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Phil Gadd · February 10th, 2013, 08:21 AM

When editing audio, should I always aim to get the audio levels to 0 in the audio meters or should I just use the 0 to to make sure the audio doesn't peak past that point?

Thanks

William Hohauser · February 10th, 2013, 09:06 AM

The audio seems to run hot in FCPX. I recently switched a regular broadcast project from FCP7 to FCPX and have received notice from the station that the output files have different audio levels despite my attempts to level the audio the same way according to the audio meters. They said that the files are about 3db louder. Of course this might be an issue with the station, since it's the only time I've had an issue, but I found that if I used 0db as the peak level and -6db as the average they have no problem with the broadcast. This is my experience with file delivery to a TV station but when doing other projects I average at 0db and peak at 3db without any problems. It's the dreaded red bar that I avoid.

Phil Gadd · February 11th, 2013, 04:15 PM

Thanks William

Yeah I will aim to do the same

February 10th, 2013, 08:21 AM	#1
Phil Gadd Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: liverpool, England Posts: 143	audio levels for FCPX When editing audio, should I always aim to get the audio levels to 0 in the audio meters or should I just use the 0 to to make sure the audio doesn't peak past that point? Thanks

February 10th, 2013, 09:06 AM	#2
William Hohauser Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New York City Posts: 2,650	Re: audio levels for FCPX The audio seems to run hot in FCPX. I recently switched a regular broadcast project from FCP7 to FCPX and have received notice from the station that the output files have different audio levels despite my attempts to level the audio the same way according to the audio meters. They said that the files are about 3db louder. Of course this might be an issue with the station, since it's the only time I've had an issue, but I found that if I used 0db as the peak level and -6db as the average they have no problem with the broadcast. This is my experience with file delivery to a TV station but when doing other projects I average at 0db and peak at 3db without any problems. It's the dreaded red bar that I avoid. __________________ William Hohauser - New York City Producer/Edit/Camera/Animation

February 11th, 2013, 04:15 PM	#3
Phil Gadd Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: liverpool, England Posts: 143	Re: audio levels for FCPX Thanks William Yeah I will aim to do the same