Peter Groom
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I have done tv poker and lots of similar situations.
If its transmitted live then 10 radio labs and an experienced mixer, if not live- 10 lavs each ISo record and 2 operated booms and mix it on the dub.
If there’s no dub- id get one . That’s how you get the results you’ve heard on poker.
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I’ll have listen and look at it when I’m back behind the mixer on Wednesday
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Are you aware thet there is an output setting on the g3 receivers as well. Are these matched.
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Hi Sergei
Personally id not bother with the added link to the 5d. Keep it simple. WEAR HEADPNHONES.
Do a test. Either the audio reccorded direct to the 5d is good enough or its not. You decide. Im not going to tell you it will be ok, because I personally dont think it will, but thats partly my day job speaking. Look at my profile picture and youll see why. Is the syncing up part is an issue to you. It only takes a few minutes to do loads of clips!
So point 1 (possibly). Id not bother. Let the 5 d internal mic record a scratch track. Get a good recording on the zoom and sync it in post.
2) No it wont spoil anything. Set the zoom in 4 track mode and the front ambient mics will record to a stereo file and the rear inputs will too. This could be quite nice in the mix if you position the zoom correctly to let the onboard mics do a job. They arent directional so will need to be reasonably close.
3) Well you have to set it up on the meters. The zoom Id recommend not letting anything go over -10. 5d who cares. It will be awful. Are there even any meters or cans. Stop me!!!!
4) Id suggest renting a proper boom with a suspension mount. Youll be amazed how much cleaner the recording will be when it has to be moved mid shot. AND surely you know someone / anyone who could come and swing the boom into the general right zone? Grandma, cousin, freind, newborn? OK I realise boom swinging is a skill, but these are better then no one?
Lastly. The AUDIO is the 1 thing that will cause you problems. Pictures are easy. What you see on the screen , you get. Wear headphones. Dont presume it is right. CHECK it. make test recordings and listen to them back carefully before shooting. Pay attention to levels and Gain controls. make a test and find out wher the max recording level is on your kit before you get raggy distortion, and keep well back from that. Did i mention wearing headphones.
If you have to choose between weraing headphones and breathing, go for the headphones!!!
Sorry for the attitude. Im feeling flippant today.
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Sounds interesting.
Does it work do you think if i record on a cheapo kareoke djs mic and tell it i want a neuman u87I sound. Thats impressive.
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Does this mean an external recording device such as a Zoom H1 would be the way to capture sound from now on?
Pretty much. If you read back on this forum, youll see that I have a real dislike to any attempt to record audio using DSLR, 3.5mm jacks or Automatic gain controls. That is a 100% NO in my company (where I have the say)
Some people obviously have a better experience with it, or maybe thay cant hear the difference, dont think its an issue, or dont know how to get round it!Peter
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Sounds like an AGC (Automatic gain control) to me as its pumps up and down in the gaps.
Have you tried it with any auto audio settings OFF.
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Im willing to be proven wrong, but i thing AVID dvd is pc only?
Just get Encore and enjoy
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Ok
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Right now my biggest issue is that I can’t seem to select a single clip. I
went through several tutorials on the smart tool and the selector and
grabber tools but trying to use grabber tool to move a clip only manages to
select every clip within the time region of the clip I click on.go to the groups window (to the left of the mix window and hit suspend all
groups or deslect “ALL”) Then use the hand icon (multiple press it to only
have a hand, nothing within the hand) so time selction.
That will select just the region or clip as its now called. (piece of audio)
If you just want to select a portion of a clip, use the selecter tool, drag
left to right over the clip and it will highlight the part . You then need
to put cuts around it. Separate button will do that, or you can trim the
region to the selection (removing the spare ends from the timeline, by Ctrl
T or apple T(for trim)re
(I also discovered that pro tools won’t playback mp3 natively and that it
create a converted file in order to import, in actuality, creating a
duplicate file. I don’t like thisThis is actually a good thing. means that all audio is contained within
every session. Hard drive space is soo cheap nowadays theres no reason not
to.
There are options you can change in the Import audio dialog box if you must,
but I recommend you “copy” every piece of media so its duplicated every
time.
Pt wants everything neatly in the Audio files folder in the project and it
wants it all in the project audio format (aiff or wav). like i say, thats a
good not bad thing. (Talk to any FCP editor who has had files that were
referenced files that have become moved to see their pain, and the glee in
the eyes of the AVID Media Composer editor who knows that doesnt happen to
them!Stick with the Pro tools. It can be a steep learning curve but it is far and
away the best. Youll be gald you did in the end.Peter
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The audio adjustment is called a Pull up and is to sync different frame rates. FCP is a donkey for this type of trick.
Id check that the sqequence settings match that of the audio and video. I wouldnt be surprised if the video and the sequence settings differ. zoom has no adjustment for frame rate, only bit depth and sample rate. I even think fcpmight have different settings on project, sequences and timeline settings. That is why i use avid (amongst dozens of other reasons.)
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