Just stopping in to say Hi!
The Audio Forum is still not dead yet.

Regards,

Ty Ford

how’d that turn out?

Wow what an amazing moment. I see more people on this thread than I’ve seen in the whole Audio group for several YEARS! Hello, everyone!!!
On to the problem. Still no on speakers for me, but several thoughts.
Types of interference exist today that were not around when the Sennheiser G3 came out.
Perhaps the age of the G3 is starting to show. There…

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Rats. Sorry, not hearing it here. Footsteps and throat clear, yes.

Hello Jean,
I think I’m the Audio Forum Leader, but these days, who knows!
Anyhow. Hmmmm. I read recently that there’s a reason the Apple USB cables cost more. They use more of the many connections in the cable. Another thought. I had a similar USB issue last year. Turns out, the USB cable itself was defective. Then there’s the idea that the USB…

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Your very welcome! Used to create insrtumental beds for radio and TV spots when I worked in radio. I liked starting with a full track from a library of production music; maybe 2-3 minutes for a 30 second spot. I’d listen to the end of the music track in hopes of finding a natural out. Then I’d see how long it was. Say 8 seconds. Then I listen to…

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A cold out is simply that the song ends instead of fading out.
If you’re close in time but the music is too short, stretching it with software is problematic because you’re asking the software to fill in extra space. Making a longer piece shorter by time compressing it is less problematic because you’re taking away minute sections.

Help me out, Bob. What are you stuck on?
Ty

Hi Robert,
It’s an art. It’s a craft. It’s a dessert topping.
I’ve been editing existing tracks for decades and there are times when you can’t do what you want to do. First and most importantly, do you own the music or have rights to its use? If you don’t, your biggest problem may be a copyright violation suit.

But on to the surgery. If you want a…

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Hi Zeke,
Sounds like a broken or intermittent wire to me. Either the mic cable or the cable from the receiver to the mixer.
Regards,

Ty Ford
Cow Audio Forum Leader

What kind of noise?

Welcome back, David,
Mr. Fishback is correct with a few exceptions. The Audio-Technica AT 8040 ribbon mic, which uses Phantom Power to enable an onboard amp, is several dB more sensitive than an AKG C414 condenser mic. Here’s my review from some years ago.

Regards,

Ty Ford

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Phasing is a little different. Your double tracks are not really close enough to call it phasing. I do not use Adobe Audition. I suggest you try their online support.

https://creativecow.net/forums/forum/adobe-audition/

Regards and Merry Xmas,

Ty Ford

Cow Audio Forum Leader

Try Undoing what you’ve done and try again.

Hi Bob,
That’s not reverb, that’s what’s called delay. Still doesn’t tell me why, but something is out of line. Or you have the original and the altered version both playing at the same time.

email or via (free) we transfer.

Regards,

Ty

Hi Bob and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. I’ve never tried to do that. If you were stretching, than the computer had to throw something in there. Can you please post an example or send me one at tyford@tyford.com?

Thanks,

Ty Ford

Cow Audio Forum Leader

Hello Jenn,
Have you tried a different SD card? One that the mfgr recommends?
Regards,

Ty Ford
Cow Audio Forum leader

Hi Doug and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.
Have you tried Audacity to see if it can see or import the files?
I’d try that first and then maybe DaVinci Resolve.
Regards,

Ty Ford
Cow Audio Forum Leader

Lifting stones to the chest….Hmmm. First, because you’ll be outside, if the mic is exposed, use a wind filter. Lavs “hear” wind unpleasantly. If there’s a lot to do with the chest, maybe wire the lav in front, behind the collar of the T-shirt, but run the cable up over one shoulder and down his back, maybe taping a time or two on the body to…

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Hi,
I’m not sure what happened, but I did not receive your last reply. Did you get things sorted out?

Regards,

Ty Ford

Hi Paul,
This is why people who fish have tackle boxes! More gear!
The Countryman B6 is smaller, and that may help. The COS-11D is also a player.
Tell me about the doc. Do you really need to hide the mic? Regular folks are not always comfortable with someone getting all up in their wardrobe to plant mics. Are the setups sit downs? If so, a boomed…

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Hi Paul and welcome to the Creative Cow Audio Forum. I’m guessing the problem is not the transmitter or receiver, but the mic rubbing against skin and/or clothing. Smaller mics hide better. The way in which they are mounted makes a huge difference in the results. A small mic like the Countryman B6 can be much more successful. You can order it with…

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Hello Robert and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. What program are you using?
Regards,

Ty Ford (Cow Audio Group Leader)

Hello Robert and thanks for stopping by. John is correct.
I will also add that over-emphasized S sounds could be a speech defect of the performer. My experience is that a visit to a good speech therapist to learn where to place the tip of the tongue other than behind the upper front teeth, on the hard palate should work wonders….with practice.…

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It depends somewhat on your hardware. If you have separate people on mixer/camera and on the boom, how does the boom op hear the audio to know if he/she has the mic in the best place?

Two receivers, one on the boom, one on the mixer can work, but they do hear different things because each has its own connection to the transmitter. Also, this can…

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Hi Randy and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. Ben offers good advice. What Sony monitor are you currently using? If it reproduces too much bass, we call that “unbalanced.” It can throw your whole mix off, even though you like it.

