@ChefSheilla]

Your tutorial is very helpful and so easy to follow. Thank you!

[@PamArtsValentine]

Awesome! I'm editing a film right now & this is really helpful!

[@BlackBeltBarrister]

Hey thanks so much for this - how on earth do you only have 3.57k subscribers?? Keep doing what you do and you deserve to blow up! Yours, #BlackBeltBarrister

[@RameshKumar-ng3nf]

Such a great channel found today. Learned a lot in this video and Subscribed . Thanks for sharing.

[@oonaotobor6839]

Great video Josiah! nice and simple

[@kvitkamaksym]

Great quality and straight to the point!

[@OmarAfuni]

Best tutorial on fixing audio. Great job!

[@SamDaniel2020]

That was actually pretty solid, Earned a Sub mate!

[@rodneyNIKON]

Holly Moses!!! You are a great teacher!!! Thank you so much for this video

[@IolandeMelody]

Extremely helpful ! Straight to the point, easy to understand 👏🏽 thankyou for making this video 🤍🤍

[@peterwaringofficial]

Nicely done 👍 How about exploring some of the other audio plugins you might use?

[@kaihendry]

Isn't there a simpler way of taking a clip say at -30 and make it the same as the other clips from different microphones?

[@jakoberiksen2944]

Hi this was helpful indeed, I like how it sounds too. There's something I can't seem to fix though. I have a pretty good sennheiser stereo mic that I want to use with my fuji camera but there's quite a lot of hiss across the whole range (the mic doesn't have it's own gain knob and I think that's why). Reducing it seems to just make the sound worse. any tips? I want to film and record mostly ambient stuff I guess, meaning no interviews or stuff like that. thanks!

[@JosiahVaughan]

Not sure how good the preamps are on Fuji cameras, but I’d look into getting a separate microphone and recorder. If you want a low noise floor, look for a microphone that is highly sensitive. Caleb Pike has a good mix test in this video along with his recommendations: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYK2gmBsZt9oopY As far as a external audio recorder goes, I’ve heard good things about the Mix Pre 3, but haven’t personally used it.

[@jakoberiksen2944]

@@JosiahVaughan Awesome, thanks :) hmm yeah I want to try and avoid an external recorder if possible so yes maybe a mic with lower resistance. I know the quality won't reach that of a recorder but that would be fine too.

[@harsha345155]

Wonderful. simple and easy to follow explanation. Thanks!

[@msnspy]

Amazing 😻 thank you i have been looking for a simple and complete tutorial for a very long time 🙌🙌🙌

[@smokescreenentertainmentfilms]

Great video! I’ve been looking for something as simple as the steps that you went through! Thanks so much! New sub here!

[@CapybaraTut]

Great background light! Informative video (too much words thought :) ). Thanks.

[@Hernansanchez_]

thanks brother for taking the time to make this video I found it very helpful

[@TheTaiwanDesign]

Hi Josiah: thanks for the video & it really helps to improve sound quality with fcp. Can you tip about “creating” 5.1 surround sound on fcp with normally dual stereo channel recording clips? Thanks 😊

[@JosiahVaughan]

Salt Lemon change the pan mode to 5.1 in the inspector for each clip, and then pan each clip to the desired location. You may also need to enable 5.1 in the project settings. If that doesn’t work then I’m sure you can find some tutorials on KZbin

[@TheTaiwanDesign]

@@JosiahVaughan thanks!

[@AmericanMythology]

Great tutorial! Thanks.

[@dj_ramo]

Short. Sweet. To the point. Loved it, thanks brother.

[@JayDeeOfficialx]

Great Video bro!!! Question? when u work on your Audio Leveling , do you do it at the end of your edits & you just copy the effects to every single clip that u chopped off or you work on audio levels first? because the first option looks like a lot of work lol I've been doing my Audio levels at the end lately , I always forget & than I'm like dammit I've should of done the audio first lol because once you start chopping clips you can end up 20 clips depending on how long is the vid.

[@ghost-user559]

You want to do it last, but a lot of KZbin content creators are in one place and record voiceover all in a home studio. Things need more personal attention if every clip is recorded in a different place and with different microphones. There is a reason Hollywood productions use studios instead of filming on location, because they can control the whole process including audio from the very beginning. The best tip I have heard which sounds funny, but “make sure your audio is good”. Seriously, if you always try to get clean audio while you are actually recording, your audio editing is already half done. Then you only really have to focus on the troubled spots.

[@MadHatterMedia]

This was a very helpful video. Thanks man

[@mrsahilbawa]

Hey man, great tutorial! I had no idea that the exported audio can sound different than what you hear while editing a video. And since you mentioned it, I went back and noticed this on my most recent video and ugh, I have to start putting in more effort for better audio. Now I have a very specific question because of the conditions I record in. I live in India and the heat here is really funny. You cannot turn off the overhead fan or you will start sweating while making a video and you cannot turn on the AC because it is not required and also is very costly to afford. I guess, what I am trying to say is that I record my videos (and audio) with my overhead fan on and the Rode Lavalier Mic I use picks up that noise. What exact settings do you suggest that may help reduce the white and/or pink noise created through fans in a closed, quiet, and non-echoey room? I tried a few presets on my latest video and they sounded great while editing but the export has the sound all messed up and you can see what I mean on my latest video. I really need your input for the upcoming content; hope you can take out the time to reply. Let me know! And subbed! Great work, buddy!

[@goodfellas5702]

Excellent Josiah. I got a lot of value from that!

[@OnIcePerspectives]

Thanks for the tip!