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Need Recommendations For Wireless Lapel Microphone System For AG-DVX100B
by Redford Givens 9 hours ago
We want to use wireless lapel microphones for 2 or 3 speakers recording to AG-DVX100B. Our last project used the camera microphone on the AG-DVX100B and everything worked OK qualitywise except when th
Re: Need Recommendations For Wireless Lapel Microphone System For AG-DVX100B
by Ty Ford 5 hours ago
Hello Redford and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. Sennheiser G3 and Audio Technica 1800 wireless mics are acceptable entry level gear. Be advised that 2 mics is good, but three puts you in a situation
Lavalier Mic?
by Larry Zapotocky 6 days ago
We're looking to upgrade our 16 year old Sony ECM-66B lavalier mics that we use on our news set. They stood the test of time, but it's time for new ones. Any suggestions At most, we have three anchors
Re: Lavalier Mic?
by Ty Ford 2 days ago
Hello Larry and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. The ECM 66B is a directional lav. Do you suppose that was a purposeful choice 16 years ago, or was it a choice based on noise in the studio, a small roo
Clicks Pops Using Condenser Microphones Static Electricity?
by Steven Broido 2 years ago
Looks like it's been about a year since I posted this thread: http: forums.creativecow.net readpost 30 860295 Here's a brief summary of what's still going on: I'm getting occasional (but dramatic) cli
Re: Clicks Pops Using Condenser Microphones Static Electricity?
by Ty Ford 4 days ago
Jeffrey, Please elaborate on "eventually breaks down in certain environments." What are the causes What sort of breakdown The OP mentioned that he was operating in an extremely dry environment. We use
Source connect
by Peter Groom 1 week ago
Hi I was just wondering who or how many users on this forum have experience and use commercially, source connect Cheers Peter Post Production Dubbing Mixer
Re: Source connect
by Ty Ford 6 days ago
Peter, 6-8 sessions per day! Wow. Can you elaborate on what they are about There was a studio here in Baltimore that had six B channels (3 codecs) of APT back in the day. They could lash them together
Streaming and recording web audio from multiple locations
by Jeremy Aufderheide 2 weeks ago
Hello - My first post. I'm working on a project that will eventually become a webinar. The discussion will include people that are in multiple locations. So, I need to find a way to stream the discuss
Re: Streaming and recording web audio from multiple locations
by Ty Ford 1 week ago
Hello Jeremy and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. I think Adobe, SKYPE, iChat and Google (among others) have group meeting services. You should be able to record the audio with an app utility like Wire
Data Rate Question
by Paul Ray 3 weeks ago
Hello, I'm in post on a festival quality short film, and my sound guy has gone AWOL. He's given me low-res MP3's to work with, which have a date rate of 15.6 K sec. The plan was once I had a picture l
Re: Data Rate Question
by Angelo Lorenzo 2 weeks ago
Paul Ray "So, you're saying to use these band filters across the board as my last step before exporting Or, to apply the filters to each individual clip of just the dialog in the timeline " I'm not f
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Broadcast Audio Query
by John Davies 2 weeks ago
Hi, Having strayed into the 'Audio Professionals' forum for the first time, I feel a little lost and out of place. I have some audio to deliver for broadcast and have never had to deal with audio on s
Re: Broadcast Audio Query
by Andrew Rendell 2 weeks ago
I'm guessing that you're in the UK as that's a normal UK broadcast spec (it's the 18dB digital headroom that suggests so, most of the world uses 20dB). OK then: "zero level" aka line up tone (the 0dBm
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Live ChannelStrip Software
by Ervin Tia 3 weeks ago
Hello, An essential tool in live radio but I cannot find a software solution for this. For today's USB-Mic driven podacsts, this is a missing link to that punchy, well-leveled broadcast. Can anyone re
Re: Live ChannelStrip Software
by Ty Ford 2 weeks ago
I'm using something a bit different for the shows I produce. Here's an example http: www.paulchristomd.com p=778 Regards, Ty Ford Cow Audio Forum Leader Want better production audio : Ty Ford's Audio
Make loud parts of a clip the same volume as the quiet parts and vice/versa
by eric vinyard 2 weeks ago
All my years of working with audio and I've never found a way to do this, though I'm sure there must be. I'm working with a clip of three people talking. Person number three is considerably louder tha
Re: Make loud parts of a clip the same volume as the quiet parts and vice/versa
by Bob Cole 2 weeks ago
In post, Levelator is a good way to handle multiple voices, if you don't have the time to mix the tracks individually. Bob C
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Clean audio is missing from recent video shoot!
