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Mics for XL2 Mics for XL2 When doing doc or movie work there are two mics you should have in your arsenal. One is a boom mic. These are the long cigar shaped mics. They allow you to keep the microphone out of frame and yet hear much more of your talent. The Senheiser ME60 is a good...

Hospital sound effects Hospital sound effects Sound Ideas has libraries of sound effects CD's. If your in need of something immediate there is a sight called Sonomic that has a wonderful search engine with just loads of sound effects. I think you can purchase an effect for just a few dollars.

Compatability Compatability Your first question should be how compatable do you need your system to be with others? If you plan on mixing your project at a larger facility it would make things much easier to match your system with theirs. This leads you to a Pro-Tools OO2 system (Rackmount...

Audio and 24p HD Audio and 24p HD Having just finished a project and consulting with Sound One in Manhattan. Once you are shooting in a digital format and pulling sound into your camera during the shoot, the rate your shooting at becomes moot for the audio. The audio in a digital camera will...

license license Technically you need "permission" to use anything that isn't yours. I say permission and not license as it depends on who owns the publishing is willing to let you do. If your doing a short for festival release, it will cost you far less than if your planning a feature...

Lav Mics Lav Mics Lav mics are like being in a relationship. For every lav mic there is a receiver. They both must be tuned to the same frequency. Typically one receiver per lav. Now you can plug two receivers into a camera's left and right using each channel for a lav. If you want both...

mini disc mini disc Hard to give you a specific make or model as there are so many on the market and they are updating constantly. What I can tell you is what it needs to have. Your minidisc needs to have a line input and a mic input. Sometimes these are the same just have to flip a switch...

Windy Audio Windy Audio When your audio is already recorded and wind is part of your track. There is an inexpensive Soundsoap program which can get you started on cleaning up the audio. If you have more dineros Waves makes a series of pluggins for Pro Tools and other Audio editing systems to...

Beach Audio Beach Audio Depending on what your doing here are some tips: 1. If you have a sit down scene or limited movement. try hiding mic behind cooler or a pile of towels that might be alot closer than an overhead position. 2. If possible try and baffle high frequencies as much as...

Sync sound Sync sound No Sync Sound usually refers to when the audio and video have no way to lock up to each other. They are free wheeling so to speak. By either pumping final audio onto the audio track of your video deck while shooting or having some kind of time code lock between your...

Pro Tools Mbox Pro Tools Mbox The Pro Tools Mbox package sounds like a good way to go. Allows you to run or host synth packages as well as record live tracks. Once your ready to mix, it has plenty of output options. Mbox retails at around $450 , comes with software and a breakout USB box.

Mixing sound Mixing sound When you don't have alot of tools say your mixing audio in FCP. Try a low shelf filter on Dialouge around 70Hz to take any low freq ou that you don't need. Then bump up using a parametric EQ at around 2Khz. How much will depend on your ambience track, sound effects...

Backround Hiss Backround Hiss Backround hiss is the big enemy of many a location recording. The problem with using only EQ on hiss is it usually effects your Voices as well. What you need is a software that focuses on the hiss while doing it's darndest to keep your vocals untouched. Waves...

Audio for Commercial Cameras Audio for Commercial Cameras Well there are a number of ways to get better audio into a Mini DV camera. What is most important is that you have at least a mini jack mic input. With a mic level input you can get a Beachtek adapter. I use the DXA-4 when I'm...

Scoring Scoring How to get started scoring for films. Don't start with films! Start with training videos, industrials, docs, and game development. These items have alot more volume and though there are many resources, if your willing to make their project special they would be interested...

Sound on location Sound on location Recording good dialouge on location is what is crucial. Everything else is secondary from an audio standpoint. This is for a number of reasons.. 1. Full sync shots are good to go if you can get the audio on location 2. The time saved in ADR and...

Lav Mics Lav Mics In response to keeping a lav mic where it belongs. Rip the fron cover of a matchbook off. Place the cardboard on the inside of the shirt when attaching the Lav. The cardboard will keep the thin clothing from folding over. As for rubbing. use one of the layers of clothing...