You know... this is why I don't think I will ever stop going back to basics. After a long time I found myself just feeling good about the audio levels of my content again and this video (which I am sure I saw a couple of years ago also) brought me back to the basics. We adopt bad practices without noticing sometimes. Some people think only big channels can help, but this clearly shows we are all in this together. Thank you Sam. I don't know why you don't have more content. This was and still is great.
I watched many videos about this and you had the best explanation of a limiter so far! Most videos focus on the compressor and then they just mention "just add a limiter on top of that" without much explanation.
You, sir, are a life saver! Last night, I was conducting a video deposition over Zoom and unfortunately the doctor’s audio was lower than the attorneys. Since this is going to trial in 5 days, I was having a small panic attack until I tried your method which has worked a charm. Thank you so much!
Great video! This is a great quick and dirty way of getting a good level. I would say the best approach would be to have a compressor set at 3:1 or 4:1 with a very fast attack and fast release right before the limiter. This is called "sharing the load" which typically gives a more natural result when it comes to gain reduction, as a limiter can easily distort when pushed too hard. That said, you will inevitably use more processing power. For this instance I think you are taking the most efficient approach. Thanks for the tutorial bro!
Yeah great advice! I actually use a compressor for all my dialogue, but you are right that this is more of a quick method to get passable results. I debated even making this since I feel like taking shortcuts is not really a great way to go about things. Better to do it the right way. But this comment was very encouraging that this method might still have some purpose. Thanks!
Brotha this was an absolute joy to watch! Your delivery, cadence, and pace was perfect. I learned something and you’ve gained a new subscriber! Win Win!!! You certainly deserve more subs!!!
wow, you've changed my audio life for the better. So quickly fixed my highs and lows that I used to keyframe before, now it's so easy. Thank you a million.
Great tutorial. Channel EQ paired with this limiter is a big improvement in my audio. I still need to learn more about compression to see what I'm missing vs your techniques. Thank you very much for this video!
This was so much help, I had a whole online course that I had recorded throughout different days and some parts of the voice overs where much louder than others. This fixed my problem completely Thank you very much! ☺️ subscribed.
This is a great tutorial. Still seeing FCPX videos where the audio in the actual video is not that great... this is 3 years old but still much better than all the other recommendations and plugins
Thank you for the amazing tutorial! Definitely helped a lot with the audio processing I needed! This is the first video of yours I've seen and all I have to say is keep up the great work!
yo i keep coming back to this video cause it's to the point, informational, and i need not spend money on some expensive plug in. Thumbs up from me! 👍😌
Thank you. That was quick and a real good help. I like the quality of your video content. First time here. Subbed. I am at the beginning of my channel now after a long pause. Preparing my first clips now in Final Cut. Starting up a channel we don't want to get Audio Professionals I guess so, well, me not, haha. Thus this was an excellent QUICK help. Keep it up. Thx again.
If you have several audio clips under the dialogue, how can you apply the limiter to all clips automatically? Do you have to somehow join or combine the multiple audio (acoustic) segments together?
If the audio was already clipped or distorted during the recording process, the limited cannot fix it. They may also be something causing the volume to increase that is being applied after the limiter. Any audio gain applied after the limiter effect will negate the effect entirely. For example, if you increase the gain by using the gain slider on the clip in the timeline, that will apply gain AFTER the limiter effect. Hopefully that makes sense. Let me know if you figure it out!
@@samueljwalter Fastest reply ever haha.. thanks man!! Yeah I did some tweaking and did notice the clip gain was up so I turned it back down to 0 or below 0 and then used the limiter. I’d say it worked. Weird though how the audio visualizer on the bottom right still tends to show clipping on mastered music, which obviously was already brick-walled prior to throwing it into FCPX. The things that make you go hmmm 🤔
Excellent explanation and excellent post production. I believe the 1.04k subscribers will have a lot more zeros in the future if all of your content is as high quality as this.
Hi! As far as I know the recommended db for music is around -18 but I this limiter won't allow me to lower the volume below -10db. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot
I appreciate it man. Hopefully I can get back to making videos again soon! I don't really have anything to hide, the numbers don't mean much to me at all tbh
I'm totally confused. My FCP project audio runs hotter than suggested here (high green, but not yellow or red), yet when I do an output and make an .mp4 the audio seems too quiet. And what is strange is when I upload the .mp4 to UA-cam, my video plays quieter than other videos, so I'm worried that my audience will have to raise the volume to a high level just to hear the audio. This whole output audio process is maddening because I never know what is a good level for my videos, and how to output them correctly so the audio is normal.
Yeah... it seems like a Limiter is better because if someone is listening with headphones... I just don't want it to go above -6db right? Just don't want to hurt their ears.... whereas compressor could allow the volume to go too high. 🤔 Makes me curious exactly in what situations a compressor really keeps a better sound. Maybe on UA-cam limiter is good enough?
So I use FCP to combine Worship videos I have purchased to make worship sets for our church services. Some of them are mixed much louder than others. As a result when our soft songs are loud enough the loud songs are VERY loud and the the LORd sound are good the soft songs are TO SOFT. Can this limiter work for that, is there a better tool? I am wanting to make it so the distance between the loud end and the soft end is less drastic. thoughts?
Thanks so much, glad it was helpful for you. And gosh, I'm not sure what I could contribute, but I'm down to help out! Always happy to meet a new friend in this space. Blessings!
Hey Sam, I'm learning FCP and I keep a tab open on your channel like Google. Thanks for all the helpful content so far :). I do have one question for you: what's the best way for me to apply the audio limiter to my entire project? Should I compound my entire track and apply the audio limiter to it? Or do I apply it to each individual clip? What about the sound effects and music? Many thanks!!
Hey there, thanks so much for the kind words. I actually have moved on to Davinci Resolve, but I think I can remember enough about FCP to hopefully answer this! There are a few ways you can go about this. You could duplicate your project (to keep the original safe), compound clip your dialogue, music, and SFX into individual groups and apply the effects you want to each. You can also copy and paste effects across multiple clips if you want to avoid compound clips. In Davinci, you can place specific audio on individual tracks and apply effects to the the tracks, not sure if Final Cut has anything like that or not, but hopefully that helps!
You certainly could, although it would give you a slightly different result. You could try getting your audio levels close to where you want them, compound clip all the layers together, then apply a limiter overtop the compounded clip. If you try this, I'd be interested to see how it turns out! I personally just use the limiter for my dialogue and then set the volume of the music/SFX's accordingly.
3 years later, this video is STILL providing value! Thanks Sam!
just watched today myself...1st time. Thanks Sam!
You know... this is why I don't think I will ever stop going back to basics. After a long time I found myself just feeling good about the audio levels of my content again and this video (which I am sure I saw a couple of years ago also) brought me back to the basics. We adopt bad practices without noticing sometimes. Some people think only big channels can help, but this clearly shows we are all in this together. Thank you Sam. I don't know why you don't have more content. This was and still is great.
I watched many videos about this and you had the best explanation of a limiter so far! Most videos focus on the compressor and then they just mention "just add a limiter on top of that" without much explanation.
Two years later, this was so helpful! I'm having mic issues that are super annoying. Thank you!
You, sir, are a life saver! Last night, I was conducting a video deposition over Zoom and unfortunately the doctor’s audio was lower than the attorneys. Since this is going to trial in 5 days, I was having a small panic attack until I tried your method which has worked a charm. Thank you so much!
Great video! This is a great quick and dirty way of getting a good level. I would say the best approach would be to have a compressor set at 3:1 or 4:1 with a very fast attack and fast release right before the limiter. This is called "sharing the load" which typically gives a more natural result when it comes to gain reduction, as a limiter can easily distort when pushed too hard. That said, you will inevitably use more processing power. For this instance I think you are taking the most efficient approach. Thanks for the tutorial bro!
