Voiceover Editing in Logic Pro Faster than Anyone Else

[@AndiDawsonVO]

Sorry if I’m missing something, but wouldn’t snapping it all together when the silences are cut out potentially disrupt the natural flow of the speech? I’m 100% loving the cutting silences part out, but it’s the snapping it altogether after that seems illogical to me. Thanks

[@maxhighstein]

Seems like it to me too. Especially when you're trying to fix all of them listening 80% faster than normal.

[@ReneRafael]

Same here @LearnAudioEngineering, could you shed some light on why/when you do this? I think in my use case (video podcast) it would also require me to jump-cut my way through the video too which ... nahhhh 🙂 Love everything else though bro and thanks for the speedy workflow tips!

[@xInfisphere]

As a logic-savvy musician, I wanted to start doing voiceovers to help with bills, and this was the most straightforward and efficient explanation thank you!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

YES, hopefully this really cuts down on the editing part for you! Good luck out there

[@TheAshishDdaviddShow]

In the 15 plus years that i have been using Logic pro x and editing voice overs - this is single handedly the MOST i have frog leaped ahead in my quest to edit voice over audio quicker. I am really grateful for your help and support in this video. For all these years I had been doing a lot of these things manually. I feel like a freebird now.

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad to hear my method helped you out. :D

[@R2B2YT]

This is a lifesaver to someone who is starting his first youtube channel

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Glad to hear it helped, thank you for watching!

[@itikutok6568]

This video answered questions I didn't know I had! Thanks man!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Glad I could help!

[@maxhighstein]

The problem I have with this approach is that now that I have my chapter chopped up into 250 pieces, each time I want to increase the time between sentences or phrases, I have to grab all 250 pieces in order to move them and make room. Also, speeding up the playback does little for me because then I can't tell what the correct timing should be. I'd be curious to see how you actually use these suggestions in practice.

[@GeorgeReidMusic]

Dude! This is actually incredible - thank you so much for this. I've been searching to see what the function of Shuffle L for drag but didn't know what it was called. I saw an audio engineer with that function on and only realised now what it's called and how to activate it. Before I was cutting a clip then dragging it with auto cross fade. This is just such a better way!! THANK YOU!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching

[@ASharpPhoto]

Dude!!!!!! I am speechless.

[@konafama]

Awesome. Thank you! Logic user since EMAGIC Logic Platinum 4/5 and this will help my process tremendously.

[@RyanEgan]

Oh my god. THANK YOU.

[@fredrigaudeau]

Thank you very much, it helped me a lot for my podcast editing.

[@hellointeresting]

I can't thank you enough for how much this has helped my workflow! Thank you for amazing tutorial!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

you're most welcome. VO editing can be too frustrating

[@danielzivkomusic]

Great Video! I just wouldn't use this kind of fades, and use cross-fades instead, so you don't lose ambience between the regions. Sounds more natural, and you can also do it all at once

[@HDStencils]

thanks for the great tips, I just started using logic pro, your help is immensely appreciated!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching.

[@esther.slocum]

This is SO helpful, thank you!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

You're so welcome!

[@ChadFjerstad]

very important info! Thank you for sharing!

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Glad it was helpful! thanks for watching

[@jackfaulkner1789]

This is great information, and well presented. Also, odd but true, I own that same sweater...lol

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Oh wow, Sweater twins! I dig the TV static look :D Thanks for the comment

[@BenjaminTemplar]

Can you remove silence from audio regions from a video file as well? Or just audio files?

[@DavidBattistella]

Hello, Great video. Did step two of this process ever get resolved based on user feedback?

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

I'm still using the same method in Logic Pro 11 😔

[@DavidBattistella]

@@LearnAudioEngineering yup. Me as well. But i found a bunch of other shortcuts as well. I wish the playhead could move two seconds behind a delete and move operation but thats probably asking way too much.

[@DavidBattistella]

@@LearnAudioEngineering if you cleverly make a cut in the first bit of you audio, select everything to the right. Remove silences and control key left bracket then it works as we would love it to work. The little cut acts as a barrier from the file going all the way to the left on the track

[@Zazquatch1]

Thank you. I am determaend to start recording a book (my very first ry). Do you have any other tutorial about what to think about when it comes to f ex mics, preamps and so on? Do I have to use a large condensor microphone or does a f ex Shure SM7B (like you have there woork as well? I will most likely be recording in my closet. I see you have one channel for each chapter. Other things to think about?

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Thanks for your questions and suggestions, might be a good idea for a video. Something like a SM7b would be great if you're working in a less than ideal recording space as its very directional. My favourite dynamic mic for vocals is the ElectroVoice RE20 or RE320 I use one for all my video voiceovers nowadays. My biggest advice for you would be to experiment with how much distance to speak from the microphone. The closer you are the boomier and more like a radio announcer you sound (more proximity effect). I dislike the way this sounds with my voice, because I just become a huge nose. I also tend to hit my P's and S's pretty hard so I personally like to huge with the mic about 6 inches away with the mic offset from my mouth so I'm not blowing a ton of air into the microphone. This also cuts down on the nasal tone that I find I get when I'm excited lol. Record a few clips at different distances and offset positions to see what works best. Most people will favourite one side of there mouth, for me all the plosives come out the left side. Example: 1" - left side 1" straight on mouth 1" - right side 3" - Left 3" straight on 3" - Right 6" left and so on... Keep experimenting until you find what works for your voice, also slow down, take deep breaths and work on breath management. In some cases I'll do even take a breath after each line or two to avoid running out of air by the end, cuz I found the beginning would be super hot and it would trail off towards the end as I ran out of air. all the space between lines can be edited to taste with the method outlined in this video. Thanks for watching and your comment, I really appreciate it, and good luck! Also don't worry too much about the preamp, if you're going to be doing this more long term as a paid gig I'd strongly recommend putting your money into some DIY acoustic panels (not foam) for room treatment like these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJKvgpSoecybpZY A few panels go a LONG WAY in removing echo from a room!

[@sethshows423]

This video made my day

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

I appreciate the kind words, thanks for watching! :D

[@BanksyTown]

This is awesome. Wow. Thank you for sharing.

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

huge time saver! Thanks for your comment, Matthew

[@testchannel3397]

amazing!!

[@lightwavesmediastudios]

amazing bro this is super valuable

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@HelloImMaxxHennard]

Man…thank you.

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

No worries!

[@sirscruffalot]

Thank you for this video! I'm brand new to Logic Pro so please forgive me if my question doesn't make sense. Is it possible and would it be beneficial to set up the "Strip Silence" stuff before you start recording? It seems like the way to go if you are doing VO work. Could/Should I set up a sort of template mode for my VO work so I don't have to go through this entire process each time I record VO?

[@csvscs]

Have they fixed it yet?

[@theDISENCHANTED]

My biggest issue is once I'm editing, there's suddenly tone variants all over the place. It takes me a week to try to manually match all the tones together so the audio doesn't sound like it was recorded in 50 different rooms. Anyone know why this happens? Or more importantly how to prevent / fix it?

[@Squidaniel]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you hahaha Working on my second audiobook and man it is DAUNTING and boring lol

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

it sure is, you're so welcome! Thanks for watching

[@DouglasWidick]

damn this was helpful

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

glad to help, thank for watching!

[@azimqayyum89]

Only if this can be done with final cut pro..

[@LearnAudioEngineering]

This would change muh life

[@oscarmutebi9676]

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