[Tod Hopkins]

Vimeo for the previously cited reason. Vimeo has proven to be the easiest tool for clients to understand and use. In fact it’s proven more effective than sending review files so I use it almost exclusively even if the client never uses the review tools, and they generally don’t. Like PDFs, I can control what the client sees so it’s very easy to troubleshoot their experience.

[Tod Hopkins]

It is pretty amazing. I first tested it on a poorly recorded track I’d already worked on for about two hours, including denoise filters. I gave it the original and the result was exactly as advertised, like a clean, studio recording. It does have limits. I gave it a degraded archival recording a few days ago and the result was horrific. Far worse than the original.

[Tod Hopkins]

Try Adobe’s new “Enhance Speech” tool. https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance

[Tod Hopkins]

I would not attempt to change the interviewee’s delivery unless it is too quiet in an absolute sense, meaning it can’t properly be recorded. Any reduction in dynamic range should be done after the fact if possible.

[Tod Hopkins]

Apparently, they do not understand how dpi works. This is surprisingly common with graphic artists. They can (and should) change the dpi to whatever they want. It is an arbitrary setting that determines printing size, not resolution. Video has no dpi.

[Tod Hopkins]

You’ll need to give us more information. If you match time code at the start of a clip, are you saying the sound doesn’t sync with picture or that the sound doesn’t stay in sync? Have you tried ignoring code and syncing some other way? Try to describe what’s not working. A screenshot showing code might help.

[Tod Hopkins]

Try asking ChatGPT. I’m not joking. I don’t know scripting but Chat GPT apparently does.

[Tod Hopkins]

This suggests that the fix is merely a side effect of resetting preferences and you have not found the root. Try other troubleshooting. For instance, this sounds more like a caching or memory problem, or a conflict, than a preferences problem, unless it’s related to a specific setting that you are re-setting after the reset (if you follow me). Does a system restart solve the problem? That would suggest a leak or conflict of some kind. Try clearing caches, changing memory allocations, and looking for software conflicts. Does a hard boot (power off completely) make a difference? That suggests a hardware or memory/drive space issue. Make sure all apps and OS are up to date. Run First Aid on all drives. Trash previews and waveform files. Check to make sure all drives, particularly the system drive, have at least 20% slack space. Are you running Encode or AE in background? Any other media apps?

Have you tried creating a new project and importing only the necessary assets, or using project manager to create a consolidated project?

[Tod Hopkins]

<div>Premiere insists on showing you the portion of the timeline that contains the position indicator, at least when you are stopped. This is a good thing. I suspect the behavior you describe (which can be annoying) is because you have auto-scrolling on. If set auto-scrolling to “No scroll” (Preferences, Timeline) then it will let you examine the timeline while playing without constantly jumping back to the position indicator, but it will still jump back to the position indicator when you stop playing.
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[Tod Hopkins]

This is what audio “Compressors” are for. Simplified, an audio compressor takes audio above a certain level, the “threshold,” and compresses it down a certain amount, the “ratio,” decreasing the dynamic range of the part above the threshold. You are squishing the louder parts and the quieter parts closer together. You then add “gain” back to raise all levels up together without over modulating. This is all done within the compressor. I am not familiar with Resolve’s options for audio compression. Compressors can get complicated and generally include a limiter, but the idea is simple. Decrease the dynamic range of certain parts of the audio signal so everything is compressed together, allowing you to raise all levels together without overmodulating the loud parts.