[Frenchie29]

Is there anything I could change for not getting any dropped frames??

Like increasing a buffer or something??

I have a quad core procesor, so I have the speed. Now should I capture on the c drive or my secondary drive??

And what is the format that it’s been captured with??

The client wants me to only transfer the tapes to dvd only, it’s for archiving purposes only no editing neded.

Thanks

MPAUDIOVISUAL.com

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Ok here’s an update, I rendered a small section as an mpeg2 and it is closer from the original then what’s on the timeline in Vegas, still how could i take of some of the yellow off I tried with levels, but I want to make sure I’m not gonna screwed anything down the road. Maybe I should of cheated when I did my white balance, The shoot is a corporate meeting in a hotel meting and everything was beige and burgundy.

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Are you sure it wouldn’t be sub harmonics?? This what comes out when doing the sweep, it’s not the fundamental but the sub.

What I meant by quiet is no talk at all, which is really hard to accomplish sometimes. I know it has nothing to do with the choice of a mic but I find shotgun mics harder to work with.

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A good trick while using a shotgun mic or mics is to roll off or cut the “room noise frequencies”. For that you will need a parametric EQ 3, 5 or 7 band. (The room has to be totally quiet) On each band one by one, boost all the way up, then with the frequency knob do a sweep, eventually a certain frequency will sound like it’s doubling up, this is the subharmonic frequency from the ambiant room noise, when it has been found you can cut by 1 or 2 db with a fine bandwith .This is a good process to eliminate room noise when no alternative can be taken.

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Here’s what I use for one recording session

1 DBX 116xl (really good for the gate option, mostly for those pesky shotgun mics, it’s great to eliminate off the floor noise, vents etc… when doing field recording)
2 Rane PE-15 as inserts
1 DBX 213 graph Q
1604 mixing board
Duo core laptop with Soundforge, Adobe Onlocation
All in gator cases and ready to be wheeled anywhere.
I also have a little Azden field mixer 3 mics in.

Different mics. I owe a few 58’s, 57’s, NTG2,2 AKG wireless lavaliers. 2 AKG cardiod mics. 1 shure Beta 58 and I borrow my friend’s RE-20 and when it’s a big project I go big and try different mics. I like Neuman but a bit pricy to buy for now since I mostly do live sound now.

If you want I can post some clips (.wav)but you will find most of my recordings on sports radio channels in Toronto as I mostly do sports and corporate.

I always correct at the source as much as possible.

My trick….. a frequency analyzer I can visualize frequency response right away.
Always make sure you record 2 seperate feeds dry(pre Q on strip) and a processed feed–L(wet) and R(dry) to your sound card .
the R feed is a backup which can be manipulated later in post if needed.

One program I love using to analyze is smaartlive
I know it’s not for recordings but I use the RTA in it and I am so used to it and it gives me a good accurate reading.

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Like i said before it’s all about personal taste 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. I’ve seen lots of people doing VO with shotguns but personally I used mine for SFX, interviews when I can’t setup a lav, Q&A sessions but for VO I love the warmth of a RE20 type mic. That conversation can go on and on it’s a presonal taste I love BSS eq’s some don’t.

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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

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No I didn’t nest the project file I rendered it as an avi and imported it. As soon as it hit %4 it crashes, it’s on a slide, this is so frustrating I was supposed to give the DVD this afternoon, I’ve been trying for 3 hours now and still the same result.

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It’s all a personal choice I love the fullness of a ribbon mic or a large diaphragm mic. I have a NGT2 and a boom that I use for field it’s sounds good but when there’s an option to sit down in an iso booth for VO , I’d rather have a nice neuman that I rent just for the occasion.

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K I got it by dragging but some sections are kind of jerky, and I had an error message that “some streams in the media files could not be open.”