Yesterday I started working with DaVinci Fairlight for my audio stories.

Strictly speaking, I’ve been trying to learn DaVinci Fairlight for a few weeks now. The tutorials are… hmm. I can’t fault the writer or the company, because they are extensive. The problem is that I think I’m not the target audience for their work. They really want “professional” audio and video editors, people who have already received training and, perhaps more importantly, are somewhat familiar with the tools. At least are familiar with the terminology.

I am not a professional in that sense. I’m a professional writer, sure, but audio editing is something I do as a… there’s a term for this. Somebody who does it passionately and consistently but isn’t paid for it… an amateur? Something like that, the word will occur to me later.

Anyway, moral of the story is that at some point I had to stop learning how to use the tool, and just… dive in. I’ve already learned a few interesting things! And my process is kinda getting a bit faster already, which is a very good sign… editing the Arena Combat episodes is time intensive, to say the least. I’ve tried to set up my tools and workspace to minimize the time it takes, but it’s still long.

Thankfully the other episodes are much faster to record. But, ironically, much longer to write and edit. So it kinda balances out?

Anyway! I’ve started using DaVinci Fairlight, and so far, so good! We’ll see if I can finish the episode today and get started on the next (which will take me into September for the release schedule, which is good! I’d really like to be into October at this point, but those few weeks to learn Fairlight slowed me down!).

Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!