[Peter Groom]

Where is the audio to hear
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

HI
That is a needle in a haystack task. i sympathise.
I have had a listen, and didnt recognise, but…. is there any reason why youre looking to use these tracks again. Theyre a bit 80’s.

Is getting a musician to recreate them for you not an option.?
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

And what do you mean mixed results.
The audio is mixed, or sometimes its good and sometimes its bad. Please elaborate what is not going well.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Whats a Sescom interface
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Hi Daniel.
Can you explain why you want to work with lower res clips. 20 years ago we had to as hard drive space was really expensive for really small drives, now it’s so cheap for massive capacities.
Why do this?
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

are you capturing hd or sd

I had problems using that camera as a deck to avid, constantly dropping out etc.
started using hdvsplit with better resulyts.
using a proper deck improved 100%

Doesnt explain the disc space issue though
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Certainally, turn off the phantom if the devices dont require it. At the very least you will make your batteries in the zoom last a whole lot longer.

I have had this exact thing, apparently without explanation.
Only steers ive been able to get is that with a far more crowded rf space, you need to rescan radio mics in any new location.

Give sennheiser a call and see what htey say.
Nb what is your squelch set to?
Where are you in the world
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

In FCP (not that Id use it) you will have to cut the audio track, drop the level on the fader, cut the audio track where it needs to go bak up, and then put cross dissolves in to create the same effect.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Good results plural eyes here.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Yep I agree about compression. Don’t see that helping unless he was suggesting using a side chain to trigger a dip on the off mic? Good lck with that!

I think it’s a mistake to edit out the off track. That’s too severe. You need to be mixing down the off mic so the on mic I’s definitely featured, but a little of the room tone will remain in the mix . It’s called bulldozing, as the faders work like a bulldozer diggers controls. It’s just mixing. Everything needs mixing before it goes anywhere, even just a single mic needs eq,ing and level adjusting.

Why it it a problem to invest time and effort making the audio track correct. Audio is just as demanding as pictures to get the right results and arguably bad audio is more noticed than bad pictures!
It may be that your problem is made worse by poor mic selection at the recording. My preference is the cos11.. Poor mics may have a wider pick up than you want, and of course the levels need to be correct.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer