Status

Available

Released

Jun 26th, 2009

Soundbooth is an amazing application for creating and mastering perfect movie soundtracks. This tutorial shows you important tips & tricks that let you hit the ground running with Soundbooth CS4.

In this tutorial you'll learn important workflow techniques for making pro-audio using Soundbooth CS4. The tutorial begins by introducing you to important system setup tricks so you can be sure the audio you're recording - and monitoring - sounds exactly like it should. Once you're system is set-up and ready to go, you'll next learn all the skills you need to record, edit, trim, fade, effect, and mix pro-level music and scores for your video productions.

This tutorial goes into detail on using all of Soundbooth's editing windows, including the Spectral Frequency Editor, to analyze and repair sound. For example, if your dialog was recorded with a low-quality mic, you'll learn how to remove the noise, compress the vocal, and make the audio sound like it was recorded on a Hollywood soundstage.

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• Core Soundbooth CS4
• 1: Intro to Soundbooth CS4
• 03:08
  01. Introduction
• 04:26
  02. Basic Preferences
• 03:02
  03. Audio Hardware Preferences
• 02:40
  04. Media and Metadata Preferences
• 04:03
  05. The CTI and Spectral Frequency Display
• 05:27
  06. Working in the Waveform View
• 05:46
  07. Level Meters
• 04:13
  08. Supported File Types in Soundbooth
• 03:55
  09. Navigating with Workspaces
• 03:23
  10. Working with Panels and Saving Custom Workspaces
• 02:29
  11. Basic Recording
• 2: Soundfile Editing
• 05:05
  12. Trimming
• 03:44
  13. Adjusting Volume Levels
• 05:05
  14. Adjusting Volume with Apply Hard Limit
• 02:37
  15. Opening Files with Bridge
• 03:25
  16. Applying Fades with Fade In and Fade Out
• 07:01
  17. Applying and Controlling Fades
• 05:26
  18. Changing Volume with Keyframes
• 03:47
  19. Editing Keyframes
• 02:43
  20. Adjusting Volume with the Floating Palette
• 05:20
  21. Combining Soundfiles with Mix Paste
• 3: Working with Multitrack Projects
• 03:46
  22. Starting a Multitrack Project
• 02:17
  23. Adding Tracks to an Existing Multitrack Project
• 03:42
  24. Multitrack Project Control and Tools
• 04:19
  25. Muting and Soloing
• 04:25
  26. Trimming and Fading
• 06:13
  27. Keyframing
• 05:29
  28. Replacing and Moving Tracks
• 04:14
  29. Internal Edits
• 02:51
  30. Finalizing the Two-Track Mix
• 4: Mixing Multiple Stems in a Multitrack Project
• 04:05
  31. Naming Tracks
• 03:29
  32. Balancing Tracks
• 06:03
  33. Finalizing the Mix
• 5: Spectral Frequency Editing
• 04:33
  34. Importing Video Clips
• 05:23
  35. Understanding the Spectral Frequency Display
• 05:10
  36. Display Settings and Selection Tools
• 04:39
  37. Zooming and Selecting a Range of Frequencies
• 05:41
  38. Working with Frequency Selections
• 06:06
  39. Auto-Healing and its Limitations
• 03:16
  40. Auto-Healing Combined with Mix Paste
• 04:28
  41. Another Use for Mix Paste
• 04:31
  42. Problem Solving with Multiple Applications of Mix P...
• 05:35
  43. Creative Sound Design
• 6: Clean Up Audio
• 04:48
  44. Automatic Noise Reduction
• 06:01
  45. Noise Reduction with a Captured Noise Print
• 03:16
  46. Hum Noise Reduction with a Captured Noise Print
• 02:59
  47. Limitations of Noise Reduction
• 03:07
  48. Removing Clicks and Pops
• 03:31
  49. Rumble Removal
• 7: Create Loop
• 03:37
  50. Create Loop Overview
• 05:48
  51. Selecting and Trimming the Loop
• 04:57
  52. Multitracking with Loops
• 02:07
  53. Equalize Volume
• 04:32
  54. Match Volume
• 8: Change Pitch and Timing
• 05:55
  55. Modifying a Voice Track
• 02:20
  56. Modifying a Loop
• 9: Effects Overview
• 04:35
  57. Working with the Effects Rack
• 02:33
  58. Optimizing a Voice Track
• 03:08
  59. Mastering a Music Track
• 03:50
  60. Working more with Presets
• 10: Scores
• 05:43
  61. Adding and Keyframing the Default Score to a Video ...
• 04:06
  62. Keyframing a Score's Intensity
• 04:59
  63. Keyframing a Score's Parameters
• 06:03
  64. Using Scores Downloaded from Resource Central
• 11: Metadata
• 04:04
  65. Defining Terms and Properties
• 04:32
  66. Automatic Speech Transcription

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