Audio Post-Production in Pro Tools

A course by Nadine Voullième Uteau , Sound Engineer

Sound Engineer. Tulsa, Chile.
Joined July 2019

Learn to use sound as a narrative tool and create your own sound universe

100% positive reviews (183)
4,428 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch

Learn to use sound as a narrative tool and create your own sound universe

Sound—and the absence of it—have a great degree of responsibility in the enjoyment of an audiovisual piece. Remember the first time you heard the T-Rex roar in Jurassic Park or the first time a ship jumped into hyperspace in Star Wars?

Nadine Voullième, a sound engineer with more than 30 years of experience, will teach you in this course how to use Avid Pro Tools to bring emotion, information, sensations, and perceptions to an image. Learn an accessible way to assemble soundtracks and develop the sound of your projects in a creatively and with technical knowledge.

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What will you learn in this online course?

23 lessons & 21 downloads

What will we do in this course?
3 minutes, 51 seconds
Introduction to narrative sound
14 minutes, 16 seconds
Sound search
19 minutes, 47 seconds
Search for sounds (part 2)
15 minutes, 24 seconds
  • 100% positive reviews (183)
  • 4,428 students
  • 23 lessons (5h 13m)
  • 21 additional resources (6 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
  • Unlimited access forever

What is this course's project?

You will edit and mix the soundtrack of an audiovisual scene. You will work, together with Nadine, in the construction of a sound atmosphere, particular noises, and dialogue editing, to finally achieve a professional 2.0 stereo mix.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

Filmmakers, sound producers, animators, and all those who are passionate about the handling of audiovisual techniques.

Requirements and materials

You will need to have basic Pro Tools skills and basic knowledge of the audiovisual language.

You must have a computer with Pro Tools software installed—or some other sound editing program that works with images—a microphone, and sound monitors with good quality.


Reviews

4,428 Students
183 Reviews
100% Positive ratings

Nadine Voullième Uteau

Teacher Plus
Sound Engineer

Nadine has been a sound post-producer for 30 years. She works creating and editing soundtracks for film and television at Aural, a sound studio where she shares her work regularly. In addition, she teaches young filmmakers and digital animators.

She has participated in the sound and mixing of multiple Chilean and Latin American film projects such as La Telenovela Errante, a feature film by Raúl Ruiz; Caught in Japan, a documentary by Vivienne Barry, and Garage Olimpo by Marco Bequis, among others. Nadine specializes in recording, dubbing direction, and sound design. In 2017, she was named Featured Woman at the FEMCINE7 Women's Film Festival, for her career and contribution to the audiovisual medium.


Content

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Presentation
    • Influences
    • What will we do in this course?
  • U2

    The narrative sound

    • Introduction to narrative sound
    • Introduction to narrative sound (part 2)
    • Introduction to narrative sound (part 3)
    • Sound search
    • Search for sounds (part 2)
    • Dubbing
    • Foley recording
  • U3

    Putting together the sound

    • Dialogue editing
    • Dialogue editing (part 2)
    • Assembling scene environments
    • Setting up specific sound effects
    • Setting up particular sound effects (part 2)
  • U4

    Mix

    • Sound color
    • Sound color (part 2)
    • Sound planes
    • Sound planes (part 2)
    • Spacial location
    • Spatial location (part 2)
    • Incorporation of music and export of the mix
    • Incorporation of music and export of the mix (part 2)
  • FP

    Final project

    • Sound postproduction in Pro Tools

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Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.

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Audio Post-Production in Pro Tools

A course by Nadine Voullième Uteau
Sound Engineer. Tulsa, Chile.
Joined July 2019
  • 100% positive reviews (183)
  • 4,428 students