Matthew Campagna
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I have a HV20 and I haven’t had any problems with it.
I actually used it on a 26 episode, low budget, public broadcast television program and it worked great as an additional camera.
I did all of my work in HDV using the standard NTSC workflow.
I even did color correction to match a completely different camera and the process, though tedious, worked fine.
If you are playing around with the 24p mode, then I can not help you directly.
If you need more information, there is website dedicated to the HV20.If you want to see some of the footage from the television show, go to https://www.allairebackfitness.com or ask your local PBS station to play Allaire Back Fitness Season 1.
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You can use the Broadcast Safe filter in Final Cut Pro to limit your colors for broadcast. It must be the final filter on your final output to keep all your colors within broadcast specifications. -
Normalizing is just an extreme limiter.
Use a really good limiter and get your audio peaks as close to -1 or -2 Db on average.
Some of us in the industry call this “sausaging”.
When you look at the wave form that used to have nice peaks and notice the new version has mostly solid lines across the top and bottom (similar to normalizing) of your audio waveform.Broadcast television has their specifications, but they do not translate well on the internet.
Most internet posts are done by people who have no clue how to do audio.
To compete with this crowd, you need to be as loud as possible without negative artifacts. -
The odd HDV workflow will not have any affect on the sync downstream.
If your footage is in sync when it leaves you studio, then the problem is down stream.
I’m not sure about the networks, but if they are anything like the public access group, things just happen because people aren’t paying attention.
Don’t beat yourself up over it.
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The unfortunate truth is if you have wind, there is no way to remove it. I have been doing professional audio for over 15 years and there has never been a good answer to this issue. Wind covers so much of the dynamic range that you will never be able to get rid of it.
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Where do you live?
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For those of you who do any kind of audio work requiring a measurement of your entire program look no further.
AudioLeak is a program that will go through your entire audio file and give you a few weights for your audio in decibels. I used it on a public broadcast television series that required a technical evaluation before it was allowed on air. I mixed the audio within the required broadcast range, using the AudioLeak program and had no problem passing the technical evaluation. It is a stand alone program and is pretty cheap for the work it does.
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Does your mixer power your speakers?
If so, try the Audix Studio Series 1As. They work great for near field monitoring. I was a house engineer at a local, professional recording studio and our mastering engineer insisted on getting a few for the studio and they work great. I am not sure what they cost now, but they were reasonably priced at about $350 for the pair. They have a great frequency response and I actually a have a few for mixing and surround sound work. If you are using them for your home, they work great with a regular stereo system too. To buy a pair, you have to call and ask for them by name because they are not part of Audix’s regular production line.
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As a recording engineer for over 15 years, I must say that most lavalier microphoness don’t sound that good. I also know as a videographer that one needs to get around this issue. I suggest, from personal experience, that you check out https://www.countryman.com/
They have lots of excellent microphones to choose from. I own one of their head set microphones and use it for someone who does stability ball exercises and it works great. I used it for over 32 television episodes and I never had a problem. I also know that Yoga Today uses CountryMan headsets for their yoga productions. My understanding is that the Yoga Today’s microphones are pretty directional so you can avoid picking up a lot of the production/set noise which lends to an easier post production.I know you are looking for a lavalier mic, so my suggestion is find someplace that carries CountryMan mics and rent one or try one in the store. If their lavalier microphones are as good as their headsets, I am sure you will be happy with their product.
Hope this helps.
MC
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Sorry to hear about your troubles. As a professional mixer I can basically agree that you are Hosed. Most audio fixes at this point will cost you a lot of money for very little in return. You might be able to do some trickery with phase cancelation between the microphones, but that would be a highly unlikely fix to your problem. Good luck.