Yeah great advice! I actually use a compressor for all my dialogue, but you are right that this is more of a quick method to get passable results.
I debated even making this since I feel like taking shortcuts is not really a great way to go about things. Better to do it the right way. But this comment was very encouraging that this method might still have some purpose. Thanks!
Brotha this was an absolute joy to watch! Your delivery, cadence, and pace was perfect. I learned something and you’ve gained a new subscriber! Win Win!!! You certainly deserve more subs!!!
Thanks so much! Hoping to serve up some more content soon!
New Final Cut Pro user like me try to find many tutorial to make my audio louder but none of them help. This one save me😭 Thank you so much !
Found this video when trying to research stuff for my own videos! Extremely helpful! TYSM
wow, you've changed my audio life for the better. So quickly fixed my highs and lows that I used to keyframe before, now it's so easy. Thank you a million.
Same for me... I was key-framing to fix them manually before!
You have no idea how much I appreciated this video. It helped me quickly add some great audio to a video presentation. Thank you!
I’m On my way To give you a hug.. where are you right now! This just saved me hours of time…. Thank you!!
Thank you soooo much !
Great tutorial. Channel EQ paired with this limiter is a big improvement in my audio. I still need to learn more about compression to see what I'm missing vs your techniques. Thank you very much for this video!
watched this in 2021 lost the video and finally found it again still one of the moat helpful videos ive ever found!
Probably the coolest video intro on UA-cam I have ever seen.
Love the production value of this video. Amazing work- even with all that background noise, you demonstrated the limiter perfectly. Subscribed
Much appreciated!
Wow this is great. I've avoided the limiter because I didn't understand how to use it. Now I do and like the results.
This was so much help, I had a whole online course that I had recorded throughout different days and some parts of the voice overs where much louder than others. This fixed my problem completely Thank you very much! ☺️ subscribed.
Thanks for the kind words! Glad I could help!
Awesome video! Thank you!
Great video, super helpful, great explanation, and this is the first time I see an outdoors FC tutorial XD. I liked that a lot!
This is a great tutorial. Still seeing FCPX videos where the audio in the actual video is not that great... this is 3 years old but still much better than all the other recommendations and plugins
Excellent video, very clear instructions with high quality content.
This has saved me hours from adjusting each clips gain knob manually.
i hope you do this for a living because youre awesome!
Great video!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
BRO! You got some real skill creating videos. Much respect from a fellow creator.
And he's back 🔥 🤜
Romeo Goodvibes glad to be back. Already working on another one!
@@samueljwalter great!! am looking forward for it
this is the best video on the topic! the technique can not only be applied to video processing, but also music production
Thank you for the amazing tutorial! Definitely helped a lot with the audio processing I needed! This is the first video of yours I've seen and all I have to say is keep up the great work!
Thanks so much! Really glad it helped. Im still trying to figure out this whole consistency thing, but I've got another one in the works right now!
after & years my podcast listeners will love you
yo i keep coming back to this video cause it's to the point, informational, and i need not spend money on some expensive plug in. Thumbs up from me! 👍😌
Thanks bro I use your technique since you uploaded, 2 years now
This sounds so great, was testing everything but this is wonderful, you are awesome! Thanks so much!
Such a great video, thank you!! Easy to understand, concise and informative!
Thanks my g
Bro you should have like a gazillion subs, your videos are incredible! Thank you for this!!
hey thanks so much, more on the way hopefully!
Awesome! I learned soemthing very useful today! Thanks!
This advice saved me big time this afternoon! Many, many thanks!
SUBBED! great video and it's only a matter of short time till this channel blow up.
Hey thanks! I should probably get to making videos again so that can happen!
was super concerned for your laptop balancing on your lap near water the whole time 😂 ty for the explanation!
well, you are smarter than me because I actually fried it after this shoot! haha
Your parents should be proud. Nice job!
