Douglas Spotted eagle
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Gary,
The VASST Absolute Training for Sony Vegas bundle includes all features for Vegas 6/7/8 and includes workflows, additional tips/tools/techniques not found in other training DVD series. It’s a full-coverage set.
For $159.00, you receive approximately the same time-length of training from the only Sony Certified Vegas Trainers in the world, featuring trainers/producers that use Vegas for broadcast, commercial production, and post-production in a professional environment.
In addition to the Vegas 8 bundle (Available from VASST, VideoGuys, and other resellers) there are also specific titles that go much more deeply into Sony Vegas than any other training product, such as in-depth understanding of the Sony Media Manager, Color Correction, Noise Reduction, Using Vegas in a Broadcast/Post Environment, Compositing, In-Depth DVD Architect, and others (with more to come).Douglas Spotted Eagle
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I spend too much time cleaning up tracks that I recorded with a shotgun, I always have to curve around 7-10k and boost around 240 to get some body.
This would suggest you’re not recording correctly, or using a very poor shotgun mic.
You’re correct; the conversation could go on all day. The only reason I’m holding a hard line is that your position suggests we’re fools for using shotguns, when as mentioned, demonstrated, and effectively confirmed; the biggest names in the industry use, have used, and will continue to use shotguns in the high-dollar and low-dollar productions heard on radio, television, the big screen, and the internet.Perhaps you could share some of your work with the folks here, so we can assess what it is that would allow an SM57/58 to sound better than a mid to high grade shotgun mic? I’m always up for learning something new; it’s the only way we can improve.
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I would chose a regular SM58 or even a 48 or even a57 anytime anywhere over a shotgun mic for VO
Obviously, this is your prerogative, but doing so is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. But heck…all those shiny awards and accolades guys like Michael Mason, Harlan Hogan, Michael Silvers, Warren Latimer, Brian Keane, Don LaFontaine, Joe Cipriano, and even small-time guys like me have taken home demonstrate our ignorance of the tools used in the trade, I suppose.
Lemme ask you…how many times have you recorded voice-overs with James Earl Jones, Nick Nolte, Jose Carreras, Rod McKuen, Glenn Yarborough, Alice Cooper, Robert Redford, Tom Moffatt?
I’ve used shotguns on every one of them. Quite successfully. Some of those voice-overs were recorded in hotel rooms with a portable V/O box. And still came out great.The voice of PBS uses a shotgun on 90% of his work. But you’d rather use an SM57??? 🙂
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Hope This Helps
HTH 🙂
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Brian, I’m confused as to what you’re defining as different between “full raster” and “4:3 image.” They can be the same. or not, depending on if the PAR is square or not. Some apps can’t interpolate for non-square pixels in graphics. Vegas can, but it’s the exception, not the rule.
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Hold ALT as you drag them.
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787 x 576 is the correct value. The 704 was a typo (from 784 x 576) in the Vegas 5 book that (I thought) had been corrected in the Vegas 6 edition. I’m certain it is correct in the Vegas 8 edition. Apologies for any inconvenience. I’m with a different publisher now; hopefully that means a better tech edit.
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Curves get dragged to keyframes on the timeline
Gradients get dragged to the Gradient toolbar in the titling tool. Effects get dragged to the Effects tab.HTH
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No. The issues of tape compatibility are for the most part, over.
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James, some of the USB mics are great for budget (and even non-budget) projects. The Blue Snoball is a very popular podcast mic priced right at $99.00 or so, and sounds terrific. I’ve seen these used in MTV field work. No, they’re not the greatest, but they’re also not the junk that an audio-snob will point to due to the price, either. The RodePodcaster sounds a little better, but it’s also nearly 3 times the cost.
Blaster’s external sound card will work with these mics, but bear in mind that the Creative products are somewhat noisy. What’s humorous is when someone purchases a 1K mic and plugs into a Blaster or similar mic, thus negating at least half the value of the mic they bought.
So…don’t buy real expensive mics unless you’ve got the back end to support them, IMO.My personal front end FWIW…:
~John Hardy M1 with Jensen Xformers.
~Canare cables with EMC connectors
~Apogee Rosetta, usually at 48k/24bit
Our studio has other tools, but this is my personal kit.Douglas Spotted Eagle
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