Steven Broido
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Seen a few threads about optimal rendering settings and had a few quick thoughts to share:
1) Both AvidDNxHD and PROres are fantastic codecs. I understand them to basically be interchangeable in terms of quality. Can’t go wrong either way. I like DNxHD for how PC friendly it is for output.
2) Perspective is everything. We shoot on FS-700s and FS-100s. In AVCHD. Files are 28 mb/s. Look pretty good. Not great for heavy grading…. But not too shabby. 220 mb/s is around 10X that size. We’d love to shoot with a better codec. On Atomos devices or the like. But if you shoot a lot. And render a lot. PROres and DNxHD can be MASSIVE files to be storing and moving around.
3) When critical, shoot in the highest quality you can
4) Save your masters. You can always re-render.
5) Never worry that you rendered something wrong. Play with the render settings…. Tweak and create templates and tweak some more and see where you can tell the difference.
6) Look up any term in a render setting you don’t understand. There’s a lot to know 🙂
7) Keep learning and stay curious!S
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We never solved it.
We eventually pulled the Neumann TLM-103s out and threw in some EV RE-20 microphones (Dynamic mics) and have never had that problem again.
A shame as The Neumanns are great microphones – the crackling was too much of a hassle.
We run really dry in the winter though. We’re running a dedicated AC unit in our studio on top of our office being heating and cooled.
Humidity can run as low as 15% which is way too dry. Static electricity is a an issue for us.
And even after installing humidifiers (which never seem to work properly…), we can’t seem to get humidity up.
I think it’s related to our carpeting (polyester/nylon) – which is killing us.
When we remodel, I’m going to push for anti-static carpeting.
Good luck!
S
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We wound up pulling out the Neumann TLM-103s and put in EV RE-20s…
Not a single click or pop since.
The issue for us was definitely the microphones.
A bummer as the TLM 103s sound amazing.
Thx!
S
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We are running a trial version of 11 now and experienced the same problem while rendering to Main Concept MP4. Would a clean uninstall and reinstall help? Is this related to 32-bit vs 64-bit versions of Vegas?
Will try Sony AVC codec next…
Hope we get this figured out soon as we render everything out in MainConcept now.
Thx!
S
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Cool beans! Thanks for all your help John!
S
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Thanks Ty!
I’ll give the anti-static pads a shot… and keep working on getting the humidity up.
Again, thanks again… Your expertise is most appreciated,
S
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I’ll give it a shot on Monday…
The thing I can’t figure out is if a digital clocking issue could have any relation to mics being potted up or down on our board.
I literally NEVER have any problems if these mics are potted down.
Do digital clocking issues have any impact on Phantom Power?
That might make sense in our situation… If a clock setting was messing with phanom power causing static on those 4 mics to appear.
Anyway, I’ll keep working on it…
Thanks again!
S
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Hi Ty and thanks for the help.
Our Tascam board is set as the master clock and it’s clock is set to internal. I sync everything off the board.
We have one PC set up as our recorder… (BOTH SPIDF IN and SPIDF OUT RCA cables are connected) and I’ve set the internal soundcard setting to look for a master clock.
It’s syncing and locking off of our board.
We have another PC that has an external USB Sound Card. This external sound card only has a SPIDF Out RCA cable attached (Going SPIDF out to the Tascam Board) We don’t record on this machine and this external card doesn’t appear to have any clock settings that I can find.
We also have a 360 Systems Shortcut that is connected via AES/EBU over XLR.
That is set to sync off an external clock as well (the board) and is syncing and locking.
I’ve thought that we could have a clocking issue for awhile except that whenever I hear these clicks and pops, turning down the microphone faders always silences them instantly – leading me to believe it’s something to do with those microphones.
I NEVER hear or record clicks and pops when our microphones faders are down.
In fact, when I start hearing clicks and pops, it’s always when a microphone fader is up.
Do you think it could still be a clocking issue?
Thx!
Steve
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I thought that this could be a clocking issue as well except that I hear these clicks and pops through our monitors even when I’m not recording.
Our board is digital and our master clock is set to internal…
And since these mics are going right into mic pre-amps on the board, there shouldn’t be anything digital that would effect them.
And the sounds are clearly related to the mics as if I bring the faders I can make the clicks and pops louder or softer.
Is there anything in the signal chain that I might be missing?
S