Workflow for Interviews in Audition - Multitrack vs Waveform and Dynamics Clipping

Question

Hey all, I'm having some issues with trying to get dynamics to work in Adobe Audition and i'm probably doing the wrong thing!

I cut up interview segments in Premiere Pro and export into Audition so my Dialogue track in Audition is compromised of about 20 short audio clips.

My previous workflow was to stay in the Multitrack editor and then use the Essential Sound Panel to Match Loudness and use Dynamics (setting it to about 3.1) and set the audio to 'Vocal Presence'. However, the audio clips as soon as Dynamics is used. I'm not sure how to combat this.

I tried a new workflow that i found here: How To Make Your Voice Sound Better (Secrets Revealed) - YouTube

However, in that tutorial, the Waveform view is used to add the effects, like Normalise etc. The problem for me is, I have about 20 audio clips that compromise that short piece-to-camera interview, so does that mean i need to go through all 20x clips in the waveform manager and add compression, normalise etc. Won't that also mean that all the clips will be different volumes?

I'm still new to audio mixing and i'm so confused! Thank you everyone for your patience!

-Patrick

Bob Howes · Accepted Answer

The Essentials Panel tries to make everything easy, sometimes with the effect that the settings don't work well on everything.

There are a couple of things you can try. First off, in the Essentials Panel, if you scroll right to the bottom, there a volume setting which probably defaults to 0dB. If you turn that down a bit you should be able to take your track out of clipping.

However, OCD type that I am, I prefer a bit more control. If it was me, instead of the Essentials Panel, I'd go to the Effects Rack for your track and select Effects/Amplitude and Compression/Single Band Compressor. In there, try either the Voice Leveler or Voice Over presets (or even Voice Thickener--just listen and see what you like).

On those, the bottom control is "Output Gain". This allows you to control how much gain is added/removed when the effect is applied. Try it out and either turn the gain up or down until you get the levels you want without clipping. As an example, on a normal recording, I tend to add between 4 and 6dB output gain when using Voice Over. However, the exact setting will depend on how loud your originals are.

Hope this helps.

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