Peter Groom
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The thing that has stopped me so far doing exactly this is the cost vs capacity. I do want fast booting etc etc but will have to be patient enough until the capacities rise enough and the costs fall enough in time to make it viable.
Personally Id be looking at a 1tb MINIMUM and a 128 sd drive is more like mobile phone storage than something that will have the grunt commercially.Peter
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and a free one
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/v-control-free/id456379764?mt=8
before you buy the full pro ver.
PeterPost Production Dubbing Mixer
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Youll be talking about V-Control from Neyrinck??
I have seen it, read about it, and even considered buying an ipad to have it, until i discovered that it cant be used over the web. I wanted to control my studio PtHD rig from a hotel room (somewhere hotter than here) on an IP link. Seems it only works on wifi which rather restircts you to being at the machine. i guess it dos give you faders etc etc.
Neyrinck are a v good company and the demos i have seen on youtube etc etc look pretty cool. Control of parameters looked fine and accurate. I guess if i had an ipad, id be having it at a glance, but I do have a habit of buying trinkets.
As on infomercials in the US—–but wait, theres more!!
This page suggests that v control on ipad also controls Media Composer – NOW IM INTERESTED!!. Off to the applestore at lunch.
https://www.neyrinck.com/news?full=false
for the price Id go for it. £32! (50$) Costs twice that to nearly fill my cars tank with petrol.
Cheers
Peter
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Everyone has their own opinion, but for me Im not a fan of portable solutions.
To me the 1 thing that good old bricks and mortar (with kiln dried sand in the cavity) brings to the equation is solidity. Thats what makes a good mic space for me, lack of portability.
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Hey Ty
I have one of those Octava MC012 sitting here with 3 alt capsules and a 10db pad . Never used it. (its in a lovely hardwood oak box!)
Any good, and what use??? Are they costlyIt was in a box of bits when we acquired a business some years ago. I didnt buy it.
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Success.
After while (over 30 mins) of trying I dicovered a combination of USB and MIDI driver updates and ( and telling the pro tools 10 that it had a M audio keyboard attached finally allowed me to write automation on the faders.
Its no icon, but it didnt cost that of an icon. (about £30)yes korg do have a forum, but by the time the email arrived for me to have been registered to post a question, id sorted it.
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Success.
After while (over 30 mins) of trying I dicovered a combination of USB and MIDI driver updates and ( and telling the pro tools 10 that it had a M audio keyboard attached finally allowed me to write automation on the faders. It became a “wont be beaten” crusade in the end.
Its no icon, but it didnt cost that of an icon. (about £30)Extra wine this evening for me.
PeterPost Production Dubbing Mixer
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HI, Ill add
There are 3 aspects to this.
1) The equipment and technology. As someone who is mixing a programme/film/track, its to be expected that you have a complete understanding of the technology in front of you. That is taken for granted. Its 1 of the things that qualifies you to sit in the chair rather than your grandad.2) The technical delivery spec. This will differ widely across different places you will need to deliver to so it is your responsibility to find out and deliver to that correct spec.
3) The hardest one. Turn on your ears. You cant expect to make a soundtrack if your ears arent fully turned on. They need to hear the world and be able to hear all the components that go into a mix. Thats not to say your ears are any better than the next man, Theyre not, they will hear the same but listen differently. Only by cultivating an attention to detail beyond sensible will you be able to fully hear your mixes, and then time, experience etc will tell you waht is good and bad. When it is perfect, and when it can be bettered. And an understanding of programme styles, listening environments, audience types will help you blend all the items in 3 to make a good mixer.
When your out, dont go to the shops, listen to the atmos, to the music from the shop doorway and how it changes, to its eq, to voices close and at a distance, cars, how tvs sound in the room and out of ite etc etc. By listening to everything closely you build up good repeatable pictures in your mind that will help you when mixing in the studio.
Dont listen to music. Listen to the eq on the echo of the snare!
The width of the keys and where they are in the mix, and how that blends with the others sharing the same space.I go to the cinems and miss completely crucial lines of plot and dialogue that mean the whole film makes no sense. Why? Because i was listening to the rear surround effects and what was in them and how they moved and the eq and the the the…….
Film over. What a waste of £15.Enjoy the field.Its a rich playground.
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Yep all good.
Im intending to use it where i have already had to ADR a lot of lines that are in vision and sync. The keepers will be the best adr take for sound, performance and sync, but vocalign will take it from good to perfect.
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HI Eric and Bill
As I said, Countryman isnt a name here in the UK so Id not have known about its properties.
Personally its a Neuman U87i for Vo recording for me. That way I have all the frequencise i can need to allow post matching.Re the room and drapes. Make a test recording. Clap you hands sharply. If on the recording waveform you can see a trail off rather tan just the large peak of the clap, then draping a corner, and sitting about 5 feet away but talking into the corner, and another drape a couple of feet behind will help a loy i think.
PeterPost Production Dubbing Mixer