Craig Alan
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Understood. I thought the damp towel over the speaker ‘fix’ was kinda funny.
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Thanks Bill. I follow. I see the advantages. I appreciate the review. I’ve used this technique for dialog. In fact, all my production teams shoot dialog with a single boom. Kinda surprised that it works this well for music. I’d love to add a couple more of the Schoeps to our arsenal.
I also see the advantage of being able to edit two separate channels. The singer does go from a whisper to fairly strong projection. I will most likely have a student audio tech. It’s hard to ride the levels perfectly and there are times that the guitar will overpower her softest voice.
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Understood. As far as the studio – other than the cork floor, there is almost nothing that absorbs any of the sound and to my ears it sounds hollow and echoey. I do think for a music act it could stand some treatment.
And please read this: it’s proof that “dampening” can be used as a form of sound treatment. Though they did use “damped down” to describe the technique.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3700603
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you are again correct though i am in good company
dampen in the American Heritage Dictionary
verb
3) To soundproof.
oxford dictionary
Make less strong or intense:
nothing could dampen her enthusiasm
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
SYNONYMS
2.1Reduce the amplitude of (a sound source):
slider switches on the mixers can dampen the drumsMac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Canon 5D Mark III/70D, Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV40, Sony Z7U/VX2000/PD170; FCP 6 certified; FCP X write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.
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Yes sir. I’m going to float some muslin from our grid and go outside and tell everyone to be quiet for the next two hours. and if they need to make noise they should build me a wall around our studio.
Seriously though, I was hoping they would help both treatment and abatement and you didn’t seem to get behind either. But when I reread the thread I get it. I didn’t believe that adding absorption would eliminate outside noise but thought it would help dampen it. Either way the room is rather hollow sounding and does have echoes even if they are not that audible in the recording.
Thanks Ty.
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[Ty Ford] ” As such, there’s damping and reflection control at work. The room’s not dead, but it’s tight; a combination of absorption and diffusion. That muslin backdrop also helps knock the bounce down. It’s 24 feet long. I have it just off of two walls, clipped to the ceiling grid.
“Why then did you feel that my adding blankets (and I could also use large muslin backdrops instead) would not be that helpful?
Oh and thank you so much for your continued descriptions of your hard earned expertise. Love this forum.
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I agree with all that, Bill. Thanks. Poorly lit poorly framed and we will reshoot. The CYC wall needs some white light added to pull a key without noise. The lighting was the result of two second guessed schemes. There was a debate whether to go green screen or not and I was concentrating on the audio using the schleps for music for the first time.
But back to the topic – you would go with one mike positioned as noted rather than a second mike for his guitar? My gut tells me to mike them separately and each to their own channel. Thus the mikes would be aimed away from each other so as to not get any phasing problems.
But I am more than open to suggestions. Appreciate your feedback.
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You’ll need a tripod.
For indoor shoots I prefer using a dolly with it
I think the Libec 350 is a decent match for the 250.
What shure mikes do you have?
Regrdless the sound devices 302 mixer would help with audio a lot. As would the sony 7506 for monitoring.
For interviews with green screen it all depends on the shooting space. What room and dimensions do you have to shoot in?
Is the interviewer seen or off camera?
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thanks, not just me. since 9.2. can slow down work flow.
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any feedback on 9.3 which i’m on. reason to not update.
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