SOUND EDITING AND DESIGN FOR THE CUTTING ROOM
Taught by Ralph Jean-Pierre, the Sound Editing and Design for the Cutting Room course is for those interested in taking their sound design skills to the next level. The class focuses on sound editing and design for scripted projects and covers the best tools, techniques, and workflows to create complex, immersive sound design.
Below is everything you’ll need:
If you don’t own Media Composer please install a trial from the download links below so that you are able to follow along. If you have a newer version of Avid that should work fine as well.
Download the media for the class
(If you have trouble opening the media on a Mac try installing The Unarchiver)
This class covers the following, and much more:
Importing Audio
- Properly ingesting audio using Audio Import Settings
- Recording audio using the Audio Punch-in Tool
- Creating tone media with Audio Tool- Syncing audio using Auto Sync
Preparing Your Timeline- Prepping audio in a bin
- Creating Mono and Stereo Tracks- Labeling Tracks
Sound Editing- Understanding the timeline interface, audio settings and tools- Cleaning up audio and dialogue editing techniques
Designing Sound- Using sound effects and music in an avid project
Using Effects and Plug-ins- Learning the AudioSuite, Audio EQ, and the Audio Track Effect Tool
- Using sound effects and music in an avid project
Sound Mixing- Mixing audio with the timeline tools using keyframes, volume, and clip gain
- Using the Audio Mixer
- Setting up a stereo and 5.1 sequence
Outputting Audio- Creating audio mixdowns
- Exporting audio in various formats
- Turning over audio for post sound vendors
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The Instructor
Ralph Jean-Pierre has worked as an editor and assistant editor in digital media, scripted television and film productions for about 6 years. He has worked on projects such as Comedy Central’s Workaholics, CBS’s CSI: Cyber, and Netflix’s Lost in Space. Currently, he is assisting on his first animated feature film for Warner Animation Group. Having worked on multiple formats and projects, Ralph understands the importance and value of the role that an assistant plays in crafting sound to help shape and tell a story. He hopes to share that knowledge and prepare future assistants with the tools necessary to be strong assets on their future projects.