Hello D’Arcy and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. Yes, Zaxcom wireless lavs record and record and transmit at the same time.

Hello Jonny and thanks for stopping by. That’s lot of people to cover.
What is this and where will you be?
Hopefully you have more than one mic. One for the host and two for the other ten to pass among themselves. Wireless would be good so you you don’t have to manage cables. Can you count on the guests to pass the mics around or do you need two…

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Aha! Thanks! Seems like a lot of work.

Hi, I have some Virtual Set Labs and one set of them has me mystified. How do I position an image over one of their green screen float in panels that changes shape and size as it swings into place?
Thanks,

Ty…

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Hello Ernest and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. The standard for a mono, balanced 3.5mm TRS is positive to tip, negative to rig and ground to sleeve. A stereo unbalanced 3.5mm connection is positive to one channel for the tip, positive to the 2nd channel for the ring and ground to sleeve. Does your camera have a mono balanced or stereo unbalanced…

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Welcome to the Creative Cow Audio Forum!
Hmm, not familiar with DaVinci Resolve. Have you tried this?:

How to Sync Audio / Clips in DaVinci Resolve (Quickly)?

Maybe the DaVinci tool s not up to the challenge. Have you tried the VLC Media Player?
https://www.wikihow.com/Sync-Audio-and-Video

Are you using PluralEyes with DaVinci…

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Hello Rafael and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum,
Bring the file into Audacity (it’s a free download). Mess with the stereo/mono and bit-depth controls, along with sample rate. You might make it work!!!

Regards,

Ty Ford

Cow Audio Forum Leader

Hello Reshmina and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

That’s quite a challenge. I have two possible solutions. With six people talking, consider rent a Shure 8-channel auto-mixer: https://tinyurl.com/5yfedntt

and hardwired Countryman E6 headset mics for all guests and the host. https://bhpho.to/3PesLWj

Here’s why. Talk show guests typically don’t…

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Hello Mohammed and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum

2nd part is louder. Turn it down.

Regards,

Ty Ford

Cow Audio Forum Leader

That’s great. Thanks for reporting back for the rest of us!

Just for the heck of it, you might try panning one mic only and recording 2 or 4 tracks, then listen to the other three to see if there’s any bleed from the one track.

Regards,

Ty Ford – Cow Audo Forum Leader

Thanks, James, I don’t have any rememberable experience with the Canon 70D. Here’s my new barrage of questions. Does the TASCAM have individual meters, one for each track? Do they change independently when you adjust levels? Can you plug the TASCAM into something else to confirm level changes? Is there something deep in the bowls of the Canon 70D…

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Hello James and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.
I don’t know the Tascam 70D, but I’m guessing the answer you’re looking for is buried in the menus. Maybe this link will be of help. Please let us know what you find.
https://transom.org/2016/tascam-dr-70d/
Regards,
Ty Ford

Cow Audio Forum Leader

Hello John and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. Is this just for dialog? Will he also be recording video or will this just be for audio recordings? If he’s doing video, I’d suggest a wireless mic so he can be close to the mic but have the flexibility to put the iPhone wherever he needs to to get a good shot/frame.

Regards,

Ty Ford – Cow Audo Forum Leader

I don’t know what an E2 Evolution Lab pack is.
Yes, get a headset mic so it’s closer to your mouth.
Good luck!
Regards,

Ty Ford
Cow Audio Forum Leader

Hello Nelson and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. Saramonic is an up and coming manufacturer. You sound like you’re doing more than one thing. Where do you want this line input and why?
If you’ll be talking while showing woodworking skills, I’d suggest something like a Countryman E6 microphone. Here’s the version with the XLR connector.…

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Hello Richard and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.
Yeah, it eats batteries. You’d want Lithiums, not Alkalines, for sure, or even better an external battery pack or AC power supply.
It’s not easy to mix on, because of the diminutive size of the knobs and their placement, so why even go there?
Battery life on a mixer also depends on the current drain…

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Jon, there are two things to consider. Not talking or making noise during a take and the noise of the environment.
There is a fallacious opinion that “it can be fixed in post.” This is frequently put out there by people who do not understand audio and sound. While in some cases, some problems may be addressed, it is extremely naive to think that…

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And let’s be sure to say that, if recorded in the field properly, you don’t need any software or hardware help in production or post production. I’m having a discussion on another forum with someone who’s very into creating a hardware solution for noisy tracks recorded in a studio. Fix the studio once and you won’t have to deal with those…

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John Fishback is an excellent resource for this sort of stuff and I really value his opinions. My experience with noise reduction is that it’s sometimes better to do two or more lighter passes than to try to get the audio clean all in one shot.

In addition, (mostly from an experimental perspective) I’d be curious as to how well CEDAR software…

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Hello Bob and welcome to the Cow Audio Engineering Forum

Rent.
Regards,

Ty Ford

Cow Audio Forum Leader

Hello Michael,
Are you commiserating or do you have a solution?
Regards,

Ty Ford
Cow Audio Forum Leader

Hi Mike, I think you use all and remove and/or mix as needed. Let you ears be your guide.
Regards,

Ty Ford

Cow Audio Forum Leader

Thanks, John. That’s what I did. They decided to stick to 30 fps.