by Chuck Purnell 2 weeks ago
am trying to figure out an issue with my audio. I shot an event the other night and I had the mixed audio from the board coming to the camera on Channel 1. I was wearing good headphones and could clea
Re: Clean audio is missing from recent video shoot!
by Craig Alan 2 weeks ago
How were you monitoring the live event Were you using the headphone output on your camera When you were recording did you notice two different levels on your cam's audio meters I've experienced two di
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manual audio settings/ex1r
by jim stamos 3 weeks ago
going to put an AT897 on my ex1r. since ihavent using the manual audio settings much, would love some input from you experts. mainly concerned for loud music at receptions. it was suggested by a guy a
Re: manual audio settings/ex1r
by Richard Crowley 3 weeks ago
Note that the AT897 will handle a significantly higher SPL using phantom power vs. using the internal battery. So first of all, ditch the battery and use real P48 to power the mic. If you don't have a
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Disappearing posts
by Todd Terry 4 weeks ago
Has anyone else had this happen... On occasion I've posted a reply to someone's new-thread post when I thought I had an answer to their question or something to add. I'll write a response, click to po
Re: Disappearing posts - The Deteriorata
by Ty Ford 4 weeks ago
You are a fluke Of the universe. You have no right to be here..... Go placidly Amid the noise and waste. And remember what comfort there may be In owning a piece thereof. Avoid quiet and passive perso
H4N To Record Live Show Audio
by James de Boer 4 weeks ago
I'm shooting one of my buddy's band's shows coming up and I was thinking of trying to use my H4N to record the audio straight out of the show's mixer. I tested it out once night at a different show an
Re: H4N To Record Live Show Audio
by Jordan Wolf 4 weeks ago
James, The H4n's 1 4" jacks are unbalanced and Hi-Z and are meant for direct connection with guitars, keyboards, and other similar electronic instruments. The XLR jacks feed microphone preamps, which
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Sound Fx Library
by francesco glavina 4 weeks ago
Hi. I'm trying to do a fast editing and need some nice "editing sound fx". The style I like the "Man on Fire" sound work, or sound design did on little shorts like Lighthelm's. http: www.youtube.com w
Re: Sound Fx Library
by Bob Kessler 4 weeks ago
Could you be a little more specific as to what type of sound FX you are looking for For buy-by-the-sound you can try SoundDogs and SoundSnap. For free stuff just Google free sound effects. You can als
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Missing Audion Files on Zoom H4n
by Jeffy Can 4 weeks ago
Been running into some serious problems with the Zoom H4n recently. In stamina mode, recording with wireless Sennheiser mics into Input 1, audio files turn up missing when I come back from a shoot to
Re: Missing Audion Files on Zoom H4n
by Chris Conlee 4 weeks ago
Yes, as hard as it is to believe, this is a "non-supported" SD card issue. Have you recently put a new card in that machine There is a detailed list of certified cards on Zoom's site, and believe it o
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Rigging a Beachtek DXA-2T so it can be monitored?
by Ken Eakins 1 month ago
Hi guys, This is driving me mad. I hate using on-camera recording, even on our Z1s, but for run and gun stuff that we have to occasionally do on our DSLRs, it's a necessary evil. I have a Beachtek DXA
Re: Rigging a Beachtek DXA-2T so it can be monitored?
