what's up comic creators so in this
video we're gonna go over some quick
tips and tools for editing audio in
iMovie so I'm just basically gonna go
over the basics for you to show you how
to edit audio all the various different
things you can do to edit audio in
iMovie
if you guys would like me to do more
tutorials on video production within
iMovie let me know in the comments
section down below and maybe I can put
together an entire playlist for you know
start to finish how to edit audio/video
the whole nine yards in iMovie so today
I'm just gonna mess around in this junk
file I have with random clips you'll see
stuff in here I've got like photos of
hair and stuff because I was doing a
project with hair stylists and random
street Clips that I took so I promise
I'm not a crazy person you'll see that
in the background but yeah a little
little disclaimer there if you capture
audio and video together at the same
time which would be the case if you're
using a mic attached to your phone or
camera then you can separate your audio
from the video clips to edit it and add
it back into your video I have a video
on a free audio editor that you can use
to reduce background noise and enhance
the quality of the clips you've
collected up in the link above or in the
description box below so if you're
looking for help on how to do that
follow those links and I have some
content there to help you there so if
you want to cut to b-roll footage or if
you have audio that you want to continue
over other footage this will help you
learn how to do that too so obviously
you click on the video right click on it
and then you would select detach audio
if you can't right click you can also
click on modify at the top of the screen
to if you don't have right click
function on your Mac if you click the
actual audio clip and then click modify
at the top it'll do that but from there
you can move it around you can add it to
other clips you can you know do whatever
you need to do you know move it to
separate parts of the project the whole
nine yards there but now that you have
the audio separate from the video or
you're starting with the separated audio
here are a few tips for a better quality
audio in iMovie and editing audio and
iMovie so you'll want to utilize the
editing tools menu in the top right-hand
side of your screen making sure that the
audio clip you are
editing is selected so you can view the
various options iMovie has to edit those
audio clips so there are three menu
options for editing audio clips and
iMovie the icon with the bar graph
allows for background noise reduction
and equalizing so you have preset
options for increasing bass and treble
and all that good stuff
the little speedometer icon allows for
adjusting the speed of the audio clip
and you can also reverse the audio if
you're wanting to add some sort of
stairway to heaven controversially into
your video then the third icon is the
three bubbles it has some audio editing
tools in it as well so from there you
can alter the audio sound making the
pitch really high or low you can also
add some weird effects like making the
voice sound robotic you know all that
kind of stuff so it's pretty pretty cool
what you can do there and mess with that
now so next we'll start showing you how
to edit your selected Clips like adding
fade-ins and fade-outs and dicing it up
and stuff so on the clip you'll see
small bubbles on each end if you use
your cursor to grab the bubble and drag
it you will adjust how the clip ends you
know fading it out when you do not
adjust the fade the clip will end
abruptly so it'll just cut out so
adjusting the fade will lengthen or
shorten the amount of time the fade
takes place obviously on the reverse end
you can fade in to your audio clip as
well so the little bar in the center
allows you to adjust the audio levels
for the clip you'll be messing with this
a lot if you have like sound effects and
other audio clips going off at one time
you'll have to mess with each clip to
try and find a reasonable volume level
so that way it blends nicely and you're
not just getting blasted in your
eardrums when you do it to edit out a
clip you can right-click on it and
select split clip or if your have the
clip selected you can always go to the
top and click modify and then split clip
however you have your max set up and
then the magical thing that I'm showing
you here is command Z command Z allows
you to reverse anything you do which is
great so if you make a mistake you can
just command Z and take it away so
that's pretty awesome if you're taking
out pieces of your audio like dead space
and all that you just you know cut on
each side and then you can click modify
or right-click and click delete or
command X which is delete as well and
then you know if you make a mistake or
you cut it out too soon or too late you
can just command Z and take it back so
that's how you would dice up audio clips
there and then if you're wanting to get
really close in and zoom in that little
settings bar right there you can scroll
it over and it zooms into the project so
if you really need to get in there and
see specific pieces of the audio clip
that's how you would do that and then
you can cut it out and then zoom out so
that really helps if you're you know
trying to cut out something that's hard
to see just in the overall view so if
you're trying to import media any media
file whether it's audio or video you can
either click and drag the file into the
project or you can click file at the top
left of the screen it's the little arrow
button and you can actually select
import media very simple to do and then
from there once you select on import
media you can you know select video
audio picture images whatever the case
is and just import that media to the
project so very easy to do I also have
another video on where to find free
music and sound effects for your videos
just all the free resources that I know
of on how to do that link is up above or
in the description box below
and that will take you to the video
showing you basically every option I
have or that I know of or that I use
right now to get that sort of content so
so with iMovie you can layer as many
audio clips as you want into your
project so I'm just gonna add in whale
sounds
because whale sounds go good with Street
projects but and just you know just to
kind of show you here you can go as deep
as you need to go basically adding in
all the audio which at that point like I
was showing you earlier you'll use the
volume levels to adjust so that way
you're not blowing someone's your drums
out
during your project so as you're adding
these in and you're adding in all your
sound effects the one thing you're going
to want to pay attention to is how this
all sounds flowing together and that's
with any projects if you're doing like
background music and then other stuff
going on in between okay and then I can
just clear all this out you can
highlight the whole thing and click
command X if you want to just delete
something out in Mass without having to
go through and click delete on each one
over and over again so as far as
recording voices if you click on the
microphone button underneath the video
preview box I already had my microphone
option on here on the right of your
screen you will open up the recording
option which is the red record button
underneath the video if you click this
button you'll begin to record audio on
your project wherever your tracker is on
in the project so if you want to record
audio like I'm doing here you want to
make sure that your tracker this little
bar that's moving across the screen is
right where you want to start recording
because it'll give you a countdown and
then when the countdown is over it'll
start recording rate where your tracker
was when you click the red button so
once you have that recorded you have
your audio right there that's your basic
voiceover tutorial the microphone
function within iMovie automatically
connects to the internal microphone on
your computer or if you have a
microphone plugged in it'll
automatically connect or you may have to
manually connect connect it as well I
also have a tutorial video on how to
reduce background noise and get better
auto audio quality once you're already
editing your video project so once after
it's recorded and those ways are free
there's a link up above and in the
description box below for that and in
the description box is a link to a video
I made on low cost and free ways to
record better audio so there's like the
free option and then I have some options
for really low cost inexpensive
microphones so if you're looking for
just better ways to do that click that
link in the description and to be taken
to that video do not forget to check out
the link to the who buys this product of
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mean
all right comic creators I hope this
tutorial helped you and I will catch you
next time
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