This is a suggestion/editing tip that many may be aware of, but one which I don't remember seeing on here before and I find useful. I find it very difficult to get the timing of volume changes and exact db levels just right when using the "handles" on the audio timeline. Instead, you can adjust the level changes precisely to the exact frame and tenth of a db using the following technique. It also allows you to precisely "denoise" your audio (stationary noise, wind noise, or clicks), all without leaving PD.

Left-click to select the clip you'd like to edit.

Right-click on the clip and unlink the audio from the video

Highlight just the audio clip, then click on "keyframe", above the timeline

On the far left of the keyframe work area, select either "fix/enhance" or "volume" (I'll use volume in this example)

You'll now see a volume slider on the left and keyframe controls on the right (the central diamond adds a keyframe at the position of the playhead on the timeline, the left and right arrows jump to previous or next keyframe)

You use the controls under the preview window to watch/listen to your video, pausing the play wherever you like to add a keyframe

Once you added the keyframe at that point (by clicking on the diamond), you use the slider to adjust the db level

Keep changing the db level as you wish (note that you can see the "handles" changing on the audio clip on your timeline as you make changes in the keyframe work area)

When you're finished, you may either choose to "fix/enhance" (denoise) your audio, or return to the timeline by clicking the x in the upper right corner of the keyframe work area

Once you're back in the main edit window, you can either re-link your audio to the video, or you can click on the video track, click "keyframe", and you've opened up a new set video editing tools which you can use just as precisely as your audio tools


If you find this new and helpful, I'm glad. If this is old news to you, sorry for the distraction... Regards,
Dan
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