[Paul Figgiani]

Tim,

You can’t go wrong with the Audio-Technica AT875R mic for less than $200. I own it and use it on my HMC 150.

The camera supplies the necessary Phantom Power.

As far as a cable, use this 1.5 footer, also by Audio-Technica.

-paul.

[Paul Figgiani]

Steve,

Do this in Soundtrack Pro:

Select the clip in your FCP Timeline and right click. Choose: Send To/STP Audio File Project.

Once the file opens in the Editor, you need to set a Noise Print, Adjust, then apply:

Select an area within the clip that includes the noise you want to suppress. Now up to the Process menu: Noise Reduction/Set Noise Print.

De-select the snippet, and back up to the Process menu: Noise Reduction/Reduce Noise. Play the clip through the filter UI using the Playback button

Make your adjustments, then click Apply. The file will be processed. Finally, save out your work and the clip will update in the FCP timeline.

Keep in mind the process is a bit different when dealing with a multi-track mix. The instructions above are for processing a single clip.

-paul.

[Paul Figgiani]

Option + G on keyboard

-paul.

[Paul Figgiani]

Chad,

The footage needs to be transcoded to ProRes via FCP Log and Transfer. I use a Panasonic HMC-150 camera. The workflow is very efficient.

-paul.

[Paul Figgiani]

Read up on RMS Normalization. You can do this in Soundtrack Pro by changing the Normalize option from “Peak” to “RMS.”

And Michael is on target: there will be an increase in noise when using Dynamics Processors or RMS Normalization.

-paul.

[Paul Figgiani]

For H.264/MPEG-4 container, try using the MPEG-4 Export Component in Qt Pro 7xx … File/Export/Movie to MPEG-4.

Here is a snap shot of the settings dialog that I used to help someone else who needed a low data rate Baseline output.

https://www.pfiggmsc.com/mpeg4-export.jpg

-paul.

[Paul Figgiani]

I use Panasonic cards with the $40 Panasonic reader. Never had a problem. The cards are more expensive.

-paul.

[Paul Figgiani]

Select clip … Modify Menu … uncheck “Stereo Pair.”

-paul.

[Paul Figgiani]

Michael,

Your recommendation is obviously spot on advice for a professional workflow. In this case it looks like Pamela is looking for a work around, hence my recommendation.

And David … Yes. You can export each track individually and retain sync.

Look here:

https://www.pfiggmsc.com/mtwav.html

The FCP timeline (image 1) has a mixed down bed. I send the project to Soundtrack Pro (image 2) and added two ambience clips on tracks 2 and 3.

I export from STP: Exported Items-Selected Tracks, Buses, and Sub mixes. File Type: WAV

Now I pull these files into Logic (or Pro Tools) and sync from the beginning of each file (image 3). By the way, those are stereo copies in Logic.

As I said, definitely not the best case scenario. But given the circumstances, it’s a sensible workaround.

-paul

[Paul Figgiani]

David,

When you export individual tracks form the STP project, sync is retained. All exported tracks match the duration of the project sequence, and each audio segment within each track maintains it’s location in the mix. These files can be incorporated into Pro Tools or Logic individually to recreate the original mix.

-paul.