As well as this, you can also copy the gain change information anywhere else you wish to! This is certainly a tool I will take full advantage of when working on large film sound sessions… Is this the end of tidying audio using track automation within DAW’s?
What Is Clip Gain?Ĭlip Gain is a new feature within Pro Tools version 10 which allows you to make level changes to an audio clip, and rather than just listening to the differences, you will also see a difference in the waveform meaning you can very quickly bring different dynamics in line with one another. These methods will all do the job to some extent but each have their own issues, compression may struggle to respond to large dynamic changes, level automation can be a lengthy process which would involve playing sections over and over to make sure your drawn data is doing what you would like it to, so really the most precise technique of editing is changing the dynamics of small sections, this is where the new Clip Gain feature of Pro Tools will come to work, allowing you to make very precise level changes in a short amount of time. Some people might place a compressor on the track, some may rely on level automation, and in certain cases, some engineers may even go through the tedious task of highlighting individual sections and using a plug-in to directly apply a gain change (not recommended). Look at the clip of audio above, the first thing you would notice as a mixing engineer is that it’s dynamically uneven and requires some form of editing to create a more balanced sound. It is probably best to clear up first of all that from version 10, regions are now referred to as ‘Clips’ this will no doubt cause confusion at first but remember it while we discuss the new gain functions of it.
So Pro Tools version 10 is here with 50+ new features, one of which is the new Clip Gain function which we will be looking at in this tutorial.