Seth Bloombaum
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Everything CAN be set up in Vegas. It’s not the most flexible tool for creating audio CDs, though.
If you like Vegas, keep going with the Sony software and purchase the bundle of Sound Forge and CD Architect. CDA is a VERY complete CD authoring package.
Also, you’ll get the Wavehammer direct-x plugin with SF, which will give you some opportunities for decent loudness maximization. For dialog and narrative it’s probably all you need. This plug can also be used in Vegas and directly in CDA.
An amazing mastering plugin is Ozone from izotope.com, if you wanted to drop another $300 for that last little bit of quality, but there’s nothing wrong with Wavehammer.
Of course this is all on the assumption that you have good monitoring and will actually be able to hear the effects of this processing.
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Suggest you sit down in front of a boom box with your rig and do some serious benchmarking.
To start, turn on the meters on the PD150, turn the MixPre down until it peaks at 0, not in the red. Try with the 150’s autogain off and with it on. Try the line input. Try the mic input with (internal) pad. Try all of it. Turn the 150 to manual gain and turn it up. Turn it down. Peak the MixPre at -6, at -12. Find out what it does.
Many people will recommend peaking at -12db for digital recording. Even a momentary transient above 0 that you can’t see on the meters can sound horrible, especially with music.
Lay the best settings on tape with visual and audio slates, pull them into your editor and see what you’ve got.
Get a headphone return cable from the PD150 back to the MixPre so the sound guy can instantly evaluate what the 150’s preamps and gain structure are doing to his signal. Give him some playback in the field as well.
I suspect that peaking the MixPre at -6 or -10 is going to fix the problem, but that recommendation is no substitute for going through the above process.
Whoa, I just looked at the MixPre online – that’s not very many segments in the output meters! No segments between -15 and 0 is not very friendly. But it does have tape return – use it.
If you weren’t on a PD150 I’d say just send tone at 0 and set manual gain on the camera to -12, then peak program material to 0 on the MixPre. The problem with the 150 is that you never know until you benchmark whether it will perform better in automatic or manual gain (and its meters have no markings). How about setting it for autogain in one channel, and manual gain in the other (if you’re just depending on the single mic.)
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render out of the media 100 and transfer via dvd-data or a fat-32 formatted drive. (mac OS won’t recognize NTFS). Render formats might be QT-DV25, AVI, or high bitrate WMV if you have flip4mac. Or do what you’re doing, but go out to tape and capture in Vegas.
I think you’ll not have much joy trying to get mac os and windows to handshake via firewire. (but I’ve never tried, I always us a FW drive as above)
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If there isn’t a place for the ambient mic that doesn’t have people right next to it, go higher. You can put an old-style atlas boom in the grip head of a c-stand and get 12 or 15 feet, or maybe an entire tripod stand on top of the c-stand. Perhaps you’ve got other lighting stands that go higher. Don’t forget the sandbags.
I think Shure still sells a mic stand that gets 12 or 15 feet as well.
There’s not a great deal of help for hearing the announce echoing around the stadium. You can lessen delay by sliding that track during editing, only a little bit of help there. In post you could duck the ambient track a little whenever the announcer speaks, for just a little more help.
Don’t know what to say about the cricket… Spray a windscreen with Raid? (use a cheap mic!)
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Disclaimer – same as above.
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One more thing…
And don’t forget to get a copyright assignment from the local band you have perform the song! Best if you walk with your masters from the recording studio as well.
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Disclaimer: I am not an attorney and am not qualified to advise anyone on copyright. Consult an attorney with experience in copyright and entertainment law.
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My general understanding is that if you re-record a song with original or changed lyric, the only rights you’re concerned with are those of the composer – not the record co. or the performer.
Many composers are represented by ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers); you might check with them about licensing the composition for your client’s use.
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See this thread. If you can expose ASIO or WDM drivers on the 001 (or get the MS sound mapper to see it) it should work with Vegas. Apparently, the poster has no problem doing so with the 002.
Disclaimer – I’ve not used either, Ty may be right as regards the 001.
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Ditto what Ron wrote, points very well taken.
Disclaimer – I’ve never done a wedding video… but, I’ve spent some money in advertising, and helped clients spend a lot more.
Seems to me that this opportunity is tailor-made for you – IF they have decent qualified viewership. Think about this; if 2000 brides see the segment, 5% call, and 1% close that’s 20 bookings. (what is your leads to closes ratio? better or worse than 5:1?)
Does this show have market research to share with advertisers? Any “success” indicators from other advertisers? Ask them – it’s their job to sell you on advertising with them. If they’ve solid answers on these questions, and can refer you to successful advertisers, and it smells right IMHO you should do it.
Something frequently forgotten in an advertisement: Close with a clear call to action. “Call 800-555-2000 today for an exclusive free package upgrade just for viewers of Weddings Today” “Visit our website at mccainvideo.com to see our work and learn more about our packages” Ask for whatever it is that you want viewers to do.
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Jeff, as noted above there are many larger church and church-based organizations that offer employment. You might consider seeking a job as a first step in getting to know the market better.
I think Mark’s idea is great as well. Make it once, sell it many times. To make this work you do need to invest time and perhaps money in advance of any income – why not start now, while you’re in college? There may be resources available to you now that will cost you money later; why not make your next student project a paying proposition? A chance to get your feet wet and a little income could both be very good things.
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It’s easy to move the cursor to any specified time, hit Ctrl-G and type it in (appears in the field at the lower right of the timeline).
You can also move the cursor to a relative position, such as plus 15 frames, use Ctrl-G, + 15 (that’s the plus sign), can also use the minus sign.
To move a bunch of events I’ll do one of the above and drop a marker (keyboard shortcut is the M key). Then, I can click-drag the events to the marker. With snap turned on this is very precise and fast.