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[Bill Davis]

[Chris Harlan] “I only put the Christmas ornament up because I was following Jeremy’s command.”

To quote Mr. Dylan….

We’ve all got to serve somebody.

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[Herb Sevush]

[Bill Davis] “To quote Mr. Dylan….
We’ve all got to serve somebody.”

“Don’t follow leaders,
Watch the parking meters.”

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Bret Williams]

You’re missing the mixer sliders? Did you use an external mixer or just slide them with mouse? I always found it to be so imprecise and just quicker to rubber band. The latter could be done mostly scrubbing around while the former took multiple passes in real time. So I tried it off and on, but I always ended up tweaking the results, which seemed to defeat the purpose.

[Oliver Peters]

[Bret Williams] “You’re missing the mixer sliders? Did you use an external mixer or just slide them with mouse?”

I miss it, too. There’s a workaround for now, though, for final mixes. Assuming you don’t send it off to someone else mixing in Pro Tools, you can use Soundtrack Pro or Adobe Audition CS6. (Obviously, assuming you have these installed.)

Export an FCPXML. Next use Xto7. Convert to XML and open in FCP 7 and then send to STP. OR convert to XML and save. Then import into Audition. Now you have a mixer with automation gain control in either application. Control surfaces work fine with STP.

– Oliver

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

[Jim Giberti]

[Steve Connor] “[Herb Sevush] “Yes, and then he was the one to take his ball and go home because the kids played too rough.
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I think positive people seek positive environments to share their thoughts.

I think that’s healthy and normal.

[Jim Giberti]

[Bret Williams] “You’re missing the mixer sliders? Did you use an external mixer or just slide them with mouse? I always found it to be so imprecise and just quicker to rubber band. The latter could be done mostly scrubbing around while the former took multiple passes in real time. So I tried it off and on, but I always ended up tweaking the results, which seemed to defeat the purpose.”

I’ve spent the better part of my professional lifetime with at least one big console in one of my rooms. We used to group 48 track mixes with plastic stereo fader joiners and rehearse two person mixes all the time.
Even when I went from analog to DAW to NLE (Motu DP for several years now) I still had Mackie control surfaces.

Then I realized how much more precise I could make all my moves and how much time I could save by breaking my “I have to mix with a mixer” habit/routine and expanding my view.

So even though I’m good at it and I have full 48 track automated mixing with unlimited “do-overs”, there’s nothing quicker than drawing curves and adjusting them as needed. At this point a fader is just a representation of the actual audio adjustments being being made under the hood. And it’s no longer a fast or intuitive infographic compared to simply controlling that data directly.

The FCPX approach is really fast and intuitive and visual.
One of the important things I’ve learned recently is letting go of preconceptions and habits and approaches, even if It’s the only way I’ve ever done things.
I’m learning and growing a lot because of it.

[Oliver Peters]

[Jim Giberti] “The FCPX approach is really fast and intuitive and visual.
One of the important things I’ve learned recently is letting go of preconceptions and habits and approaches, even if It’s the only way I’ve ever done things.
I’m learning and growing a lot because of it.”

One interesting “best of both worlds” is the Waves VocalRider plug-in, which works fine in FCP X. It was $79-$99 during the holiday sales deals.

https://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=9945

– Oliver

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

[Jim Giberti]

[Oliver Peters] ”
One interesting “best of both worlds” is the Waves VocalRider plug-in, which works fine in FCP X. It was $79-$99 during the holiday sales deals.”

Interesting Oliver. I’ll have to demo it.

[Walter Soyka]

[Oliver Peters] “One interesting “best of both worlds” is the Waves VocalRider plug-in, which works fine in FCP X. It was $79-$99 during the holiday sales deals. https://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=9945“

And thus, this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad thread has yielded something that’s equally off-topic and valuable.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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[Chris Harlan]

[Walter Soyka] “[Oliver Peters] “One interesting “best of both worlds” is the Waves VocalRider plug-in, which works fine in FCP X. It was $79-$99 during the holiday sales deals. https://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=9945”

And thus, this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad thread has yielded something that’s equally off-topic and valuable.”

There we are!