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Comprehensive Audio Training
Learn the art and craft of sound editing, sweetening, recording, mixing and mastering with Fairlight in DaVinci Resolve.
Fix everyday sound problems, perform advanced dialogue editing and sweeten your recordings with advanced effects.
Organize with groups, submixes and busses, and mix with mix automation.
Learn about loudness monitoring, and create deliverables for any standard.
Gavin Lucas
Certified Fairlight Trainer
This Course Offers
DaVinci Resolve 19
This Course is up-to-date with features from DaVinci Resolve 19. Some of these features are not part of the official course curriculum from Blackmagic Design and are presented as bonus lessons here.
Free Version of DaVinci Resolve
Most parts of this course can be done with the free version of DaVinci Resolve, however some of the new AI powered tools will not be available to you and there are restrictions with Dolby Atmos.
Key Topics Covered
Building a Soundtrack
Learn the Fairlight interface and it’s editing tools and key organizational principles to work efficiently in audio projects of any size.
Recording and ADR
Record additional audio like voice over of foley effects directly into Fairlight. Learn Fairlight’s advanced tools for Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR).
EQ, Dynamics, & Effects
Performa audio repair and sweetening tasks. Learn to use foundational tools like EQ and Compressor, add dedicated effects like Reverb or make use of AI powered tools like Vocie Isolation, Music Remix, Ducker and more.
Advanced Dialogue Editing & Repair
Learn advanced techniques for editing dialogue and fixing common sound production problems.
Advanced Mixing with Buses and Automation
Learn how to use Fairlight’s Flexbus system to set up custom busses for even the largest projects. Work with submixes, and use automation to create engaging mixes.
From Multi Track & Multi Channel to Dolby Atmus
Work with any source material and create any number of deliverables for your project. Stereo or 5.1? Additional tracks for foreign language distribution? Dolby Atmus with spacial Audio? This course covers all common workflows for any project.
Optional use of Fairlight Hardware
Learn how to use dedicated Fairlight Hardware with detailed demonstrations of the Fairlight Desktop Console and the Fairlight Audio Editor.
Should I take this Course?
This course is ideal for you if you:
Prerequisites: You should have basic editing skills with DaVinci Resolve. You know how to open and save projects, work with timelines and media in the Media bin, you can perform basic editing tasks, and render your timelines.
Optional Hardware
You can control Fairlight entirely with mouse and keybaoard. But if you own Fairlight Hardware or simply want to learn more about it: Gavin shows you in detail how to use the Fairlight Audio Editor and the Fairlight Desktop Console in an entire dedicated Lesson.
Gavin is also offering a German language Fairlight course via his platform Tutorial Experts.
Blackmagic Design Certified Training
This course follows the official Blackmagic Design Certification Program for Fairlight and is supplemented with additional exercises and video explanations.
It is equivalent to a three-day classroom training as it is taught by certified trainers in training centers worldwide.
Blackmagic Design offers the book The Fairlight Audio Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18 as a free PDF on the DaVinci Resolve Training site, where you can also find a free online exam to test your knowledge after you complete this course.
VFXstudy is an official training partner of Blackmagic Design.
Start from the Beginning?
If you want to learn DaVinci Resolve from the ground up, you can follow the Certification training from the beginning with the DaVinci Resolve Basics Training.
Further Questions
If you have more questions about the Fairlight course, contact Gavin via [email protected].
For general support or other training on vfxstudy.com reach out to Bernd at [email protected].
