Terry Mikkelsen
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There are stroke options which may be the problem. The options are to have the stroke “inside” the box, “centered” or “outside”.
I know in CS3, if I draw a box that is 10 x 10 and then change the stroke option, it will change the overall dimension of the box.
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Sure it is possible, but also easy to do. You simply do your layout the way you want it. Put in “dummy” info so you can format it (colors, fonts, etc..). Once it is beautiful, you select “Window>Automation>Data Merge”. This will bring up a new palette. Here you select the data source. (I’ve only used Excel and txt tab delimited data, so not sure about the FileMaker compatibility) After the source data is loaded, the headers will show in the palette. Simply highlight your “dummy” data and then double click the corresponding header name. It will place the text “<
>” in that position. Once all the data is placed, you click on the check box in the palette labeled “Preview”. This will show your the first page of your doc, and you can use the arrows in the palette to see the other pages. If it is to your liking, you then select “Create Merged Document” from the palette. This will make a completely new document with all the pages (however many were in your source data) laid out nicely. It really does take 10 times longer to explain it, than to actually do it. It is quite easy. I do this quite often for short run numbering such as raffle tickets or invoices.
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I’ve spent 6 months to recover only $50. (It was from the DNC and I had a point to make) As was said earlier, you could get a collection agent, but I think its a waste of money. All that they will do is call everyday until they get tired or get paid. You can do the same thing. There are only so many excuses that someone can come up with. It becomes a battle of endurance.
Another good try is a formal letter. You find a few college buddies who live together (say, Bob Young, Steve Miller, and Rich Smith) and get them to send it for you. “It has come to our attention that…….sincerely from the office of Young, Miller & Smith”
Lawyers are your last resort. It all comes down to whoever has to most money to spend will win in court. It is a sad truth.
I hope things work out for you. Good luck.ps – Don’t ever lose your cool. Keep it professional. I know it really hurts the pocket book, but try to distant yourself from the emotions of the situation.
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For more information on AES digital:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES3But, like I said, this doesn’t apply to your situation. Your camera does not have AES digital inputs.
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Yes the left and right can be totally distinct, if hard panned left and right during the record. However, XLR connections are not stereo (in analog). The three pins are hot, cold and ground. One channel.
With AES digital connections, an XLR cable will carry two feeds. This does not apply though for your setup.Your camera has 2 analog inputs. You will not get three discreet audio events.
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You are welcome. Glad it worked well for you.
If you have a canvas entirely covered in paint, then there is no space for new colors. Same principal here, we just need some space to add new sounds. There isn’t a real rule here, just lower the conflicting frequencies. The trick is in identifying the frequencies that need to be affected and making adjustments that sound good. Each piece of audio is going to have its own “signature”, so the adjustments that are going to be made will only work best for that one instance. Each problem will need its own unique solution.
The ducking isn’t too much for you. Ducking is an automated process of lowering the music bed when the VO is “heard”. You can do this manually with the mixer fader. You can then record those data changes (fader moves), for automated playback.
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“carve out” some space in the music with EQ. You need to know the dominant frequencies of your VO, and then reduce those frequencies in the music bed.
Moderatly compress the music bed. Heavily compress the VO.
Duck the bed, or use mixer automation to “manually” duck the music.
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What are the station’s requirements for audio levels? Maybe -12dBfs = 0dBVU? That maybe one problem. The other might be that there is distortion from previous processes (submixes or audio sweetening) that are now in the mix. They will not cause a clip light to come on because they have already been clipped. So the station is rejecting it because of sound quality not level measurements.
So, review the requirements and see that you have met them. After that, QC your tapes that were sent. If you still don’t have the answer, ask the station for clarification.
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