Sound is part of our evolutionary system.
It helps enhancing the story by creating a sonic soundscape experience.
In case one of these is neglected, your final sound quality won’t be as good as it can be.
After capturing audio recordings, the audio post production phase begins, improving the sound quality.
During audio post production, the editor is in charge of editing the sound, from dialogue to film, music, podcasts, videogames, audiobooks...
Editing audio ensures the sound quality and improves the performance.
Great audio editing can make your experience even more immersive and impactful.
Balacing Levels is the foundation of mixing audio. It creates contrast or similarity between sounds, obtaining a smooth or aggressive outcome, depending on the desired goal. It’s what makes a mix feel alive!
Dynamic Control is one of the most important parts of audio. Ensuring that performances and peaks are controlled, obtaining the best audio quality, avoiding unpleasent volume boosts, artifacts and distortions.
Equalization is very important to make sure that the tonal quality of the sound is according to desired goal. It can be used creatively or to correct technical issues that occurred during the recording phase.
Reverberation is used to help a sound match a space. It can be used in films, when matching a scene or creatively, depending on the approach. It helps build an immersive experience by enhancing the depth of the sound.
Delay is a important creative tool that replicates a part of the sound by creating a different perspective of depth.
Noise Reduction is used to reduce unpleasent sounds from the sound making sure it retains all the good qualities of the recording. It takes a skilled audio editor to correctly do the task.
~ Audio post production examples
Audio post production is about editing, cleaning and enhancing the film's sound quality while supporting the story. It uses a set of skills and techniques, that will deliver a high-quality sonic experience.
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