Premiere Pro Guru: Audio Workflow and the Essential Sound Panel

Work effectively with the Essential Sound panel in Adobe Premiere Pro. Learn various methods for mixing audio, addressing problems, and enhancing tracks for a polished finish.

Introduction

• Course overview: Audio essentials
• What you should know before watching this course
• Exercise files

1. Basics of Audio

• Audio in Premiere Pro CC
• Audio sampling rate
• Waveforms
• Audio levels: Gain and conforming
• Using the Essential Sound panel: Loudness and dynamics

2. Mixing Audio

• Best practices for mixing: What to listen for
• Using audio transitions
• Using keyframes
• Using the Audio Clip/Track Mixer
• Ducking
• Clip volume

3. Repairing Audio

• Reduce noise, rumble, and hum
• DeEsser
• Reduce reverb
• Using EQ to clean up audio
• Noise gate

4. Enhance Your Audio

• Clarity
• Using EQ to enhance audio
• Vocal Enhancer
• Adding reverb to enhance audio

5. Legalizing Levels for Broadcast

• Why legalize?
• Multiband compressor
• Checking the final level of your work: Loudness Radar

Conclusion

• Goodbye