I am trying to use audio reduction to permit narration when there is already music in the video. I have checked off the appropriate box but it does not seem to reduce the music soundtrack so that the narration is drowned out. I am using Pro 2013 Plus.
Hi
If the original video audio is very strong/loud then the 'ducking' may not be sufficient for the narration to be heard clearly.
If you have the video audio displayed on seperate tracks - it is better to do this before recording the narration - then you can adjust the video's audio level once you have recorded the narration by dragging the nodes (indicated by arrow in image below) down to a more acceptable level.
Note the drag point on the 'Hand' mouse pointer is at the end of the 'Thumb'
Also in the recording dialog ensure you have checked the Normalise option as well.
In the image above you can see that the video audio is very strong/loud and the preset ducking level applied, as shown, is insufficient - is still too loud to hear the narration.
HTH
John
Hi,
I would not even bother with audio reduction. I would just split the audio track where I wanted to reduce the volume and again where I wanted the volume to go back up, then lower the volume at that point, You could also fade down then up at the start and end points. If you want to do the fade down and up, you are going to need to do two other track splits but that is no big deal. Simple but it works.
George
Hi
Taking Georges recommendation and using a slightly different method without the need to split the audio track -
1. Right click the audio track and select Volume curve - a green line will appear on the audio object - you will need to zoom in to see it clearly.
2. Position the timeline cursor at the first point where you want to fade down to start - this helps you find the correct points easliy
3. Click once on the green line on the audio, this will set a node - note the mouse pointer will change to a black arrow head when you are on the volume curve
4. Reposition the timeline cursor to the point where the fade down should end
5. Click the green volume curve line again
6. Repeat 4 and 5 for the start of fade up, and fade up end points
You should now have 4 nodes on the volume curve - drag nodes 2 and 3 down to lower the audio volume. You can repeat this as many times as you wish and it is actually easier to do then describe in words.
Below is an example of this method applied to an audio object.
HTH
John
John,
In a previous version of MEP I tried your "node" approach to adjust volumes, and it worked really well until your edited the movie, i.e. changed elements on the timeline. The nodes did NOT move with the track, instead were fixed on the timeline. Has that very frustrating "feature" been corrected in the recent version of MEP? Are the audio volume node positions tied to the track positions and not the timeline?