Topic: Normalizing Audio Clips in Final Cut Pro 6 & 7

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Setting audio levels to achieve a good listening volume is important. Avoiding distortion is even more important. The problem with simply dragging the red rubber bands in the Timeline to set levels in Final Cut is that changing the volume is no guarantee your audio won’t distort.

Instead, you need to use a different technique: normalization. Normalization, properly used, guarantees that your audio won’t distort during output or export.

In this short, focused, video tutorial, Larry Jordan explains what normalization is, how to apply it in Final Cut Pro 6 or 7, what settings to use, and what normalization is doing to your clips. If you need a fast fix to soft audio, and you don’t have time for a formal mix, this technique can make a world of difference in almost no time at all.

This tutorial supports features found in Final Cut Pro 6 and 7.

Format: QuickTime movie
TRT: 6:01
15.7 MB (download)

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