[Wayne Grauel]

Doug, As per my other post..

Been there and done that with normalization….

YEAH, your right… not what I had in mind..

I feel the pain you’re about to have.

Yeah.. I had to laugh when I heard that…

thanks again for your help!
Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

Hi Doug..

yes.. we were on different scores and you picked up on and have explained what I’m trying to get…

bring the maximum volumes down to reason.. and then going from there with perhaps more “quiet tracks”.. ( in relation)

I’ve tried this by ear, with single tracks (recordings) ( i use vegas a lot for this)..

but i think my problem is that after doing for or 5 in a row.. my perception changes as to where “loud was” and my CD ends up all over the place…

so more than anything.. auto leveling with be my first choice based on how you describe it.

I really don’t understand the concept of normalization other than I tried it with a set of 16 tracks in Nero.. and when i played the cd.. it was “HOLY COW”… what did I do..

everything was bumped up just below the threshold of pain and totally way out of proportion.

I don’t mind reading on the subject if you have any resources for me to comprehend this further.

thanks again for ‘reading into” my post and seeing where i was going with this.

Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

i just read a wealth of information from Spot on another post.

So, I’ve been leaning towards sound forge and perhaps will stop 2nd guessing myself!..

Back to the mix automation.. what is really going on is this:..

I have about 40 sound files (recordings) from different periods of time, recorded with everything from Minidisk to an M-Audio 96/4 to a fostex 8 track HDR.

I want to bring all of these recordings into one “time line” and get them all regulated, cleaned up. Some are recorded at about -20 DB some are a little “hot”. Its classical organ so there are a lot of dynamics and essentially “soft” to “blow your hair dry” as far as the different selections go and the registrations or “sound of the organ”.. example… varies from “a single flute to Full organ”

So, with all of that, currently the tracks have some of the sublime quiet settings are just as loud as other recordings at full organ..(which would be just about maxed out as far as sound level goes)

so i need to get this lined up and regulated so the CD is not all over the map… with the listener having to constantly change the volume control.

I hope this explains it.

How does sound forge handle this?

thanks!
Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

Mike and Kevin..

In the time it took you guys to respond,, i went out on a limb and got the Editors ToolKit pro.. the demo online was impressive ,, and it is seriously on sale.

Heavens knows how long it will take me to figure it all out… ( how far back in photoshop will work with the psd layers or is that not an issue?..

Mike, I’ll keep an eye out on the other one too.

thanks again…
Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

Cool Beans Mike…

Thanks!
Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

Douglas, thanks for your reply..
in my project settings should if choose:

field order: none (progressive scan)

what about de-interlace method?

of which i see 1. blend and 2 interpolate fields

Are these project setting I should use globally or only when rendering for streaming media application and other delivery.

( love your work! )
Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

Mike.. I thought so!

just wanted to be sure.

Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

Mike, basically i use the DVD Architect settings and modify the bit rates as required. This one was 2.15 with about 50 chapters.

The render also did not include the chapters…hmmmm

and it was also 3.99 gigs so it says.. DVD Arch. said it was well over 4.7 so I went back and bumped the bit rates on the lower end slightly… the file rendered with adequate room, it did not change the file name and the project markers were there…

So…. evidently, maybe the software was doing this..

But thanks for your advise

about the MPEG DVD. thats what I thought.. but wanted to see is anyone had any specifics… thanks again.. it was appreciated.

Thanks,
Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

Ed.. thanks for Explaining.. clear as a bell now!!!

Wayne

[Wayne Grauel]

Ed.. was not sure because i could not see any evidence in the “preview tally screen”..

do I just compose a crop in the required camera track (after creating sync points and during the switching process – and then it takes care of itself.. not showing up in the tally view?

may have to set up a couple of tracks and try again…

Vegas 6 and exc. 5…

Thanks Ed..Wayne