How to Edit Sound in Final Cut Pro

[@victorychaptervlogs]

Honestly, this is probably one of the best audio videos on KZbin because it's so simple and you actually take people through it and it's not like super complicated so thank you

[@StupidRaisins]

You're welcome! Glad I could help.

[@queencat01]

I have spent hours trying to understand audio editing by combining bits and pieces from a bunch of people's videos. No one seems to answer all the little questions a beginner might have. Thank YOU SO MUCH for making this an all-in-one, detailed, yet concise explanation. You are a god send.

[@StupidRaisins]

Glad I could help! Let me know if you have other questions.

[@lorrainechittock]

Your video I still need after 3 1/2 years of FCP! THANK YOU for doing this when I really need it!!!!

[@StupidRaisins]

No worries.

[@markfreiberg9906]

I paid for a darned online course about Final Cut Pro and they didn't describe sound editing nearly as well as you do in this video. You are awesome!! I have learned to always go to your KZbin channel whenever I am seeking guidance about FCP. I just wish you were my neighbor.

[@StupidRaisins]

Maybe we are neighbors. Where do you live?

[@LoveUniqueStudios]

Using the Channel EQ on the music when someone is talking is a game changer for me!!!!

[@StupidRaisins]

Woohoo!

[@wilchrislev4230]

Thanks Dylan. Very rare and useful auto on sound effects in fcpx !

[@StupidRaisins]

You're welcome! I'm glad you like it.

[@PeteEdmunds]

Great summary , thanks. Love the surround tip !

[@StupidRaisins]

You bet!

[@mariuspetrea5360]

this is perfect, I've searching for something like for sooo long. you sir got a sub. well done and tyvm

[@StupidRaisins]

Thanks for the sub! Glad I could help.

[@kindfranklin7099]

This is such a great tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing.

[@StupidRaisins]

Glad it was helpful!

[@HomesickMac]

Great bunch of audio tips, all annotated and saved for the next editing session...

[@StupidRaisins]

Glad it was helpful!

[@realtimfrancis]

One of the best vids I've seen on audio editing, thank you! Not only was the content really good, your pacing was awesome too. You didn't drag on any topic too long. Only thing, and it's a bit ironic: the audio of your video probably needed your own tips. Couldn't hear many of your samples very well. And your BG music was too quiet to make a difference, but loud enough to be distracting when I was trying to hear your examples (e.g. chopper and bike). Clean that up, plus record with a much better mic and you've got a "mic drop" video here. I hope my recs are helpful and seen as caring; I wouldn't bother commenting if your vid wasn't soooooo close to being AAA+++. Keep up the amazing work, I've just subscribed and will be on the lookout for more of your vids. Keep rockin it and keep shining bright!!

[@StupidRaisins]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@YonnBurgos]

Great tips! Thank you very much for the tutorial!

[@StupidRaisins]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KamalChhetri-jb2vs]

Helpful!thank you a lot

[@StupidRaisins]

Glad it helped!

[@elireyna5712]

Thank you, very helpful

[@StupidRaisins]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sunteem369]

helpful! Thank you a lot!

[@StupidRaisins]

You're welcome!

[@dorkkkk]

just the video i was looking for

[@StupidRaisins]

And you're just the comment I was looking for. Thanks!

[@davidwilde66]

Great video! Many thanks! 🙏

[@StupidRaisins]

No problem

[@LinaBrooks-q6q]

Hey Stupid Raisin, loved the tips definitely improved my audio, but i found with some of the speakers some sounded a bit nasal/ a bit dull. Any reason why this could be the case?

[@StupidRaisins]

Maybe the mic used to record them.

[@danreynoldsphotography210]

Hey Dylan, what is your advice on making project a compound clip and using multimeter and limiter to equalizer the whole project. Not seeing a vid from you on this technique..any opinions ? Suggestions to summarize the process ?

[@StupidRaisins]

Hey! Making a project a compound clip can be useful for applying effects like multimeter and limiter to the entire timeline. Just make sure your levels are balanced before combining. Once it’s a compound clip, you can apply the limiter to control peaks and use the multimeter to monitor levels. Test with different sections to ensure consistency across the project. Hope that helps!

