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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …

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