My 6 Sound Design Tips

That will cut your editing time in half.

Author

Mantu Saw
August 12, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

The sound in your video is much more important than you think.

You need to give it more attention.

  • It’s what brings the emotions to the video.

  • It’s what conveys half of the information.

  • It’s what adds rhythm to your video.

Once I started to focus on my sound design, it not only improved my videos but also enhanced the viewing experience.

However, many find it hard and time-consuming to do.

So in today’s email, I will share 5 tips that helped me do sound design much faster:

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1. Premiere Composer

If you haven’t installed this plugin yet—what are you even doing, bro?

You're wasting so much time manually adding your assets in your file explorer and importing them for every video.

You can add all your sound effects into this plugin and access them from every project.

It even shows you sound wave previews, so you don't have to open each file.

You can directly play the sounds without even importing them into your project.

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2. Add Empty tracks

If you do multiple layers of sound design, this is for you.

Separate your voiceovers, music, and sound effects—add a track in between them and lock it.

This will save you from accidentally messing with different sounds.

3. Link/group Feature

If you use the same type of effect over and over again, like transitions, memes, or zooms, and you add the same kind of SFX to each one—don’t add it separately.

Instead, add the SFX and link/group it to the adjustment layer or clip.

So whenever you duplicate it using Alt, it will duplicate with the SFX attached.

This way, you won’t have to waste time adding it manually.

4. Color Labels

If you have a sound effect that you’ll be using over and over again in the same edit—but don’t want the hassle of finding it each time.

Set the color label to a different color so you can easily spot it without zooming in.

5. Remix Tool

If you have a short piece of music that you want to play for a longer duration, don’t waste time manually remixing it.

Instead, use the Remix tool to extend it to the length you need.

Here’s how smoothly it can remix your music:

BTW, it only took me 5 seconds, now imagine doing it manually.

6. Stretch tool

If you try to use the Remix tool on an SFX, it won’t work because an SFX is too short.

So what should you do if you want an SFX to play a bit longer or even a bit shorter?

You can use the Stretch Tool—it allows you to stretch any video or audio by manipulating its speed.

A quick tip: After stretching the audio, adjust the pitch to make it sound like the original.

This is just a quick 6 tips on the sound design from 30 Days to $1000 Editor Roadmap.

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Hope this helps,

Mantu