ABSTRACT

New to this edition:
* Learn how many Hollywood techniques--previously impractical on video--can help solve problems on smaller productions
* Expanded cookbook recipes section
* Technically updated throughout

Make your soundtracks as good as your pictures with this compendium of professional audio techniques that can be adapted to desktop post. Specializing in sound after the shoot, this book features many practical examples, cookbook recipes, and tutorials. Audio theory, when necessary, is presented in plain English with plenty of visual analogies.

FAQs, full explanations, and from-the-trenches tips address the complete range of processes from wiring and hardware to testing the final mix. The downloadable resources features platform-independent diagnostics, demonstrations, and tutorial tracks. Novices will learn how to improve their soundtrack--even after the actors have gone home. Experienced producers will learn how to solve technical and creative problems quickly.

You'll get recipes and step-by-step instructions on how to:
* build an efficient and reliable audio post setup
* plan and budget a good soundtrack
* get sound into your NLE without losing quality or sync
* edit voices and music
* record Foley and ADR
* find music and use it effectively
* find and create your own sound effects
* shape sounds with equalization, reverb, noise reduction, and more
* produce the final mix
* test the final product for various media

Please visit the author's website for additional resources: https://www.dplay.com/book/app2e/

chapter Chapter 1|24 pages

Vibrations to Volts to Bits

chapter Chapter 2|20 pages

The Studio: Acoustics and Monitoring

chapter Chapter 3|22 pages

The Studio: Equipment and Wiring

chapter Chapter 4|16 pages

The Studio: Audio Software

chapter Chapter 5|22 pages

Planning the Track

chapter Chapter 6|29 pages

Getting Audio into the Computer

chapter Chapter 7|24 pages

Voiceover Recording and Dialog Replacement

chapter Chapter 8|26 pages

Editing Dialog

chapter Chapter 9|28 pages

Finding and Editing Music

chapter Chapter 10|25 pages

Working with Sound Effects

chapter Chapter 11|22 pages

Equalization

chapter Chapter 12|25 pages

Dynamics Control

chapter Chapter 13|20 pages

Time-Domain Effects

chapter Chapter 14|17 pages

Time and Pitch Manipulation

chapter Chapter 15|16 pages

Noise Reduction

chapter Chapter 16|22 pages

Other Effects

chapter Chapter 17|26 pages

The Mix

chapter Chapter 18|11 pages

After the Mix

chapter Chapter 19|14 pages

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