Dialogue Editing for Film Demo

Editing the dialogue sound for your film and video projects can seem a little daunting, especially when you have two or more actors, each with a wireless lavalier microphone plus a boom microphone. How do you edit all those tracks? Do you just keep the boom and lavalier mics? Won’t it sound richer if you do keep them all?

It turns out that it generally will sound quite a bit worse if you keep them all and the main reason for using both lavalier microphones and a boom microphone is to give yourself options to use the best sounding mic in for each dialogue line.

In this demo, we show the basics on how to start a dialogue edit using Adobe audition. In this demo, we exported the edit of the film from Final Cut Pro X.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at https://school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F8 and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders.

Links to gear used to record the film and this video:
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XToCC - app to convert XML from Final Cut Pro to XML that Adobe Audition can use:

http://intelligentassistance.com/xtocc.html

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Electrovoice RE20 - The mic I used to record my voiceover for this tutorial

Amazon: http://geni.us/kP1lo

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2z4hAc2

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Universal Audio Apollo X6 - Microphone preamp and Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface used to record my voiceover for this tutorial.

Amazon: http://geni.us/NO4X

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2CwRx3b

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Aputure COB120dmkII - Key light for lighting Amanda

Amazon: http://geni.us/lHTcfa

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2yUWD4z

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Aputure Light Dome II - Newer version of the big soft box with faster setup and gel holder

Amazon: http://geni.us/LirLfz

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2Osyx8j

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Lupo Superpanel Full Color 30 - RGB 1x1 panel light for Lighting Bridget

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2MBVZSE

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Audio Ltd A10 Wireless Microphone System - Used for Bridget and Amandas lavalier microphones

Gotham Sound: https://bit.ly/2ONCI1E

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Countryman B6 Lavalier Microphone - Bridget’s lavalier mic

B&H (version for Sennheiser G3, other versions available here): https://bhpho.to/2KtoHS6

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DPA 4160 Lavalier Microphone - Amanda’s lavalier mic

B&H (version with microdot universal connector): https://bhpho.to/2CuOIiP

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Sound Devices 633 Audio Recorder/Mixer - Field recorder used to record the film sound

DVeStore: http://www.dvestore.com/guy-says-gear-reviews/audio/audio-recorders-mixers/sound-devices-633-six-input-compact-mixer-with-10-track-recorder/#aid=6242

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Sennheiser MKH 8050 - This is the boom mic used to record the film

Amazon: http://geni.us/mUcDk

B&H: https://bhpho.to/2zozur3

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Copyright 2018 by Curtis Judd

Music Copyright 2018 by Cary Judd. Used with permission.

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