If your edit is a bit more complex you can create more buses and combine multiple tracks of
audio that belong to the same category such as dialogue, music or effects so that everything in
that category can be mixed as a single audio signal. For example, if you have five dialogue
tracks, you can route the output of all five dialogue tracks to a separate bus, and the level of all
dialogue can then be mixed with a single set of controls.
The Fairlight Flexbus structure gives you complete flexibility over bus types and signal routing
including the option for bus-to-bus, track-to-bus and bus-to-track routing. For more information
on audio bus settings in Fairlight, refer to the DaVinci Resolve manual.
The Mixer
Each audio track in your timeline corresponds to an individual channel strip in the Mixer, and by
default there's a single strip on the right for the default bus labeled 'Bus 1'. Additional channel
strips will appear on the right hand side with a set of controls for each additional bus you create.
A set of graphical controls allows you to assign track channels to output channels, adjust EQ
and dynamics, set levels and record automation, pan stereo and surround audio, and mute and
solo tracks.
The audio mixer, with channel strips corresponding to the tracks in the timeline
Using the Equalizer to Enhance your Audio
After adjusting the audio levels of your audio clips in your project, you may find that the audio
needs further finessing. In some cases you may find that the dialogue, music and sound effects
are competing for the same frequency on the audio spectrum, making your audio too busy and
unclear. This is where using EQ can help, as it allows you to specify the parts of the audio
spectrum that each track occupies. You can also use an equalizer to help remove unwanted
elements from your audio by isolating and reducing the level on particular frequencies that
contain low rumbles, hums, wind noise and hiss, or simply to improve the overall quality of your
sound so it is more pleasing to listen to.
DaVinci Resolve provides EQ filters that can be applied at a clip level to each individual clip or
at the track level to affect entire tracks. Each audio clip in the timeline has a four band equalizer
in the inspector panel, and each track has a 6 band parametric equalizer in the mixer panel. The
Working with Clips in DaVinci Resolve
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