5 Sound Tips For Editors - How To Prepare Your Audio To Make Your Project Sound Its Best

Posted September 23, 2020 by Asbjoern Andersen in Sound community highlights

We came across this great guide for filmmakers, directors and video editors by Benni Knop, highlighting 5 ways they can best prepare the audio for their project - to a) help them make their projects sound great, and b) make your life in audio post a lot easier.

Hope it helps, and be sure to share it with the filmmakers, directors and video editors in your network (so you can help them help you, and get great sounding projects). If you've got additional tips or insights to share on this, you're very welcome to share them in the comments below too.

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Here’s Benni Knop’s official introduction:

In this video I give your filmmakers, directors and video editors my top 5 tips on preparing your audio files, tracks and exporting your AAF with the correct settings. This applies to Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro. Keep your sound editor, sound designer, dialogue editor, re-recording mixer or audio post production team happy and give them what they want!

SOUND TIPS FOR VIDEO EDITORS | How to best prepare the audio in your edit for your sound editor.

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