[Craig Alan]

thanks. i’ve had no problem with it but am increasingly getting deeper in program and want to build on best practices.

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[Craig Alan]

Now I’m confused too. I was told that I did not need to transcode my pana P2 footage but only rewrap it as QT. Under file if I highlight a clip the transcode is greyed out as well.

Is there any downside to color correcting and the like with this codex in FC? Also I don’t think that FC will transcode it regardless of clicking optimize upon import. It still is listed in the inspector as the original codec.

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[Craig Alan]

The compound clip rules do take some getting used to with the parent child gotchas if you are not careful.

But my real question to you about this workflow: When you marry those compounds clips together into a master sequence – don’t you need to tweak things? Aren’t there some tweaks that become more difficult when they are contained within compound clips?

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[Craig Alan]

ADR. … just kidding. … sort of.

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[Craig Alan]

Well I recorded to center channel for both so I’ll have to reshoot. I love that mike. She is used to the shure where I told her when she went soft that she could practically eat it. I’ll remind her of the difference.

Will the foam that came with the schoeps help a bit with breath and pop sounds?

BTW I did monitor with headphones and the guitars were more upfront when I monitored live. I could clearly hear her uke though still lower than voice and his guitar was clear enough.

OT: these short clips I uploaded took forever. How do you get yours into the cow posts?

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[Craig Alan]

Thanks Ty. There is a second mike on his guitar but I kept the levels low. You can see it if you go full screen. So you can blame me for that not mike placement. I think this song is all about her voice and lyrics. But when she leaned into the mike later on she poped. On the first clip you can hear the popping and on the second you can hear his guitar mike. Will the foam that came with the mike prevent the popping or just train her not to lean in on this kind of mike – yes I will try the over head position which will also pick up her uke. On a previous session his guitar dominated her voice and I wanted to correct for his. Perhaps overcompensated. Of course if I recorded to different channels I could remix it.

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[Craig Alan]

I copy the P2 card folders into a finder folder. Then I import the finder folder copy into FCP x. I can choose or not choose which clips I want and still have a copy of the original P2 card in case something gets corrupted. Works fine.

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[Craig Alan]

Are you using an external media drive? Always a good idea to back up the card file and then import and transcode. Not a good idea to put any of this on your system drive.

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[Craig Alan]

The foam handles wind as well as say the fussy kind or in this case as well as the foam plus pop filter?

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[Craig Alan]

But they will help with echoes? Here’s a clip from the last shoot. We used three cams and green screen. This is one that shows the mike placement and not edited yet in terms of keying. I’d never used this mike before for music. With dialog I have placed it just as you suggested. I only have one and its the best mike I have.

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