My dad always said he wanted a son who knew how to use Final Cut's limiter filter.
I am shocked at your sub count. Super good video, love the content and quality. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you. That was quick and a real good help. I like the quality of your video content. First time here. Subbed. I am at the beginning of my channel now after a long pause. Preparing my first clips now in Final Cut. Starting up a channel we don't want to get Audio Professionals I guess so, well, me not, haha. Thus this was an excellent QUICK help. Keep it up. Thx again.
Thanks so much! Glad you found it useful!
Great vid! Thanks!
If you have several audio clips under the dialogue, how can you apply the limiter to all clips automatically? Do you have to somehow join or combine the multiple audio (acoustic) segments together?
did you figure this out?
I have the same question as you!
Awesome! Thank you. Very well explained and helpful. Makes a huge difference in my audio. 🙏
I'm in WS too! Great video.
appreciate this video☺️
Thank you Sam, great tutorial
Yooo I live in Winston too! Awesome video brother
Oh sick! Always enjoy knowing about creatives in the 336! I’ll have to sub 👀
This was an excellent video! You should keep at this - you're really good!!
Thank you! Will do another soon I promise!
Excellent info. Very clear, concise and exactly what I was looking for Subscribed.
where have you been all my life - this is amazing
You saved my life ! THANK YOU SO MUCH... So easy and clear
Glad it helped!
This is helpful! Thank you!!
Any idea what to do if the audio still peaks, redlines and pops even after applying the limiter? Makes no sense!
If the audio was already clipped or distorted during the recording process, the limited cannot fix it. They may also be something causing the volume to increase that is being applied after the limiter. Any audio gain applied after the limiter effect will negate the effect entirely. For example, if you increase the gain by using the gain slider on the clip in the timeline, that will apply gain AFTER the limiter effect. Hopefully that makes sense. Let me know if you figure it out!
@@samueljwalter Fastest reply ever haha.. thanks man!! Yeah I did some tweaking and did notice the clip gain was up so I turned it back down to 0 or below 0 and then used the limiter. I’d say it worked. Weird though how the audio visualizer on the bottom right still tends to show clipping on mastered music, which obviously was already brick-walled prior to throwing it into FCPX. The things that make you go hmmm 🤔
Thanks a million
Thank you! This helped a ton!
Mikey Junior's UA-cam Adventures glad I could help!
Wow, this helped me a lot. I was able to enhance audio quality.
loved it man! thanks for sharing your experience!
Brilliant this is a fantastic video
Thanks, appreciate it! More on the way!
well explained, i was searching for more
Gold! Thank you my dude.
U have insane potential on UA-cam
Thanks so much, I appreciate that!
Well explained. You earned yourself a subscriber. Thanks for this
Hey thanks! I’m actually on the middle of transitioning to a new full time job that will give me more personal time to make videos. More on the way!
Looking forward to it. I can see you being one of my go to channels for FCP tutorials and your production is so good. Good luck with your new job
Love your videos!!
Nice one, thanks a lot!
Subscribed! Love the video.
Hey thanks so much!
Excellent explanation and excellent post production. I believe the 1.04k subscribers will have a lot more zeros in the future if all of your content is as high quality as this.
Great help, great tutorial, thanks much!
Great video thank you
awesome tutorial
Thank you so much
This was really solid. Surprised you aren't at 10k + subs
Thanks! Maybe one day!
Hey Sam, this is super helpful thank you so much for sharing it! Great work!!
Glad it could help! Thanks for watching!
hey man thanks for the excellent clear tutorial :) !
