How To Make Your Audio Sound Better in DaVinci Resolve

Mike Russell

2 months ago

How To Make Your Audio Sound Better In Davinci Resolve

To sound better, there are a few things to keep in mind as an editor, producer, or creator. In this blog post, I’ll discuss how to make your audio sound better in DaVinci Resolve. I’ll discuss the different features DaVinci offers to improve the quality of an audio recording.

An Important Reminder

Before we dive into the tools, it’s important to remember that good audio starts with good recording practices. While DaVinci Resolve can significantly enhance your audio, it can’t work miracles on extremely poor recordings. With that, you should always aim to capture the best possible audio during recording to minimize the amount of correction needed during editing.

Tool #1: Dialogue Processor

Dialogue Processor contains a lot of audio effects you can use to enhance your audio. These include De-Rumble, De-Pop, De-Ess, Compressor, Expander, and Excite. Each feature works differently so you should know which to manipulate based on what your recording needs.

De-Rumble: used to remove low frequencies that shouldn’t be in the recording
De-Pop: used to remove strong popping noise
De-Esser: used to remove S sounds in the voice that distort
Compressor: used to reduce loud parts of a recording
Expander: used to make quiet sections louder
Excite: used to enhance the high-end frequencies to make vocals crispier

When using the dialogue processor, it is important to know that you can turn on or off the effects listed above. So if you only need to remove sibilance in your audio, then just use De-esser and turn off the other tools.

Overall, this 6-in-1 audio effects tool inside DaVinci Resolve can be powerful enough to make specific adjustments to your audio.

Tool #2: Dynamics

Another amazing tool in DaVinci is Dynamics. It is similar to Dialogue Processor as it contains a few audio effects. These are Expander, Compressor, and Limiter. The first two are the same as the ones in Dialogue Process, however, they are easier to manipulate with a few controls. As for the Limiter, it is used to control the audio peaks of a recording.

The Dynamics tool can be used when you want to focus mainly on using the three audio effects. Or if you want to have a better view and control of the different settings. In addition, just like in Dialogue Processor, you can also turn off the effects you are not going to use.

Tool #3: Equalizer

The third tool on our list to make audio sound better in DaVinci Resolve is Equalizer. This tool is used to adjust the balance between different frequencies in your audio recording. It allows you to enhance certain frequencies or reduce others, depending on what you want to achieve.

Equalizers can be difficult to use especially for beginners. But there are ready-made presets inside DaVinci that you can use to instantly improve the quality of your audio. You can check my blog post about 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Using EQ to learn more about using Equalizer.

Overall, if you are knowledgeable about audio frequencies, Equalizer is a great tool to enhance your audio. You can remove low-end rumbles, apply a high-pass filter, and boost the bass easily with a single tool.

If you want to watch how I used these tools to improve a recording, check out this YouTube video.

Final Thoughts

DaVinci Resolve offers a lot of tools that editors can use to make a recording sound better. The three tools listed above can be used altogether or one can be enough. It depends on what you need to improve and on your knowledge about how to use each tool. Remember, good audio editing is about subtle enhancements rather than drastic changes. Take your time to experiment with these tools and use what suits your project’s needs.

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