David Braswell
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4.05 here. I did an SD project with a few P&Zs with no problems. But a recent 1080 timeline with only 2 of them gave me fits. Only way around was to render and mixdown immediately once I adjusted settings to my liking.
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Never had a problem with that as long as the effect was rendered first.
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Considering the USB aspect, I can’t confirm that you will be able to record directly into MC without issues, but unless there’s a compelling reason to do that I wouldn’t. I would cut the audio in another program and import it.
USB mics are a great convenience for portability, but if you’re recording in a fixed place, even a small room, I’d opt for a regular large diaphram mic and a mixer. You don’t have to get too fancy with the mixer. Unless yours is truly an “Avalon” class project, this puppy will work just fine.
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The Paint effect under Image can do what you’re looking for. Basically you use the tools (paintbrush, polygon, shape, etc.) to define your background area. Then you set the apply mode to blur and adjust to your liking. I hope you’re working with a static interview, otherwise you’ll have to rotoscope the effect. Very not fun.
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Sorry I missed your second query. My guess (yes, guess) is that like some other high powered audio/video apps, Avid doesn’t like to share the audio driver. Probably makes it a lot more stable. But it’s possible Gary got it right!
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This is normal.
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Ed thanks. My Avid rep and I will follow up with Genarts. We just purchased the Nitris DX upgrade. Not having to upgrade Sapphire immediately would be nice.
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It’s a tough question to answer not knowing the level of production you’re going for. But for a “voiceover” in my high-end corporate/broadcast world I generally wouldn’t consider anything less than a large diaphragm mic. Samson, MXL and others make USB versions for ~ $70 to $100. Not to sound elitist, but at $25, the Logitech may be targeted at the inexpensive podcasting market, not higher quality VOs.
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We’ve had great success using Sorenson Squeeze to encode. Upload size permitting, I generally create an original size and aspect ratio reference movie. I use H.264 with a bitrate around 6Mb/s and AAC audio at 320 kb/s. I’d use VBR encoding for a piece as short as yours. You should experiment with the quality level based on the complexity of your video.
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Oops!… Thank you Job. I haven’t needed to manually letterbox footage in a while.