Flip an audio track. Rotate a video track vegas 7 and/or 8?

[Mike Kujbida]

#1. Duplicate the track, right-click on the new one and go “Channels – Swap”.
Personally, I’d do a “left only” (or right, as the case may be) and leave it mono.
For future use, check to see if your camera has a switch that allows you to send the audio from one audio channel to both. My work JVC has this feature and I use it all the time. I also set the level on the 2nd channel approx. 6 db. lower in case someone/something decides to get too loud.

#2. You could do a rotate back in V4 🙂
Use either Pan/Crop or Track motion to rotate as desired.

[Allen Zagel]

Hi Mike
Okay thanks. I thought of track motion / pan-crop but I also thought in Vegas 8 there was another way to do it.

Okay on the audio. DSR-250 and it’s still new to me so I’m reading the manual about Mono Audio. Yes, usually it’s the left/mono. But the XLR inputs read Channel 1 and 2 not left/right. So it’s only coming out of 2 of my speakers and not the 4. (left side only. True mono I thought was both channels mixed.

Hmmmm. I got to read more.
Allen

[Don Bloom]

To get a stero type input on the 250 you need to run the mic cable to the front mic input where you would normally run the shotgun or on camera mic cable. Rmember up front you also have an wheel to control the levels as long as it’s on full manual control.
I rarely ever did this with my 250 but ran the shotgun to the front input and my wireless or wired mic to the rear then flipped the switches on the camera to get both tracks-the shotgun went to channel 1 and the wireless to channel 2. Then in post I would do what Mike suggested-first do a mono channel either left or right depending on where the wireless was run to and then dup the track and use a panning envelope to get a left and right combo. IF I knew I didn’t need anything from an on camera mic I would run my audio thru the front input and adjust the 2 channels slightly differently so I would make sure that low input and high input were always within my limits. Then in post I could play with the track to get an even sound. Again a pan envelpoe would usually do the trick.
Hope that makes sense.
Don

[Allen Zagel]

Thanks Don
I think I understand. If I run just 1 XLR from the mixer, do it to the front input and disconnect the on-camera mic.

I’m thinking I got to look at the mixer which is upstairs right now and I can just run both cables. I don’t have anything else I want to plug into channel 2 in the back anyway. Mixer is a Shure M367 and I got the lavs, PZM and table mic plugged into it.

Thanks
Allen

[Don Bloom]

OR since you’ve got both the outputs on the mixer clear (I think-it sounds like it) run the 2 output cables from the mixer to the camera-1 to each input on the rear of the camera. Set 1 of the rear inputs to REAR and the other to FRONT-now you’ll have both channels working off the mixer with the ability to adjust levels on both the mixer and the camera for what should be perfect audio 😉
Don

[Allen Zagel]

okay, Thanks again Don

Actually this is for legal Deposition video. I recently got my certification for CLVS (certified legal video specialist) and got the DSR250 mainly for legal shooting. Prior to this I was using my VS2000 but not for legal work. I had the Sign Video XLR adapter and knew how to work that but the 250 is Pro and works a little different.

Appreciate your help.
Allen

[Don Bloom]

I loved my 250. It had pretty all the features I wanted and even though it didn’t have a “professional lens” after many years of PD150/170 work it was not a problem for me with that lens. If I needed something else I could get my hands on a camera. Besides I still had my JVC5000 and access to a DSR570 and DSR450.
The 250 has a lot of ins and outs as most full size cameras do – if you need any info about it PM me and I’ll be happy to help.
Don

[Allen Zagel]

Thanks Don
I’m on Windows Live Messenger as
Big-Al41@hotmail.com

Also on AIM as
LglVd
Have messaging, voice and webcam.

allenz1 at yahoo.com

Normally Windows Live is on most of the time. AIM only sometimes. I’m there with Ty Ford from the audio forum. He’s trying to get a video confrencing going for audio classes.

Allen