most recent 30 from http://socialsounddesign.com 2013-05-23T00:12:43Z http://socialsounddesign.com/feeds/user/3204 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/11965/zoom-h4n-gain-difference-in-onboard-mic-channels/11994#11994 Tyler 2011-12-30T17:32:32Z 2011-12-30T17:32:32Z

<p>Glad to hear I'm not the only one. This is an issue with some of the new Zoom H4n's. I had the same problem. I ran a line in of tone from my pro tools rig to confirm and as suspected, the right channel was about 3db hotter than the left. No matter what mode I was in. I took it back to where I bought it here in Canada (Long and McQuade) and they sent it out for repair. It was after the 30 days otherwise they'd probably just exchange it on the spot. I got a loner while it was out for repair, parts were replaced and it's as good as new.</p> <p>If you didn't want to send it out for repair... The new firmware update allows for independent gain control for each channel. You could always just adjust the right channel. But if it were me.. out of principal I'd get the faulty hardware fixed.</p> <p>Hope that helps.</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/11491/how-do-you-combine-boom-mic-track-with-lav-mic-track-for-best-dialog/11495#11495 Tyler 2011-11-21T14:40:57Z 2011-11-21T14:40:57Z

<p>Erik makes a very good point. More and more, mixers schedules don't permit to be choosing between sides. As an editor you should be confident in your tracks to just choose your best sounding side and go with it.</p> <p>However... There are situations that require boom and lav to make it even acceptable without looping. (Or typically getting it the best it can sound because without fail the producers/directors will want to go with the production over ADR to save the performance.) In this case, I typically use the boom and clean that up best I can. Then pull up the lav underneath and usually mod cut it to avoid any unnecessary lav/cloth noise. You need to turn your nudge value to subframes, zoom right in and nudge your lav track so the waveforms match your boom region (or clip we're calling it these days). Sometimes you'll need to audiosuite invert the lav region if your waveforms don't match. Use your ears. If it sounds phasey, maybe you need to shift it another subframe in one direction of the other. Then I usually volume graph between the two sides to find a good mix between the two.</p> <p>This can be a bit tedious (especially for a long scene) but it can sometimes save a scene from being looped. If you wanted to take it a step further and were concerned the mixer might drop a side you could always bounce down that shot and lay it in as a mixdown but move the original to tracks a strip track that gets carried along with the mix so the mixer always can go into the original if they need to. Grab handles or whatever.</p> <p>Everyone is different but that's my 2¢</p>