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I don't want to divert the discussion in the other speaker thread, so... My son is heading off to college in the fall and he plans on majoring in music (probably a mix of jazz performance and some sort of composing). He'll be living in a dorm with limited personal space... we're looking for some decent speakers/monitors for recreational listening and perhaps working through some of his homework. He'll probably rely on headphones for careful listening (no problem; there are plenty of those around here). But we're not sure what to look at or buy for speakers. NFMs I have down...cheaper and smaller speakers, I'm not so sure... We'd like something powered, compact (not much…
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Hello, everyone. I'm searching for the best way to solve the sync issue of the field recorder match in Pro Tolols. After this matching process, always there are very small random gaps between the editor's AAF/OMF tracks and my field recorder tracks. It's nervous, though they are very small gaps (2 frames or less). Today, I made some tests using Fix Sync of Titan4. This is my first experience of Titan. And Titan is 14days trial mode. To be honest, I was very impressed by Fix Sync. It's very easy and precise. But I have one question. In my test, Fast Align mode was pretty accurate. The result was in error by less than 3 samples. But, Sample Accurate Mode was much more …
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I have a edited Feature film (Premiere Pro) that is picture locked. I have an AAF, EDL and XML. I use PT10HD. The AAF is fine. But I am wandering why an AAF and OMF rewrite all the files (using both embedded media and separate audio files)? Is there a easy way(automated way) to relink the original production sound files? Is it possible to rebuild the timeline using the original tracks without me manually doing it for each edit ?
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http://youtu.be/3hW9lvCcVwE With conform application inside
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I was on a shoot today where talent was out of range a few moments. i was providing my zaxcom recorded files from the tx to my client and i noticed that i mistakenly left transmitters at 29.98NDF when the mixer/recorder and camera were set to 23.98. am i understanding correctly that because all zaxcom files started at the full second i.e. 09:36:18:00 that i can go into wav agent and put in the corrected tc of 23.98 in the metadata of those zaxcom files and all should be good to line up for my client in editing? these files are not a complete deal breaker but more of an added bonus should they need them. i believe even if it doesnt work they could still be able to utilize …
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http://splur.gy/r/T7Q3y/r/2ZnhSBHhHBZ who doesn't like to win stuff
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Slight rant... 29.97 is not what most people think it is. The original definition ties it to the color oscillator frequency, and the math comes down to 30 fps * (1000/1001). The actual calculation being 5×7×9/(8×11) MHz * 2 / 455 / 525 For word clock, we often talk about "0.1% pull down", so many engineers and software writers probably assume that 29.97 is 0.1% pull down from 30fps, which is 30 fps * (999*1000) Yes, that means there is a difference. It's almost exactly 1ppm, good enough for Hollywood? For Time Of Day Timestamping, a recording made in the afternoon or evening could be off by 2 or 3 frames just by the assumptions made here. D…
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Doing some audio post workflow tests with an editor using Davinci Resolve 11 and Final Cut Pro. Production shot some tests using SD 664 and BM Ursa. Fed tc from SD to slate and Ursa. I was supplied with a copy of all the original source audio. In Resolve the editor synced the 664 source audio files to the Ursa's RAW video clips. All synced as it should. He then exported the video (as proxies) and synced audio for use in FCP. On the FCP timeline everything is in sync but the audio has now been renamed to their associated video clips' titles rather than retaining the source audio files' names (scene#, take#). They sent me an xml file of a rough edit but of course…
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Hello, I was wondering what is the traditional workflow for editing audio (cleanup, amplify, etc..), the process used as well as the best order: Would you Normalize first, then noise reduction, then EQ, then amplify? I just don't know what the best procedure is. Also if you have a track where the dialogue audio levels vary wildly, some quiet, some loud, what is the best process or processes to use that will result in a consistent audio level? Thansk
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Here's a little article I wrote for postPerspective.com (view from a computer to use the flash widget) with a flash widget about the different aspects of sound design. Would love to know your thoughts, and also how I could improve it. http://postperspective.com/subtle-sounds-diary-sound-designer/
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Lots of stuff on sale for Easter at Hooray! Here’s The Big Easter Sale at A Sound Effect: | A Sound Effect my stuff included. Forget chocolate, gorge on great sounds instead. Happy (whatever is your) Spring Festival! John
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Anyone tried RX4 advanced yet? - bit over high price upgrades but the Izotope ones seem to be worth it. Downloading demo now - will use on mix I'm starting tomorrow and report back
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Hi folks. Would love anyone's 2 cents concerning how long do you reckon the Omni will be supported and what may come along to replace it? I'm really contemplating going HD Native and it would suit my I/O needs fine, but it's been out there for a good while. Thanks!
