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I did a documentary job this week with a cameraman using a Canon 5D. I was recording double system with an IFB on the camera. The situation included an exciting morning inside an office complex where all the employees were celebrating a very important event regarding the approval of their medical product. As the cameraman and I weaved our way through the popping corks and high-fives trying to catch the unfolding celebration, we were at first confused why the people when seeing the camera, would stop what they were doing and saying and just stand there with their arms over each others' shoulders and smile at the camera. We finally realized what was up when someone inform…
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From last January, but I guess worth the 3 minutes it takes to read the article, especially for NFL fans/employees. http://sportsvideo.org/main/blog/2012/01/05/amid-teams-concerns-nfl-speaks-quietly-about-on-field-audio/
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I have made a change to LectroRM on Android that I believe is better in the long run, but I also think it will weird people out, so I haven't implemented it on iPhone yet. Instead of pull down menus and having to scroll through the options, I've replaced them with a single text field that will gradually filter out the options as you type. Usually just typing the hex code is enough to bring the options count below scrolling through the dropdown menus, especially if 25khz steps is disabled in the settings. The idea occurred to me when I was working between both wideband and narrowband devices, which made the switching a bit cumbersome and I found myself wishi…
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My current setup is quite compact, with my speakers roughly 3 feet from my face, and a subwoofer at my feet (with lowered bass) I get uncomfortable with things on my ears, so changing to headphones isn't an option for me. Therefore, I need a mic that handles background noise well. My first mic was an at2020, and that turned out to not handle the speakers very well, obviously. I've been looking for cheaper alternatives ever since. Currently I'm using a Dynamic mic, which picks up too quiet, and needs a lot of extra gain, which introduces background noise. I also just recently tried a moukey MCM-1 "shotgun mic" but the advertised unidirectional pickup pattern wasn't as prec…
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There was an interesting article in the latest issue of Laser Focus World on a method using pretty cheap components (Infrared laser and CCD camera and computer) to evesdrop or record audio remotely from hundreds of meters away. I don't think it will allow us to dump our wireless mics in exchange for a laser and a camera just yet, but it makes you think about the technology the spooks must have at their disposal for eavesdropping on conversations without being detected. Read more Here: http://www.optoiq.com/index/photonics-technologies-applications/lfw-display/lfw-article-display/9000258645/articles/laser-focus-world/volume-46/issue-1/world-news/laser-speckle-imaging.…
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Just installed IPB on my iphone to use with this forum. Is a search function missing or am I blind to it? Thanks!
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2 points of view: Dan Morain: Revenue down and lawmakers seek tax breaks? By Dan Morain dmorain@sacbee.com Published: Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 13A Last Modified: Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2012 - 8:54 am http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/07/4316843/revenue-down-and-lawmakers-seek.html Some Democratic legislators evidently haven't gotten the word. No matter that California has a budget deficit of $9.2 billion, or that Gov. Jerry Brown is contemplating deeper cuts in welfare, health care and universities if voters fail to approve his $5 billion tax initiative in November. While Brown and other advocates are asking voters to approve anywhere fro…
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An interesting perspective. http://www.moviemaker.com/articles-directing/danny-boyle-15-golden-rules-filmmaking/
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[img alt=http://www.cinetalk.tv/wp-content/uploads/monsters.jpg]http://www.cinetalk.tv/wp-content/uploads/monsters.jpg http://www.cinetalk.tv/news/gareth-edwards-monsters-behind-the-scenes/ I saw this yesterday and really enjoyed it, all the more because he managed to shoot it on a reported 15 grand budget! Watch the clip in the link, proper guerilla film making at its best! Anybody else seen it yet? Best, Tim
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They got the sound correct though!!
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Hello all. We have finally nailed down a location for the RAMPS get-together at NAB. It is in the same complex we have been in for the last few years, but on the right side as you enter rather than the left. I know the parking there can suck, but is has provided some entertainment over the years, too. Anyway, here is the info: Satay Grille 3900 Paradise Rd, Suite N, Las Vegas, NV 89169 www.sataygrille.com There are menus and stuff on the website, the website kind of sucks in that it only seems to work with IE, but the food looks good, they have vegetarian choices, they have reserved the deck for us, and they really seem to want us. I will be there arou…
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G’day, My name is Ian - I’m an Australian boom op who’s living on the east coast of Canada. I’m travelling with my wife to Boston this week, and while she attends her conference I’ll be checking out the town. Does anyone have any recommendations on “must-do’s” when in Boston? Is anyone on the group filming, and up for a set-visit? cheers’ thompsound@gmail.com
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Still early days, but I imagine that once this tech improves, it might serve as a replacement for some ADR. I would have to assume that SAG would include language to limit its use, but for indies and for general walla, those might someday serve as a kind of "stock footage", or even a plugin: https://www.aflorithmic.ai/post/creating-einsteins-voice
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Disclaimer, I do NOT want a political / religious discussion. BUT: I've got a request to work for Scientology. If I were in a position to be able to refuse work, I would leave it instantly. But you've guessed, I'm not... Now, where is the line? I could really use some money, but I'm not really comfortable with the idea that my work will help sucking in people into something I call 'bad'. 'No discrimination' does not apply in this situation IMHO. What do you think? @ Jeff, monitor this and step in if this goes off the track.
