Rob Neidig
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BrAd,
I think that’s the model I have (I’m not where I can look at it right now. It does make the funky looking menu like most of the stand-alones, but it gives you the option to make your video the first play instead of the menu. So that’s what I usually do. That way the viewer won’t see the ugly menu until after they’ve viewed the video (unless they hit MENU of course). I have been very happy with this unit.
Have fun!
Rob
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As others have suggested, what you are trying to do is not a limitation of Scenarist, but of the DVD specification. If you want the buttons to change when selected, then you will have to create a new menu background to jump to at that point. That would result in a visible jump and change in audio as well. Again, this is not a limitation of Scenarist – it has access to the full capability of DVD – it is that DVDs were never designed to be able to do that.
Hope this helps.
Have fun!
Rob
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BrAd,
Yes, you are looking for a NOISE GATE. You set a threshold and levels above the threshold will open the gate, everything below the gate will stay closed. You then fool around with attack and release to fine tune it.
The tricky part is if the breath sounds and the voice are too close in level, you will snip off parts of the words as you mention. The only sure way to do it is cutting one breath at a time.
I have found the COMPANDER setting in Dynamics (I think – I’m not at my audio station at the moment), works well for small breath sounds. It COMpresses the voice and raises the level, while exPANDing (pushing down toward 0) the quieter sounds, thus the name COMPANDER.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Producttions
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Also be sure not to use paper stick on labels. They can unbalance the DVD and also cause a gooey mess as they age.
Trying a different DVD-R brand, as someone else suggested, is a good idea as well.
Rob
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David,
Thanks for jumping in with that response. Obviously I don’t use a Beachtek! Sounds like the original question is being answered.
THANKS!
Rob
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Other info in the above posts is pertinent, but nobody addressed your real issue of “stereo as two mono tracks”. When you route the tracks through the Beachtek, you are going to need to pan one signal hard left, the other hard right. That will mean you will have one mic’s sound on the left channel and one on the right. I don’t use FCP, but you should be able to bring the stereo file in and have two separate tracks. If you do not pan your sources hard left and right, they will be mixed together on the camcorder and you will not have separate control over them in FCP no matter what you do.
Hope this helps.
Rob
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There is no basic set up. Every singer will be different, every room will be different, the style of music is different, the humidity outside is different, etc. etc. The best EQ is no EQ. Try to make sure you have the mic placed correctly and you will have to use little of no EQ (unless you’re going for a special effect, of course). Start with the mic maybe 6 to 10 incehes from your vocalist, then move it around while listening until you find the sweet spot. Beyond that, try to use “Subtractive EQ”. That means if a sound is a little bassy, for instance, instead of adding more highs, cut the lows. This usually results in a cleaner sound. And then just use your ears to get the sound you’re after.
Hope this helps.
Rob
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As You say, the title of the tool is “Center Channel Extractor”. What that means is that it is extracting what is panned right to the center of the stereo image. Normally the lead vocal is panned straight up center, so that is what is removed. However, anything else that is panned center will also be removed – there is no way for the program to know what is vocal and what is not. So the only way to hope that you can remove the vocal is to be sure it is panned center, and everything else is panned left or right to some degree. Of course there will be residual effects on most other sounds as well.
Hope this helps.
Rob
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There’s one other way to do it. Make two versions of the menu – one with the intro and one that just starts at the loop point. Then link your various assets to the appropriate one. It does mean having to have a second copy of the menu on the disc, but it shouldn’t take up too much space.
Hope this helps.Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Producttions
Eugene, Oregon -
You could use a program like SmartRipper or DVD Decrypter to rip the video and audio from each of the 4 miniDVDs. Then you can import those into Encore and lay them out however you would like.
Disclaimer: Of course SmartRipper of DVD Encrypter should only be used if you own the material on the discs, or have permission from the owner to combine them.
Have fun!
Rob