Petergroom
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I agree with David re the split lav and shotgun on 2 different channels.I also agree hard wire (unless you need real freedom of no wires).
Radio mics are pretty good these days (well expensive ones are) but they do still let you down (usually on the very bit you want). A wire doesnt fail.Interesting about doing it ADR. I do loads of ADR re recording for TV and film drama. Unless you know what youre doing, I question the wisdom of doing something like that for the first time on a job you want to be as good as you can get it.
Fair enough have a play but not on a real money paying project. Its also very true to say that the ability of the recording engineer to do the ADR must be top, but also the performers need to be experienced to deliver something that will be indefinable from the original. Its possible if theyre very short!
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Matt, you dont say what kind of camera it was. Were you working balanced or unbalanced?
Personally Id use 2 mics. A rifle mic and a personal on seperate channels. That way you can mix and match depending on acoustic issues outside your control.
A good personal is only a coule of hundred pounds, but a good rifle could push you up a bit by the time youve got a shock mount etc.
Peter -
Me again!
Yes in the UK the recognised levels are -18db when mastering back to tape, but often sound recordists and cameramen will(and lets face it its usually them who are recording to DV cam) line up 1k tone at -20 just because there is a graticule on the meter at -20 and not -18. (On a digi beta mc an enhanced 4 db scale shows where -18 is)
So the 1k goes to -18 or -20 and the audio should be laid to peak at =8 db above this.
Peter
NB If is USA then im not sure
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HI Melissa
Its not true to say the “digital is always at unity gain” but generally this would usually be true. Professional grade vtrs do allow manipulation of in out levels on digital passes, but in my experience operators keep this on presets and adjust later.
This way, if its distorted on tape, the distortion will not be increased by any latter clipping by incorrect level adjustment. Lessening the output would not decrease any distortion (although i realise that distortion isnt your problem) as once clipping has occurred then all of the 000 and 111 in the digital datastream have become 1111 and clip has already occurred.
Like a ming vase dropped down stairs – a tube of superglue will fix the vase but never regain its lost value.
Peter
NB What are you editing in? Camnt you compensate / mix there
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HI
Im not familiar with this deck at all, and hopefully someone who is will come along, but in the meantime If youre capturing ie1394 (firewire) then Im not at all surprised. Id think this would just be a transparent digits process and if its low at the recording then it must be low at the source.Cant you deal with it within your edit platform?
Peter