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Question about mono to stereo in Vegas
Hi,
I’m recording sync sound for a HDV project which I’m editing in Vegas. The sound is being recorded with a Tascam 2 channel field recorder. On the left channel is a sennheiser lav mic and on the right channel is a sennheiser me-66 shotgun mic. I want to use the lavalier (the shotgun is a backup mic).When I put the audio into the vegas timeline, I get a single audio track with both left and right channels. To separate these I copy the audio to a new track, right click each the clips and select channels > left for one track, then I select right channel for the second clip.
I take one of these audio tracks (the left channel) which is my lavalier and play it back. When the pan slider is set to the middle the sound is a little muddy, when I move it to the left or right it sounds more trebbley and clearer. How should I adjust my settings to get the clearest stereo. (my footage is of documentary interviews so I don’t need 5.1 surround sound or anything fancy – just good clear sound coming out of the left and right channels)
Glen
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3 Replies
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[Glen Maw] “When the pan slider is set to the middle the sound is a little muddy, when I move it to the left or right it sounds more trebbley and clearer.”
I’ve done this same setup (lav & shotgun) several times and that’s definitely not normal behaviour.
Try clicking the “Invert Track Phase” button in the track header are and see if that helps. -
I would seperate the channels as you said but only use the lav track. The speed of sound is slow enough that depending on the distance difference from the subject and each mic can cause some frequencies to be cancled out. You can re-sync each audio track to minimize this as long as the distance between each mic does not chance during the recording. Hope this helps. Danny Hays
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Thanks Danny and Mike,
Retrospectively I think the problem, at least in part, is with my monitors. I’ll keep experimenting at least in the meantime.Thanks
Glen
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