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snatty
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 Posted - Thu Aug 14, 2003 9:06 am |
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Hi all,I'm new to the software and to the forum.I need some advice 'cause I filmed a live piano concert with microphone in a bad position (over the piano) so I have a very high volume level,vibrations and noise.Can someone give me some advice about software settings to make a better audio?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my poor english,
Maurizio.
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didj
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| Posted - Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:38 pm |
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Yeesh....
I'd guess that there's a good chance that you're screwed.
If it's clipped because of the high volume you could use the click/pop and/or the clip restoration tools. I've had some success with this but not for really distorted tracks.
I once tried to 'fix' a guitar track that was recorded live and the levels to tape were actually good but the spl in front of the speaker was so high that the diaphram of the mic was bottoming out. What a horrible sound. The clip restore feature got some of it and some of the worst parts I fixed by redrawing the waveform. This was taking way too long though, and I ended up just mixing down the track at the worst parts and using the bleed from another track to compensate.
You could get ahold of the performer and have him/her do it again while you record it properly. Then do some editing to sync it with your video.
If there were other cameras there may be someone else who got a good audio track that you could beg.
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didj
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| Posted - Thu Aug 14, 2003 1:42 pm |
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PS, I used to shoot a lot of BetaSP and the sound guy would always record the second track -3db lower than the first just as a safety track. Too late for you probably but may be helpful in the future.
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SteveG
Location: United Kingdom
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| Posted - Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:39 pm |
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| didj wrote: | | PS, I used to shoot a lot of BetaSP and the sound guy would always record the second track -3db lower than the first just as a safety track. Too late for you probably but may be helpful in the future. |
Yeah, we used to do that - still do with minidisc recorders used for interviews with a single mic. But we don't drop 3dB, we drop 10dB - this seems to be a much better compromise for this sort of screw-up.
But snatty - didj is right; you're screwed here. And pianos are a pretty bad thing to over-record - they really do sound dreadful, whatever you do.
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