[Greg Curda]

Hi Nelson,

I’m sure the toilet acted as a resonator for the fan motor, hence the rumble. You can roll it off, or dip, till you’re happy. Frequently in Sound Design, a mechanical object is recorded from several different vantage points and the sounds are EQed and layered to produce the desired effect. If you like the fan, I would record it again, from several perspectives, try layering, and library those recordings

[Greg Curda]

Great resources, Wolf!
Always pays to keep reading…

G

[Greg Curda]

Hi Noah,

Thanks for that post!! It was just the language we needed to discourage the native editing concept since we are all FCP…

Greg

[Greg Curda]

Hi Bryan,

The hi-pass does not actually increase high freq, but cuts lows, giving the perception of more highs, as compared to lows. I don’t think that would have anything to do with increased feedback, but also doesn’t sound like you need it in. Sounds more like some disparity between speaker and mic placement, or room acoustics and EQ.

I never like being locked out of EQ control and would insist that the installation company come back and experience the problem… I would ask for the room (Church) to be “pinked”, which is a way to measure frequency response of a room from various positions.

Also check that there are no omni mics in play, and all mics are behind speaker placement. At least get control of your EQ till you get it the way you want it and then lock it down…

Just thoughts.

Greg

[Greg Curda]

Flow looks good… Just have production mixer pour through CC forums on RED, and also check RED site audio forum for any late-breaking news, and just general procedural history…

Best of luck with the show…

G

[Greg Curda]

Hi Ryan,

I think it’s prudent to have your sound report list the corresponding camera file names as well. All due respect to your RED tech, but even with three cross logs, there were some takes that were still mis-matched. In the heat of production, don’t you know…

As far as I know our editors use BWF2XML and the OMF from FCP DOES NOT carry sound metadata to ProTools. So I don’t think source TC drag and drop will work. And ProTools absolutely DOES accept Quicktime picture and track.

Let me double check my facts and get back to you… Can anybody else confirm or deny my allegations?

G

[Greg Curda]

Pelican cases come with full foam inserts that you can customize…great investment..

G

[Greg Curda]

Hi Marc,

I use a length of corrugated plastic pipe (drain style) and cut out a slot big enough for the mount, that runs about half the length (the same way the mount slides into the zeppelin). Keep the length of the pipe a little longer than the zeppelin and slide it in and out. Been using them for years and my zepps are good as new.

Greg

[Greg Curda]

Hi Ryan,

What Ty and the rest of us are trying to get to is that the recorder normally doesnt send anything anywhere. You have far bigger problems with the paperwork than worrying about the guide track.

Here’s a suggested workflow: Multi-track using a 788T or similar recorder. Back-up files daily to 2 drives (one goes to you). Ask the mixer to record a mono mix track on, say CH8 of the recorder, and also feed that track to the camera for a guide (let him figure out whether to wire or RF). Done. You cut from camera tracks and conform later.

Unless something has changed in the last month, your bigger problem stems from the fact that the RED uses proprietary file names. As far as I know, you cannot log scene and take. I just finished a show last month using RED. We decided to duplicate the RED file names on Sound (just so there was no possibility of mismatch) and keep a 3-way log (camera, sound, script) of the file names and corresponding scene/take numbers. This must be iron clad, or you will never find your tracks. The RED simply increments the takes within a given “roll” number. You, as the editor,can always rename all the files to a more conventional format, but don’t forget to change all the sound too!!

Also be aware that the RED loses TC jam at every battery change, so sound needs a fast jamming scenario…

Are we havin’ fun yet??

G

[Greg Curda]

Thanks Noah…

I agree with your position, but was asked to find a native solution. I appreciate your help and have passed your views on. I hope I can help you with an audio problem sometime!!

G