[Peter Groom]

You really need a cass player with line out. You can try taking a headphone feed into the recorder but i think it will sound awful.
Also on the computer (which is really where you want the audio, you will need some specific audio recording software. Windows own recorder is rubbish. You can download audacity free. That will make a recording.

BUT really you need to be going Line level cass out to line level in which means it goes to the digital recorder and then transfer the file to the pc for making a cd etc.
Make it at 44.1 16bit if asked in a menu (no emphasis)
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

If you can get
sound ideas
Digieffects
Hollywood edge

libraries then youll not go too far wrong
peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Arent you supposed to mix it so it complies throughout, not just apply a fix it to the final mix.
NB do you maen LUFS?
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

I wish id been at work when i downloded and listened to it now. my ears and meters would have flagged an out of phase recording staright away, but at home on a pc didnt give me the right monitoring.
solution
protools and some genelecs at home. been waiting for an excuse.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

HI
I have listened to your file.

In my opinion, its not that the sound is too thin necessarily. There are lo frequencies present, but the recording suffers from

1) Too much distance. The mic is not near enough to the speaker
2) To much ambience. mic is picking up a lot of room reflections in addition to the direct sound. This makes it sound a little “boxy”
3) To lively a room. The acoustic of the room is poor. Hard, reflective, parallel walls make it too lively a space.
4) Poor amplitude. The recording levels are very low. Merely turning up the signal in a desk will also raise the room and bg noise with it so yes the voice will be louder but everything else will increase.

Clearly as there are no pictures, Im guessing that these things are all contributing in a negative way for you.

In summary, i dont think theres much can be done as removing reverb is not something Im aware is possible at the moment.(If anyone knows different please send me the details and Ill be very happy)

Is re recording a possibility.
If so get these things right
1) location. look at the space and get one with plenty of soft furnishings, carpet and a less bouncy space.
2) Get a quality mic in close.
3) Look closely at your record levels.
4) Forget the viewfinder. Put on the headphones.

Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Im not convinced that the unscriped part “negates” as you say, the boom op. I think hes pretty valuable and Id have 2 of them, as you have 2 cameras. He can get his mics into the perfect place justa s quickly as the cameraman get get his shot, given that neither know where the next shot will come from?
I suggest that converstations will most likely be between smallish groups rather than all people at the same time, so the 2 boom ops could work together to cover each small group pretty comprehensively. Theyll be able to get in nice and tight above speakers heads, just out of frame and with a flick of the wrist can move between 3 or 4 people on 1 side of the table very swiftly.

Your fixed / slung mics might seem attractive, but theyll either have to be high to get coverage and therefore not be clean, or too low (to get closeness but then anyone else will be too off mic.

Im with 2 good boom ops and a recordist.
peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

arent you looking for titan from syncroarts.com?
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

Eric is right -40 db pad.
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

ok well im confused.
36 people on wireless radio feeds in 6 groups. 6×6=36 so unless youre going to put some of each group onto cam 1 and some on cam 2, then a “3 to 4 input mixer” doesnt cut it.
my suggestion is reach out to the broadcast world in uk or us and find a prod co who has done something similar and find out what they did. maybe the bachelor in the uk?

BUT if im honest, if youre having to ask the question at all, then maybe that says it all. This might be just too much for you??
Are you going to put experienced mixers on each group? How will you cope in post. Why not record all mics sep and make it in the mix??

I have alarm bells in my head
Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer

[Peter Groom]

I have seen the PCM wav option in a drop down in Cool edit pro waay back in ADDITIOn tot he Raw setting.
I think the sample rate is a error tho.

Peter

Post Production Dubbing Mixer