Decreasing volume from audio and then increasing it

Haim-Kichel wrote on 5/22/2021, 9:52 AM

Hi. I am trying to include a video during a montage. I am looking a way to decrease the volume of the song playing in the background while the video is playing and bring it back up after the video is over (basically fade it out for a while and fade it back in). It seems like the fade in and fade out option is only available at the beginning and end of the audio file. Any thoughts? Thanks!!

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johnebaker wrote on 5/22/2021, 10:21 AM

@Haim-Kichel

Hi

The feature you need to use is the Volume curve - you must be working in Timeline mode - right click the music track and select the option from the popup.

You will see a green line appear on the music object, to duck the music you add 4 nodes where required, as shown below - the mouse pointer will turn to a small black triangle when in the correct position and a single left click adds a node.

For dragging these nodes up/down left/right to duck the music volume, when the mouse pointer changes to a cross over a node you can then drag them into position.

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Do note it is best to work zoomed in on the section you want to dick.

HTH

John EB
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Haim-Kichel wrote on 5/23/2021, 8:38 AM

LOVE IT!!!! Did not know it existed, that's awesome!! thanks so much! I will play around with it

johnebaker wrote on 5/23/2021, 9:15 AM

@Haim-Kichel

Hi

Thanks for the feedback

Happy editing.

John EB

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.