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Adjusting Level and Pan in the Audio Mixer Tool
10. Continue adjusting audio level and pan for each of the four remaining
interview segments on A1 and A2.
Remember to do the following:
 Address any poor audio traits (echoey, muffled, too quiet) by bring-
ing down the level of the inferior audio tracks to the bottom (nega-
tive infinity)
 Pan the audio to the middle (MID).
 Set your audio level to peak within the range of -20 dB to -14 dB
(analog) or 0 dB to +6 dB (digital).
 Any global adjustments you want to make (for example, panning the
audio to MID) can be done using Audio Mixer Fast menu selections.
11. Now, deselect A1 and A2, and select A3 and A4.
12. Unsolo A1 and A2, and solo A3 and A4.
13. Gang the tracks on A3 and A4 because you will always be adjusting
them in unison.
A3 and A4 contain the music for this sequence.
14. Proceed to adjust the three music audio segments as you adjusted the
interview audio.
Remember, even though the music level will be brought down signifi-
cantly when someone is speaking, you still want to ensure that the
base audio levels peak in the “normal” areas so they are clearly heard
when no one is speaking.
15. When you are pleased with the audio levels of the music segments,
unsolo A3 and A4. You will adjust the audio in these segments in the
next exercise.
Using Add Edits to Split an Audio Segment
If you want to change a level or pan in a portion of a segment, you can do
so with Add Edits. (The other way to do this is to use keyframes, which
you’ll learn later in this chapter.)
To define an audio segment with Add Edits:
1. Select the audio tracks you want the Add Edit to cover.
2. Place the position indicator at the desired location, and click the Add
Edit button
for each place that you want the change in level or
pan to occur.
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