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Anyone use The Cargo Cult "Conformalizer." I had a client change a picture lock and am looking for an easy way to fix the issue. Wondering if anyone has experience with this software?
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Sonniss.com is having a drwaing for 2 copies of a SFX libraries worth $8k http://goo.gl/8sx27c good luck
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Ok, so I'm not an editor and i don't want to be one. I'm 3 weeks in to a 3.5 week show and suddenly there's a flurry of emails from post telling me that all my tracks are distorted and overmodulated. We check the files here, playing back through my machine and also playing back DIT files and dailies. Result?? Zero defect and the highest level appears to peak at roughly -5db. In am recording on Zaxcom Deva V, 48k, 24bit, 23.976fps, polyphonic wav with -20db headtone. Files played back on my machine are perfect. Files sent to DIT are transcoded and exported through Davinci. Files played back from DIT are perfect. Post advises yesterday that they are usin…
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Little AlterBoy https://www.soundtoys.com/sxsw2015/&rc=287-3986-936
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What software are you using to edit audio files while retaining its scene/take/notes etc… metadata? Logic is my standard for doing audio mixing and editing and I've been a user for about 10 years, but I'd like to do some audio cleanup on some location sound files and Logic strips that info. I simply want to edit using the noise reduction, EQ, and compression plugins that I typically use, then export to a new file with the same metadata as the original file. Haven't needed it until now. Thanks.
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A six-minute story on National Public Radio today: The Woman Behind The Oscar-Nominated Sound Of 'Unbroken' FEBRUARY 21, 2015 4:06 PM ET Like many of the "technical" Academy Awards, the sound editing category has long been dominated by men. But a woman was nominated this year — just the fifth woman ever in the 30 or so years the sound editing award has been a competitive contest. She's nominated for the WWII biopic Unbroken, based on the best-selling biography of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic runner and prisoner of war who turned to alcoholism after the war and eventually became a born-again Christian. (She shares the nomination with her co-e…
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Supervising sound editor Rob Nokes (left) and looper Lanei Chapman (right) watch a silent scene to get a sense of what to say during a looping session for the television show Bones. Nice story about loop groups on NPR yesterday. LINK to NPR site
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Hey guys, I'm a young guy who is just starting out in this industry and I am currently doing lots of free work. At the moment, I am doing everything from location recordings to the final mixes for short films. I have just finished the final mix for a short film with a client (i'm working for free), which they were very pleased and impressed with. This client is an older gent who is trying to launch his career as an actor through the submission of the short film I worked on into countless film festivals. He has many connections with very respectable and well known people in the industry, which is quite intimidating (but has the possibility of opening up the opportunit…
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I've been searching for a software company that had a product with the name, amp or phone in it. At the time it was a mac based / protools program Effects editor. Anyone have a clue ? Thanks. Mike
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I was in my school studio recording a voiceover and two things are very concerning. The studio uses pro tools 11 hd. I set up a mic 416t with a converter to phantom power. First problem I encountered was that I had to boost the gain either all the way up or close to the limit in order to achieve levels that were close to -12db which caused plenty of hiss in the recording. Second problem was that on one of the recordings it sounded as if I clipped but the on the meters and even playback it didn't ever show that I clipped or that the levels got above -6db. When I went into another editing system i checked the recording and it showed I clipped. Any ideas why this would have …
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Trying to sync audio with video in FCP7. Video is at 50p. Timecode on audio is at 25. When I try to merge them, it works, but only partially. Like half. I know fcp is picky with timecode and length of audio files be displayed wrong because of the different timecodes in the timeline. When I set the audio file's timecode to be 50 fps, via modify-timecode, what it does is it doubles the amount of frames within the same time frame. So what in 25 fps was TC 2:01:01:24 is now 01:01:01:49 when it should still be ending with frame 24 and continue up. Sorry if this is confusing. I'll add screenshots later. What this means is that nothing really happens. Audio in the merg…
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