Hi! As far as I know the recommended db for music is around -18 but I this limiter won't allow me to lower the volume below -10db. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot
You're too good for only 609 subs. (A tip: hide your subs number till it reaches 1000. People tend to "follow" other people)
I appreciate it man. Hopefully I can get back to making videos again soon! I don't really have anything to hide, the numbers don't mean much to me at all tbh
I'm totally confused. My FCP project audio runs hotter than suggested here (high green, but not yellow or red), yet when I do an output and make an .mp4 the audio seems too quiet. And what is strange is when I upload the .mp4 to UA-cam, my video plays quieter than other videos, so I'm worried that my audience will have to raise the volume to a high level just to hear the audio. This whole output audio process is maddening because I never know what is a good level for my videos, and how to output them correctly so the audio is normal.
Yeah... it seems like a Limiter is better because if someone is listening with headphones... I just don't want it to go above -6db right? Just don't want to hurt their ears.... whereas compressor could allow the volume to go too high. 🤔 Makes me curious exactly in what situations a compressor really keeps a better sound. Maybe on UA-cam limiter is good enough?
Really helpful! don't stop making videos.
Thanks, more to come!
So I use FCP to combine Worship videos I have purchased to make worship sets for our church services. Some of them are mixed much louder than others. As a result when our soft songs are loud enough the loud songs are VERY loud and the the LORd sound are good the soft songs are TO SOFT. Can this limiter work for that, is there a better tool? I am wanting to make it so the distance between the loud end and the soft end is less drastic. thoughts?
Thank you!!
thank you so much for making this video😭 you're the best!!!
You are so welcome!
Good tutorial. Give me the right info I needed to tweet my audio. Thanks Sam. PS Would you every want to appear on my livestream?
Thanks so much, glad it was helpful for you. And gosh, I'm not sure what I could contribute, but I'm down to help out! Always happy to meet a new friend in this space. Blessings!
thank you for the tutorial. very helpful!
Glad I could help, thanks for watching!
wow thanks os much!!!
Good stuff mate. Appreciate it.
Great content, you are a natural. You should keep making more videos
Hey, thanks! I definitely want to again soon.
You have great content quality. I wish you’d continue making videos.
Thank you! Working on it!
I subbed hoping you will continue to upload videos soon! This was an amazing tutorial!
Thanks for the help! And nicely edited video.
Thank you, glad it helped!
Really helpful stuff my man. I appreciate the content✊🏼
Appreciate it!
Does this tool also boost up quiet parts of the audio to what you set the gain to?
Hey Sam, I'm learning FCP and I keep a tab open on your channel like Google. Thanks for all the helpful content so far :).
I do have one question for you: what's the best way for me to apply the audio limiter to my entire project? Should I compound my entire track and apply the audio limiter to it? Or do I apply it to each individual clip? What about the sound effects and music? Many thanks!!
Hey there, thanks so much for the kind words. I actually have moved on to Davinci Resolve, but I think I can remember enough about FCP to hopefully answer this!
There are a few ways you can go about this. You could duplicate your project (to keep the original safe), compound clip your dialogue, music, and SFX into individual groups and apply the effects you want to each. You can also copy and paste effects across multiple clips if you want to avoid compound clips. In Davinci, you can place specific audio on individual tracks and apply effects to the the tracks, not sure if Final Cut has anything like that or not, but hopefully that helps!
Nice explanation and overall video. I liked your idea to go on location to describe the tool…more please!
Working on a script now!
ouu thanks. btw nice video. i like to do some tutorial work inside of nature. it is really nice. continue making those videos
Thank you, I will!
beautiful video
hi what lavalier microphone did you use for this video? many thanks
I used the rode smartlav+ with a TRRS to TRS adapter to make it work with the rode wireless go
would you apply the same limiter settings if you are combining sounds on one clip an music on other?
You certainly could, although it would give you a slightly different result. You could try getting your audio levels close to where you want them, compound clip all the layers together, then apply a limiter overtop the compounded clip. If you try this, I'd be interested to see how it turns out! I personally just use the limiter for my dialogue and then set the volume of the music/SFX's accordingly.
@@samueljwalter thank u for ur feedback. Appreciated it