How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity
Lesson 33 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity
Lesson 33 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
Lesson Info
33. How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity
Lessons
Introduction and Welcome to this Course
00:50 2Listen to your Recording Environment
03:43 3Room Treatment Tips
03:07 4Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones
02:35 5Recommended Pro-Level Microphones
02:55 6Recommended Budget Level Mics
02:35 7Microphone Audio Comparisons
05:53 8What is an Audio Interface and How is it Useful
01:48Recommended Pro-Level Audio Interfaces
01:35 10Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces
01:46 11My Thoughts on USB Microphones
00:45 12Microphone Positioning and Accessories
04:09 13Essential Microphone Polar Patterns
03:17 14Recommended Monitors and Headphones
03:55 15Other Audio Monitoring Tips
02:41 16Introduction to Capturing Audio
00:18 17Recommend Audio Recording Software and DAWs
06:28 18A Quick Look at Some Handy Recorders
02:39 19Audacity Introduction
00:45 20Setting up to Record Audio in Audacity
03:49 21How to Record Audio into Audacity
02:54 22Other Features of Audacity - Playback, Zoom, Undo + Save
04:15 23How to Export Audio out of Audacity
03:37 24Essential Audio Editing Tools in Audacity
08:07 25Removing Silence, Splitting + Joining Clips
03:17 26Essential Key Command or Keyboard Shortcuts in Audacity
03:06 27Removing Background Noise Introduction
02:48 28How to use the Noise Gate Effect in Audacity
12:54 29How to use the Noise Reduction Effect in Audacity
11:15 30Mixing and Processing your Audio Introduction
02:32 31A Quick Look at the Filter Curve or EQ Effect
10:35 32A Quick Look at Compression and the Normalize Effect
11:21 33How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity
03:23 34Adding Audio Effects to Audio Clips in Premiere Pro
06:06 35Gain/Volume in Premiere Pro
03:36 36Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin
11:08 37Parametric EQ - Part 2A : Mixing Examples
15:56 38Parametric EQ - Part 2B : Mixing Examples - Example 2
11:31 39Parametric EQ - Part 3 - More Settings + Features
05:14 40Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 1: DeNoise
09:24 41Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 2: DeReverb
06:25 42Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 1: Introduction
02:47 43Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 2: Threshold + Ratio
04:16 44Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 3: Make up Gain
03:15 45Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 4: Attack and Release + 2nd Example
06:30 46How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
12:00 47How to use the Hard Limiter Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
06:48 48How to use an Audio Meter in Premiere Pro - Loudness Radar
08:28 49Behind the Scenes of my Audio Recording Equipment
07:16 50Thanks and Bye
00:12Lesson Info
How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity
Hi there and welcome to this video where we're going to be looking at setting up an effects macro in audacity. So saving a macro will allow you to save your effects ready for next time. So this can be useful if you record in the same room with the same equipment each time you can of course, create your own presets in these effects and then add the effects individually each time. But using an effects macro can be a time saver. So if we go up to effect now and that that filter curve, you may notice we have the same settings that we made in the previous video and same again if I go up to effect. But this time choose compressor again, we have the same setting that we made in a previous video and same again with the normalized effect that we looked at in the previous video. So dusty keeps the previous settings that you adjusted in your effect. So this is useful for making a macro as it's going to keep those settings that we adjusted previously. OK. Let's now make an effects macro and we can...
do this by going to tools and then go down to macros. So now we're going to add a new macro by pressing new, you can name your macro here. I'm going to call this example and then hit. OK. And now we need to actually add the effects. So the filter curve. So the EQ the compressor and also the normalized effect and we can do this by going to insert and this does look a little complex. But all we need to do now is just find filter curve and this is alphabetical. So let's go over to F and here is filter curve. Now let's press OK to add this and now let's go and insert and then find the compressor and here it is and let's press. OK? So now I'm going to add the normalized effect as well. So let's go on insert and then go over to N for normalize. Here it is. And now let's press. OK? And we're going to make sure that's after the compressor, we can click on these and use the move up and move down arrows if you want to change the order. But this is the order I want EQ compression then normalize. So now I've loaded my effects, I'm going to press save and now close this window. OK. So now I'm going to add this effects macro to the unprocessed audio. So I'm going to double click to select this track and then duplicate this. So we've still got a copy of the original unprocessed audio. So remember you can duplicate with command D on mac or control D on Windows. Now, let's solo this bottom track here and then double click on this track header and then add this Macro and we can do this by going to tools and then go down to apply Macro. And here you notice we have our preset which is called example and you can see there the audio waves have updated and we've loaded the filter curve effect, the compressor and a normalized effect. Now, if I play this back and swap between track three and track one, you notice they're exactly the same because we have the same effects. I also want to increase the velocity of the bass drum on every beat. I also want to increase the velocity of the bass drum throughout this two bar loop. OK. So that's how you can apply an effects macro. So it saves you adding the effects each time. However, if you're going to be recording your audio with different equipment or in a different room, then you may wish to manually add your effects and adjust them accordingly. But if you are recording with the same equipment in the same room, an effects macro can save you a lot of time. So that's the end of this video. I hope you found it useful and I'll see you in the next one.
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