Exercise 11
Working with Real-Time AudioSuite Effects

The sequence in this exercise contains a lot of audio problems, from hums to muffled voices, to hisses and rumbles. It has the making of a perfect audio mixing storm, and your goal is to make it ready for primetime.

You’ll fix many of the audio problems using the RTAS EQIII 7-Band effect. You’ll also practice the audio mixdown workflow, which allows you to manage the 16 voices available within Avid Media Composer.

Media Used: Agent MXZero

Duration: 30 minutes

GOALS

Use RTAS filters effectively

Improve the tonal balance of an actor’s voice

Create a low-pass EQ filter to remove hiss

Create a high-pass EQ filter to remove rumble

Mixdown the tracks into a new mono track

Apply a Normalize RTAS effect to a mixed down track