er, is that it?

[Franz Bieberkopf]

[Richard Herd] “Definitely curious about your audio workflow.”

[Richard Herd] “”non-functional audio mixing” … This has come up a few times.”

Richard,

Since you’ve asked a couple of times, I’ll add my thoughts on two aspects which I don’t think have been addressed fully.

The first is that an audio mixer interface allows you to make fine and ongoing adjustments while listening – it is the immediate response / feedback model. The importance of this can’t be overemphasized, and it is a fundamentally different approach to sound. It actually doesn’t necessitate thinking about keyframes or clips at all (except to know your tracks) – the software takes care of that aspect – and allows you to listen and react and focus on the sound in real time. The volume-mapping ends up looking much more complex (because it is) but the actual workflow to achieve it is simple, intuitive, and direct.

The second aspect is that with the addition of control surfaces, you can affect more than one track at once. I suspect if/when Apple adds some sort of ipad interface or mixing solution, there will be glorious testimonials about how important “multiple controls at once” are; until then, it’s keyboard shortcuts, one at a time.

Franz.

[Shawn Miller]

[Oliver Peters] “Mix in X, export an AIFF, run it through SoundForge Pro for “mastering” and then re-import;”

Ah, you’re using SF on the Mac. How do you like it?

Shawn

[Richard Herd]

[Oliver Peters] “2) XML it to STP or Audition for more surgical work.”

The tools available in the spectral view is actually hard to believe. The side chain compression is simple.

[Oliver Peters]

[Shawn Miller] “Ah, you’re using SF on the Mac. How do you like it?”

I like it a lot. I use it mainly for processing and mastering and some simple editing. With SF, I like that I can use third party plug-ins, too, like Waves and that you can build effects chains that can be applied as presets. Of course, you can do that in Audition, too. Another alternative is iZotope RX3 Advanced, though it’s not a file editor.

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Shawn Miller]

[Oliver Peters] “[Shawn Miller] “Ah, you’re using SF on the Mac. How do you like it?”

I like it a lot. I use it mainly for processing and mastering and some simple editing. With SF, I like that I can use third party plug-ins, too, like Waves and that you can build effects chains that can be applied as presets. Of course, you can do that in Audition, too. Another alternative is iZotope RX3 Advanced, though it’s not a file editor.”

That’s good news. I was curious to know if anyone on this forum would even try it. It’s a good application, I hope others will give it a chance. 🙂

Shawn