Rob Neidig
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I’d be curious , Anthony, to know what plug ins these are. Audition has a bunch of great filters for noise reduction, but echo is a totally different ball of wax. You can try using a noise gate or downward expander to minimize the echo that occurs after a single sound, but the problem with echo is that it starts echoing at the onset of a sound, so the echo from the first part of a word is now echoing over the second part of a word. Almost impossible to get to sound decent. No way to unbake a cake, and it’s the same with this kind of poorly recorded sound.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
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Tim,
Good clarification on noise reduction!
I don’t know of any relatives in Indiana, though the Neidig name is rare enough that it’s certainly possible there’s a connection somewhere. My Neidig relatives were in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (after coming from Germany, that is). I grew up in Kentucky, then lived in the Chicago area through high school and college, so we’ve got Indiana almost surrounded, but I don’t know of a direct connection there.
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Hamid,
The other option is to create a 2nd version of the menu that starts exactly where you want it to. So you use the 1st version of the menu only the first time the menu plays so you get all the motion. Then you use the 2nd version of the menu as your actual menu so when it returns from a clip it will always play exactly what you want.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
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What Joseph says works great for a low hum or buzz, but for a crowd sound, I would expect it would not be acceptable. Once you remove the sound of the crowd, most of the sound of the speaker will be gone as well, leaving you with a very metallic, hollow-sounding voice. Of course you can try it, but I wouldn’t expect miracles.
In Audition it’s under “Effect”, then “Noise Reduction”. As Joseph says, you first select an area of JUST the noise you want removed and select “Set Noise Print”, then go to the “Remove Noise” (or whatever it’s called) function.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
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Of course there is. It’s on the shelf right next to the software that with just mouse clicks makes your movie as good as any by Steven Spielberg. Just make sure to use the Hans Zimmer plug in!!!
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
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Guys,
Those are great responses if we are talking staged, on-set production. Notice that the OP is looking to mic the mother of the bride at a wedding. Good luck on taping a lav behind her ear or getting under her dress to clip and gaff tape the receiver to her undergarments!!
I don’t think there IS a place to hide the receiver on the type of dress you describe. A wireless lav is not a good choice then. I think the suggestion of the wireless handheld would be good. If it absolutely has to be a wireless lav, then the lady would have to agree to a little wardrobe rigging. In that case you could consider using a belt pouch that reality shows often use. It’s a stretchy belt with a pouch for the receiver that’s designed to be worn under clothing. B&H has a variety of them.
Since this is being asked in a Corporate Video forum, that may be why the answers assume some sort of wardrobe control on the videographer’s part.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
Phil,
If you are starting from HD footage, we have found we get better results going to DVD by transcoding to a standard definition Quicktime first, then transcoding that Quicktime to MPEG-2 for the DVD. The aliasing you are seeing could very well be caused by the downconversion from High-Def to Standard-Def/letterboxed. We use Final Cut Pro and output an original Quicktime in the Apple ProRes codec (which is what we use on the timeline). We then run that ProRes QT file through MPEG Streamclip to downconvert it to standard def. Then we take that QT and use Compressor (with a Cinemacraft encoder plug-in) to convert to MPEG-2. Note that MPEG Streamclip will crop the video slightly on the sides, but overall the better look is worth losing a few pixels.
Have fun and say “Hi” to Brooks for me. I did a DVD with him and Buster B. (in Standard Def), as well as duplicated a bunch of his CDs before he moved to PDX. He’s very talented and a good guy.
Rob
Rob Neidig
EugeneRob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
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PauL,
I haven’t used Scenarist now in A VERY LONG time, so hopefully someone with current experience will chime in. But if I recall correctly, Scenarist will accept either a subtitle file formatted to use a series of TIF files, OR you can have just a normal subtitle file. The one that plays back TIF files allows you to customize your subtitles with fancy fonts and even graphics. The “normal” one just uses the basic subtitle font. Those types of subtitle files can actually be created in a regular text editor, then saved out with the right file extension. Wish I had more specific info for you, but you can probably Google your way to a little more info on the subject. The bottom line, though, is that you DON’T HAVE TO use the TIF file format.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon -
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Wow, in 4 or 5 months you can learn everything there is to know about audio. I’m impressed. Can’t wait to hear how great your movie sounds. Silly me, I’ve been doing audio for 30 years and there are still new things I’m learning all the time. I guess I must be slow.
Have fun!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
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I’ll leave the actual issue to others, but the proofreader in me has to point out:
It’s “moire” not moray. Actually to be accurate to the French origin, the e should have an accent on it that I don’t know how to add here on the Cow.
Not trying to be picky, just striving for accuracy with video terms.
Have fun (and may you not run into any eels in your video work)!
Rob
Rob Neidig
R&R Media Productions
Eugene, Oregon