In this week’s Audio Premium content, Bjorgvin Benediktsson gives us a detailed summary of how to edit audio files to produce a professional sound, complete with a generous serving of audio examples.
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Audio editing is the overlooked part of audio production. Granted, it is the most boring part, but it’s essential to creating great tracks. You can think of editing like the shower before the dance. Sure, you could skip the shower, jump into your suit and go dancing, but wouldn’t you like to be clean?
Editing is like that, cleaning up the tracks before you start mixing them. Because if you start with well-edited tracks, you’re only going to make them sound better. If you don’t edit them you’ll inevitably come across something during mixing that you should have gotten rid of in the first place. Or worse yet, you notice them when you get the track back from mastering. Boring or not, taking the necessary time to edit your tracks just makes everything sound better in the long run.
Table of Contents
- First Things First
- Step 1 – Deleting Silences
- Step 2 – Get Rid of Clicks or Pops
- Step 3 – Do the Fades
- Step 4 – Comping Tracks
- Step 5 – Comping/Double-Tracking Background Vocals
- Conclusion
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