Suggested Workflow For Editing Your Audio Piece

1.  Edit the interview and select the bits you want using the in and out points and cutting into your sequence.

2.  Organize and trim the clips together to make coherent sections (with a beginning, middle and end) - Don't forget to duplicate your sequences along the way so you can always go back to older sequences if you need to.

How to duplicate sequence: 

Every time you open up premiere, duplicate your initial sequence (call your first sequence – “Draft 1”). Use this "Draft #1" sequence to organize and trim your selected clips together to make coherent sections (with a beginning, middle and end). When you open up Premiere again and are about to start editing, copy Draft 1, make another sequence and give it the next sequential number, i.e. "Draft #2" and then "Draft #3" that way you are saving your edits as you go, and can always return to a previous version of your edit if you do not like what you did. This is not a hard and fast rule, but generally it is a good idea to edit out most of the "um's" and repetitive lines, making sure that the interviewee still sounds like they are talking naturally.

3. Once the content and structure of your interview is locked, begin to add in the room-tone, other ambient sounds, music, and SFX. Once those additional elements are placed, make sure all of the sounds fade in and out to your liking.

4. Check your audio levels (voice should be peaking around -12dB, other sounds should peak around -24 to -30 dB but this is not a hard and fast rule - make sure you can hear the voice above all other sounds, and if something is too overpowering, make sure to lower the volume levels)

5. Listen back and adjust as necessary. Think about rhythm and pacing for your listener (is it a good listen? Is there too much information? Can you hear the voice? Do you have enough pauses? Are there parts that can be cut further for redundancy? These are all questions you should think about and ask yourself).  Adjust as needed.

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