The interesting part of the "less is more" advice is that I think it requires that someone has ventured too far down the detail-oriented track for audio editing. And I reckon they really need to do this. The reason that I hear what you're seeing and it makes sense is that I have already practised, tried and failed enough times to learn how to do all these detailed things. Rebuilding sentences, hiding plosives manually, dialling in EQ manually. All of this is great stuff to know and to call on when its needed. But for people who are beginners, if their ceiling is our "just enough", then I think they get a skewed perspective. So as a prologue to that advice (which I ABSOLUTELY agree with) I would urge that new editors continue to challenge themselves and learn how to do the detailed, sometimes unnecessary stuff. It can be what sets you apart and helps you learn the building blocks of this awesome tech that we have access to these days.
I agree. It's why I hate talking about topics like this because I always forget to add something like your prologue. I completely agree that it's worth knowing how to do certain things, but what those things are have changed considerably over the last 3 or 4 years. I used to think it was knowing how to EQ, compress, and clean up audio. Now I think it's more about knowing how to be a good listener and be able to identify problems that need to be corrected and things that can be left alone. Especially as text-based editing and AI powered tools becomes more of a norm. Gone are the days of needing to know how to do these things. All that matters is how the finished product sounds, not how we get there.
The interesting part of the "less is more" advice is that I think it requires that someone has ventured too far down the detail-oriented track for audio editing. And I reckon they really need to do this.
The reason that I hear what you're seeing and it makes sense is that I have already practised, tried and failed enough times to learn how to do all these detailed things. Rebuilding sentences, hiding plosives manually, dialling in EQ manually. All of this is great stuff to know and to call on when its needed.
But for people who are beginners, if their ceiling is our "just enough", then I think they get a skewed perspective. So as a prologue to that advice (which I ABSOLUTELY agree with) I would urge that new editors continue to challenge themselves and learn how to do the detailed, sometimes unnecessary stuff. It can be what sets you apart and helps you learn the building blocks of this awesome tech that we have access to these days.
I agree. It's why I hate talking about topics like this because I always forget to add something like your prologue. I completely agree that it's worth knowing how to do certain things, but what those things are have changed considerably over the last 3 or 4 years. I used to think it was knowing how to EQ, compress, and clean up audio. Now I think it's more about knowing how to be a good listener and be able to identify problems that need to be corrected and things that can be left alone. Especially as text-based editing and AI powered tools becomes more of a norm. Gone are the days of needing to know how to do these things. All that matters is how the finished product sounds, not how we get there.