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Sounds Good

Enhancing and Troubleshooting Audio

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Audio provides more than 70 percent of the experience when watching a video or movie. If the picture is less than perfect but the audio is clear, people will watch. Conversely, if the audio is poor and the picture is great, they’ll get weary of fighting to hear and give up.

In this chapter, we’ll show you how to clean up poor audio, make sure your levels are balanced, and teach you how to build a soundstage with the panning controls.

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