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I've always used free run code to jam slate an camera Did a 2 day job with an Red Epic but editor says she cannot auto sync?? If the free run code could be seen as a "time" what's the problem? Epic menu is not my forte nor the camera teams strength either! I know there is time-code and edge code so how can I make this work next time. Done dozens of shoots and a feature on 2 x Alexas without a problem So help and advice appreciated Cheers mike
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With a freshly edited session of a short film I recorded sitting on the desktop waiting for mixing I thought I'd recalibrate my monitoring and aimed to get it close to 82dBVu at listening position with pink noise. I spent a bit of time trying a few other things out, matching levels with tone at 1kHz and 500 Hz, and then pink noise. I also matched with an aimed condensor and a omni mic into 2 different recorders. The results were surprising, interesting and concerning. After matching levels with tone my ears could detect what I thought were massive differences in level, even though both mics - hyper ( MKH50 ) were metering the same levels and the omni ( Cos11 ) was…
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Not many applications import the cue points list from broadcast wave files, but if they did, what would you want to see? TASCAM HS-P82, etc automatically puts in mark points at the start of the data ("PRE" - for PreRoll start), at the instant the recording was started "REC", and an END point. Then if the user hits the Mark button, they get a MARK cue point. If the user hits the MARK button close to when the sticks are clapped, wouldn't that be useful in post-production? If so, you'd want to differentiate it from other Mark points, which might be short hand for "flubbed line here", "bad audio/plane overhead" etc. What about a "STIX" mark point? (We have a self …
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I dont know how many of you have experienced this, but I have a feeling it is becoming more and more frequent as productions hire people with less experience to save on cash, since budgets are just numbers pulled out of a hat (in the indie world) and rates are set by producers.... anyway, heres the rant: I dont usually do post because on an indie level, production is basically just asking for favors by the time principal photography is done. But every now and then I will do--work on a project if I have time, approve the production audio (I will not do salvage jobs), and like the project enough. The last film I did post on, the guys really knew their stuff, and even ad…
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I own Pro Tools 9 and have seen on HD systems the ability to write automation to a single clip and then write that same automation to multiple clips and I am wondering if that feature is available in non-HD systems. For example, if am trying to remove room noise using Waves WNS and want to apply the same noise reduction gathered from one clip, to all other clips from the same room, is there a way to in other words copy and paste that automation so that I don't have to be constantly re-running that plugin and potentially getting different noise reduction results?
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Final Cut Pro 7.x shows Scene, Take, Timecode Start and other metadata information from BWAV files, but not the track names. Is there a way to get it to do this? I've had editors ask me about this and I can't see track name information anywhere in the software. Mark
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Hey guys, a quick question. I'm working in an animated series and we had a few re-records for lines. So I created a new folder and copied the new takes into it. But when I pull up either the workspace or project browser the folder and files don't show up. I can search for the files because I know the naming convention. But i can't figure out how to refresh the file list. Any suggestions?
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I'm looking for input on SFX/Music library software. Over the years I've created and collected thousands of sounds and composed over a hundred musical clips I'd like to collect and organize into a useable library. I've been trying out commercial solutions like Soundminer (currently trying the Mac HD demo) and Audiofinder (wow world's shortest demo) but have been dismayed by the software so far and am wondering what others use? For example, my time with SoundMiner has been abysmal. It seems that the basic HD product is nothing more than simple library utility. I can't collect sounds within the program and it has barely (if) any metadata editing capabilities. …
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I've been sound designing for many years now, as a hobby. I mostly use synths and also record ambient FX too. Does anyone know how this side of the industry works? If a television or film project needs some unique sound, whether it's ambient FX or synthesized, do they use outside contractors? Or do they just use their in house post team to do that?
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I've been following the "" thread. page-3#entry233201, Marc Wielage brings up the point about delay caused by display devices: These delays of just 10 ms are enough to throw off foley, sound fx, and dialogue - anything really. Does anyone know of a reliable way to measure this kind of picture vs sound delay other than this: http://www.pharoahaudio.com/syncheckproducthomepage.html I use Syncheck version 2 and it seems like the appropriate tool, but even Syncheck isn't foolproof. How else does one measure the delay so that it can be accounted for? The second part of the question, how to adjust for the delay, is easy enough in Pro Tools. It has a video sync …
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http://www.reddit.com/r/TheWire/comments/1qn6ff/i_was_a_sound_editor_on_the_wire_every_episode/ I found this really interesting and useful. Hope you folks do too!
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Price is right. Might have to sign up for spam email to get it though. http://www.waves.com/lpn/black-friday/free-plugin-pre-signup
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I don't normally watch TV, but over the last few months I've been using Netflix. Watching Bones, Lie To Me, and Supernatural quite a bit and noticing a few things. Biggest thing is the level of dialogue vs. level of music. Intro and ending music pretty much blows everything else away. Transitional music gets a bit loud too. Point is I find myself turning my master volume up and down quite a bit. I've considered that this may be due to the acoustics of my room or possibly a psychoacoustic effect but I've also heard several other people say the same things about their experiences at their own homes. I have to wonder if the post mixers on shows like mixing this way or if …
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Ok, I'm sure this noob question will generate a few smug comments from the one "in the know", but none the less I will ask - is that kind of heavily processed (to my ears) dialogue sound as in the link below, that seems agressive in a controlled way, partly caused by the use of compression? Do you use compressors in dialogue mixing - or do you rely on automation...? I am assisting dialogue mix at the moment and my edit + preliminary dialogue mix is much more "polite", I don't get this midrangey "bite", but I don't use compressors... also - is subtle noise gating usual in dialogue mix? I wonder what combination of processes causes this sort of sound behaviour…
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I record dialogue all the time but I have never recorded music before and don't really know the first thing about it. As a hobby, I'm going to be recording some music I've written for an album. While it's strictly a hobby, I do want to end up with something that sounds at least semi-professional. I won't need to record more than 2 sources at a time, so I was looking at the Focusrite Scarlett 2i4. Does anyone know if the preamps and A/D converter will help me achieve "(semi)-pro" quality recordings? Can I plug an electric guitar straight in and "amplify" it digitally in the computer/interface? I was looking into something like the SD USBPre or MixPre-D because of their…
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Doing post on a film and wanted to see if anyone has an forest/wood ambiences from upstate New York they would be willing to share? Can be day or night. I have many generic ambiences that will work fine, but thought it would be fun to use some specific to the area. Thanks!
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So I'm wondering if someone could explain the fundamental difference between multi-mono and multi-channel plugins in Protools? From what I understand the multi-mono plugins are good for unlinking the functions within the plugin and treating each channel to different values separately. Whereas the multi-channel plugins are good for "correlated processing" (one process that relies on another in the same effects chain?). But doesn't this happen with either plugin type, by the fact that you have one plugin inserted above the next in the chain? When would this be any different? The only example I could think of is side-chaining. Is my thinking wrong about…
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From : CURRENT thread... since this is an edit question... I posted here too.. Quick question for those with edit experience... I know different Edit programs probably open up tracks from a Poly file differently... Adobe premier pops them open from what I know in order of PRESENT tracks... If 3 is not used for example they all open up 1-12 lets say into the next open slot.. 4 becomes 3 if there is NO 3 recorded on a take... it bumps up and fills the empty slot... At least this is what I am told... When we use this app (Sound Report writer) for putting together our reports, we have the option of listing tracks as 1-12 for example.... and simply …
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I recently started doing post production mixing for a company. We mostly do commercials and short corporate videos, most of which require a VO. When available, the VO talent uses our booth and we record here. But often times we use someone out of state, which we have an ISDN line for. However, being a bit young, I've never done a VO session over ISDN and I'm not sure the steps to take in order to get things up and running. I'm hoping someone would be willing to write out a simple step by step guide to setting up a VO session over ISDN, assuming of course that there are some universal steps to be taken, that aren't unique to each studio setup. If thats the case, any info w…
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Announced on the 26th. I'm pretty impress with the amount of flexibility we're getting these days. Announced that it will lower the reverb in mono or stereo /track/mixes. I've downloaded the free trial. http://www.zynaptiq.com/unveil/
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Hi there! I just found that the only way I have to sync sound and video it´s a recorded audio tc on a camera audio channel. The camera is a Sony FS 700. It generates and record TC but does not have any TC I/O. I have to meet postproduction crew tomorrow and I wonder what they can do if I record an Audio TC signal on a camera channel. They are editing with Final Cut Thx in advance!
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Hey does anyone the basic rates of doing post - production for a feature film? like how much each person on the sound team typically gets paid?
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Hello all! I've been having trouble lately trying to deliver a finished ProTools 10 session with its files to a client. After wrapping up the final mix for a short film, I removed all the unused audio from the clip list, selected the "Save Copy In" option, and checked the boxes to copy "Audio Files" and "Video Files." A new session folder was created along with a audio folder inside it, and there I see a big list of the audio files I used in the session. After moving this new copy of the entire session to an external hard drive, I opened it with ProTools and received a box informing me a couple hundred files are missing and need to be relinked. After selecting "automatic…
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