by Brian Reynolds 4 weeks ago
The output of most (maybe all) Beachteks are mic level so doing a split with a 3.5mm Y cord will only deliver a mic level signal at the earphone which is way to low to hear, even the ear phones would
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Brilliant marketing
by Stephen Smith 1 month ago
This is brilliant, check it out: http: www.youtube.com watch v=316AzLYfAzw&feature=player_embedded Stephen Smith Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Training DVD Check out my Vimeo page
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Re: Brilliant marketing
by Ty Ford 1 month ago
Very creative. I love that. It reminds me of the Alouetta Target TV spot. A less dramatic script, but still a "happening" captured on film tape. It really panders to anyone involved in production, but
Need Advice On Brokering Sale of Original Music - Please read to understand
by peter tours 1 month ago
We are a small production company that was recently asked by a longtime client to contact some composers to commission a piece of original music. We use stock music tracks only so this is not in our a
Re: Need Advice On Brokering Sale of Original Music - Please read to understand
by Todd Terry 1 month ago
Just on the surface, it seems to me that you need two separate agreements and contracts... and I think that would solve the problem. First you buy the music from the composer, at whatever price you an
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Sennhieser EK 100 Wireless Receiver
by Sal Moccardi 1 month ago
Hi All, Thanks in advance for any answers. I have a Samson UHF Series ONE UM1 Micro Diversity Wireless Lav system and I recently purchased a Sennheiser Evolution Series Wireless EK 100 Receiver SK 100
Re: Sennhieser EK 100 Wireless Receiver
by Richard Crowley 1 month ago
No, it has nothing to do with frequencies. It could be the EK 100 Receiver. You didn't tell us whether you bought it new or used It seems much more likely to be the cable. You did not describe that ca
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Weird audio sync problem
by Ty Ford 2 years ago
In an effort to find out how good bad the sync was between my Canon XL2 and my Sound Devices 744T, I recorded from the XL2 to an FS-4 Firestore set to QT movies last night for about an hour last night
Re: Weird audio sync problem
by Ty Ford 1 month ago
try this! Ty Ford And, this just in. I just read an email response from Jon Tatooles at SD that says the memo does NOT include the 744T. I asked him to recheck with FCP 7.0.2 because those were the sy
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by Ty Ford 4 years ago
Baltimore Maryland, United States Audio Ty Ford Audio & Video Remote and On-Location Recording     Audio Post Production     Voice Over Recording ISDN My mother bought me my first
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by Ty Ford 2 months ago
Hello Esben, I'd get some battery powered 48V DC phantom supplies if you're going hardwired. 2-3 of these should do. http: www.bhphotovideo.com c product 403002-REG Denecke_PS_1A_PS_1A_Portable_Single
WAV sound on a 23.976fps video
by Chee Wee Tan 2 months ago
Hi audio pro people, I have a problem. I am from PAL country but this crew shot 23.976 rushes for me and using external recorder for audio. When I placed the audio on the timeline with video, it synce
Re: WAV sound on a 23.976fps video
by Ty Ford 2 months ago
Hello Chee Wee Tan and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. Try Wave Agent on copies of the original files. http: sounddevices.com download waveagent.html Open a COPY of the file in Wave Agent and change t
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Rycote Softie Case
by Zack Mulvaney 2 months ago
I kept the original plastic packaging and always stored my softie in that when not in use, but I'd love to have a more durable and mobile option (interested in both hard and soft cases). Any recommend
Re: Rycote Softie Case
by Eric Toline 2 months ago
A small plastic food storage box available at your local supermarket should do the job. Or a cut to length section of PVC pipe from a hardware store....nah that's too much like work, get the food tub.
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Best way to approach political candidates/campaigns
by Jason Bullock 3 months ago
Where I'm located there are a lot of candidates running for all levels of political office. I wonder what would be the best way to approach their campaigns for me to do video. Should I just call or go
Re: Best way to approach political candidates/campaigns
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
Todd Terry " more often than not a political campaign will arrive with a check already in hand. That's just the way they are used to doing things. " Todd, et al, Mine is not the voice of speculation.
Got a couple of dead sockets in my Mole Richardson Biax 4.
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
MR isn't returning my calls to talk about how to fix it. Is this normal for them. Are there internal replaceable ballasts Is there a service manual Anyone have a clue Thanks, Ty Ford Want better produ
importing tape?
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
I read somewhere that FCP X doesn't import tape, only clip-based video. Can this be true I'm using a firewire JVC box to import the tape. A friend cautioned me that she lost 12 hours of work due to "a
Re: importing tape?
