Engineer, Programmer, Producer, Musician Member Since: May 20th 2009 Friends:  Ty Ford | | | | |  | Edit a really bad conversation recordingby Sue Howard 2 weeks agoHello I need help with a conversation recording that has alot of background noise and humming to get the dialogue in the back. Can anyone help or recommend a very good, easy to use software. Thanks, | | | | |
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| | | |  | levelsby Craig Alan 3 weeks agoFrom the SD 302 manual: "The 302 s scale is designed for digital recording devices, providing maximum information between -30 dBu to 0 dBu which is where typical peaks occur (-50 to -20 dBFS). This al+1 | Re: levels
by Richard Crowley 2 weeks ago
There is no hard and fast rule. You must use your own judgement to decide the risk vs. benefit of recording at higher average levels. Here is one of my favorite parables which just happens to apply he
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| | | |  | Sony UTX-B03 will not turn onby Ron Garza 3 weeks agoWireless mic transmitter stopped powering on. Installed fresh batteries but nothing lights up. Any ideas Thanks in advance, Ron | Re: Sony UTX-B03 will not turn on
by Richard Crowley 3 weeks ago
With nothing more than that very basic symptom, it could be any number of things. When was it working last time How long ago Were the batteries left in Is there any sign of battery leakage and or corr
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| | | | | Testing for Edit function????by Richard Crowley 1 month agoNow that I have posted this message, will I be able to edit it at all I have logged out of COW, and back in. So this is the recommended test. First, there was no editing permitted. Then it was made av | Re: Testing for Edit function????
by Richard Crowley 1 month ago
As I suspected, the edit function is completely gone. Even seconds after the message is posted. Please bring it back. Recording audio without metering and monitoring is exactly like framing and focusi
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| | | | | Blackmagic Television Studio Inquiriesby Armando Irias 2 months agoHello, I am planning on building a 3 camera setup with Blackmagic Televison studio for doing live streaming of sporting events (boxing) to be exact. I have never done such a setup, thus, I have severa | | | | |
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| | | |  | Recording audio on a boat out at seaby Tarik Fouda 3 months agoHey Everyone, I just got asked to record sound on a project that is shooting out at sea on a boat. It's going to be very windy most likely, along with other sound issues--birds probably, small waves, | Re: Recording audio on a boat out at sea
by Craig Alan 3 months ago
Like photographers who wait for the magic hour and trees and cloud coverage to filter the light, wait for times when the wind dies down. and find locations on-board where when there is less wind. shoo
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| | | |  | Rode Micsby Miranda Shar 3 months agoHi I'm in the market for some equipment to start getting some gear together. I've heard that Rode are relatively good mics for the price. As a person starting in the industry is this the way to go Tha | Re: Rode Mics
by Bruce Watson 3 months ago
Miranda Shar "I'm in the market for some equipment to start getting some gear together. I've heard that Rode are relatively good mics for the price. As a person starting in the industry is this the w
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| | | |  | Room mic's for small audienceby Tim Neighbors 1 year agoI'm looking to install some fixed mics for a small room (about 35ft wide, 25ft deep) with theatre seating for an audience. This room will be used for presentations (presenter at podium, powerpoint on | Re: Room mic's for small audience
by Bruce Watson 1 year ago
Tim Neighbors " I'm just looking for the best solution that doesn't involve extra crew. As it is, they can't hear audience questions at all." Since this is video only, the best thing I've found is to
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| | | | | recording good audio on a panel debateby Santiago Pilgrim 2 years agoHi all, I am quoting for a project that will involved filming 3 people in a panel debate, with another individual hosting the debate. I am OK with filming this, probably have three cameras and two ope | Re: recording good audio on a panel debate
by Peter Groom 2 years ago
Do get an ISO of the main speaker ie a complete recording of his mic on its own channel not affected by the mix at all. It will be important as he is the moderator Peter Post Production Dubbing Mixer
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| | | |  | Best audio format.by Anton Malahit 2 years agoI want to download some audio tracks and have multiple settings to choose from. Main settings are frequency (44.1, 48 or 96 kHz) and bitdepth (16, 24 bits). I will use audio as background music for fi | Re: Best audio format.
