Rob Neidig
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I would first check what signal you are sending out of the H1. Are you using the “line out”? If so, are you going into a “line in” on your computer? My guess is that you going into the “mic in” port on the computer. That would result in the bad distortion you are getting. Otherwise, you may need to check the preferences settings for your recording software on the computer if it has the ability to set input recording levels.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
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If all he has been doing in the past is getting the VIDEO TS and AUDIO TS folders, then someone has been doing the complete authoring of the DVD for him and all he is doing is burning the actual disc. So what he’s asking you to do is to author the complete DVD. That means making menus – normally done in Photoshop and saved out in a format that Adobe Encore can import – or using the templates within Encore. Then laying out all the navigation, converting the audio and video files for DVD, etc. So it’s not just as simple as telling you how to give him a menu. You need to learn how to use Encore to author a DVD if you want to work with this guy.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
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Peter,
I’ve got 4 of the Oktavas – 2 are MC 012 and 2 are MK 012. I got them ages ago for like $149 a pair from Banjo Mart. As Ty writes in his review, they are really a pretty good bang for the buck. They sound pretty good as drum overheads and on acoustic guitars. I also used one in my early days with the Hyper capsule on a boom. If you just listen to the sound they produce, you think “Oh, that sounds pretty good.” HOWEVER, if you actually A-B them with better mics, you will definitely hear a difference. I do think the mic pre makes a huge difference with them, though.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Rachel,
That probably depends if you are shooting this solo or with an audio person. An audio person could be very successful booming something like a Sennheiser 416 and keeping it close enough to minimize other noise. If there’s time, you could also put a lav on the person and route the lav to one track and the shotgun to the other. That gives you, or the editor if it’s not you, choices in post. If you position the person so their body blocks as much of the other sound coming into the lav as possible that will help. If you are flying solo, then the lav is definitely your best bet unless you want to just lock off your camera shot and try to boom the audio yourself (but what if the talent moves out of your picture while you’re doing audio?). Whatever you do, don’t try to use just a camera-mounted mic.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Original Post says: “I need to buy two nice wireless lavelier microphones.”
Since a wireless lavalier is useless without a receiver, I think it’s safe to say that Ty’s recommendation of wireless systems is appropriate.
If the OP does a search on the forum, he will find that the many, many times this has been discussed before, the answer is always – you get what you pay for. The Sennheiser G3 (or G2 units used) are the lowest cost system that’s worth looking at. The Audio-Technica systems in roughly the same price ballpark also get good marks. Lectrosonics is a big step up in price, but in sound quality and durability as well. Anything less than the Sennheisers are not going to cut it for professional sound. Note: The Sennheiser G3 Lavalier systems (with transmitter and receiver) will run about $600 each.
have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Tom,
Since nobody else has responded yet, let me see if I can jump in and help from (admittedly foggy) memory. By default, Encore routes your buttons automatically. What you want to do is do your button routing manually. Here’s the foggy part because I’m not in front of Encore and it’s been A LONG time since I actually used it. I THINK it’s just in the button Inspector pane that you do the manual routing. Click on the button you want to work on, then in the Inspector you’ll see a box to uncheck that says something like “route buttons automatically”. Once that’s unchecked, you set where you want UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT to go. You have to do this for each button. If I’ve got the wrong name for the Inspector, then I apologize, but just look for the “automatically route buttons” box to uncheck and you’re good to go.
Hope this helps. Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Eric,
Only way to accomplish this is to create separate menus for each of the 5 buttons. Then when you navigate to the button, set it to autoexecute a jump to the appropriate menu. There will be a pause at the autoexecute point, and you can’t have audio continue, so this is not a very elegant interface. But that’s the way it would have to be done for DVD.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Bob,
Great suggestions from others. I have also successfully used an SKB case that is designed for drum hardware. I typically carry my hi-hat, snare stand, kick pedal and a couple of cymbal stands in there. I have used it a few times to carry video gear, including lights (wrapped in foam to protect them), and it worked great. It also has built in wheels and a handle to pull it. I think if I were buying something just for this purpose, I might go with the golf bag or something, but since I already owned this case, I tried it and it worked great. Just another idea.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Agreed, it should not be done.
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Michael is right in principal, that such a thing is not directly possible in the DVD spec. There IS a way to do something similar within spec, but it won’t work quite as seamlessly as it would in a web page rollover/popup type of way, which is what I assume you want to do.
To do it, you would have to create one menu page that has the menu choices on it, without the popup video thumbnail window. Then you would have to create separate menus for each menu selection with the popup thumbnail window. Remember that motion menus are nothing more than video that you can put button files over the top of. Then program the DVD such that when you select an item, it jumps to the menu page with popup window for that item. There will be a bit of a pause before it jumps, and if you have audio running it will quit and have to restart with audio on the new menu page. Then when you select the next item, it would jump to THAT selections’ menu page. So it’s possible, but not really practical.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon