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Merging 2 different sound tracks into one--suggestions on how best to do this needed desperately
Roxanne123 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 05, 2013 09:45 Messages: 17 Offline
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Hi everyone!

We are working (still) on a choral concert that was shot with a Sony camcorder. We have the audio from that as well as one that was provided by the concert hall. The choral director likes the reverberation in the audio we have, but there is also considerable background noise. The concert hall audio has a clean, but almost sterile sound and since the microphones on the stage were used for the inputs the songs where singers were scattered in the audience was lost.

He'd like us to merge the audio into one to get the benefits of each--basically adding the reverb to the audio and boosting the overall sound. Is there a good way to do this? We are complete newbies to this and have been struggling as it is to isolate pieces of babies crying and delete them...which we weren't able to do completely since their voices are merged with the singing.

I would really appreciate any help.

Thanks!
Roxanne
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Hello Roxanne,

It sounds like quite a major project!

Here are a couple of suggestions that may give you the result you're after. It's worth trying with your particular clips to see which works best.

1. Using the "concert hall" audio, go to Edit > Apply Effect > Reverb, adjust settings & apply. Produce when you've found the right sound.



Attached is a short choral sample, where reverb settings have been applied in increasing amounts (same phrase repeated).

2. Using both audio tracks (the concert hall & the camera) in the Mix module, decrease the level of the camera audio to provide a more ambient mix.
- this totally relies on the two audio tracks being in sync and also has the potential to give a "muddier" sound.




Perhaps other members might provide further suggestions.

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jbanderson [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 05, 2013 19:23 Messages: 15 Offline
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Hi PIX!

I was hoping that you were going to help me! We were talking about you on the ride home and I was thrilled to see that you had responded. Thank you!
We are going to try out your suggestions! As a first try we just merged the audio and adjusted the volume contributions to each and it is already much better. I had no idea that this kind of merging would have each audio compensating for the weakness of the other, but I'm happy.
My hubby is now playing with your reverb suggestion. Thanks for the samples. We'll report back once we have a better grip on what works and doesn't work for our audio.

Thanks again!!
Rox
Roxanne123 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jul 05, 2013 09:45 Messages: 17 Offline
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Oops, sorry. My hubby logged me out and logged in when I wasn't looking.
Anyhow thank you PIX!!!
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