Seth Bloombaum
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thanks for all suggestions – at this point it may have been dirty heads, as the problem hasn’t recurred since running the cleaning tape.
I was thrown off the track by the good analog playback from the DSR-20, but it does make some sense that analog could be fine and firewire out cruddy. At least thats what I think until the problem comes back.
Thanks,
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Vegas is a great multitrack environment. It had been Direct-X for plugins until recently – my understanding is that with V6 you can now pull in VST plugs as well (I didn’t do the upgrade).
It is not a “standard” editing environment in that it doesn’t conform to the interface standards of Avid, Premiere, etc. But PC power-users will make sense of it right away. Those used to other environments seem to take a little longer.
It is no longer available as audio-only, you buy the video NLE and it has the full audio capability as well as cutting video.
Vegas is PC-only. I’ve used it since V1 (when it was audio only) as it was immediately the best non-destructive multitrack editor for the PC. Now, there is a lot of company in the market but it still ranks very highly. My understanding is that if you do a lot of midi sync there are more music-friendly programs out there (I hear a lot about Sonar but don’t use it myself.)
There is an incredible online community supporting Vegas, including a great forum here on the Cow, as well as an audio-only vegas forum at Sony.
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I generally agree with Mr. Suzko, not only for the reasons he gave, but also another.
Maintaining some separation of the creative development from the existing production co. is a good thing because as a producer you are competing with your production clients. Don’t shove it in their face that you’re a competitor as well as a vendor unless you’re willing to lose their business. (which you might lose anyway over the long term, and don’t hasten it!)
So I’d say not to tag your newco as “a subsidiary of industrovision”. Keep them separate.
Me, I’d not walk away from that income until I was good and ready! Or at least take a hard look with a sharp pencil and decide what it is you really want to do.
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thanks everyone for the suggestions – heading out on the road this morning, but will try tonight.
Esp. headcleaning (duh). After all, progressivly worse, somewhat random, could easily be dirty heads. If so, I was somewhat mislead because monitoring of the analog outputs showed no problems.
Which raises another issue – I only shove TDK through my camera, but my studio deck mixes tdk and sony long load DVCAM. Perhaps the dreaded tape lubricant issue is involved…
Will advise tonight of any success.
Thanks, Seth
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If you’re going for audio cds that play in any standard player then your only choice is to cut them up into 80 (or maybe 78) minute segments. It’s a standard, you can’t push and shove on it UNLESS you’re going for the class of players that will let you play MP3s on a CDR. Then you’ve got lots of room on the disc.
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Well, that’s what those devices sound like.
You could use Sony Noise Reduction or Soundsoap to sample the buzz and perhaps reduce gain for it alone.
I suspect EQ is not going to do it – if I remember correctly, those devices produce a fairly wide frequency spectrum. But then, maybe some freqs are more distracting?
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Perhaps one PC with two dual display cards. Of course you can always get the (Mindpath? Datapath?) cards to display ppt within dataton watchout, but the frame refresh rate is too slow to support video. Perhaps you would drop powerpoint and go all watchout.
All watchout is probably the slickest way to do it. 4 presentation machines and one controller, need dongles, etc. for a one-time tradeshow you’d probably hire someone in to do it.
Challenge with powerpoint is synching multiple presentations and/or distributing 4800×480 over 4 screens. Perhaps this can be designed around, depending on your content.
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yes, yes, yes!
I went slightly more modest – got a recommendation on a CPA from my former employer, met with him once to get things set up. Met with him again prior to April 15 to have him check my return. Now, I call him a couple times a year with questions as my business grows in new areas, and meet with him every couple years on more substantial issues.
Others may benefit from twice-yearly meetings. A buddy of mine does that (he’s more of a designer and less of a producer, doesn’t crunch numbers much).
MOST IMPORTANT: Keep great records. It isn’t hard, and now’s the time to start. If you’re not on quickbooks yet, keep track of every penny of income and expense on a spreadsheet (item, cost/income, who, short description, date). This will help you SO much when you do get your arms around quickbooks.
Nothing wrong with having your accountant keep the books, too. A lot of people don’t want to pay for this, for others it’s the best money they spend. Typically, you’d batch your records in monthly.
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Tao of the demo reel:
A prospective employer is interested in what you have done, not what you can do.
Other points made above are excellent.
I’d encourage you to find a way to include at least one for-pay project in every demo. This is one of the things an employer wants to know, can you work professionally with teams, clients, schedules and budgets?
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PS. on the reel:
Be proactive about showing your reel. When the interview is being set up: “I’d like to show you my reel. Should I bring it in on VHS or ???”
You want it – go get it Jill.
SB