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Hi,

Fairlight is awesome, but for someone who wants basic audio editing, it's pretty complicated.
Question: i there a way to automatically correct or enhance audio? (something like automatic white balance)

In IMovie (sorry for the comparison) there is an AUTO function for audio and a simple background noise reduction tool. Anything similar in Davinci for those who don't have time to dig deep into Fairlight? thanks

leeroi wrote:Fairlight is awesome, but for someone who wants basic audio editing, it's pretty complicated.
Question: i there a way to automatically correct or enhance audio? (something like automatic white balance)

Not with any good quality or consistency, no. There are auto-levelers, auto-compressors, even auto noise-reduction devices which work to a point, but a lot of it is very source-dependent. For example, you couldn't use them on noisy street audio and very quiet interior dialogue in the same path. You basically have to learn how to process each scene independently of the other. It takes years and years and a lot of skill to process and mix audio well. There is no easy, simple path.

Having said that: the tools to do this relatively quickly and efficiently do exist in Fairlight. Just read the manual and experiment. For just dialogue alone, I would recommend John Purcell's excellent book Dialogue Editing: The Invisible Art, which is a terrific introduction to just how complicated it is to cut, process, and mix the spoken word:

https://www.amazon.com/Dialogue-Editing ... 044&sr=1-3

This book is Pro Tools-specific, but a lot of the principles still work in Fairlight or any pro audio program. I would also recommend the Waves plug-ins and iZotope RX as being excellent clean-up and processing tools.