Bouncing Account needs new email address
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[mushyosh] “Rather than overwriting, I could just select a whole bunch of clips, and apply a 1 frame transition to them all at once. Is this possible?”
Nope.
The “Overwrite with Transition” is the way in FCP to apply the same transition to all cuts.
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It occurs to me that you my be asking about building a “Recording Booth” or “Announcer’s Booth.”
If so, try here.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Build+Recording+Booth
Google is very powerful.
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You might try trashing your FCP Preferences.
Click the following link for instructions.
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html
A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCPro & FCExpress.Download these free Apple Scripts at
https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
This is one FCP tip that has helped in hundreds of “odd” problems.
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How about starting here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Build+speaker+cabinet
The other obvious answer is to buy monitor speakers already built.
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OK, guys, I hesitated to post this reply, but you just keep intimating that somwhow we don’t want to satisfy you with the “complete answer”.
Sorry, but this is like asking how to make your video look more professional after it was recorded on a one-chip camcorder (and there IS a question like this above).
Many of us have spent much of our lives and our budgets learning proper technique and obtaining the proper gear.
If you can’t take the time to decide WHICH “compressor” or “EQ” to use or how to adjust them by your own experimentation using your own “ears” (judgement), a few words typed in a box won’t help you very much.
It is a bit of an insult to many professionals here to assume you can learn a specialized set of skills (a “trick”?) or that we can effectively teach them via a bulletin board message.
Books have been written on audio recording and processing. College-level courses and degrees are available. Internships are sought-after. Even the veteran PROs are always making subtle adjustments in each session to fine-tune details and nuances in technique.
Its not a “trick” to get better sounding VO (or to “fix” it once its been recorded) This is far from being a “simple” question.If you DO add compression and EQ, you can easily worsen a track that was improperly recored in the first place.
The real “trick” to better audio is to use a better microphone and good talent during the session. (Think better camera, better lighting, and better makeup on the talent if this were the video instead of audio).Your bet bet is to go to a pro studio and pay the pro(s) there to show you what they do to record tracks.
Others may have a different opinion, this is mine.
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[ntz] “can’t… d’love to… but cant… have to be unobtrusive”
Please alert us to anything ELSE you “can’t do” before we waste time answering a question. It can be very frustrating to all involved.
example-
Joe:
“How do I get to your house from here?”Bill:
“Go East on Main 8 blocks, turn Right on Satchel.
Go 3 blocks (past the second stoplight) and turn Left.
Follow around the park to Elm.
Turn left again and we’re the third house (312 Elm).Joe:
“Wait, I didn’t have a pencil.
Go ahead.”Bill:
“Go East on Main 8 blocks, turn Right on Satchel.
Go 3 blocks (past the second stoplight) and turn Left.
Follow around the park to Elm.
Turn left again and we’re the third house (312 Elm).Joe:
“But, I don’t have a car.”Bill:
“Alright, I go look up the taxi service number, hold on.”
(two minute pause) “OK, its 351-555-3232.”Joe:
“But, I don’t have enough money for a cab.”Bill:
“Arrrghhh” -
Virtually every mid-to-higher-priced “Home Theater” receiver has an optical audio input (as most DVD players now have optical outputs).
I see scores of these receivers in pawn shops.
Just look on the back of the unit to see if there’s an optical input.
Various price-ranges, starting at under $100 for a name-brand with moderate power (certainly enough power for an edit bay monitor).
The pawn shops (national chain) here offer a (short term) money-back warranty on electronic gear, but I’ve had very good luck buying used equipment there.
Or, you can pay more, buy new, and get a “real” warranty at any electronics retailer.
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[dolver] “I have a 15 second dv clip (using consumer canon camera). I need the video to be as CRISP as possible, regardless of file size.”
If you don’t like the “cripness” of the image playing directly from the camcorder out to a monitor, you’re not going to IMPROVE the image through capture settings or file size.
Don’t expect a lower-quality image to become any “better looking” (crisper?) than it does on the monitor coming from the camcorder.
You should capture, edit and output with the “Easy Setup” in “DV NTSC” (or “DV PAL” if that’s the part of the world where you are).
Once you’ve captured, you can add the “Color Corrector 3-Way” filter, the “Sharpen” or “Unsharp Mask” to increase detail (and NOISE) or any other filters you’d like, but… don’t expect adding video filters to make a “home video” image look like high-end camcorder footage or to increase its resolution detail.
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[Reave] “Could having the chanels linked do that?”
No.
[Matte] “Switch to “Mic Att” (attenuate) position under louder conditions.
Shoot with “auto level” and not Manual audio control.”Note that I said “auto level” (AGC) should be ON (not off).
That’s the better position to reduce overloading the audio with these camcorders.
And, again, the Mic ATT (attenuator) will help a great deal in louder conditions. -