# @epidemicsound on YouTube - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=fhM85urlNYc - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70952177-epidemicsound-youtube - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/802f776870.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-09-23T17:00:29.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Epidemic Sound (@epidemicsound) — https://gondola.cc/epidemicsound ## Caption In this episode Dan from @Danvinci1 shows how professional editors layer sound effects, using a set of nature drone shots. The key idea: you never hear just one thing at once, so one sound effect per shot is never enough. Professional editors never place just one sound effect per shot. In this episode of Sound Snacks, editor Dan layers rain, distant birdsong, ambient wind, duck calls and a whoosh transition onto a handful of nature drone shots, then balances their volumes so the scene sounds like a real place rather than a stock clip with a noise on top. The core principle: you never hear only one thing at once. Real environments are made of multiple sound layers at different distances from the camera, and your edit should be too. Five rules for placing sound effects like a professional editor Keep a plausible link between image and sound. If the viewer sees a train and hears a rocket, the illusion breaks immediately. You can use sounds whose source is off screen. Ducks, distant birds and traffic all work if they belong to the location, even when nothing on screen makes that noise. Layer several effects per shot. One sound effect reads as an effect; five read as a place. Fade every effect in and out. Sounds that start or stop abruptly announce themselves as edits. Mix by distance. Anything close to the lens sits loud in the mix, like the fly that passes the drone camera in this video. Distant ambience sits low and quiet. Artificial effects follow the same logic. A whoosh on a zoom has no on-screen source at all, but it sells the camera move. Timestamps 00:00 One sound effect is never enough 00:23 Matching sound to what's on screen 00:45 Using sounds you can't see 01:37 Fading effects in and out 02:14 Mixing audio levels Links Sound effects used in this video: https://www.epidemicsound.com/sound-effects/ More Sound Snacks episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFOi0ilDRkwc&si=zMDaTLuHLINs6yL4 FAQ How many sound effects should you use per shot? There's no fixed number, but expect several. In this video a single nature shot carries several separate effects layered together. Can you use a sound effect for something not visible on screen? Yes, and professionals do it constantly. As long as the sound belongs to the location, viewers accept it without seeing the source. Why do my sound effects sound fake? Usually two causes: only one layer where there should be several, and hard cuts instead of fades at the start and end of each clip. Edited in DaVinci Resolve. #SoundDesign #VideoEditing #SoundEffects #DaVinci #DaVinciResolve ------------------------------------------------- With world-class music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound, you can translate a feeling that’s uniquely yours into something that can be shared. Get unlimited access to our expansive catalog and next-generation soundtracking tools. All rights are included. Soundtrack and publish your content worry-free, worldwide. Try our catalog of music and sound effects for free: https://www.epidemicsound.com/?utm_so... ------------------------------------------------- Find out more about Epidemic Sound here: https://www.epidemicsound.com/about-u... ------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_sOjEnngNB2y_AEaDd2cSA • Instagram: https://instagram.com/epidemicsound/ • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@epidemicsound • X: https://twitter.com/epidemicsound/ • Facebook: https://facebook.com/EpidemicSound/ ## Stats - **Views:** 2,043 - **Likes:** 20 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 1 ## Tags soundeffects, videoediting, sounddesign, davinciresolve, davinci --- Copyright (c) Gondola