VO Pro Tip: Tips to speed up editing

Published 14 days ago • 1 min read

Voice-Over Pro Tip

Speed Edit!

Hey Reader,

It should be a goal to become a very efficient audio editor, if you are not already. Ideally, every audition you do should take somewhere around 5 minutes start to finish, and that includes editing time.

So how can you speed up your editing? Here are some tips:

Templates: An obvious one is to have a template setup specifically for VO/VO Auditions in your DAW/Editing Software. This should include a plugin chain that is dialed in specifically for your gear and recording space, as well as clearly labelled tracks, export settings, and anything else that is repeated on every audition you send.

Shortcuts: Beyond just using a template session in your editing software, you should learn the relevant shortcuts in your software. Many DAWs have a ton of great shortcuts that once memorized, can have you moving really quickly through the editing process. Things like adding fades, consolidating clips or regions, cutting and sliding around clips all can be done with shortcuts.

Gaming Mouse: Taking these first two ideas one step further, you can start using a gaming mouse or similar device when you edit. This is a computer mouse that contains a bunch of additional buttons that are user programmable. So personally, I have 6 buttons right where my thumb sits on my mouse and I have programmed them to shortcuts that I use all the time when editing. Now rather than going to my keyboard and holding one button, while I press another 2 buttons, I just do a simple tap of my thumb. After a week or so, it becomes muscle memory and you can move really quick.

Try incorporating these ideas into your editing workflow if you are not already!

-Michael

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-Michael

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