[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Here is a post about this:

https://nofilmschool.com/2010/08/how-to-remove-horizontal-banding-artifacts-from-dslr-footage/

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Harry

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Ha! This one again!

I had this years ago – Sudden Explosive Sound Syndrome (SESS). It’s one of life’s great mysteries.

It’s a special FCP effect where one of your tracks is suddenly playing back something completely unrelated – like a Brass Band VERY LOUD. It was included by Apple at vast expense and I haven’t heard this problem since FCP 4.5.

Do the usual – trash prefs and audio render files – oh, and be sure that you aren’t using mp3 files. You ABSOLUTELY must convert these to something sensible like .aif or .wav.

You are not alone.

Hugs

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Rick,

Thank you very much for your valuable advice. I’ll cobble together a blackwrap snoot and save myself a hundred bucks.

With thanks again for your speedy reply.

Best

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

If dialog sounds as if the people are talking underwater, you have overdone it.

So back off the settings and play with them a little. It’s not an automatic process.

Harry

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Try the free application “Compressor Repair”.

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thank you so much, Dennis (love your portrait) for responding.

And the same goes to one and all.

I promise I will not attempt to carry out my plan. Your wiser minds have prevailed.

Many thanks for the guidance and wisdom,

Best

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Ah. OK. Bubble burst. People like me with tiny little brains have to be protected from themselves.

Thanks very much for preventing me from blowing everyone up.

Best

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thank you for the reply to my cry for help. I thought that these fresnels were made of the same stuff as those glass oven dishes and were indestructable. So you reckon it will crack? Hmmm. That’s not exactly what I had in mind – red hot glass flying across the set and lodging in the actors’ faces.

I have chimeras already, and agree that I can throw some diffusion on the front of the Blonde – and I take your warning about exploding shards of glass very seriously. What I want is something relatively powerful, light and focus-able – and I don’t want to pay $800 for an Arri 2k Junior.

I do have a couple of friends who absolutely love projects like this (car nutcases) and, perhaps, with a little research as to the best distance from globe to lens, I could get at least one unit test-converted and see how it goes.

Do you think that this is out of the question because of the heat issue? Suppose I can have a sort of extension made – like rods on a camera – that might serve the dual purpose of allowing air to circulate and the ability to focus.

Maybe this is all too silly for words and I should go out and buy a 2k fresnel. Still, I’m tempted.

Thank you again for your thoughtful reply.

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thanks so much for the encouraging reply. Heat will be a problem, I can see. There’s very little space between the (imagined) fresnel lens and the globe – There is one slot for filtration and one slot for barn doors. I might have to make some sort of extension to push the whole front forwards, if you see what I mean.

Do you have any ideas about a place to buy the fresnel lens? I’ve done some internet searching but if you have a recommendation, that would be great.

In any case, thanks for the reply.

Best wishes,

Harry.

[Harry Bromley-davenport]

Thanks very much for the advice.

Harry