If you want to level up your editing skills with Final Cut Pro, check out my video editing course "Rough Cut to Final Cut" where I'll share literally everything I know to help you become a true Final Cut Pro: learnfinalcutpro.com
BAHA! once you did your Super Stretch arms from that wide angle lens... i couldn't UN See it in every shot after on that angle. LMAO!!! As Always... you got me laughin' while i'm learnin' - almost don't even realize we're learning techie stuff w/ FCPX Everyone watching this video -- Wait For it... Your Finale ... BAAAAA!!!! Literally... Laughed OUT Loud! THANKS @Tom Buck !
This is the perfect piece of information any new videographer should take into consideration. As awesome as crispy, clean and well shot footage can be, with some extra audio effects it can transform your work into art! Really enjoyed this one
I don't comment on videos ever, but you are great. Thank you for this tutorial and for your interesting videos. Just enough humor, but very informative. Impressive work; keep it up!
Thanks, again. We use audio from our videos to produce our podcasts, so it is pretty important that it sounds as good as we can make it. That’s why I am trying to learn more about audio (after all these years of ignoring it as we’ve been recording music). Since I am responsible for producing and editing the videos, I knew that I need to step up my game in this area. I didn’t know about key frames and ranges, so this is especially helpful. 🙌🏾
I’m so glad it helped! Of course there’s a lot more you can dive into than just these things, but I’ve found these tips to be the most simple/helpful. 👍
Tom, I love it. I literally just switched to FCPX and was wondering and playing around with audio all last night. Glad you came out with this video! :)
@@tombuck BAHA!! Me Too! I was like... uh.... Excuse Me Super Fan! ?? And was suddenly a defender of HEather... until... i realized... Ooooooooh! Right! cool. cool.
Just a quick tip for those watching. I totally agree with Tom on dropping the volume for background music but another work around is scooping the mids out of the song as well. This leaves room for dialogue and often fills up the rest of the frequency bandwidth nicely! I can usually drop my music down -15 to -20 as long as I scoop some mids by 6-8db, making a smiley face in the eq. Give it a try!
@@tombuck Is there any way that I can reach out to you personally? Messenger? WhatsApp? I have some doubts to clarify. Would really appreciate. Thank you.
Thanks for this! I’m learning Final Cut Pro so I can put together guitar lesson videos, and this is just what I needed to help get started learning how to adjust audio.
As you have great lighting and you don’t use an external mouse you could consider covering your desk with felt to stop your voice bouncing off your desk.
Tom, where have you been all my life? Dude I absolutely love how you teach. I’ve been sitting here for the past 2 hours just watching your videos. I’m a UA-cam junkie! I admit. I have to be honest, my lack of skill when it comes to editing is the story telling & how to create the edit not editing it’s self. I do a lot of vacation video with my family. I’m the guy that always walks around with all the equipment filming everything. Then when I get home & throw it all on the computer. I my worst critic, so I fight myself on should or shouldn’t this clip be in this location or should I move it down the timeline. I would absolutely love if you could show us “what goes through the mind of an editor & how you choose to put what, where within the timeline to tell a story” basically tapping into the mind of an editor while putting a short 3min video together. Thanks again Tom & I’m a sub’d to your channel & a raving fan! Take care buddy & thanks again for all your doing to share your knowledge.
If your close to Philadelphia, South Jersey. Can I pay you to do some one n one classes? I’m open to even doing a zoom meeting if your long distance. I really need to learn this & understand this aspect of the editing thoroughly.
Oh wow! I'm honored that you're liking my channel so much! Thanks for the kind words. I feel your pain 100% and have spent many years as the person filming everything only to end up with no idea of what to do with all the footage. Between work and UA-cam, my schedule is pretty booked, but feel free to send me an email (tom@enthusiasmproject.com) if there's anything I can help with.
When a video is uploaded to UA-cam, do they adjust audio levels for the video to normalize audio for their format? Is there a reason they don't allow users to adjust audio in UA-cam Studio after upload?
I think they do some sort of EQ, but don’t know exactly what. MKBHD recently did a really cool video experiment on the video compression they use. Idon’t know if there’s a reason for not being able to adjust afterwards though...
Could you make a video about how to make the slowed down effect for a hit of a song where the video will go into slo mo too then speeds ramp back up? I see this a lot in workout videos
This is a fun/interesting idea! My friend Peter made a video about speed ramps in Final Cut Pro, which is a huge part of the technique: ua-cam.com/video/5vc1X1ykuyQ/v-deo.html From there, you can slow and/or pitch down the audio to get that bassy-timestop effect.
i just found your very fine channel. thank you for the effort and the sharing. as a fcp newb, how would i normalize my final audio to −24 LUFS which is the standard level for broadcast. does fcp have a normalization preset? thanks in advance for any info you can share. thumbs up.
Hey there! You can add an equalizer/limiter (found in the audio effects menu near the video effect layers) before exporting. You can either creat a compound clip off all your audio to add it once, or create a preset once you have the settings you like. Then just select all your audio and double click the preset to apply it to all of them. 👍
Awesome video thanks for that shortcut cause I always wondered how to get those up but didn’t know how but now I learned in this video keep up the awesome work these helpful tips are very helpful
The Enthusiasm Project yes they are .. glad I found your channel to learn cause I notice in my video I be like the background music is still too loud with my dialogue talking but now learned to adjust the proper way watching your content great helpful tips
The Enthusiasm Project yes sir I saw it watched it like 3 times and but you with the subscribe also been learning a lot from you and really helps out videos are very educational
Great video Tom - I am fairly new to FCPX. I record 2-3 vids a month for UA-cam and now edit using this software. The videos you create are very useful and also very user friendly to the inexperienced, so thank you. There is a phrase I often hear but don’t fully understand. That is when people talk about “mastering to 24 LUFS” which I believe is the optimum loudness level for UA-cam. Is there a preset setting on FCPX to allow me to do this....?
Great question! You can see your audio settings on the export screen, but even before that, if you click on your audio clip in the timeline and then open the Audio Inspector, you'll see "stereo" or "mono" above the waveform in the sidebar. You can choose new options there too (sometimes I'll make stereo tracks "dual mono" if something doesn't sound right).
I record and edit my audio in GarageBand and then import to fcpx after I’ve EQ’d, compressed, processed it etc. it seems to work a treat. Especially because GarageBand offers lots more control over audio. Anyone else do this?!
I can never get my audio right it’s a nightmare and I have no idea what to do. I’ve reached out to everyone and everywhere I can and nothing helps whatsoever.
Audio is just as complex as video. The best thing to do is practice over and over again while learning to use whatever equipment you have to its fullest potential.
If you want to level up your editing skills with Final Cut Pro, check out my video editing course "Rough Cut to Final Cut" where I'll share literally everything I know to help you become a true Final Cut Pro: learnfinalcutpro.com
Holding Command(CMD) while dragging the audio volume up or down while on the Timeline will make the adjusting more precise
🤯🤯 THANK YOU
Honestly, you have made my "audio" editing life easier! Many thanks.
I'm really happy to hear that!
BAHA! once you did your Super Stretch arms from that wide angle lens... i couldn't UN See it in every shot after on that angle.
LMAO!!! As Always... you got me laughin' while i'm learnin' - almost don't even realize we're learning techie stuff w/ FCPX
Everyone watching this video --
Wait For it...
Your Finale ...
BAAAAA!!!!
Literally... Laughed OUT Loud!
THANKS @Tom Buck !
"Laughin' while Learnin" - I like it 😁
This is the perfect piece of information any new videographer should take into consideration. As awesome as crispy, clean and well shot footage can be, with some extra audio effects it can transform your work into art! Really enjoyed this one
Audio is so underrated, but incredibly important. Same with lighting....
I don't comment on videos ever, but you are great. Thank you for this tutorial and for your interesting videos. Just enough humor, but very informative. Impressive work; keep it up!
Wow, thank you! I feel really honored to hear that.
Thanks, again. We use audio from our videos to produce our podcasts, so it is pretty important that it sounds as good as we can make it. That’s why I am trying to learn more about audio (after all these years of ignoring it as we’ve been recording music). Since I am responsible for producing and editing the videos, I knew that I need to step up my game in this area. I didn’t know about key frames and ranges, so this is especially helpful. 🙌🏾
I’m so glad it helped! Of course there’s a lot more you can dive into than just these things, but I’ve found these tips to be the most simple/helpful. 👍
@@tombuck Well, we appreciate all that you are sharing with those of us just a few steps behind you! :)
Tom, I love it. I literally just switched to FCPX and was wondering and playing around with audio all last night. Glad you came out with this video! :)
I got your back, don’t worry 👊
you taught me about audio meters. THANKS BABE 😘
I read the comment before looking at the username and was confused.
I was going to say wow, your fans are REALLY friendly 😂😂
@@tombuck BAHA!! Me Too!
I was like... uh.... Excuse Me Super Fan! ??
And was suddenly a defender of HEather... until... i realized...
Ooooooooh! Right! cool. cool.
A topic i’m passionate about! Audio is half the video! Preach it Tom!
Haha, I thought about you specifically when making this.
The Enthusiasm Project btw, I never knew the audio meters were available until you mentioned it on a previous video you did. Life = Changed!
