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- [Instructor] The audio tools in Camtasia are great

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for basic audio enhancements.

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But if I have a high end project

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and I need a bit more production power,

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I like to combine forces with a third party editor.

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When I go this route, it is one of my final steps

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after everything has been edited, reviewed

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and the project is essentially locked down.

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So over here in Adobe Audition,

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I have the audio only vocal track I exported from Camtasia.

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You can of course use whatever audio editor works for you.

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Audacity is an excellent free tool for Windows

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and GarageBand works great on a Mac.

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There are tutorials for these apps

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as well as many others right here in the learning library.

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Okay, after I've made my tweaks here in Audition,

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I need to export my file back to Camtasia.

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Then back here in Camtasia,

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I need to bring in my polished vocal track.

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So I like to add it right here on the bottom.

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Do whatever works for you.

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So I'm going to insert track below here.

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So I've got a brand new track right on the bottom

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and I'm just going to drag and drop my polished vocal track.

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I need to line it up, which is really easy.

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I just drag it to the beginning of the project here

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and I have one more step,

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I need to mute my unpolished audio.

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I don't want two instances of the same audio

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that might sound wonky.

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So here's a quick non-destructive way to do that.

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I'm going to select all of my clips with my vocal tracks

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and I'm going to group them.

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Right click group,

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select that group

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and over here in the properties panel

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I'm going to choose the audio tab

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and I'm just going to drop the gain on everything.

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And now I have a polished vocal track

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to export with my final project.

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Now this of course took a bit of extra time

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and a few extra steps.

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For most Camtasia creations,

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a clean recording and the tools here in Camtasia

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do the trick just fine.

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But for a high end project,

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polishing the audio in a third party editor

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can give it an extra layer of pro shine.