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Zaxcom Fader Motion Capture for Deva 24


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Zaxcom launches Fader Motion Capture, further linking production and post sound

 

Zaxcom is proud to announce Fader Motion Capture (FMC), a feature that records the fader levels and movements made by the production sound mixer in real time into a separate file. The file can be then imported into a post workflow where the fader movements are replicated in the workstation. This time-saving technology allows post production to edit and remaster the location mix without starting from scratch.

 

“Today, many hours of the location mix can be discarded by post as the mix track is being remixed from isolated tracks,” says Glenn Sanders, President of Zaxcom. “Fader Motion Capture will allow the industry to utilize more of the location mix with the added benefits of a fully editable track and saving time.”

 

How it works

Fader Motion Capture is available on Deva 24 as a standalone recorder or when paired with Mix-16 or Oasis control surfaces. It creates a separate FADER folder containing “.FAD” files found on Deva 24’s recordings. These files can then be converted into AAF files using free downloadable software called Zaxcom Fader Motion Capture to AAF Converter. Once converted to AAF, the files can then be imported into the workstation. The new files can be added to any timeline where key frames generated by the location mix can be fully edited and remixed. To view the Fader Motion Capture key frames in the workstation change the audio view to “volume”.

 

Workstation compatibility

Fader Motion Capture is compatible with Media Composer, Media Composer Ultimate, Pro Tools and Pro Tools Ultimate. To use Fader Motion Capture in Pro Tools, users must first import the converted AAF files into Media Composer then export the audio through Media Composer to be imported into Pro Tools for further editing.

 

 

 

basically only has Avid Media Composer compatibility (needing to open in MC and exporting for Pro Tools is disingenuous) Hopefully they can get direct to pro tools and Premiere Pro support working.  

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So does the AAF conversion utility take the fader file and the WAV and combine them or do you import the WAVs and then the AAF?

 

Why can’t the Deva just output the AAFs directly and save a stumbling point? 

 

Not trying to dig on this its very cool just wondering why introduce an additional step unless absolutely necessary. 

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While this is cool, I have a couple thoughts...

 

Doesnt an AAF re-render and create new wave files? I try and use EDLs for assembly to have original files...

 

Also, wouldn’t fixing the Mix track be more easily done by using the remix feature?

 

You could have edited the ISO’s for the whole edit in the same amount of time it took to correct the fader movements of one take...

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First, I want to seriously applaud Zax for navigating the EXTREMELY treacherous waters of AAF compato for both Media Composer and ProTools.  Second, it should be noted that the makers of both of those apps, as well as the industry in general, have a hard time keeping that export-import working across OS, hardware and app version changes, so the work of making this new feature work in an ongoing way has only just begun.  (ProTools, for one, devotes huge resources to keeping AAF working well.)  Third, using this app will involve quite a bit of diplomacy, workflow testing, communications etc as it represents a decent-sized change to audio post workflow.  The back end of the process, where the files enter the DAW, is a bit more complex than this video makes it out to be (especially re: overall project gain structure, track assignment and so on), so how sound editors and re-recording mixers adapt to and adopt it remains to be seen.  But I am very interested in early-adopter reports from live-fire situations, it's a very interesting concept.

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