From the course: Learning Sound Design for Video Production

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Sound basics and practical tips

Sound basics and practical tips

Let's talk about some things that are important to understand for your project. There's a lot to explore about audio. We could spend hours talking about sound waves, frequencies, and acoustics. The good news is that you do not really need to be an expert to get great results. With good attention to detail and some decent headphones or earphones, you are ready to get started with this. Let's learn some sound basics that really matter. First, it's important that you understand about audio channels. Most commonly, you'll be working with mono or stereo audio. These days, it's possible to record or present audio in many more channels, but I'm talking about the most basic setups here. Mono audio uses only one channel. All the sound is coming from the same direction. This video that you're watching exactly this moment of me talking to the camera is being captured in mono audio. The exact same audio should be coming out from your left and right speakers or headphones. But stereo audio uses…

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