Just a quick tip for those watching. I totally agree with Tom on dropping the volume for background music but another work around is scooping the mids out of the song as well. This leaves room for dialogue and often fills up the rest of the frequency bandwidth nicely! I can usually drop my music down -15 to -20 as long as I scoop some mids by 6-8db, making a smiley face in the eq. Give it a try!
Tom I just love your videos. the way you explain stuff and throw the details out. it's just amazing. Thank you for your efforts.
You’re welcome! Thank you for the kind words of encouragement!
@@tombuck Is there any way that I can reach out to you personally? Messenger? WhatsApp? I have some doubts to clarify. Would really appreciate. Thank you.
I can tell you are a teacher, well explained and easy to understand. keep up the good work!
Ha, thank you very much! 😎
Using the range tool for keyframes is going to be a game changer for me! Thanks for this video :)
You’re absolutely welcome- I use it in every video 👍
Looking for some quick tips and saw the name change! Keep killing it!
Excellent and clear tutorials as always. I appreciate your tips for using Final Cut Pro. Great work Tom!
I’m really happytohear that! 😁
Thanks for this! I’m learning Final Cut Pro so I can put together guitar lesson videos, and this is just what I needed to help get started learning how to adjust audio.
Fantastic! Final Cut is really terrific, hopefully you enjoy it!
SOOOO helpful thank you so much
I am just halfway through the tutorial and already got so much value and clear guidance out of it! thank you so much, Tom, my fellow UA-camr! xPeggy
I love it- thank you for all the kind words Peggy!
Very Helpful. Thanks
Thanks, this was a timely video for me
I'm happy to hear that! Audio is so easy to overlook and Final Cut has some super powerful tools!
Super helpful, thank you, sir!
You're welcome!
Thanks a lot for making this tutorial. I like your work it’s all clean and simple.
Glad to hear it was helpful 👍
Very helpful video, thanks Tom
Glad it helped!
As you have great lighting and you don’t use an external mouse you could consider covering your desk with felt to stop your voice bouncing off your desk.
Probably one of the best videos I’ve watched as a tutorial
I’m so glad to hear it! 👍
I have learned a lot from you Thanks.
I’m really happy to hear that!
Tom, where have you been all my life? Dude I absolutely love how you teach. I’ve been sitting here for the past 2 hours just watching your videos. I’m a UA-cam junkie! I admit. I have to be honest, my lack of skill when it comes to editing is the story telling & how to create the edit not editing it’s self. I do a lot of vacation video with my family. I’m the guy that always walks around with all the equipment filming everything. Then when I get home & throw it all on the computer. I my worst critic, so I fight myself on should or shouldn’t this clip be in this location or should I move it down the timeline. I would absolutely love if you could show us “what goes through the mind of an editor & how you choose to put what, where within the timeline to tell a story” basically tapping into the mind of an editor while putting a short 3min video together. Thanks again Tom & I’m a sub’d to your channel & a raving fan! Take care buddy & thanks again for all your doing to share your knowledge.
If your close to Philadelphia, South Jersey. Can I pay you to do some one n one classes? I’m open to even doing a zoom meeting if your long distance. I really need to learn this & understand this aspect of the editing thoroughly.
Oh wow! I'm honored that you're liking my channel so much! Thanks for the kind words. I feel your pain 100% and have spent many years as the person filming everything only to end up with no idea of what to do with all the footage.
Between work and UA-cam, my schedule is pretty booked, but feel free to send me an email (tom@enthusiasmproject.com) if there's anything I can help with.
The Enthusiasm Project will do! 👍
Love your vids bro! Easy to watch, great insights. Keep ‘em coming! 👊
Thanks Andrew!
Just what I needed! Thanks
Useful ...thanks you
Thanks you!!!!! Hello from Jakarta
You're welcome from California!
This video is so well edited and great info. Thanks man
Thanks
When a video is uploaded to UA-cam, do they adjust audio levels for the video to normalize audio for their format? Is there a reason they don't allow users to adjust audio in UA-cam Studio after upload?
I think they do some sort of EQ, but don’t know exactly what. MKBHD recently did a really cool video experiment on the video compression they use. Idon’t know if there’s a reason for not being able to adjust afterwards though...
Such a useful video thanks
I’m really glad it helped! Audio is so often overlooked.
Hey man, thank you so much. Such good information, really helped me a lot. Thank you.
I’m so glad! Audio is an endless world to dive into, and it all makes such a difference.
2:06 - OMG yes....same in Logic Pro X! So frustrating. Great video!
I’ve had nightmares about it.
