Amazing Audio for YouTube
A major update to Amazing Audio at Home is out now!
In this update, I go over how the audio production concepts taught inside the course apply to the slightly different setting of editing audio for video. There’s a quick-tip version available, a longer version below, and an even more detailed deep dive inside of the course.
Editing audio for YouTube using the free version of DaVinci Resolve.
In this video, I go through a complete production voiceover edit, and show you exactly how it’s done using free software. This is a slightly more focused cut of the full lesson found inside of the course. It emphasizes the most practical and immediate tools that I used for this audio edit, to get you high quality results quickly.
The vocal effects chain
There’s several different elements to this effects chain. Here they are, in order:
Hi-pass filter
Equalizer
Compressor 1
De-essing
Compressor 2
Limiter
Each of these different effects has a specific purpose. The hi-pass filter, for example, controls low-end rumble. The limiter serves as our final volume knob to get our mix up to our target volume level, while also preventing our mix from clipping.
Inside the video, I go through each effect inside this chain in detail, and also show the complete before and after, comparing the raw unmixed audio to the finished, mixed audio.
Even more details
The tips in this video will get you started off right, and put you ahead of 80% of other creators on YouTube.
To take your work even farther, additional details, including technical information on cinematic vs. YouTube styles of loudness, and an even deeper dive into each of the individual effects setups can be found inside of the full course lesson.
You can learn more about Amazing Audio at Home here.
