Quick & Pro Audio Editing

Valentin Mutulescu

Starting at

/hr

About this service

Summary

I am offering lightning-fast audio editing services for your project. Podcasts, audiobooks, shows, commercials, animations, music, movies... you name it! At the highest possible quality. I will take care of common operations like: dialogue editing, cleanup and processing, music cutting, adding creative effects.

Process

Below I will detail upon my process of editing for a commercial, as an example:

Ensuring I have all the raw materials; most commonly a brief, video guide and recorded voice-over lines.

Importing the materials into my Pro Tools session; selecting and syncing the best voice-over lines as per brief, or using my best judgement to match the tone of the commercial.

Voice cleanup using the latest iZotope RX Suite, and processing using a variety of plug-ins (equalizers, compressors, reverb/delay, etc.) to get the desired energy/mood of the voice-over.

Adding in and editing the provided music, sound effects and ambiences, or selecting suitable ones from my royalty-free catalogues, as per brief or using my best judgement to elevate the desired mood. For custom music, please refer to my Music Production service on Contra

Mixing the elements and ensuring an appropriate overall level for the distribution medium (TV, Radio, Social/Streaming Platforms).

Packaging according to my Deliverables list and delivering as a ZIP archive via WeTransfer, or other specified method.

Addressing the revisions and delivering the final version as described in the previous step.

FAQs

What about projects other than commercials?
Namely podcasts, audiobooks, short films, and so on? The process described above is an example that includes a little bit of everything I can do. Different projects will have different requirements which we will discuss in detail beforehand.
What does editing for music involve?
It means creating cut-downs or different arrangements using either the full track or its stems. It does NOT include: mixing, mastering or significant additional production (minor additions are alright). For those, please check out my Mixing & Mastering or Music Production services here on Contra. Also, please ensure you have the rights to make the intended changes for a piece of music, as I will not be liable for copyright infringement if you do not.

What's included

Audio exports
You will receive the audio files of your finished project in a format suitable for you. Common formats: WAV, FLAC, MP3, OGG (final export) | AIFF/AAF (for further work purposes). Bitrate: 16-bit, 24-bit, 32-bit float (for WAV) | 32k - 320k (for MP3). Sample Rate: 11 kHz (for IVR) - 44.1/48 kHz (industry standard) - 96 kHz (for technical purposes)
Stems
Aside, you will receive the edited and processed stems of your project as WAV 24-bit 48 kHz files, unless otherwise specified. The most common groupings are: Voices/Dialogue, Music, SFX. For custom groupings, please specify beforehand.
Video guide
Especially useful when any kind of synchronization is involved, I will include a video file (MP4) for you to quickly decide whether revisions are needed or not.

Example projects