[@danreynoldsphotography210]

@@StupidRaisins Ok. Thanks for replying. You're the best man !

[@danreynoldsphotography210]

@@StupidRaisins Dylan, sounds like the beginning of a great tutorial for Stupid Raisins !!!!

[@StupidRaisins]

Good idea!

[@Strravigor]

thanks , good video ! how do you open the compressor window ?

[@StupidRaisins]

I press command + spacebar and type "Compressor" and then Enter to launch the app.

[@Strravigor]

@@StupidRaisins i found a better way . Double click thé Icon of the compressor on left of the effect in the inspector

[@StupidRaisins]

@@StrravigorNice!

[@danreynoldsphotography210]

Hey man, if I have a clip with rain sound and add a still next to it in the timeline, how do I extend the rain sound on to the still clip ? I can't seem to extend it far enough using expand components ??

[@StupidRaisins]

Just click and drag on the end of the rain sound.

[@danreynoldsphotography210]

@@StupidRaisins I detached the audio but it won't budge when try to drag. Side of audio is red when attempting to drag.

[@StupidRaisins]

That means you have no media left. You can make it shorter but not longer.

[@danreynoldsphotography210]

@@StupidRaisins so how do I get that rain sound on the still image of 4 seconds.. Save my rain audio and then add it to other clips ? Not sure how to do that. I'm mixing in 30 stills on a rain hike

[@danreynoldsphotography210]

Got it. Detached audio and then copy and paste to next clip and adjust. Thanks !!

[@bluegarren9361]

Hey Dylan, thanks for the video! Our mixing board gave us some major problems this week. Throughout the entire video there are these annoying pop noises. Even with the audio turned down the spikes are always there. I can't find anything in the Audio Levels that will get rid of them. I didn't try every single one but do you have an idea what might help? Thanks! Blue

[@bluegarren9361]

I found this. Does FCP have something like it? Start at 2:08 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGbOmpKcpJelos0

[@StupidRaisins]

I think Izotope plugins work with FCP. Also check out crumplepop.com/ plugins.

[@bluegarren9361]

@@StupidRaisins thanks, I’ll check it out. I’ve been having glitches with audio cutting out using izotope.

[@StupidRaisins]

Good luck!

[@Karats_Alexander]

You can playback your timeline in 2x speed by pressing "L" and make cuts that way. "J" if you wanna reverse. I'd recommend this way instead.

[@StupidRaisins]

Yeah, I use JKL all the time. So handy!

[@panzamartin]

Hallo, sorry my english is not so good. I watched your video, hoping that one of your 3 "solutions" would help me, but they did not. Maybe you know what I have to do. In the old version of FinalCut I also could synchronise some clips. When I synchronised 10 Clips, 4 of one camera, 5 of the second camera an the whole audiorecording (of a concert, for example) then I got in the timeline, the audio"layer" ond over it all the videoclips extra, sometimes one over the other, but all on the right "audioplace". (I hope you know what I meen?) So it was easy to cut and mix. It was possible to put the audio from the camera together with the extramicrophone-recording. It were the same steps as you show on you video - but the result was very different. Now, when I do the same, I get one "layer", where all clips are cut together, the audio is only from the exrtamicrophon and the other audio is gone. When you say, I can find the right place, for the video, by hand, thats funny with one video, but not with 10, or 27 as I have in my project. I would be happy, if you can help me. Martin

[@StupidRaisins]

Double-click the "one layer" and you should see all the synced clips.

[@panzamartin]

@@StupidRaisins I´ll try this - thanx !! - - - - - Danke, this works perfect !! Super - you are a hero !

[@StupidRaisins]

@@panzamartin You're welcome.

[@TheFujiwuji]

I have a track with music, and it keeps moving to the dead bottom of my timeline below all the dialogue, which is frustrating because I want to edit the music (add waypoints) but I can't move the track that has music up (closer to the images). When I try to "nestle" the track with music above the dialogue, it just keeps sending it to the bottom. Can't find a solution anywhere, so frustrating.

