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A quiet thing I see a lot of new video makers miss
I keep noticing people put a ton of work into their video's look and sound, but they forget to check the audio levels before they post. I watched a creator I like put out a great tutorial last week, but the intro music was so loud it made me jump and I had to scramble for the remote. It's a small thing, but it makes your stuff feel unpolished and can actually drive viewers away in the first few seconds. I learned this the hard way about a year ago when I uploaded a vlog and my first three comments were just people asking why I was whispering. Now I always run my final edit through a free tool like Audacity just to see the waveform and make sure nothing spikes. It takes two minutes and saves so much hassle. Does anyone have a different method they use to catch this stuff before hitting publish?
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nancybailey23d ago
Wait, you had to learn that from comments on your own video? That's wild! My ears would have been burning with shame. It's such a basic step, but it's so easy to miss when you've been listening to the same audio on loop for hours. Your brain just tunes it out. Running it through a visual check like Audacity is the only way to be sure. I'm shocked more editing software doesn't have a big, obvious loudness meter right on the main screen.
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cooper.phoenix16d ago
Yeah, I just keep a loudness meter open in a second window now.
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