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Showreel Mixing Levels and General Portfolio Advice
Hi,
Over the past couple of months I've been putting together a portfolio of sound design projects (http://flavors.me/mritterp) to try and get some work on short student films and …
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5answers
285 views
Am I in the wrong? - mixing help!
Hello everyone,
I am a soon to be graduate from BA Film.
For my final year I have decided to work as a sound designer (my second year I did this as I have a musical background an …
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3answers
94 views
How to set levels of camera to the mixer?
Hey guys,
I have a Azden fmx-22 mixer that I will connect a NTG-2 to and from there it will go into a Panasonic HDC Z10000 camera.
How do I set the levels of the camera to the m …
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1answer
132 views
Radio advert project
I have a radio project due in a week and a half's time. I have recorded the dialogue at 44.1, 32 bit. I would just like to know what the radio broadcast level is?
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3answers
239 views
How do I keep sound levels consistent when editing?
I've recently begun doing a lot of editing, and I'm having problems keeping the levels of the different parts consistent. Were talking usually about 20 minutes of video for which I …
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5answers
464 views
Normalization in Field Recording and Sound Design.
Hey guys,
I guess I'm a little confused about the use of Normalization in Field and FX recordings. I just read Rick Viers book "The Sound FX Bible" and he briefly mentions the use …
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1answer
104 views
Repair of 320 kbps MP3 file recorded accidentally at maximum manual recording level setting
Question,
The Auto Level Control Slide Selector switch was accidendally bumped from Auto to Manual Recording Level Mode.
The manual level thumb dial was at 10. On playback the t …
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2answers
174 views
Target Level for Bed Music?
Putting the final touches on a 2-hour documentary project - complete sound re-design, nat sound, variant dialog, and a primarily orchestral score....etc, etc.
I will admit, this i …
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2answers
668 views
MixPre-D into Sony PCM M10 - Low Line-in Level Problem
Hi Guys,
I record interviews for radio. I just bought a MixPre-D, a Sony PCM M10, and a BeyerDynamic M58.
I'm finding that I can't get good recorded levels going from [MixPre-D …
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9answers
4k views
Mixing for Television
I just mixed a commercial for TV and saw it air against other commercials and is it just me or is all TV audio smashed to hell with an L2?
I mean, come on...
My mix was smooth an …
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5answers
474 views
loudness metering
Been asked at work to mix to a loudness reading aswell/rather than ppm. I think the UK are switching over to this it seems.
Have any of you used these before?
which do you recom …
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2answers
264 views
Mixing trailers for the internet
Hi All, I'm a long time lurker, first time poster, so thanks for all the great advice I've absorbed from you all already.
I'm designing / mixing some trailers specifically for the …
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3answers
546 views
What is an acceptable noise floor for recording foley in a quiet room
Recording some foley mostly backpack movements and chair sitting downs and ups in (any wild ideas out there other than mimicking the real thing?
Anyways, my noise floor is -50.5 d …
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7answers
816 views
Outdoor Recording Level Recommendations
What kind of level do you think would be best for recording sounds outdoors?
Do I want to aim to leave my preamps at unity and then level up in PT if necessary, or record everythin …
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6answers
3k views
TV Broadcast Levels
I just mixed a documentary for TV broadcast and the clients told me that it should not peak higher than -6db and the reference tones should be at -12db. I did just that but then wh …