“Fixing audio in post” is unrealistic and will rarely yield good results. Most people perceive video as being of lower quality if the audio is low quality, which means that you can improve your production quality by improving your audio quality.Īlthough this book is about postproduction, keep in mind that maintaining good quality audio in the production process will be invaluable in the postproduction stage. But without basic knowledge of what to do, they usually fail. So, they’ll experiment with different volume levels and effects, trying to get a good mix and balanced audio. In many cases, even good and experienced editors have never seen an audio engineer at work, and have no idea about how to start.
However, I find that most people in my classes lack basic audio knowledge and the know-how to create a good, solid audio mix of their work. Please see “A note about downloadable content” in the Introduction of this book. This chapter’s project files are available for download.
