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Daniellow

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    From touring musician, to studio engineer, to production sound mixer...Corporate and features have been the main game of late.
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  1. OMG...so annoyed. After both of your responses on a lark, I did a web search for best pitch & time shift plugins and Izotope was one of the first hits. 🤦‍♂️. Pulled up the alt playlist with the original audio, applied the "Variable Pitch" tool, and the results were night and day. Was sitting in my toolbox the whole time. Thank you for the extra brain that I evidently needed. Cheers.
  2. Hey all, Just finishing up a project working with presumably 1/4" / reel archival Ram Dass recordings. The recordings are from over the years (but all very old), so: different tape machines, microphones, environments and subsequent reflections, and varying degree of ambient crowd noise. Overall I've gotten great results except for one in which the tape speed was unacceptably sped-up and therefore high-pitched. Using pitch and time correction of 92% I have RD back in his register, but with the slowdown, now he sounds gravely (or as the client keeps saying--robotic). I have done everything I know possible with EQ & comp / limt. etc, as well as trying everything in the Izotope RX10 Post Prod Suite from Spectral Recovery to Wow and Flutter tools, without making any real noticeable difference in healing the sonic issues mentioned. Would love any thoughts or hard earned wisdom. (Sample below without music: 1st is unprocessed except for mix bus, 2nd is post pitch shift and all processing) Cheers. Awakening_RD_EIC_AUDIO_RawOriginal.wav Awakening_RD_EIC_AUDIO_PostSample.wav
  3. Upgrading from an iPad Air 2 to a 12” Samsung tablet for digital script. Curious what you’ve deployed for your larger tablet / cart mounts? Any resources welcomed.
  4. Hey John, I know your query was AGES ago, but I'm in the same boat, have the plug-in and everything and I haven't been able to get it to work yet. Did you ever solve this riddle?! Cheers.
  5. Thanks for the input. i’ll follow up this reply by watching the promo video link. I and yeah, from my digging it seems like the phonetic Rodger system if anything is kind of the standard. Could’ve looked into rental, but certainly didn’t want to drop that much money for a purchase… Yet.
  6. Bumping this pre-pandemic thread. Any sound colleagues out there looking to unload a TS-TCB? I will gleefully take off your hands for your asking price.
  7. Hello all, I'm doing sound for all the pick-up / insert / and additional shooting that an episodic going into it's fourth season is doing here in LA. Production has requested an "earwig" or anything essentially invisible to the camera for the talent to have in-ear so that VTR can cue them with content already shot. First round of this I used my Sennheiser IEM system with the Bubblebee Sidekick 3 IFB in-ear, and it worked fabulously. The cable is INCREDIBLY discreet, but there will likely be scenes coming up where we don't have the additional support of a wig to help conceal. SO... WHAT ARE Y'ALL USING FOR NEAR INVISIBLE IN-EAR IFBs? I know there are offerings by Phonak, Otto, PSC, and Comtek, but is there any codified, go-to standard for this need? Also noteworthy is production can only throw $200 or so dollars at whatever we choose. (Bubblebee Sidekick 3 in the image below)
  8. A very elegant solution indeed.
  9. Thanks @soundtrane, Ended up being VERY corroded, and essentially sealed shut. Had Trew clean-up and install a new door. Cheers mate.
  10. Never had this problem before, any tips or advice if the battery door gets stuck? As you can see, even using a slotted screwdriver in one of the grooves seems insufficient... Please advise!
  11. Ahoy! I am looking to offload my Sennheiser MKH816, but am missing the pistol grip & mount for a Lightwave Systems rig very similar (but looooonger) to the one pictured below (and want to sell as a complete/useable package). Any leads are very welcomed. Cheers.
  12. Exactly what I'm thinking. DP is testing out a "light gag" this weekend, if it's convincing that's how we'll do coverage. Cheers mate. I hadn't thought of an "out-of-the-box" or "off-the-shelf" --possibly propane solution--great suggestion. Shoot is end of next week, so, I'll definitely let you all know which lane we chose and how it went. Thanks Jim.
  13. Really appreciate the lightning-speed response Jeff. definitely the prior. This is a short/narrative with the principle scene I’m asking about indoors (cabin vibe), with a rustic fireplace going. i have inquired if it is / can be just gas—if so, that would certainly get two birds, one stone. Consistency for lighting continuity, and exponentially quieter and also consistent enough to possibly get tone and pull out / replace w/fx in post. It’s a low-ish budget indie, and I’ve already inquired—there is no designated sfx / pyrotechnics individual present. I’m preparing for worst case scenario-natural logs w/ subsequent natural crackling/popping. Does that help? Fantastic. All very sage and thoughtful, thank you David. No technician present, but I have filed away this invaluable approach / technique for future relevant situations. Thanks Bernie. Looking like it’s real log-burning, and I was very much thinking the same. I’ve also found my well place Cos11’s under maybe one layer of clothing mitigates environmental noise extremely well, often when compared to boom. cheers.
  14. Ahoy sound colleagues! Been utilizing the expertise on here for quite a while but this is my first post/query. Have a short coming up in a week, and l am on the hunt for any clever hacks on capturing super clean dialogue amidst all the varied crackling of log burning fires. So far, coming at this from one two potential solutions: A) Camera dept. cheats the "flames" and completely fakes it, i.e. no real flames = completely clean dialogue, or We shoot with live flames in the fireplace and bonfire, and I endeavor close directional booming with lower gain levels. Of course if there is another solution here I am missing, totally open to that too. Thanks and cheers.
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