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I there any good options for cloud-based mixing/audio post like what Frame.io is for video post production? I have some collaborative projects and it would be good to be able to work with other mixers online.
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Hey all, I'd like to have a custom, non-natural, SciFi'esque type of sound to be created for use on an upcoming student film I'm helping shoot/produce. Think the "sound" from The Vast of Night, as an example. I've never done anything like this before so I'm sort of lost as to what I should be specifically looking for with regards to the Sound Designer and what I should expect to pay. Could anyone offer any insights on a Sound Designer they'd recommend and how much I should expect to budget for this service (a ballpark figure would do for now). TIA for any time, help, advice! Cheers
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I have been battling touch faders on a control surface showing erratic behavior, dropping in and out during recording automation, fighting me during movements etc. I had been dealing with this off and on for months. Finally got around last couple days to hardcore troubleshoot. Got online with tech support, resinstalled supporting software, hardware tests, network troubleshooting...until late last night when i thought all hope was lost and ready to send these in for repair, i finally discovered the problem: I have had this since the 80's via my grandma as a gift. I have always ke…
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I have just upgraded to the latest version of Pro Tools and I am unable to get video to play in Pro Tools. I have tried bringing in MXF, DNxHD, and MP4 (h.264) files and none will play back in Pro Tools. The videos will play normally in Quicktime, VLC etc. With the video in the edit window I can see the video keyframes in the video track and the extracted audio plays but the video window is black. Session is set to same timecode framerate as imported video which is 25 fps. I have tried disabling and reenabling the video engine, deleting and reinstalling Pro Tools to no avail. It is the latest version Pro Tools 2020.3 and my computer is a Macbook Pro 2015 i5 processor runn…
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Hi, I´m wondering If people here have any experience with Matchbox reconform tool from Cargocult? Have used EDiload in the past and quite like that, just curious on how they compare, or just if people have any thoughts on this.
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LTC sync software 1 2
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Hi. I'm new here. I'm looking for feedback on an idea I'm developing. I'm working on a free, open-source app that syncs files based on LTC. If you're familiar with Tentacle Studio or Tentacle Timecode Tool, my app addresses a similar need, but is cross-platform and free. I'm in early stages of development. I am looking for feedback on how the software works in the real world, so I can focus my efforts on what works for real people. LTCsync runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux. You can download a build for your OS from https://github.com/arikrupnik/ltcsync/releases/tag/0.1.1 Project home is https://github.com/arikrupnik/ltcsync
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Is there post tech available that allows word and phrase searching in audio files? My initial thought is the time consuming method of real time siri transcription etc. no transcripts done of this audio unfortunately.
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My question is about using plugins, I do mostly sound on a film set, and rarely I do some post-work for small projects, this helped me a lot to improve my job during the shootings. I've realized how easy it could be making a mess when cleaning up dialogues and mixing (mostly doing it at the same time). I have mixed in the past mostly music and carried with me that background. High levels, transients massive, using compressors, never issues about noises and need to clean rumbles, clothes rustle because everything was recorded in perfect situations. But when I approached audio film post everything was more complicated. I used plug ins on the single tracks and on the stem…
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Is first order Ambisonic* ambient recording safe for 5.1 mix in film theaters? Will brings problems as phase cancellation? Thanks, Dan *mic models as for examples: Sennheiser AMBEO VR, Rode nt-sf1
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If this works as advertised, it looks like it could be a great tool. https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/introducing-dialogue-match.html?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ACS&utm_campaign=2019+iZo+Newsletter&utm_content=All&utm_term=Nov+9 And hopefully will not become an excuse to foregoing getting good sound on set...
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Hi all, For those who need to deliver conform specs: I've been working my butt off to get things easier: My loudnessChange can now measure mono, stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 And it can correct if the loudness is wrong. But wait, there is more! It accepts inputs mono or poly, and you can output mono or poly (thus, interleave / de-interleave). For non-interleaved output, you can decide the new track names, and auto place them in a subfolder if desired. It can also remap if you go from L C R xxxx to L R C xxxx or alike, no matter the interleave in/ output. Then, if you have stems, it can auto correct the stems based on the printmaster. (that's not all, bu…
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Hi guys Thanks for all the gold found on this site over the years! Ive tried searching but without finding any results. Im looking for an answer for this simple question. As im getting .AAF from picture editor how can i also get some kind of notice of video changes within the reference file? Is it possible to export from premiere markers that indicate every video change or ive heard about having an silence audio track exported within the .AAF that contains every video change but as new audio clip on the audio track. I might just be missing something but usually i just get .AAF and a reference file and not a clue on when the actually video change …
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Is there a shortcut in pt that exists? I found a clever apple script that a post guy made but unfortunately it gets hung up. I was considering building my own in automator. Basically I want to bring in a ton of production sound files spotted to orignal time stamps when i usually do this manually one by one
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Hope this doen't get flagged but it's pretty specific to this section. Y'all may not spend too much time in the For Sale part. My friend, the retiring Post mixer, just brought over his entire SFX library on CDs. Probably close to 300 disks. Mostly Sound Ideas stuff, some BBC some others. Comes with all the catalogs. Cricket chirps? Got it. Saturn rocket take off? Got it. Even two Denon DN-1200F 200-disk changers and the remote control. Did I say HUGE? And heavy. The Denons weigh probs 40 pounds each. If anyone here wants to discuss this, PM me.
