[Kat Hayes]

Hi, Rennie,

What do you mean by “…and the proper settings on the switches for mic control panel?” What are the “proper settings?” What is the mic control panel?

Thank you!!!

[Kat Hayes]

1. When adjusting white balance, is there any need for a reference card that is divided into thirds, that includes the darks, mids, and lights? I have one for my
digital still image camera and was wondering if it has value like it does in traditional photography when used with the HVX?

2. What types of shooting scenarios would you want to use different hues of warm cards vs. just a white balance reference card?

Thanks.

[Kat Hayes]

Thank you.

[Kat Hayes]

I did use focus assist.

1.) What is the detail enhancement?
2.) Is it more difficult to get a focussed shot when shooting in HD with low light?

Thanks.

[Kat Hayes]

Thanks again.

[Kat Hayes]

1.) Is AAC the same as Dolby Digital 2.0?

“But I did have an assistant who encoded to 160 AAC files (to save space on his laptop) then converted only the ones needed to AIFF files (in iTunes) and then gave them to me. So that is one way to do it.”

2.) So is AAC higher quality than .mp3 but not higher quality than AIFF?

[Kat Hayes]

1. Is it a good idea to use .mp3 files for anything intended for broadcast? I am not concerned about noticing the difference, I know I can not tell, though I just didn’t think .mp3 files were technically good enough quality for this.

2. So does this mean that I can use any of the thousands of .mp3 files I have in my iTunes library, convert them to AIFF, and use any of them for a project (with permission from the owner of course) and not be overly concerned with obtaining some master higher quality version?

Thanks Shane for all of your help!!!!

[Kat Hayes]

What about quality loss during this process?

1. Doesn’t burning a .mp3 file back to a CD cause some degredation?
2. What about converting from the format of the CD back to an AIFF?

[Kat Hayes]

1.) How can I determine if I have the older or newer G-RAID drive? It does not seem to have “2” on it.

2.) How does the performance drop from the newer drives affect what you can and can not do with them? How does the drop from 65MB/s to 16 affect the editing process?

3.) What do you need a USB>SATA adapter for if the drive is already internal?

Thanks!

[Kat Hayes]

I need to do some simple interviews that will involve 2-3 people and sometimes some simple scenes that will take place in a room without outside noise.

Can I plug a boom mic or wireless lavaliers into the external port or do I really need a mixer to go in between.

Thanks!