2 Replies Latest reply: Jun 3, 2014 3:00 PM by reindeer4 RSS

    Need help getting different audio clips to match in quality

    reindeer4 Community Member

      Hi.  I'm going to be working on an animated video based on 4 audio clips.

      Clips 1,2, & 3 are similar quality and levels;  Clip 4 sounds richer and has higher levels.

      Re-recording is not an option.

      (Clips 1,2, & 3 came from a video camera where the right channel had lots of noise and was far from the subject, and the left channel was a lapel mike which was clean but low levels

      Clip 4 only recorded in the good left channel and levels were higher and overall quality sounded better)

       

      I tried using audition to separate into mono tracks, then dumped the right channel where the noise was.  I then created stereo channels for all 4 clips (just doubling the left) and added a little bit of reverb to 1,2 & 3 as well as raising volume to get closer to clip 4 - and this worked ok (much better than the originals)

       

      Below is a video with the original 4 snippets (just the left channels) - would appreciate any recommendations from experienced Audition users.  I need to get the audio as good as we can before splicing it up to make the animated video.

       

      Also, if I use a main clip to make subclips in Adobe Premiere CS6 and then fix the original clips later in Audition, will those changes to the main audio propagate through to the subclips - or would I have to start over with the improved main audio file and make new subclips again?

       

      thanks (and I'd posted this on the audition forums on the 30th but didn't get much help - thought I'd try here since I'll be using Premiere as well and may just dive in if later corrections can propagate back to the subclips)