Chapter 6
Audio
Introduction
It is said—and I agree—that the best way to improve the quality of a film is to improve the quality of its sound. Yet audio scares many editors—mostly because they don’t understand it. This is a shame, because audio can do so much for video, much more cheaply and easily.
Keep in mind that the most valuable piece of audio mixing equipment is between your ears. When mixing, we need to do more than watch the meters. We need to carefully listen to the audio in our projects to make sure the sound and picture are working together to enhance the story.
In this chapter, we look at the full range of Final Cut audio tools—from ...
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