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Tips on recording realistic foley

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field-recording apps productivity workflow

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The trailer voice-over “This summer, blah blah blah” (Don LaFontaine)

voice voice-over

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Showreel focusing on dialogue editing and location recording

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What do sensitivity measurements of microphones really mean?

microphone sensitivity gain output measurements

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multiple voice effect mixing

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props sound-effects library

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Dia always the same level?

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Supernatural bug sound?

bugs sound-design supernatural lfo transformer

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Processing Whooshes

whoosh sound design techniques

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Battery options for your recording rig

field-recording portable-recorder battery

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First time using a 8-track portable recorder on set

audio portable recorder first time

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Script stand ideas?

script-stands music-stands recording tonality quality

1d ago Matthew Freed Audio 401●5

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Suggestions for controlling one aspect of a mastered music track?

music equalization instruments rta fundamental

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Retaining Metadata in .aif to .wav Conversion?

metadata workflow database library soundminer

1d ago studio13 76●2

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Pushing your hydrophone to the limit

hydrophone contact-mic mic-technique

2d ago NoiseJockey 3,870●1●10

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What is your ideal EQ for editing dialogue?

adr dialogue editing techniques

2d ago tim prebble 4,086●1●7

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Need help identifying strange flutter distortion.

field-recording distortion troubleshooting

2d ago NoiseJockey 3,870●1●10

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Wireless Headphones?

wireless headphones set-up

2d ago Alana Manzoro 145●4

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How do you bill for video game sound effects?

billing money payment business

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Pro Tools HEAT?

pro-tools heat upgrade

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Backgrounds for a dead city?

bgs ambiance editing short film

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Tips for making LFE

sound design lfe ideas

2d ago Jay Jennings 5,034●4●14

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Oktava 012 & mods

microphones oktava mk-012 modification

aug 31 at 20:22 NoiseJockey 3,870●1●10

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Field Recordists - How do you protect your mics on the way to the field?

field recording cases protection microphones

aug 31 at 20:02 NoiseJockey 3,870●1●10

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nuendo 4 plugins

nuendo-4 plug-ins denoiser de-esser bug

aug 31 at 17:24 Community♦ 1●2

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What are some of your favorite voice effects?

favorite voice effect mixing

aug 31 at 16:35 ianjpalmer 2,185●1●8

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External noise in field recordings.

field-recording external noise ambient unwanted

aug 31 at 8:08 Michael Maroussas 307●6

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Question about Tree-Beard.

tree-beard lord-of-the-rings voice mix recording

aug 31 at 6:08 tim prebble 4,086●1●7

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Sound designing for an Iphone Game - approaches?

iphone mobile-phone sound-design

aug 31 at 5:51 Joe Thomas Cavers 38●4

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Polymer Film Microphone

contact-mic sound-effects-recording diy

aug 31 at 0:24 Community♦ 1●2

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Question about Avenson mic

avenson

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What are some of the oddest filenames in your library?

library file-naming

aug 30 at 11:36 Haydn Payne 446●1●5

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Do you use reaktor, Max, PD?

max-msp reaktor sound design pd

aug 30 at 6:37 Richard Lapington 51●2

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Best way to clean up plosives

mic pop editing handling fix

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What do you use to Conform to new picture cuts?

conform film picture-editing

aug 30 at 1:24 Dave Matney 794●1●7

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Improving Mp3 to Wav or AIFF

audio-restoration

aug 29 at 21:32 James Hayday 93●4

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Best quality, affordable Shotgun mic

foley field recording shotgun microphone

aug 29 at 19:52 Colin Hart 4,466●1●1●13

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Sound Design Documentation

ideas sound-design documentation

aug 29 at 19:48 studio13 76●2

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Uniqueness or quality?

poll recording choice quality

aug 29 at 18:28 ntkeep 221●3

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What is your software secret weapon?

software recommendations plug-ins sampling technique

aug 28 at 23:34 Justin Huss 1,714●2●11

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A trip down your DAW memory lane

daw experiences software hardware features

aug 28 at 16:11 Steve Urban 1,817●1●10

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Planning process - What’s your workflow?

workflow planning project-management

aug 28 at 15:49 Shaun Farley 2,075●1●7

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Organic Sound Cue Techniques

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aug 28 at 15:39 Hector Lee 51●4

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Best entry-level portable recorder

portable-recorder newbie zoom entry-level recommendations

aug 28 at 11:34 ianjpalmer 2,185●1●8

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How many jobs have you gotten from your IMDB site?

imdb site credit

aug 28 at 10:07 ianjpalmer 2,185●1●8

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