Engineer, Programmer, Producer, Musician Member Since: May 20th 2009 Friends:  Ty Ford | | | | |  | Voice recording while walkingby Gennady Gaidukevich 1 day agoHello everybody, I want to start making pickup prank videos like this one https: www.youtube.com watch v=Mj_Qx0Lhwlk and I ve some questions. 1) I like ZOOM H1, I like how it records sound in loud env | Re: Voice recording while walking
by Richard Crowley 27 minutes ago
As Mr. Ford and Mr. Watson have said, the closer you can get the microphone to the subjects' mouths , the better you will be for selectively capturing the dialog over the ambient noise. If you want a
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| | | |  | A boom pole advice, pleaseby Adriano Castaldini 4 days agoHi everyone, First of all I know NOTHING about boompoles, but I suppose I will need one (I probably said something similar about women years ago... but this is another story!) I have two very basic qu+1 | Re: A boom pole advice, please
by Richard Crowley 2 days ago
Yes, assuming that whatever is driving them can deliver a good sound level into 250 ohms. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recording audio without mete
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| | | |  | wireless system at schoolby Khac Hai 1 month agoI have to show my idiot card here as I'm a studio guy and don't really have the experience with wireless systems that most of you do. My parents are administrators at a large school in Indonesia (Only | Re: wireless system at school
by Din noor 1 month ago
Hi There, I ll suggest go to Singapore next week for Broadcast Asia show and talk to some manufacturers exhibiting. http: www.broadcast-asia.com about-broadcastasia the-event be calm & patience.
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| | | |  | Learning audioby Wesley Harrison 2 months agoHello audio professionals, I recently bought an AT4053b and a Tascam DR-60D. I have some experience with low end shotgun mics and simple recorders. I'm looking for some resources to learn how to bette | Re: Learning audio
by Bruce Watson 2 months ago
Jay Rose's book Producing Great Sound for Film & Video pops into mind. Covers all the bases and then some.
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| | | |  | Portable recorder for outdoor interviewsby Danny Kane 4 months agoAudio noob here. I need advice on a portable audio recorder that I can use for an interview-based show that will be taking place mostly outdoors. The types of locations I'll be at will have a fair amo | | | | |
| | | |  | time code generatorby Craig Alan 4 months agoWould like to start using gen lock and timecode sync for multicam shoots. Not quite getting the chain of connections. I will have 2-3 camcorders with gen lock and timecode sdi bnc. I'm planning to buy | Re: time code generator
by Brian Reynolds 4 months ago
Timecode and Gunlock are 2 TOTALLY different things..... Timecode is a 'number stamp' on each frame of media (just like the old 35mm film) the numbers are 'normally' 24hr clock time in hrs minutes sec
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| | | | | Audio Setup Adviceby Dan Sudkamp 5 months agoHello all, I'm looking for some advice on audio setup for a production this week with some budget-related hurdles. The production is a Q&A session between an off-camera adult and 3-4 on-camera grade s | Re: Audio Setup Advice
by Steve Kownacki 5 months ago
What type of camera are you using Something with decent audio XLR My first choice would be to LAV each student and feed the H4n's and send the adult's audio to the camera. Editing would be clean with
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| | | |  | Silly concept BMDby Dan Powers 7 months agoThe fact that you cannot record audio only with any BMD product is stupidity. Buy a $2000 device and it requires you to have a video input connected and must also record the video is an unfathomable d+1 | Re: Silly concept BMD
by Richard Crowley 7 months ago
It is also very disappointing that products like the "H.264 Pro Recorder" do not support injecting analog (or AES) audio into on SDI or HDMI video stream. It has analog digital audio inputs, but they
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| | | | | Is ATEM 1M/E discontinued?by Richard Crowley 8 months agoI don't see ATEM 1M E on the BMD website products page anymore. Does that mean they are discontinuing it I see: ATEM 2 M E Broadcast Studio 4K ATEM Production Studio 4K ATEM Television Studio ATEM Cam | Re: Is ATEM 1M/E discontinued?
by Gary Adams 8 months ago
Hello Richard. The 4K ATEMs are grouped under the Production Studio 4K link. They may be found here: https: www.blackmagicdesign.com products atem Sorry for the confusion. Regards, Gary Gary Adams Sr
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| | | | | Ty Ford 9 months ago
Thanks for your great help to Gami! | | | | |
| | | | | Testing for Edit function????by Richard Crowley 10 months 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 10 months 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 11 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 | | | | |
| | | | | Recording audio on a boat out at seaby Tarik Fouda 12 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 12 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 | | | | |
| | | | | 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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| | | |  | Lighting case for airlines?by Bob Knapp 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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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| | | | | Confidence Monitor TV Systemby Steven Kramer 6 years agoI have been asked to figure out a confidence monitor system for our speakers. What we would like to be able to do is display the powerpoint media and a countdown timer of some sorts on the TV. What I | Re: Confidence Monitor TV System
by Richard Crowley 6 years ago
I wrote a countdown timer app many years ago that many people have found useful. I most recently used it a couple weeks ago and put the numbers into a smaller window in the corner overlaying the prese
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| | | | | VHS/ Sync questionby Chris Cea 6 years agoHI all, I was looking to find out if a sync generator was necessary when capturing from VHS using a Decklink HD Extreme 3D card in a MAC PRO. Here's my situation... I am capturing S video out of a SON | Re: VHS/ Sync question
by Richard Crowley 6 years ago
I would FIRST try capturing for an hour from some OTHER source to establish WHERE the problem is. Since the audio and video are literally, physically locked together on the tape, I can't see how that
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| | | | | 3 phase or 2 phase??by Ralph Stewart 6 years agoHi there, I've had a question from a client about whether my lights are 3 phase or 2 phase as the venue does not allow 3 phase. I use 800 watt Ianiro redheads. Does anyone know what phase they might b | | | | |
| | | |  | Strange Picture Out of Studio Camerasby Andrew Morales 6 years agoOk so the group I work with received Sony DXC-M7 cameras and their control boxes. When we connect them to our very cheap (almost useless) switcher, on our preview screens they look fine. However, once | | | | |
| | | |  | Echolab 5700 rebuildby Don Altenburger 6 years agoI work for a school district and have only been there less then a year. We're using a Echolab 5700 switcher for our events, but it gave up the ghost. Turns out it was only the PC portion that died, so+1 | | | | |
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