Quick Question

[KarlB]

Hi,


I'm editing a scene with a telephone conversation, and I used Paragraphic EQ to make the character 'on the other end's' voice sound like it was through a telephone.
My only problem is that when I did this, the entire scene is in Paragraphic EQ (which is bad). How do I make only the voice of the character on the other end of the telephone in Paragrapgic EQ? I tried highlighting only the audio I wanted in Paragraphic EQ (and I placed it on another track), but no dice.
Much thanks!

[SafetyO]

I think I'd duplicate the audio track, apply the EQ and "S" split it where I don't want the EQ. Then I'd go to the original audio track and "S" split out what has been EQ'd.

I'm sure someone has a quicker way, but if it's not a long scene, it shouldn't take you long.

[MisterCat]

That's how I would do it.

[KarlB]

Thanks! I put the EQ on another track, but it impaired all the tracks. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. There has to be a simple way for this to work; I just don't know what it is.

[MisterCat]

hmmm, sounds like maybe you cloned the first track so now your effect is on both tracks? Did you check to make sure this didn't happen?

[KarlB]

I could have! What do I do to make sure I didn't clone the first track? <--- I am clueless. :-P

What's weird is that I had all my phone clips on one timeline, and edited them to Paragraphic EQ, but when I copied and pasted them to the scene's timeline, they were back to original state (how they were before I applied Paragraphic EQ).

[MisterCat]

If I'm understanding you, you created a second track with your effect but then moved it back to the first track to have only one track again? Don't move it back, you want two independent tracks, one "plain" and one for the effect. If you did clone the first track and pulled the effect with it, just turn off the effect on that first track and leave the effect on the second track. When you render your movie it'll mix down the tracks for you with whatever effects you have set up on each one. Hope I'm understanding what you did!

[KarlB]

Hi,

I applied the EQ on a seperate, different timeline, but when I pasted it into telephone conversation scene's timeline (a totally different timeline), the EQ wasn't included for some reason, so I reapplied it (on track three), but it affected track two, as well. :-)

[MisterCat]

If you pasted it, you had to have copied it from somewhere. So, if you only started with one track of audio, that's where you copied it from, so your first audio track has the effect turned on. Just open the effects window on your tracks and make sure it's only set for "telephone" on the appropriate track. On the other regular track, reset the effect to default settings or whatever "regular" setting you're using.

[KarlB]

Totally awesome. I'll try it in the morning and will get back to you (my editing computer is a different computer).

Much thanks! :-)