by Rob Neidig 2 years ago
Antony, The general rule of thumb is that you would want the original files at the highest sample rate and bit depth that you can get. That way, if they need to be processed - equalization, compressio
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| | | | | Panasonic AW-HS50 Tallyby Richard Crowley 3 years agoArgh! I got my nice wireless tally system all running, and now I find out that my Panasonic AW-HS50 switcher interface connector appears to be DEAD. None of the inputs or outputs appear to do anything | Re: Panasonic AW-HS50 Tally
by Tom Matthies 2 years ago
Your switcher uses an open collector connection for tally so you will need to bias the connector with power to drive the transistor to conduct. See page 68 in your switcher manual. E=MC2+ -2db
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| | | | | Switcher for church IMAGby Grant Hansen 3 years agoMy Church is looking to Upgrade our Video System and expand some of our IMAG capabilities. I'm look at Blackmagic's ATEM 2m e. I'm planning for the abblity to run 8 inputs (6 cameras and 2 computers). | Re: Switcher for church IMAG
by Richard Crowley 3 years ago
IME the ATEM switchers do not have sufficiently low latency for live image mag use unless you use gen-lock cameras. Whenever I need to do live image-mag, I have to use my Panasonic AW-HS50 switcher. I
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| | | |  | New setup Atem TV Studio / Decklink Studioby Adam Kolish 3 years agoHi everyone, I had a couple questions I was hoping someone might be able to answer, as I think there might be a mistake in my setup: What I was tasked to do was design a new System for a church that h | | | | |
| | | |  | Headphones with cameraby Jack Niedenthal 3 years agoI use a Panasonic HPX 170 camera. Someone gave me some Studio Beats headphones, so I used them to plug into the camera on my last shoot to monitor the sound (using Sennheisser ew100 G3 wireless mic).  | Re: Headphones with camera
by Eric Toline 3 years ago
Short answer is do not use noise cancelling head phones, now you know why. See if you can get a pair of Sony 7506 headphones to monitor the audio from the camera. You'll hear everything you're suppose
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| | | | | Disappearing Threads?by Richard Crowley 4 years agoI have seen a few cases where a thread completely disappears under different conditions. It seems like very odd behavior to be designed that way, so I think it must be a bug For example, the thread ti | Resolved, but I can't delete this.
by Richard Crowley 4 years ago
I discovered this is because of the option to block "newbie" posts which appears to be defaulted "on". I personally think this is a bad idea because everyone was a newbie once and had to start somewhe
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| | | |  | New to Blackmagic Design ATEM questionby John Wilhelmi 4 years agoHi, I am new to Blackmagic Design and will have many questions while I learn. Linearity is not my style so I will be jumping around from model to model and software package to software package asking | | | | |
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| | | |  | Shooting in China. Power Questionby Michael McSwain 4 years agoHeaded to China next week and I'm just now realizing that I don't yet have a solution for powering my lights and charging my batteries. I'm sure the batteries isn't a problem and a standard power conv | Re: Shooting in China. Power Question
by Richard Crowley 4 years ago
Inspect the nameplates on your chargers. They may be "universal" meaning that they will operate from 100 to 240V, so you would need only a mains plug adapter. Very little modern equipment gives a fig
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| | | |  | new Blackmagic products I would like to seeby Bob Zelin 4 years agoHi - first, I too want my new Blackmagic products, like the Teranex, and Camera. So no matter what I suggest here, even if Blackmagic said "yes - we will do it" - I know that I would not see it until | | | | |
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| | | | | File: back of my DAT deckby Mary Waitrovich 4 years agojpg file photo shows inputs and outputs of DAT deck https: f1.creativecow.net 4329 back-of-my-dat-deck | Re: back of my DAT deck
by Richard Crowley 4 years ago
No, don't touch those screws! They hold in the optical connectors in place. It won't make any difference time-wise whether you do a digital or analog transfer. It may not make any difference quality-w
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| | | | | Camera and teleprompter positioningby Oliver de Morassé 5 years agoWe are shooting full body spokespersons against a green screen for e-learning videos. I have received contraditory advice, and would appreciate what you think: 1. Approximately how high should our tri | | | | |
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| | | | | ATEM TVstudio input routing??by Richard Crowley 5 years agoI have read the manual and even loaded the control software, but without the actual unit to experiment with, it is not clear exactly how the four SDI and four HDMI inputs are routed to the 6 available | Re: ATEM TVstudio input routing??
by Jeff Hartman 5 years ago
First off, this post is based on firmware revision 2.7.1, which changed some of this functionality. If you are running an earlier revision, you will want to first download this and update your system.
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| | | |  | Lighting case for airlines?by Bob Knapp 5 years agoDoes anyone have any recommendations for a hard shell case for lighting stands small tripods backdrop stands I'll need to check this on airlines. It doesn't need to me padded. I'm just looking for som | Re: Lighting case for airlines?
by Richard Crowley 5 years ago
I also went with a large golf bag case for a bunch of stands and cables. I managed to pack 95 pounds into it(!) The case was great, but the weight was a killer. On a short trip across the country, I n
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| | | | | Component video over cat 5 or 6 ?by Al Kohout 5 years agoHello...we have a Tricaster Studio (not HD)...and wish to make connections simple. I heard we can run the signal through a Balun on each end and convert to cat 5. (or cat 6 --what is difference ) Can | Re: Component video over cat 5 or 6 ?
by Richard Crowley 5 years ago
Yes, you can use an inexpensive balun to send composite or Y C or component video over Cat5 cable. Something like this... http: www.tripplite.com en products model.cfm txtModelID=4596 Depending on man
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| | | | | Welding Videoby Karen Howell 5 years agoHas anyone shot footage of welding I don't want to ruin my equipment and I am not sure of how to protect the sensor. My best guess is to shoot with the lens protected by a welder's hood (glass). My de | Re: Welding Video
by Richard Crowley 5 years ago
In addition to what Mr. Suszko said, is this just "B-roll" for something, or are you shooting instructional footage where we need to see the actual arc flame, how to move the work piece, how the metal
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