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Hi guys, I'm currently porting all my apps to 64 bits to be compatible with Catalina. MakeTranscriberfiles is now up, and I have a working version. (For both Mac and Windows, could add Linux in the future.) But, since it's a total overhaul of the code (new language), I'm not sure how it will perform in the real world. So, I would appreciate if some of you would take it for a spin. (Platform could be Win or Mac, but for Win, you need a 64 bits OS.) Thx, Bouke
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Before I could respond to Tomash B. last comment the thread was locked. I feel I need to respond and let Tomash, as well as anyone else following the thread, know how I feel about the whole situation. I'll start by posting Tomash's last post. By the way, for those wondering, here's a link to the original thread: http://jwsound.net/SMF/index.php?topic=8766.msg75012;topicseen#msg75012 Now for Tomash's last post, starting with him quoting me: Quote from: Mirror on Today at 01:23:17 PM >People are sure thin skinned around here. You're right, "set" was used. My mistake. However, I still stand by my original premise that the ad was unclear therefore …
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http://laist.com/2008/11/06/new_buglary_scam_faux_film_location.php Hard for residents to find out who's legit.. And people sometimes see stars (or cash) in their eyes sometimes.. -Richard
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Please contact me at tyford@tyford.com or 410.296.2868. If you're not him but know him, please forward my request or send me an email or phone number. Thanks, Ty 410.296.2868
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This was sent to a producer friend of mine by a A.V. company they were considering hiring for a live event don't you wish we could make every client sign off on this Terms & Conditions: • (1a) All rates apply 7 days per week. • (1b) Day rate listed is based on TEN hours per day. • (1c) 6 Hour Minimum billing is at hourly rate listed (considered 1/2 day rate). • (1d) Hourly rate applies after 10 consecutive billable hours. • (1e) 1.5x hourly rate applies after 12 consecutive billable hours. • (1f) 2x hourly rate applies after 15 consecutive billable hours. • (1g) 2x hourly rate applies from 2am until 6am. • (1h) 2x hourly rate and/or 2x…
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Interesting listen. episode the Sound Of Sports. https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=394775318&i=317561956
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I posted about a month ago about recording on the Red cam. And said I would follow up here with results. Red Cam build 30 vsn 30.5.0 The background for this report is that initial tests were distorted on the Red. Even though levels looked very healthy. OdBu lines up at exactly -20dBfs on this build of the camera. So at first look, everything is perfect. The headphone o/p was the first clue there were problems. Badly distorted, including digital clipping. But the levels looked good. So I padded the signal to the camera 12dB.(7dB wasn't safe enough in tests) i.e. -12dBu. As it turns out, that operating level for voice, puts usual meter defl…
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Anyone saw / heard it? Sounds like the sound team had a hard job canceling the noise from the set. The dialog hiss and artifacts distracted me from the performance and story several times. Great vfx!
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I'm hunting for an Android app to do music playback from. The specific feature I am looking for is the ability to add cue or index points through a track and be able to re-cue to them easily. It would also be great to have a decent scrub function, or to be able to enter a specific start point in min:sec. I would happily take more advanced features as well. Any ideas?
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I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I know that all engines put out RF of some sort, but today was pretty extreme. I was on a shoot where I was on a metal pontoon boat with an out board motor. When every the boat was running, I would get full spikes in my RF meters about every 2-3 seconds and pretty random and erratic. Whenever the boat was off, it completely went away and the RF meters were totally clean I was running 2 QRX's, Nomad, and MicPlexer.
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Pretty cool: after training with wide angle images + sound from artificial stereo head + mono sound, a deep neural learned to - generates binaural sound - isolates sound sources from video+mono audio alone. See https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.04204 http://vision.cs.utexas.edu/projects/2.5D_visual_sound/ This is only the beginning... In the future you may imagine, for example, an AI that focus/extract the relevant sound when you zoom in a high resolution image in post, etc.
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