From the course: Pro Tools: Mixing a Short Film
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Creating sound effects from scratch
From the course: Pro Tools: Mixing a Short Film
Creating sound effects from scratch
Some sound effects need to be created from scratch. Pro Tools has an incredible arsenal of sound designing tools available. In this movie, we're going to show two examples of how to use some of these tools to make the speakerphone voice actually sound like it's coming from a speakerphone. In this scene the young architect calls the boss man on the speakerphone. The voice of the boss man is on the voiceover track 12, but it doesn't sound like a phone. Let's take a listen. (Mr. Dalton: Patton, you there?) (Patton: Yes, Mr. Dalton, I'm here. And I never said on the hour.) So I want to show you how to make it sound more like a speakerphone. We'll be using the AudioSuite plug-ins here to demonstrate. Remember, AudioSuite plug-ins render the audio clip in place. So before rendering in the effects, I like to duplicate the track playlist, that way I can quickly go back to the original unaffected audio. Go down to the little pulldown arrow next to the track name and select Duplicate, we'll…
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