Terry Mikkelsen
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You need to consult with a storage consultant. I would never give you advise on such a large project without meeting you, touring your facility and seeing what all is involved. And as such, I would be very wary of any specific suggestions on hardware that someone would give you from such a short message. You are about to spend huge amounts of money. Spend a little bit on hiring a professional to make sure it all work together and the system makes money for you, instead of you spending more money in down time and re-buying unnecessary equipment.
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I agree with John. In addition, it could be that your audio files are not stored as avi or wav, but multiplexed into the VOB. So that “conversion” could be what the dialog box was about too. Again, no real signal change, but rather the was it is stored and presented.
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Yes, once the data is corrupt it is not recoverable. Sometimes an individual sample or two can have the waveform “redrawn” and sound more pleasing, but not an entire program.
When checking mics you have three separate and distinct functions that need to be completed.
1. Initial check. Like your clap test, this is just to see if everything works. That’s all, just making sure the signal chain is complete.
2. Level check. Reproduce the loudest portion of audio for 1-2 minutes. During this time you set the levels that are needed to aquire good clean signal, while maximizing your A/D signal to avoid quantization errors. After this is complete, lower your input signal 3-9dB. (Everyone gets a little hyped when if comes time to do the real thing, and it will tend to get louder than rehearsal.)
3. With little ambient noise, listen back to your rehearsal recording (with GOOD quality headphones) and ensure the quality is what is needed and expected. This may require mic placements to be changed after which you go back to step one.Tech-T Productions
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So what are the expectations of a SD deliverable at your school?
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right click on one of the fonts and look at the file size in the info. I bet it says zero bytes. That would be corrupt fonts. He should be packaging the file and zipping it before he does anything else to it (copy, burn a disc, email, etc….)
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Sound like a fs mismatch. Check the sample rate of the clips and make sure you timeline matches.
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Without seeing the entire frame, it is difficult to get a sense of the space. So my suggestion is limited. Try compositing “something” into the scene that would cover the wood. My best guess is that the location is a warehouse, so maybe a large motor or piece of machinery?
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Yes manually loop within the timeline. But I say, why stop at 30 minutes. If the DJ is using it longer, then loop it for close to an hour. You can still use the highest quality when encoding and get much longer without the stutter. The only other addition I would make is some fades. Fade in the first animation at maybe 1/2 second and fade out the very last clip at slower 2 seconds or so. This way when you get to the “stutter” point, you are at black and it won’t be seen.
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Apple’s comparison of the cards (and other hardware):
https://www.apple.com/macpro/performance.html
Though keep in mind the source of the information.Tech-T Productions
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My guess on “empty” would be that the mic was not close to the person. Hence, little to no low end. You could try some EQ to boost it, but it is going to cause havoc when the cars drive by, especially a truck. You’ll then need to apply quite a bit of volume automation, raising the speech to good level and lowering during quiet passages. This will take lots of time to do effectively while also sounding natural. Some MS techniques may help, but are way beyond the scope of a forum message, seek out a good mastering engineer or restoration artist for more detail.
I would steer clear of noise reduction or restoration software. It could provide some good results, but usually not a good idea on your “main” element. Better when applied to bg material or in a mix with many other elements to help hide the artifacts.Tech-T Productions
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