Life Burner

Now, one of the main problems when editing a video, is really quiet audio, now there are programmes out there to really fix up sound like Soundcut pro, or logic pro, but we want a quick fix, in the video editing software were using.

You can boost audio up 12 db in Final cut pro, but that’s your limit, sometimes that just isn’t enough, so how do we raise audio past 12 db?

1. Double click on an audio track, and raise the audio level to 12 db, if this sounds fine, stay here, if you want to raise it past 12 go to step 2.
2. This is a quick and dirty method but it works, Make your already boosted audio into a nested sequence, you can do this by clicking Option + C, or by going to Sequence > Nest Items
3. Name your sequence, your clip will be replaced with a nested sequence.
4. You can then boost your audio again, by holding down “Option” and double clicking the audio track, your now back at #1.
5. repeat this process till you get your desired boost

Remember, that when your filming, to use a boom mic, or even better a stage mic to get the best audio recording.