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Spectral filtering for effect

Spectral filtering for effect

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Spectral filtering for effect

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- Library sound effects aren't always a perfect fit right out of the box. But with some manipulation, we can really make them work for our specific project needs. In this movie, we'll remove some frequencies to make a whoosh sound work a little better. This whoosh sound under the gear movement animation is okay, but it's a little heavy and the lower tones might conflict with the music and voiceover. Let's take a listen. So it's the same whoosh as we had when it was coming in, but now the gear box is a little lighter. It has less rings and it's actually moving away. So let's take a listen. (whoosh) And you hear it soul it up. You can really hear that it has a lot of low end to it. (whoosh) So we could use a traditional equalizer to remove some lower frequencies. But instead, I'll show you how you can filter any clip visually with the spectral view in the waveform editor. So first of all, let's make a unique copy of this clip since we're gonna permanently alter it. So I'll go ahead and…

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