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I threw this together to accompany my Producing Great Sound book. It uses convolution modeling to create random room tone. Load a clean, breath- and noise-free sample from the production track (15 frames or so). The sample isn't repeated, just used as a model for timbre. So the output doesn't sound looped. I've used this (or a similar process) on a bunch of projects over the past year or two. Sounds fine, even in a theatrical mix. Free, open source VST or AU plug-in. Runs in Macs only, and requires you load the free open-source SonicBirth first. Full instructions with the download. More info and download links at GreatSound.info/roomtone Comments an…
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Waves Central
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Hello Post Folks, I recently bought some waves plugins and it had been a while. I was bummed to find out after purchase they dropped ilok. curious to know if anyone here might help me understand waves central in that i see a way that you might be able to put "assets" on a thumb drive and basically make a 2nd ilok to swap between computers? i already moved a plugin once from one computer to another and i didnt realize this might have been a mistake as it says i cant move it again for a year, if i understand correctly? I cant make sense of how this works for some reason. they have their own language about license asset management that is confusing me -Ken
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This is going back in time a little. My friend has 4 DAT tapes that were recorded on a Fostex PD4 at 48kHz, 30 fps non drop. He wants them transferred to a digital computer file that he can edit. On the Audio side, I was planning on using my Fostex Pd4 to transfer from it's AES/EBU digital output via a 110 ohm xlr into my Sound Devices 664's digital input. The 664 would be set to 48kHz/ 24 bit. I would send the Fostex's playback time code into the time code input of the 664. My question is, will this work without me doing anything to alter the playback speed for the file to work when he sinks sound to picture in the computer. His super 16 film was transferred …
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This is going back in time so any help will be appreciated. A friend of mine asked me to transfer some dat tapes into non linear digital form so he can edit on a computer. The original dat tapes were recorded on a Fostex pd4 at 48Khz 30 non drop. I am planning on using my old Pd4 and going digital out (110 ohm xlr) to digital in on a sound devices 664. I will send the timecode out from the Fostex to time code in on the 664. My question is do I just transfer from one deck to the other at 48kHz and leave the file to be adjusted on the post production computer? Or should I do something else during the transfer. The picture was shot on super 16 and the negative was transfer…
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I've got two different soundbites from a short doc interview. I have attached them to this post. The programs I am using are Adobe Audition for the main edit and then I'll often pull individual pieces into Izotope RX 7. For the first one (TEVIN_366_Fire_Extracted), near the end of the soundbite, he says "...to just go and change my life and that's what I did." As he says "and that's what I did", there is an intense Rustle from the clothing on the lav mic that overwhelms what he's saying. Not sure if this is too far gone or salvageable at all. Then the 2nd one, (TEVIN_366_Nothing_Extracted), when he says "This is nothing.." there is an audible CLI…
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I'm hoping someone can answer this question for me? I have an AVID S3 with the Pro Tools Dock/ipad combo for my studio setup at home. Usually, after creating a layout in EuControl, I can then just pressed the lefthand buttons on the S3 to call up my layouts. However, for some reason, now when i press the Layout number, the iPad Control App switches to the proper layout but the S3 does not change the Faders themselves (it's stuck on my DX only tracks. Is there a setting I accidentally set in EuControl Preferences that could have changed this? Scrtching my head.
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i am wondering if a sync solution exists currently with protools (non-HD version, without option for field recorder sync). a few times a year i post for a client project that i recorded tracks during production. the editor usually starts with my files and gives me an omf export from avid, so my audio files with heads and tails are in his export. this time around a different editor finished the project in premier, and used cam audio. i talked him through an omf export which worked well but i really wanted to use my production sound for this project. I had to manually sync clips. it was a rather short project with a tight turn but in the future i really want to have a bette…
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Hello, Did a scene today with a practical SM58. Didn't amplify it to the room through the speaker until take 3. My question is, how easy is it to fake the speaker sound in post and make it sound realistic? We also had a boom in the room far from the practical, picking up the distant perspective and then the speaker sound once it was powered on. Second question is, how easy is it to make it match the aesthetic we got once we started using the speaker? To make takes 1-2 match the rest. Thanks, Ben
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Hello, I am currently doing production sound for a indie feature set in the fifties in an African city. Obviously we struggling to avoid plane, (chinese) motorbikes, modern cars, AC fans, water pumps, amplified call for prayer, to mention only the quotidian ones... I do not think I will get a chance to record enough stereo ambient sound as I usually do because of these issues. I have a fairly number of years of experience in film but this is my first non contemporary era film. So my question is can we rely on post only to re-create ambient sounds, assembling isolated sounds, to get credible soundscapes for the diverse scenes set in town? What a…
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Hello soundgroup members, For the people with little to no time here's the Question in short: (longer version is below) I want to create a similar sound to the one that the locket makes in this video (below) every time it gets attacked. Any idea with what I should start ? The only thing I hear is someone eating a cookie. Thanks Thiellie --------------- Here's the same Question a bit longer: I'm a student with 0 experience and interested in creating some sound effects. As my teacher's ears are tired of me asking questions I wanted to try another way to get information on how to do things. For a short film we made in school I…
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Hey y'all. Thought you might be interested in this. Pro Sound Effects have a cheeky little giveaway in a couple of days. The prize is a 1yr sub to Pro Tools Ultimate, Izotope Production Production Suite, some stuff by Krotos, and $4000 worth of samples from PSE. No affiliation, but everyone deserves a copy of RX! I hug mine every night. Pro Sound Effect Giveaway
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