Stephen Mann
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Unless someone else has more recent information, I would stick with the specified GPU. The newest GPU runs the risk of not being compatible with Vegas (yet).
I can’t imagine the constraints of using only one monitor. I have three on my editing station. The one on the left is where I open random Windows as needed, such as notepad or Photoshop. The middle screen is my timeline, and the right screen is my preview and other undocked Vegas tools.
I also use external drives, but USB2 is fast enough for my work (HDV).
Most of the time, I find myself working on a local HDD, then archiving the project to an external HDD.
I wrote a batch file (MakeDriveB.bat) that I run on my external drives, so you don’t have to worry about Windows randomly changing your external drives’ letter assignment. It will always be drive B:.
Steve Mann
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Go to Control Panel/ Sound/ Recording and make sure the default is set correctly.
Steve Mann
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In video editing, there is no overkill.
It’s actually easier to BYO PC today than six years ago. Mostly in the case design and the only card you’ll need is the GPU. I have the Corsair case in this video and it’s perfect for me.Except for overclocking and fancy mouse, the video describes a pretty good system. I decided to just use the stock fan that came with the CPU because I never overclock my editing PC – just too risky since editing, especially rendering, is CPU intensive.
Vegas benefits most from
1) Fast processor
2) More memory. It’s cheap and 32Gb of RAM provides a lot of Shift-B preview time.SSD – Your opinion may vary. I use SSD for my O/S and installed programs, and a 2Tb HDD for my libraries and temp files. I tried an SSD for my editing projects, and couldn’t see much improvement.
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First, what I am about to tell you is dangerous – you can really screw up your installation here.
In the Options tab hold the shift key and click on “Options”.
Click on the “Internal” tab
WARNING – Changing anything at random on the Internal tab can truly screw up Vegas
At the bottom there is an option to filter your preferences. Enter “Path” here.You can now see all the file paths used by Vegas. If your temp folder is on an SSD, you may want to change it to an HDD here.
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Sounds like I am on the right track. I am thinking of putting a PD150 in the wings with a shotgun mic. The video would give me a visual sync.
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First, don’t try using ADR on just some of the dialog. That will be much worse because it calls attention to the background noise.
Post a minute of the problem audio and let some of us have a go at it.
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As Colin and John said, it’s almost always done in a sound booth after the editing is finished. It’s also not easy, which is why the ADR gets higher on the credits list.
On a low budget film you may be able to record an ambient track in a location that hears the ambient noise but not the talent. Mono only, stereo is a consumer term and no director is ever thinking about the final sound mix. Then you can invert that track to subtract the ambient sounds from the dialog. I have had good results on an indie film with wireless mics on the talent – it’s not hard to hide the microphones under clothing , hair or a prop. We also had a boom mic if we needed some audio that was muffled by moving clothing.
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In movies you see in the theater, all dialog is in the center channel only.
Music and some sfx are in the L-R channels.
LFE and some sfx are in the rear channels.Play a DVD on a Hollywood DVD and pull the center channel – dialog is gone.
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I’ve been using Filezilla for years – It does everything you would want from a FTP client. It amazes me that people would still pay for one.
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“i think she would get better render times if he had all of his media on the SSD and just moved it to a hard drive for storage after editing.”
The OP is asking about web videos. Probably just two or three minutes ling. I find it hard to justify putting the media and rendering on the SSD just to save a few seconds at render time.
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Put the O/S on the SSDPut the programs on the internal HDD. Sure, they will take a few more milliseconds to load and run, but space on the SSD is limited. Is it really worth the effort to get Vegas to load in fifteen seconds rather than 20? After it’s loaded and running, you won’t see any difference.
Use the external drive for your projects. I do this all the time over USB2 drives. When I use USB3, a two hour render may now take one hour and 55 minutes. The performance difference is just not that great.
On the external drive, create a folder for each project. When it comes time to backup the project, it’s all there in one folder and subfolders.
In the advanced O/S things to do – move your “my documents” to the internal HDD. This folder will fill up your SSD faster than anything.
In the advanced Vegas things to do – move your temp folders to the internal HDD.
This will get you started. And please visit these forums often.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com