How Many Layers Does It Take to Make Your Audio Dynamic? (Hint: A Lot)

According to world-renown editor and sound designer Walter Murch, editing is a lot like cooking.

And if you know anything about cooking, which I don't, you know that it's all about layering flavors so your food has dimension. It's a similar concept within the context of sound design — you have to choose sound effects that pair well with each other, as well as with your video, and layer them to create depth. To show you a couple of methods you could use to do this, here are tutorials by self-professed video nerds Casey Faris and Dan Bernard.

First up is Casey's tutorial, in which he shows you how to create dimension to a transition by layering sound effects.

Next is Dan's tutorial, in which he layers a bunch of sound effects to create a believable punch sound from scratch.

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