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I posted this in the computer section also, I hope that's okay, if not, please delete. I have a question for the post production / computer experts here. Our facility runs two ProTools HDX suites for audio post for Television. We mix in stereo only. The audio systems used to be synched to house black with an AVID Sync HD and the video satellite (AVID Media Composer with Mojo DX I/O) is also synched to house black . Since our workflow is entirely file based now I’m not sure if I still need to use the Sync HD and here’s the reason why I’m asking. We bought an IZ Technologies RADAR Studio for our A suite about 2 years ago. It replaced an old MacPro. Tha…
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How do YOU deal with them?
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Hello everyone, I'm working on an environmental documentary mix and the editor/director did not include all the audio feeds into the timeline edit and resulting AAF. So I am trying to reconstruct the edited version of audio and replace the Lav Feed with the Boom. So I have all the original source RAW interviews that were recorded on location copied onto Temp tracks in the project. Is there any way to "match" by waveforms in Pro Tools 12HD? This would be similar to the way PluralEyes and Premiere Pro matches audio by analyzing waveforms. Ideally, I'd like to pull up some sort of plugin window, select my "Source" samp…
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I recorded two lavs and one boom to a Zoom F8 in a remote location. I didn't notice any audio problems when monitoring. On the files, including each iso, there is a 'warble'. It is on some of the tracks, and not others, though set up and location was the same during short interviews. I say this because i don't think the interference came from the microphones, i think it happened in the recorder? I would like to try and fix it, the spectrum analyzer shows deeper dropout from the 'warble' or 'modulated' tracks. I don't know how to research it because i'm not what happened or what to call it. Linden Intermodulated Boom .mp3
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Hi! I am happy to have found this forum! I have to sync my 50p footage for television to an audio recorder. timecode can only be provided to the camera Via mini jack audio LTC port. As the LTC protocol only allows frame rates up to 30p I can only select 25p in the ultrasync one timecode box. The software then has to interpret this timecode and calculate the timecode for my 50p video. I couldn't do this in avid or davinci resolve, does anyone know a way? I think tentacle sync studio can do exactly this but I don't own it and it is a rather complicated workflow. Does anyone know how to do it in an NLE? especially avid or dr?
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I am starting a new topic on this as it doest fit into my old post: I just bought a Mixpre 10 II and I am trying to Sync it to my Sony a7 III via two ultrasync one units. So i am converting audio timecode of the video file to Start Timecode and sync it to the timecode of the mixpre 10 II. BUT: The Mixpre 10 II has a file size limit of 4GB because of the SD card recording. So it always splits audio after some time and creates a new file. in 32bit with 10 tracks 48khz its about 37 minutes. So its very likely to have a video file that has to be synced to multiple audio files, but that doesnt seem to work. Avid Media Composer and Davinci Resolve only s…
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I'm prepping a 2-hour docy that has an important one-shot premiere in a historic theater... in ten days. (Needless to say, it's not locked yet.) Of the two hours, about five minutes has stereo music or sfx. The rest is archive footage and new interviews. The theater can handle DCP, but the producer can't take the time for a lab. He's leaving my studio with a hard drive under his arm, hopping on a plane with the editor and his laptop, and they'll be syncing and compressing as necessary during the flight to the venue. The theater can also take BluRay with AC3, or play a stereo or LCR track with picture from a hard drive. I wan…
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Has anyone else noticed that when you pull up the global clip gain (Shft-Ctrl + -), after you make gain adjustments, sometimes the undo doesn't function? T Sometimes it works, other times ...nada. I was doing a bunch of dialog gain adjustments and did about 10 of them, changed my mind and decided to try and undo them. No luck Chuck. Not sure if it's just me or if others have noticed. OH and btw; I'm using a windows system.
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Hello Guys This is KISHOR CHAUHAN An India based Location Sound Mixer has if Now i Had Did Many Documentaries,Short Films,Ad film,Corporate and much more As a Location Sound Mixer. And now i want to be a Part of Post Production and I dont have more Ideas abut Post Production i am beginner in post i jst need a help which Software is More Understanable,Much Easier For Beginner To do Audio Post Production.My Mac already has Pro tools i need to buy plug-in for it i.e Audio cleaning,Hum removal and other.so which is the best.
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I just received this email from Avid: Important install update regarding Pro Tools products This email is to inform you that Pro Tools 2019.6 (released today) resolves an issue we uncovered where interruptions in internet connectivity can cause Pro Tools | First, Pro Tools, and Pro Tools | Ultimate to delete local (offline) Projects. We escalated this issue with high priority, identified …
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Hello All, So I'm noticing a weird thing in EuControl when trying to create a layout and assign tracks to it for my S3? Let me preface by saying I run on Windows. I'm able to pull up EuControl from the S3 (Shift + Sel). EuControls Sees Protools (I have my session open with the track's I'd like to add in the Assign page). But in EuControl's Assign tab all channel strips (1-16) which are by default set to auto assigned, won't let me change them. If I click on the dropdown nothing happens! (I have display applications track numbers checked). Further, if I switch to the Layouts tab, it won't let me name my Layout. If…
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Is it possible to batch autosync sound and video using timecode in Premier Pro CS6? I know this can be done in Avid and FCP. There seem to be a merge clip with timecode function in Premier Pro, but this only lets you sync one at a time. What I would like to know is of there is a way to batch sync the files. Sammy Huen
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I did a project this last week and they started first day with no timecode sync. To compound the problem the camera was set to 24 FPS and sound was set to 23.97... Looking to address the frame rate issue only in this thread. Any quick/cheap fixes? Batch processing? Public domain audio file converters? Thanks
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I'm shooting a corporate video and sync the cam by TC. I will also do the post so I want to make sure editing does it right. Problem is, they're shooting on 4.6 K RAW and since the files need to be converted before they go to edit, I'd like to give them some advice as to at what stage audio should ideally be synced with the video files - before/after conversion? Or even sync to proxy video files? If anybody here is familiar with picture editing workflows, any advice would be welcome!
