Chapter 9
Sound Matters
In this chapter, I concentrate on one of the most important aspects of an editor’s life, and it’s strangely not the vision. Whereas the eye can be very forgiving about what it sees, the ear is always supercritical of what it hears, which means we just have to get the sound right.
Stranger still, you’re about to find out that audio throws up many more fiddly, technical issues than video.
The reason for this is that video, including its levels, content, and technical range, is largely handled by the software. With audio you have the ability to mix different sources together that can sound absolutely dreadful, be technically ...
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