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zahne

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  1. I'm working on a project right now and we've used a few different audio recorders for the dialogue: Apple MacBook, MiniDisc and most recently the Zoom H4n. The latter of these three produces phenomenal results. Almost too phenomenal. The issue is that the film is shot on Super-8mm and digitally mastered to HD. This produces a look that is not disimilar to the old style film look that you might find in classics like The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. It's a very rugged and raw film look. Works quite well. The issue, is that this rugged image does not compliment the pristine clarity of the Zoom. I'm wondering if there are any good filters/plugins for Logic Studio that can create a more "rugged" or classic sounding audio. My other option was to dub over this beautiful audio then dubbing it over into a cheap 40 year old cassette to make the effect (a more purist attempt perhaps). However, if there is digital solution then that'd be great.
  2. So I'm working on a few projects right now and i'm trying to figure out the best way to archive my audio. I've found it to be good to back up media in a tertairy system: 1) The primary storage is the most accessed. 2) The secondary is used only if the primary fails. 3) The tertiary is used is never used unless both of the first two medias have failed. For film my system is: 1) Primary-Hard drive. It's easy to access and use. 2) Secondary-Blu-Ray Data Disc. In case I need to make space and this certain project will not be in use for a while. 3) Tertiary-Original Print. Thus far a majority of my projects are still filmed on motion picture stock and if it is only used for telecining and carefully stored, it'll outlive me. So as you can see my system for video is fine for now, but I still have an issue with audio. I was thinking of having a high end analog tape media for my third audio source. Perhaps .25" reel to reel or Type IV tape? I don't think I can afford a 1" reel to reel machine. Or maybe I should do a digi source like DAT? Thoughts?
  3. I just got a MacBook Unibody with the glossy screen. You don't need color correcting in sound production so the display doesn't bother me:-P I have a matte screen at home when I work with Apple Color.
  4. Like you saw the boottime is a faster but as he argued in the video, the overall performance would be better from the MacBook Air. Audio recorders overall don't seem to very memory intensive. I believe the minimum requirements for Logic is a 1.25 Ghz core solo and 1 GB of RAM. Boom Recorder would have less hardware need as I understand it, especially doing 1 track. There are typically three main hardware requirements that limit certain software: 1) Processor-Many high end pro software requires at least 2 cores. 2) RAM-2 GB is pretty much bottom of the barrel for new computers these days but can perform a lot o tasks. 3) Graphics-Integrated graphics is a huge issue with software in our industry. Some, purely for their interfaces would have trouble on the Intel GMA 950 graphics that sits on a netbook. For the purposes of recording with either Metacorder or Boom Recorder I think the netbook would probably work. However, I'm not 100% on something like the spectrum analyzer window on boom recorder. It's a not a terribly complex interface but it's still a moving rendered image that changes in real time with the sound. Viewing the analyzer might prove useless. Also I don't think you can run to many channels recording with an ATOM. I'd say, if you're keeping the recording simple (2 channels max), then you should be fine. If you like to run multiple channels and want a lot of windows open then I'd upgrade. It is neat to have a device the size of a field recorder that's running Mac OSX on it!
  5. Great! Yeah, I'd love a copy. It'd be better to run this vs something like logic. It's a bit cumbersome to deal with in the field.
  6. What alternatives are there to Metacorder and Boom Recorder? I've used Logic and Soundtrack Pro but they don't exactly cater to field recording on film sets so far as I understand them. The metadata is really what interests and the interface that organizes between scenes and takes. Are these the only contenders out there? Also if I had a mac with 10.5, how would I go about acquiring Boom Recorder. Any third party places still sell it? Since the developers scrapped it, you cant even buy the old version.
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