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What are some of your favorite plugins for post production, and are any free? I’m getting back into post but since my absence a lot has changed. There are obvious ones like izotope but I’d like to see what the consensus is on others.
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Hello, I get asked to mix some very indie projects in 5.1 and somtimes I don’t really see why. If there is nothing but a single boom track and music there really isn’t that much to mix. Is it worth the time to convert those projects to 5.1? I would assume you would at least want some foley/sound fx to really make a difference. Or is it that important to have more music in the back of the theater than the front? Thanks, Louis
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Hi there, I am pretty new to both post sound and Pro Tools software with pretty low-level/amateur knowledge of both. I have a film that has been edited in the latest version of Premiere with all the linked audio files attached. I tried to export both an OMF and an AAF however I can not get everything to transfer over correctly. This link provides what I am experiencing. Scroll down to Issue 4: "When an AAF links to source media, Premiere points to multi-channel audio files, which Pro Tools doesn’t support." Everything transfers over in sync and in the correct placements, but nothing is linked, all the clips are blank, and I am not able to re-link any of the o…
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So apparently my system's upgrade and support renewal didn't go through in September. Never received an email or anything about the card being declined. I'm just now finding out about this 6 months later when I opened an old mix project to re-mix it into another format and the pro-expander/compressor wouldn't load.. Now AVID says because I didn't update in a timely fashion (wihtin 30 days) I have to pay the full price for reinstatement (an extra 500 bucks). You'd think they'd have some customer loyalty since I've been using their software since PT7. Beware corporate greed. Disgraceful.
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I am in the market for some new sound fx libraries and would love to hear from everyone what your favorite or go to libraries are. They can any type and any size, just which library you use the most and why.
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Hi Is the Pro Tools Certification often requested in the US? I am experienced but I do not have any documents supporting my experience. If so, is there any online-courses that is recommended? I find some courses, but I can't tell if they are any fraud. :) Edward
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Hey everyone! I know this will probably be contentious so I will start by saying that in a perfect world post production shouldn't be using 'automix' BUT is there a similar plugin or system to how the Sound Devices Automix or Dugan Automix works for post production? Sometimes I get a bunch of ISOs and I need to get out a clean mix quickly. There's not the time for going through and automating all the ISOs. Recently, I've been running tracks through my 633 in realtime and recording back in the Automix. But since this is a digital process it has to exist in some plugin form. I know Waves has it but only for live production desks as far as I can see. I've tried using sidecha…
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Hey Everybody, Technical question: I’ve been asked to provide ProTools music playback for a video that will be filmed at high speed (47.952 fps) and then ultimately played back (or shown on TV) at 23.976 fps. To achieve this. the talent will be lip syncing with the 2x music, so that when it’s slowed down the lip movement will appear normal. My question is this: Is there any way for me to be sending timecode to the Location Sound Mixer as we are filming? ProTools doesn’t offer fps of anything higher than 30, and nor does the Location Sound Mixer’s recorder. Thanks
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Should recording an Impulse Response during production be as standard as recording room tone? 1 2
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As convolution reverbs become increasingly common and affordable, it seems this is where the future of post-sound mixing lies. With that in mind, should production sound mixers be integrating IR recording into their workflow? How many prod. sound mixers out there have already integrated impulse response recording into their workflow on-location, or have ever done it at all? How many post-prod. sound mixers out there wish there were more PSM's doing this? Do you use convolution reverb? Would you use it more if more recordings were provided? From what I've read around the web, it seems like convolution reverb is mostly just being used as …
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Is this a growing trend? I've noticed it recently, particularly on some of the mainstream narrative films among this year's screeners: There seems to be a casual attitude towards exterior BGs. Some scenes are filled, others in the same film are just dialog with an occasional music stab. At first I thought it was to reflect the characters' internal states... but no, they're conversing actively about relatively unimportant (or unemotional) stuff. Many of these scenes are not through-scored, so it isn't to let the music show through. (I learned last night that Cambridge has absolutely nothing moving other than the principals, while New York is stuffed with CU tra…
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I first noticed this peculiar (large) use of compression on dialogue, ambience and fx stems on "The Neon Demon" film, and since then I've seen/heard it on several films and tv series (Personal Shopper, Bates Motel, The Duke of Burgundy...) and more often in commercials and movie trailers where everything sounds "in your face". Anyone noticed that too?
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