Want to easily change volume levels within a clip?
With simple keyframing you can make manually make some parts quieter and others louder.
Scott at Sword & Shield Studio walks us through how to do it.
You’ll learn:
- Setting keyframes in audio tracks
- making sections louder and quieter
Of course you could use compression, normalization, and other audio techniques to achieve a similar result…
This method allows for flexibility, and is also a more beginner friendly for anyone who has not yet started learning fairlight and more advanced audio editing.

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.