[@StupidRaisins]

It sounds like you have roles turned on. Check out the end of this video for more info on roles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/onrSqpaersh5btk. You can re-arrange the order of your audio tracks.

[@danreynoldsphotography210]

Your volume is too high :) Really great tutorial..thanks..you're a good teacher.

[@StupidRaisins]

Sorry about that

[@AbsuulFX]

Literally all I’m trying to do is delete the audio track (which is its own separate audio track that I imported) but when I select and delete the audio it deletes the clips too???

[@StupidRaisins]

Sounds like you're selecting the audio track that's part of a video clip and so it deletes everything. Can you show me what you're doing?

[@AbsuulFX]

@@StupidRaisins I figured it out it’s just shift delete. Thanks

[@StupidRaisins]

Cool!

[@sunlit777]

this demonstrates that no matter how much you tweak you cannot improve a recording thats initially done bad in an echo-ey room with a poor mic.

[@StupidRaisins]

Sorry about this.

[@StupidRaisins]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@sunlit777]

or you can just enable loudness effect in inspector and tweak it to your liking and then possible enable voice isolation in noisy environments - boom, you' re done

[@StupidRaisins]

Thanks! This can be a lifesaver sometimes but doesn't always work 100%.

[@Phranque]

good advice overall, but your sound samples were not easy to hear.

[@StupidRaisins]

Thanks for watching. I'm sorry the sound wasn't easy to hear. I'll make sure to turn it up next time.

[@BryonWilliams88]

The entire internet says to do -6 for talking head and everything else. I think 99% of youtube has music to loud. I prefer the music like -25 will try next edit with talking with -10 in next video. Your compressor stuff is pretty advanced lesson. WIll get there one day. 1 tip for yall is to go slow and have pauses, I know it hurts retention, but your in the teaching space. Algorrythem knows when people are happy!!!!!

[@StupidRaisins]

Yes. That's right -6 for talking head especially for videos uploaded online like KZbin. Yeah, I noticed that too. That's probably caused by improper speakers/headphones. Thank you for the tip. We'll take note of that.

[@BryonWilliams88]

@@StupidRaisins You said to make the video -10 to -12 on sound. Nothing in the video says -6? Alittle bit of curve ball there, but right on the music depends on the track too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ2YdIStoqxmq8U I pasted the best photo shop guide on the youtube, copy his style with pauses. I rewatched that 3 hour video 5 times to get the basics. WOuld fully do same for your FCP guides, at the end glue all the video's together

[@sunlit777]

there's no point in doing any minus on audio for KZbin. You can normalize to zero - meaning peaks peak at 0db. That will be as loud as it gets without distortion and signal to noise will be best. Period. all those minus tricks come from old time analog tech

[@BryonWilliams88]

@@sunlit777 Thanks makes more sense than the guy making the video. In the video he calls for -10 then agree's that -6 is ok?

[@StupidRaisins]

Hey. Sometimes I mess up.

[@teresavalenzuela7673]

again, making adjustment but without explanation.

[@StupidRaisins]

What do you mean?

[@STARSMILLPHOTOGRAPHY]

Is it me or is this audio kinda echoing? 🤷‍♂️

[@StupidRaisins]

Sounds fine over here

[@visserr]

You're probably an editor, because only an editor looks if it sounds good. It's sound. Start by listening. And al those numbers or values that you're mentioning. It doesn't make sense and you can't apply them universally because your source material is gonna change from time to time. And I'm sorry to tell you, but all the compliments probably come from people who are under the assumption that two channels is the same as stereo. These 12 rules proof my point. Editors have no clue when it comes to sound.

[@StupidRaisins]

Thanks for the feedback! You're right-listening is key, and numbers are just a guide. Sound is nuanced, and every project is different. Always open to learning more!

[@visserr]

@ and if asked I’m willing to answer. I was a bit harsh, sorry for that, but it happened too many times that an editor ruined a perfectly good mix by applying the wrong settings in plug ins that he/she didn’t need in the first place. My tip: start by listening and fix it afterwards. Not before. 👊

[@StupidRaisins]

Word up!