How to add reverb to a video iphone

I know how to add sound effects (reverb, eq) to an audio recording I have made, but I would like to know what is the simplest way to add sound effects to a video recording.
I have an iPad and a Macintosh, with GarageBand and iMovie and Final Cut Pro. I can make simultaneous video (using the iPad) and audio (using the Mac) recordings, edit the audio recording in GarageBand and then import the video and audio into Final Cut Pro, but this seems very clunky. What do other people do? Is there some other software that would make things easier? Can I easily add sound effects in iMovie or Final Cut Pro? I know that this is possible, but I find Final Cut Pro difficult to use.

Hi Nigel, I've only ever used the clunky method in Logic then iMovie.

Hi Nigel, I've only ever used the clunky method in Logic then iMovie.

I'm glad it's not just me!

Hi,
I'm importing the mixed and mastered audio to my video, but you can also use your VSTs or AudioUnits in Final Cut.
For me it is easier to use them in my DAW.

Cheers, Guenne

Final Cut is a pain for this IMO. Effects are added by dragging from the list of effects onto the clip. (Reverbs are called spaces.)

You then see the paramters in the audio info pane (not sure what it is actually called) at the top right:

It's a pain and a lot more fiddly because you can't use busses like you would in Logic, so you need to adjust the wet/dry mix.

I also do it the clunky way.
Audio on iPad, then edit in Studio One DAW.
Video on mobile phone.
Combine them in a video editor.

I have never needed to do this , but it just occurred to me if I did not to process auidio after a final cutb edite, then it's easy enough to import the video into Logic, and continue working with audio tracks synced to the video. You can then export the video with the new audio or export the audio to import into FCP.

I ended up doing this, though the process was so unclear I had no idea whether the bounced/exported file had the new effects or not without listening to it.

You can do it directly in Reaper. Just import the video and away you go.

You can do it directly in Reaper. Just import the video and away you go.

Sounds grim tho..

Yeah, I really like the software but I don't know what they were thinking of with the name.

So it sounds like the easiest way is to record the sound and the video separately, then to add sound effects, and then to import the sound into Final Cut or the video into Logic or Reaper.

It seems very odd to me that it should be this difficult. Many thousands of people are making Youtube videos of themselves. I wonder if there is an app on the iPhone that does it all.

Can anyone suggest what is the easiest video capture software on the Mac? (Or maybe I'll just keep using the iPad.)

Can anyone suggest what is the easiest video capture software on the Mac?

I'm not sure what you mean by video capture. An iPad is probably better as a camera because it's more portable and easier to monitor live.

It is possible to connect a mic directly to your phone or iPad, and then you have decent sound quality already on the video. But then you need to process the audio in a DAW, and then edit the video in a video editor anyway, so it doesn't really bring much of an advantage. Unless I'm missing something - which is always a possibility...

I think these two bettersax videos pretty much sum it up...

So it sounds like the easiest way is to record the sound and the video separately, then to add sound effects, and then to import the sound into Final Cut or the video into Logic or Reaper.

What I meant about Reaper is that you can just import the video saved from your camera into Reaper and it will let you edit the sound track then export (render) in your chosen format. No need to record separately (unless you want better audio quality).

I haven’t found a movie editing app that uses auv3 which would be the way to go for me. I use iPad and do it the long way - record the audio to Cubasis add whatever fx. Record the video on the phone. Then bring both into Lumafusion on the iPad. Excellent video app.

I think these two bettersax videos pretty much sum it up...

So Jay Metcalf uses 2 recording devices (one for audio and one for video) and does it the clunky way, exactly like I have done it.

But he uses FinalCut to sync the audio track automatically, which I didn't know about.

But he uses FinalCut to sync the audio track automatically, which I didn't know about.

I've never tried that. I'm recording video with a Panasonic cam (which is far better than any phone) and audio via my iMac. Actually, syncing is rather easy and normally takes less than one minute. But to have it done automatically sounds interesting, I will give it a try tomorrow. Thanks!

Using separate devices to record audio and video seems to be the way a lot of people do it, but for what it's worth, the easiest way I have found so far to record video (plus audio) on a Mac seems to be to use Photo Booth with a USB camera.

What I meant about Reaper is that you can just import the video saved from your camera into Reaper and it will let you edit the sound track then export (render) in your chosen format. No need to record separately (unless you want better audio quality).

That would certainly simplify things, Using an external microphone on the camera would provide good sound quality. I could also add the backing track as a separate track and mix with the recording.