Adjusting Sound

Alley · Post by **Alley** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:48 am

What is the easiest way to make adjustments to sound in a video, both music and the basic sound track with the movie - I seem to have issues with this.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:51 am

There are many ways, and each user will have his own opinion as to what is best, easiest, etc.

How about if we start with what problems you are having, and how you are trying to adjust the audio.

Alley · Post by **Alley** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:14 am

Let's say I have a movie with talking, and I have music on the music track. There are times I want the music turned down and maybe want the voice turned up.

When I use the curser to touch the lines on the audio (red), I can adjust the lines (dots appear), and move these up and down, but when I play it back, the volume has not changed at all.

I don't know what I am doing wrong. I note that there is a green line also.

Alley · Post by **Alley** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:49 am

Okay, did a search and found a post about making sure you are in Project Mode and not clip mode. I just tried it and it worked.

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:47 am

Alley wrote:Okay, did a search and found a post about making sure you are in Project Mode and not clip mode. I just tried it and it worked.

But that's not going to adjust your sound levels....

You need to be in audio view and adjust levels manually with the rubber band at various times of the time line

Alley · Post by **Alley** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:11 am

I was in audio view.

When I was in Clip mode, there was no change to the volume. When I switched to Project Mode, the volume changes were audible - exactly as the solution I found by searching claimed.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:35 am

That's exactly right. You must be in Project mode to hear the changes.

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:38 am

Ahh so you knew how to make the changes but were wanting to know how to listen to the changes.

I get it now!

Alley · Post by **Alley** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:00 am

Exactly, I was trying to look at it from a man's perspecitve.

Clevo · Post by **Clevo** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:42 am

Alley wrote:Exactly, I was trying to look at it from a man's perspecitve.

It's like when my wife asks..."can you get the thing from the draw?"