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
TP, I'm already on Lion. Tried it again today. Same problem i=on that tape selection. Another tape, no problem. I'll have to see what happens when I try to bring that sec ion back into FCP 7 Can I arc
XL2 Import problem
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
OK, soI'm attaching the XL2 via FW to the mac and during import I hear no audio which is annoying, but the entire clip does play. I stop. I see the clip in the upper left, FCP window but it's only abo
Cassette Tape Recording sync with Video Issues
by Drew Angle 3 months ago
I'm currently shooting a documentary on 7D (1080p 24p) and as an artistic choice to suite the subject we are capturing audio externally with a Radioshack Cassette Tape Recorder (CTR-122; CAT. NO. 14-1
Re: Cassette Tape Recording sync with Video Issues
by Richard Crowley 3 months ago
Cassette machines (well tape of ANY kind) were NEVER capable of what we think of as "sync sound". Extraordinary (and expensive) means were taken to synchronize tape to film video. Most of that technol
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Just a heads up for slow payer
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
For the record; I had a difficult time getting paid from Leroy Morton Productions Radical Media, NYC. Sonia Malfa was the contact person. Fairly easy gig. Audio for an NFL promo video shoot for the Ba
Re: Just a heads up for slow payer
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
+1, Tom. And thanks for my first chuckle of the week. Regards, Ty Ford Want better production audio : Ty Ford's Audio Bootcamp Field Guide Ty Ford Blog: Ty Ford's Blog
HVX200 audiio distortion
by golnaz alibeigi 3 months ago
So I had a video shoot the other day that i completely butchered because the audio was distorted. I am new to the HVX200 camera. For this shoot I used two lav mics. Put the first receiver on channel 1
Re: HVX200 audiio distortion
by Richard Crowley 3 months ago
"Put the first receiver on channel 1 and set it to mic line." Not sure exactly what that means. Note carefully that "Mic-Level" and "Line-Level" are VERY DIFFERENT things. It sounds like your wireless
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Lavalier microphone to use with Zoom H2 recorder
by Sebastian Alvarez 2 years ago
I'm looking for a lavalier microphone to use with my Zoom H2 recorder. My budget doesn't allow me to go past $100, and it would be great if I could get by for now with one half as much. I was thinking
Re: Lavalier microphone to use with Zoom H2 recorder
by Robert Rowen 1 year ago
H2 "works only with stereo microphones" Simply not true. I've recorded hundreds of hours of lectures with a variety of mono lavaliers; I find the Giant Squid lapel mics an especially great value (see
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Hardwire Lav mic or line level?
by tony green 3 months ago
If you are using a hardwire lav, do you use mic or line level
Re: Hardwire Lav mic or line level?
by David C Jones 3 months ago
Mic level. This may sound obvious, but think of it this way: If the source is a mic, then it should be mic level; if it's anything else, it should (most of the time) be line level. Mic level is just t
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Binocular mask?
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
HI, I'm looking to create the effect of looking through binoculars a black mask with two circles side by side. Any way to do this Any thou Want better production audio : Ty Ford's Audio Bootcamp Field
Re: Binocular mask?
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
Never mind, I got it. Regards, Ty Ford Want better production audio : Ty Ford's Audio Bootcamp Field Guide Ty Ford Blog: Ty Ford's Blog
Blurry Menu text
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
So, I can burn the DVD in iDVD and the text looks fine, picture not so good. On DVDSP, the picture is better but the menu text is smeared. Are there confines of DVDSP that iDVD is actually better than
Re: Blurry Menu text
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
Craig, Thanks so much. We shot with EX-3 and the timeline is XDcam. Yes, this effort was from timeline to compressor to DVDSP. Lots of things to click on, or not. :) I "fixed" the problem by choosing
A personal note of thanks.
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
To all of the great people and their great attitudes who hang out here in the audio forum to help others. I was in another forum recently to ask a question and got a whiney "people ask that all the ti
Re: A personal note of thanks.
by Noah Kadner 3 months ago
Dang- that's really a bummer Ty. Of all the folks I come across on the Cow you're by far one of the the sweetest and most generous with their knowledge. Sorry that happened from someone who didn't bot
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One clip in a sequence plays bak as a still
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
HI, Working on an XD cam 1080p 35 Mb sec timeline edit and exporting through export with Quicktime conversion set to XDcam 1080p. All the clips work fine but one, early on in the sequence. It doesn't
Best compression method for a 20 minute short
by Robert van Halteren 3 months ago
Hi There, I'm currently finishing a 20 minute short I've made as part of a film school program. It's time to start making DVD's but in the past I haven't been satisfied with the quality (I've used com
Re: Best compression method for a 20 minute short
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
::ducking:: iDVD Regards, Ty Want better production audio : Ty Ford's Audio Bootcamp Field Guide
Blu-Ray Compression
by Jacob Harkins 4 months ago
I'm getting slight artifacts when I use compressor (on the Mac) around peoples legs and Shoulders when the Runners (Marathon DVD) get to close to the camera. Is there something I can do to fix this, b
Re: Blu-Ray Compression
by Ty Ford 3 months ago
Jacob, I read somewhere that "sharing" from FCP to blu ray works. I just got my drives so I don't have any practical experience yet. Regards, Ty Ford Want better production audio : Ty Ford's Audio Boo
Audio anomalies
by Ty Ford 4 months ago
I'm posting a half hour reality show, two camera shoot on 7.0.3. Sometimes when I playback a section I get "bleed" from a totally turned down track. If I stop, go back and play again, everything's fin
Re: Audio anomalies
by Ty Ford 4 months ago
Michael, Thanks for responding, I cut the unused audio from the timeline with the razor tool and the weirdness is gone. (well on the computer, anyway.) Regards, Ty Ford Want better production audio :


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