Chris Shaw
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Thats pretty much exactly what my friend said. Im at home now (I’m in the UK and its almost 11pm). Are you in America?
I tested the above idea on a good bit of recording from a previous project and I couldn’t see the tabs you mentioned. I know this is painful for you and I really appreciate this, but would it be worth taking screen grabs or even emailing you one of the files?
When I listened to the recording files on the zoom the left channel sounded perfect and the right channel was silent… so is it possible then that the wav file has mixed both channels together… even when I play it in other media like iTunes?
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No worries, ultimately you’re right. Just like we need to manage our clients expectations I need to do manage my bosses (although he took the job on before letting me know). Have you ever heard of someone being sacked for something like this?
Also I just spoke to my friend who has a mate who edits TV commercials. When I recorded it the guy told me to record it in stereo mode, even though the Mic would only be connected up to the left channel. He said I could just duplicate the channel onto the right channel to give a proper mono sound. When I import the files (and also on iTunes etc) it seems that both left and right channels have audio. His friend thought that maybe theres a chance that the audio from both channels have “mixed” or something like that. I know you have better things to do but could this be why it played perfectly in one earphone when I listened on the Zoom and then poorly on my Mac as there seemed to be 2 channels when there should have just been 1? Or is this a sign of me being exhausted after no sleep and getting desperate?
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Listen I know what you’re saying and I totally agree. I was given a budget and told to organise something I have never done before. I was employed to do motion graphics not video. I was given the budget to hire the equipment for 1 day only and had literally 2-3 hours to learn about all the new gear.
It just doesn’t make any sense that the recordings were perfect on the zoom when they were played back. I realise Ive done something wrong along the way, I don’t doubt that for a second, but the recordings were perfect. I know its a great bit of kit but its not so good that the low recordings sound great on there and completely muted on everything else. The recordings were fine. The test recordings were fine.
Im sorry I don’t know all the technical terms, I never claimed to be a sound engineer.
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One thing, even though the card has been “wiped” if it was just the standard “format card” problem do you think theres a chance the files could be recovered on the zoom itself? Then if it played them perfectly on the zoom could I hook that up to my Mac and record that audio? Such a long shot but Im getting desperate… also in your personal opinion do you think this is sackable?
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I remember setting the recording level to -20 on the mic and matched it up on the transmitter that plugged into the Zoom. Its just baffling why it sounded ok every time I played it back. If it recorded low then you’d think when I played back the recordings on the Zoom it would also play super low. But it was perfect.
Thanks for the tips, I’ll try doing that but I think the quality is too poor now. I will just have to face the music with my boss 🙁
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So half way up may have been too low? I just dont get why, when I had the headphones plugged in to the zoom, it played perfectly. Literally perfectly. If the files played half as good on the mac as they sounded when I played it on the Zoom I wouldnt be worried about my job. It really confuses me. If the guy hadnt wiped the files would it have been possible to get the audio by playing it through the H4N into another recording device, like my Mac Pro and record that?
Ive learnt a valuable lesson. I always aimed to be the jack of all trades. Do some video, but focus on my motion graphics etc This is why you get people who are incredibly focused on single areas of their chosen profession. Also this is why you have crews of people at any one time, not just 1 guy trying to spin several plates at the same time.
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They went up to half way on the screen. What I dont understand is how when I played it on the Zoom itself it was perfect. Surely it was just playing back the audio it had recorded? Therefor when you export the files they should be exactly the same? In FCP the waveform is flat with a couple of tiny little rises in the audio. In iTunes its like Im playing a recording of silence.
Do you think this is sackable? Im only a junior so Im pretty uptight about this. I appreciate your help though 🙂
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Thanks Shane, so it’s not amateur for me to use it as a final output for my videos, when we use the same company at our events?
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Thanks for your reply Chris.
I emailed the company and they assured me it would play fine on their Mac, but saying that doesn’t that codec only come with Final Cut Pro?
The reason I ask is because I’m getting a serious issue with banding when I set it to the above. I’ve put the ‘reduce banding’ video filter on in Final Cut Pro but it looks nasty once rendered out from Compressor.
Thanks
Chris