Using audio filters, About audio filters, Chapter 9 – Apple Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual
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Using Audio Filters
Audio filters are used for a variety of purposes, from
audio cleanup to special effects. Filter parameters can be
copied, pasted, automated, and adjusted in real time.
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Installing Third-Party Audio Units Filters
About Audio Filters
The goal of audio mixing and processing is to create a believable sonic environment
that is not distracting. Audio filters can help to remove distracting frequencies, reduce
loud sounds, and add ambience to a sonic space. Generally, filters are much better at
removing components of a mix as opposed to adding something that wasn’t in the
original recording. An audio engineer with a thorough understanding of how sound
works and how filters affect sound can produce excellent results with just a few
equalizer and compression filters.
Final Cut Pro includes a set of audio filters that you can use for equalization,
compression and expansion, adding reverb, vocal cleanup, and noise removal.
Final Cut Pro uses the Mac OS X Audio Units plug-in format.
Audio filter parameters can be adjusted in real time, so you can make changes to a
filter’s settings while the clip plays back. When the Record Audio Keyframes button in
the Audio Mixer is selected, Final Cut Pro records all changes you make to audio filter
parameters as keyframes; those keyframes appear in the keyframe graph overlay of the
parameter you are adjusting in that clip’s Filters tab in the Viewer. For more
information, see “