Kj Drake - Progression: Tony - Graphic Equalization Workshop

Graphic Equalization Workshop

Today in lesson we have been looking at a workshop for Audition and its options for improving audio quality. We did this by looking at 5 different effects in waveform that can transform a clip and give the impression of better produced audio to the viewer. To show examples of these effects in use I will be taking the audio from my video “Gag the Dog” and reviewing the audio quality applying these effects to show what a difference they can make to the audio. The effects included in this workshop:

Waveform adjustment (db)
Graphic Equalizer
Parametric Equalizer
Fast Fourier Transformer Filter
Notch Filter

I started by looking at editing the audio levels and balancing out where the mic had been hit harder. This is shown in “Image 1” and “Image 2” where you can see the highlighted clip and been turned down to make it less hard on the ears hearing it and means it sound clearer to the listener. This effect is useful in examples such as this and is one that I should have used when editing this clip originally. The following effects can be used in an attempt to make audio clearer and easier to understand. I did this by trying to affect the audio to make it sound more compressed and closed in. This would make it sound cleaner to the ear and help improve the overall audio quality. We see the effects of the Graphic Equalizer (which can be used as 10 bands, 20 bands, and 30 bands) depending on how much editing you want to apply to the clip will affect how many bands you will want to use audition. See the effects of the Graphic Equalizer being applied in “Image 3”. “Image 4” shows how I used the Parametric Equalizer to fit the audio quality. “Image 5” with FFT Filter and “Image 6” with Notch Filter. Using these effects I feel confident that I know how to editing audio quality to improve the sound before moving into the mix down to continue the more intense Audition editing. Out of all of these effects I found that the Graphic Equalizer is what worked best for me and was the form of equalizing I found easiest to use. I will be using this effect to fix future sound clips for projects. The other forms of editing were useful to me however, I found the Graphic Equalizer to be the easiest to use and found it provided the best results for my clip.

Image 1