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Søren Sørensen
November 3, 2013 at 7:58 pm in reply to: Obtaining great sound

Thanks for nice answers. I think I follow some of what you say Dave:-)

Stephen:
Great links you send. I was not aware of the MXL Mic Mate (or similar) adapters. I now find myself having to choose btw two configurations.

1: RØDE USB Podcast Microphone (250 USD)

2: The RØDE NT1 Condenser Microphone (325 USD) + a ICICLE XLR-USB converter w preamp (75 USD)

The video for which I need the mic is similar in concept to this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLgORMlAYV0&feature=youtu.be
The audio qual. should be around the same +/-.

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Søren Sørensen
November 2, 2013 at 9:35 pm in reply to: Good Audio Quality for Narrated Video + Office Interviews

I should be more precise.

Well the budget on the mic is my personal one. So say 200$.

The video is for dissemination of a large EU-project, and we are doing it within the consortium.
Our/my “problem” is that we are researchers, not film-makers or audio-experts. The audio-quality should be sufficient that it can be streamed for a Horizon2020 presentation without bad audio taking away focus from the message.

I currently consider the RØDE Podcast Mic for the narrated part (i like the easy USB connection), but cannot convince myself that it is good enough – as compared to fx the new RØDE NT1 (XLR connection, hence an expensive preamp + adapter).

As for the interview part. I consider a wireless thingy like you use for presentations (clipped transmitter microphone on shirt and receiver). But my knowledge on these systems is very limited.
Søren Sørensen
November 2, 2013 at 9:00 pm in reply to: Obtaining great sound

Ah, excellent advice. Thanks a lot.
Surely looks mangeable from a $-perspective. I think I’ll go with that.

As for recording narration:
Could you also throw me a piece of advice on this subject?
I am looking at the RØDE Podcast microphone. In particular I like the easy-USB connection.

Alternative, there is the new NT1, but its XLR-connected, which brings up the problems with pre-amp for phantom power and an adapter XLR->USB, both of which are not extremely cheap I guess.

As for the sound quality I have no real-life experience on any of them, and with youtube guides you only get this far..
Søren Sørensen
November 2, 2013 at 4:52 pm in reply to: Good Audio Quality for Narrated Video + Office Interviews

Cheers, that would close Q(ii).
And I fully agree, hence, the two questions concerning the:
Choice of microphone & addon question

I have been looking into 2 types of microphones:
a: The condenser type of mic, which should have the best reproduction quality all-over.’
I am thinking the USB-version is fantastic for ease-of-use, but I am unsure how good quality it can offer compared to higher qual. with phantom power.

b: theBOOM headset, which claims excellent noise red. But will it ever match a condenser mic in a calm room?
Søren Sørensen
November 2, 2013 at 8:30 am in reply to: Obtaining great sound

Budget:
Microphone – no strict limitation but from what I searched around for, around 200$ perhaps?
Søren Sørensen
October 30, 2013 at 3:08 pm in reply to: Ways of obtaining a smooth black background on (ungrateful) footage

Thank you for a very nice & exhaustive answer!
Impressive result in Topaz.

Hmmm.. I’m just thinking.
The interview is (unfortunately) around 35 seconds.
And there are at least 2 interviews that would require a “treatment”.

Can I just add a small question related to greenscreen background.
What is the best way to change the green background color to black?
Søren Sørensen
October 30, 2013 at 12:21 pm in reply to: Ways of obtaining a smooth black background on (ungrateful) footage

Hi Stephen,

I have attached a screendump of one of the worst cases.

The goal is to have something looking like the other attached image which I made with a colleague. That is – the nice black background.

I guess the short question is whether it will be possible – or if I have to make them redo it.

Regards,
Søren
Søren Sørensen
October 28, 2013 at 9:24 pm in reply to: Text adjustment in Vegas Pro – is both left and right aligned text possible?

Thank you Steve,

It is for texting a long interview, so I think for this application it might look okay.
I like the input about making it in word and saving as image, and if that’s the easiest route , that’s what I’ll do 🙂

Regards,
Søren
Søren Sørensen
October 28, 2013 at 9:02 pm in reply to: “Drawing” a graph in Vegas Pro 11

I worked it out using cookie cutter, and ‘animate’ the center position.

But not sure that’s the smart way to do it.
Søren Sørensen
October 28, 2013 at 8:47 pm in reply to: “Drawing” a graph in Vegas Pro 11

Thank you all 3,

Stepen – how did you make the arrow “draw” itself?
What transitions / mask can accomplish that?

BR
Søren

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