Could you make a video about how to make the slowed down effect for a hit of a song where the video will go into slo mo too then speeds ramp back up? I see this a lot in workout videos
This is a fun/interesting idea! My friend Peter made a video about speed ramps in Final Cut Pro, which is a huge part of the technique: ua-cam.com/video/5vc1X1ykuyQ/v-deo.html
From there, you can slow and/or pitch down the audio to get that bassy-timestop effect.
this video really helped me especially being a beginner. thanks
You’re welcome!
Great insights
need a pro version of this with more audio refining
Merci beaucoup mon ami 🙏
Great tips! I use different editing software, but a lot of these tips still apply.
That’s great to hear! I’m glad it helped 😎
Thanks for the audio tips I have been adding audio keyframes individually! 😧
I did a video in Scooped Mids, which is also a fun trick if you use background music with dialogue 👍
I always struggle with getting the sound right. Great tips!
Thanks!
You're too kind, thank you! 🙏
Keep it up bro! 😎 👍
Thank you!
i just found your very fine channel. thank you for the effort and the sharing. as a fcp newb, how would i normalize my final audio to −24 LUFS which is the standard level for broadcast. does fcp have a normalization preset? thanks in advance for any info you can share. thumbs up.
Hey there! You can add an equalizer/limiter (found in the audio effects menu near the video effect layers) before exporting. You can either creat a compound clip off all your audio to add it once, or create a preset once you have the settings you like. Then just select all your audio and double click the preset to apply it to all of them. 👍
I'm having a hard time reducing background noise even after using denoise and analysing and reduce noise. Premieres denoise is way better. Any ideas?
You may be able to find a denoise plugin to help?
Awesome video thanks for that shortcut cause I always wondered how to get those up but didn’t know how but now I learned in this video keep up the awesome work these helpful tips are very helpful
They’re a lifesaver! 💡
The Enthusiasm Project yes they are .. glad I found your channel to learn cause I notice in my video I be like the background music is still too loud with my dialogue talking but now learned to adjust the proper way watching your content great helpful tips
Nice! Glad it helps. I made a video about “scooping mids,” which is very helpful for background music.
The Enthusiasm Project yes sir I saw it watched it like 3 times and but you with the subscribe also been learning a lot from you and really helps out videos are very educational
Great video Tom - I am fairly new to FCPX. I record 2-3 vids a month for UA-cam and now edit using this software. The videos you create are very useful and also very user friendly to the inexperienced, so thank you. There is a phrase I often hear but don’t fully understand. That is when people talk about “mastering to 24 LUFS” which I believe is the optimum loudness level for UA-cam. Is there a preset setting on FCPX to allow me to do this....?
How do you know that video that was shared or compressed is in stereo? Not mono. Thanks
Great question! You can see your audio settings on the export screen, but even before that, if you click on your audio clip in the timeline and then open the Audio Inspector, you'll see "stereo" or "mono" above the waveform in the sidebar. You can choose new options there too (sometimes I'll make stereo tracks "dual mono" if something doesn't sound right).
@@tombuck Thank you for replying. I will try to this options. Thanks
Hi, Tom, great video! What exact microphone did you use for this video? I didn't see one near you. Thank you. One of the best!
This was the Rode VideoMic Pro Plus, but I think the Videomic NTG is better overall.
Thank you so much!
Great tips, man! Thanks so much. SUBBED!
AWESOME!!! Thank you greatly!!! :))))
Great video, some suoper tips here!
0:45 nice wide-angle lens! which one is that?
It's the Canon 16-35 f4 👍
Great Video. can you please make a video about basic processing audio to bringt it to -16 lufs?
That’s a great idea! I’ll add it to my list 👍
Great overview! Exactly what I was looking for. You can save all those settings as a Preset?
Yes, once they’re dialed in your can save them.
@@tombuck do you know how to get around how the dual mono option disables most of the audio editing features?
Actually I think I figured it out... without even having FCP 😜
Range tool was a good tips. I didn’t ever use that.
Definitely. I find myself using it constantly 👍
I record and edit my audio in GarageBand and then import to fcpx after I’ve EQ’d, compressed, processed it etc. it seems to work a treat. Especially because GarageBand offers lots more control over audio. Anyone else do this?!
Do ever normalized your dialogue audio? If so, at what db?
Typically -16bB, but sometimes I'm a rebel and do -12.
@@tombuck thank you
@@tombuck I also just subscribe to your channel!
I can never get my audio right it’s a nightmare and I have no idea what to do. I’ve reached out to everyone and everywhere I can and nothing helps whatsoever.
Audio is just as complex as video. The best thing to do is practice over and over again while learning to use whatever equipment you have to its fullest potential.
8:54 killed me hahahhahahaha. Please dont do that ever again!! ahhhhahahhahahahhaha
"...my natural...beautiful voice." 😂
I see nothing funny about this? 😬