[Peter Groom]

Hi Luca

Well welcome to the club.
I was sent a Nonokontrol 2 to have a play with ages ago. Spent ages getting it to interface with my pt10 on a pc. Far from intuitive, and when it did work i found it next to useless. Only basic fader functions worked, and using it with automation was 100% a waste of time. It didnt know where the pt fader position was, so touching it made pt jump to the nano position. My mix was a mess in seconds, so I gave it up.
Worst was there was NO online help.
I did find a couple of youtube videos which had success but they were for pt 8 and 10 is different.

Then pro tools lost contact with the Nanokontrol and I couldnt get it back. Spent hours again doing as Id done before with NO success.

My Nanokontrol will be heading towards ebay any day now (youve reminded me the useless bit of plastic is still taking up space), which is where i suspect yours will end up too.
NB If youve an IPAD then stop wasting your time (that you want to spend in pro tools) and but Neyrincks V control. Dead cheap, works brilliantly in Pro Tools and AVID , FCP etc etc. No competition.

NB If you do make it work youve got more patience than me.

Cheers
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Probably different sample rates.
One is prob on 44.1 khz and the other on 48khz. Chexk the recording menus of each.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

If you have a 5.1 file, just create a 5.1 track in a normal pro tools stereo session. Instead of making a stereo track look down the options and selct a 5.1. Then ctrl + drag your embedded 6 channel clip from the region or clip menu to the timeline.
It will populate the 6 tracks and you bus them as you wish. You will need an HD Pro tools to properly do surround work but youre talking about a 6 channel embedded file (which is really jus six mono tracks that live next to each other.)
There is no automation in that file as its a mix??

If you want to bus surround properly youll need a PT HD rig.
Peter
(I read once that there was a work around with non HD rigs using groups but I ve no real idea about that.)

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Hi Matthew
I do think you should have monitors, but dont expect too much from them if Theatres is the playback environment.

I was just flagging the bit I was quoting
‘so I’m looking for a good mix that could play well in various theaters’
I realise we spell theatres differently in the UK and wasnt correcting your spelling or anything like that.
Cheers
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

HI
You will have to choose your speaker choice, but dont kid yourself into thinking that a $500 set of monitors in a non treated space will sound ANYTHING like any ‘theatre’.
Sorry but it wont.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Id agree with Ty. Your mic doesnt sound like your problem, so buying another wont help. its the environment.
If you were just recording audio, id say buy a shed and put in in the farthest corner from the windows and soften the interior with duvets etc.

Are your windows double / triple glazed. Doesnt sound like theyre even closed to me? I think they need work.
The room sounds hard walled? ceiling hard? floor hard? Soften everything possible off with carpet, drapes, soft furnishings etc etc. None of that will stop the noise from the street. Only effective barriers will do that. Dense materials.

If you cant change the space, then youll need to either put up and embrace the fact that youre lucky enough to Live in NY, or find a new space?? Id happily swap. (ive my eye on a job at Todd AO one day!!)
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

I agree Ty.
Id not considered that anyone would use a laptop for anything much really, but I guess they must. Most modern laptops are perfectly capable I think, but Ive no experience for laptops, coming from a studio Post background where that just wouldnt happen.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

HI
Lots dont worry about it, but its best practice to have OS and program files on your system drive and any media, audio or video on sep drives.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

So pleased to hear some one say this.

“I would rather have separate in production and mix in post.”

Thats not loud enough. Needs to be shouted so people hear it.
All dubbing mixers the world over together.

“I WOULD RATHER HAVE SEPARATE IN PRODUCTION AND MIX IT IN POST.”

Amen.

Peter
Nb I dont object to a mixed scratch track for the editors tho. Theyre a simple breed.

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

I’d thing the only time youll be able to get closest to the mouth from underneath is if the shot framing size it BIG CU (ie head to chin filling top to bottom. IF its CU or MCU then just out of shot above is closest. I also find fewer reflections pointing downwards as theres generally more absorbent surfaces on the floor, chairs, sofas , carpets etc than on the ceiling.
I like to have a personal lav and a rifle above and ill blend in the dub.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer