Mixing sound tracks

bigjer73

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Oct 26, 2015 07:14

I have 3 sound tracks in a PD-12 project.

How do I get them into Audio Director for audio mixing?

optodata

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Oct 28, 2015 13:05

Anonymous

Nov 01, 2015 22:12

Hello, bigjer73!

The three sound tracks you're using can be managed(mixed) using the "Audio Mixing Room" which is represented either by a slider or a treble-clef. Oprning this facility, you can adjust the levels of all audio content within your Power Diector programme. I think the Audio Director(if it's anything like other audio recording and editing sotware) can only handle one audio source(track) at a time.

Cheers!

Neil.

bigjer73

Member Joined: Feb 02, 2013 05:59 Messages: 89 Offline

Nov 02, 2015 05:16

Thanks Neil,

That seem to be the case.
I think I may be moving on to Premier Pro.
Although PD has all the tools, it lacks the ability to put them together in a logical way.
For example....no db indication bars to compare sound levels when mixing. No color wheels, RGB parade or color scopes to work with.
Thanks, Jerry

Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Nov 02, 2015 10:55

Quote: Thanks Neil,

That seem to be the case.
I think I may be moving on to Premier Pro.
Although PD has all the tools, it lacks the ability to put them together in a logical way.
For example....no db indication bars to compare sound levels when mixing. No color wheels, RGB parade or color scopes to work with.
Thanks, Jerry

PowerDirector 14 has a DB scale in the Audio Mixing room and it does show the relative audio levels of each active track.

Attached is a screen recording of PD 14 playing one video, two audio tracks. (The audio tracks are two different songs) You can hear all of them playing.

It is not pretty, but it does show three audio tracks at the same time.

Filename	Powerdirector 14 Audio Mixing Room.mp4	Download
Description	Screen Capture of PD 14
Filesize	1194 Kbytes
Downloaded:	334 time(s)

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Anonymous

Nov 03, 2015 04:51

Hi, bigjer73

As Carl312 has pointed out, Power Director 14 has has a decibel scale. You may well be using a much earlier version of Power Director. Please advise of the version you are currently using so that a clearer idea of what is available in the way of audio mixing methods.

Cheers!

Neil.

bigjer73

Member Joined: Feb 02, 2013 05:59 Messages: 89 Offline

Nov 03, 2015 05:51

Thanks for the advice Carl and Neil.
Upgrading from PD-12 Ultimate Suite to PD-14 to get a db bar readout for $149.90 is a little ludicrous.
I am getting the same software with some additions.
Do I feel like a pawn in Cyberlinks marketing strategy?
Absolutely!
If Cyberlink could offer these upgrades to faithful users of their previous versions of PD at a reasonable price, then I might be interested. But right now I feel that I'm being used. There is a difference between doing business.......and stealing!

Jerry

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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Nov 03, 2015 10:03

Cyberlink offers a UPGRADE version of Powerdirector 14 Ultra for $69.99 USD:

http://www.cyberlink.com/store/powerdirector-ultra/upgrade_en_US.html

Ultra has most of the features of Powerdirector.

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