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What viewers read and hear: captions, voices, music and sound effects.
Most people watch with the sound off, and the rest notice bad audio first. These guides cover caption styles and timing, writing for a voice-over, ducking music under speech, and sound effects that land.
How word by word captions are made: a transcript with word timings, mapped through every cut and speed change, then shown as pop, karaoke or highlight styles.
Sound effects for YouTube videos that make edits feel finished: whooshes on cuts, hits on reveals, ambience under b-roll, and how loud each should sit.
How to duck music under voice in a video: how far to drop the music, how fast to ramp, where it comes back up, and how to level the final mix for the platforms.
Which caption styles work on Reels, Shorts and TikTok: word-by-word highlights, size, position and case, with the settings to ask Claude for in Cut Express.
How to make an AI voice over for YouTube Shorts that sounds human: write for the ear, pick a voice, pace it, and let the captions follow every word.