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Ty Ford
September 23, 2005 at 12:18 pm in reply to: Fostex FR-2 Memory Recorder and Panasonic DVX-100?

Cords?

A good sound gear package consists of one hose that contains both feeds and a return for the mixer. What are you using?

The FR-2 has SMPTE I/O. I don’t know if you can jam sync it from your camera (hourly), but that what some people do. Just make sure you have the right SMPTE settings when you record or you r audio won’t matchup to the video in post.

Regards,

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
September 23, 2005 at 12:11 pm in reply to: Voice over microphones?

There are approximately 172 mics that fit your needs.

Good dynamics are better than bad condensers, and there are a ton of bad condensers out there now.

The RE20 and SM7 are good dynamics.

The AT 2020 is a pretty amazing condenser mic for $99. (A lot of cheap condensers sound like crap, but the price keeps luring people buying them.) I have an mp4 clip of it in the video folder in my online archive.

Regards,

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
September 23, 2005 at 12:02 pm in reply to: Lavaier mics with battery-powered recievers

Try the Sennheiser G series wireless mics.

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
September 13, 2005 at 12:57 pm in reply to: PD-150 / ME-66 wK6 / Sound Devices MixPre

Make sure you’re looking at peak readings instead of RMS. It sounds like you are catching peaks. Pull back. Last time I worked with a PD150 I set tone at -20 and we tested it. It was OK, but I could hear the noise floor. I engaged my Sound Devices 442 limiter and pulled the mic close to me and spoke loudly. Peaks were at -8 or -12.

Knowing that the limiter would catch the peaks, I increased the camera audio input gain control til the audio was peaking at -3 dB. That seemed to work fine; good level, no clips, less system noise. Try it before you shoot. See what you think.

Regards,

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
September 13, 2005 at 12:47 pm in reply to: Aiff

AIFF and WAV files are pretty much identical except for the headers. All things being equal, they’ll be the same size. Sometimes things aren’t equal………

You MAY have mono versus stereo or you may have 22.050 kHz versus 48 kHz sample rates in either AIFF or WAV. You could also have 16-bit or 24-bit in either format.

Some editing software (older stuff) is pickier about file types. Other software is more flexible about combining different file types, sample rates and bit lengths.

There’s probably a window in which you can see the specifics of the particular avid session you’re working on. It probably shows what audio format was chosen when you started the production.

Regards,

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
August 30, 2005 at 12:55 pm in reply to: digidesing 001 and Sony software

No. You can’t use a Digi 001 with Sony software.

I have a Digi 001. Although for its price the 001 is very good, I replaced the preamps and A/S conversion with outboaard gear and got much better sounding audio. It is no longer supported by Digidesign. The Digi 002 is the replacement and it is a very worthy improvemment.

Why do you not like Pro Tools? I run both the 001 and 002 and find them very powerful. I make a living with them every day.

Regards,

TyFord

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
August 12, 2005 at 1:55 am in reply to: ISDN Line

Both parties need compatible ISDN codecs. Both parties need ISDN long distance and local service. Sending party needs good acoustical environment, mic, preamp (unless codec has one), usually also mic stand, headphones, and a small mixer.

I’m moving away from ISDN and doing my V/O work with iChat. We do the session that way and then I transfer full wav files instead of weenie data compressed audio. Let me know if you want to try it. You’ll need a .mac account

Regards,

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
August 3, 2005 at 11:17 am in reply to: MixPre, 302 or FP33

I may be wrong, but I think Active Balanced refers to certain active circuitry deesigned to balance the audio.

Transformer balanced means just that, a transformer.

Regards,

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
August 2, 2005 at 1:23 am in reply to: shotgun mic advice

Hi Michael,

Schoeps cmc641 inside with teardrop wind filter.
Sennheiser 416 in open quiet spaces or on a sound stage. Some sort of wind protection for outside.
Sound Devices 302 or MixPre for a mixer.

Regards,

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com
Ty Ford
August 1, 2005 at 2:28 am in reply to: MixPre, 302 or FP33

Fascinating. I hadn’t seen this.

Ty Ford

Ty Ford’s “Audio Bootcamp Field Guide” was written for video people who want better audio. Find out more at https://www.tyford.com

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