Interview setup -- sound issue at DVinfo.net

Jeff Nelson · March 1st, 2007, 07:31 PM

Here's a clip I shot today of a City Councilman, for an upcoming event. Bobbled the zoom a bit at the start, but I only had 2 takes, and this is the one...

Note the sound, in this somewhat "live" room (which was tiny, but the only room we could use). Anyone know of a good filter in Soundtrack Pro to take the curse off of the liveness of the room and the hollowness of the sound? Thanks.

http://www.mostlymagic.tv/demo/smith1.mov

Amr Toukhy · March 2nd, 2007, 03:24 AM

i think for a start you can use a mono track of the video,
then start from there.

Alex Milne · March 2nd, 2007, 11:24 AM

Sounds perfectly fine to me.

It's not like he's in a studio, but you can hear every word and the quality's quite good.

-Alex

Jeff Nelson · March 2nd, 2007, 12:05 PM

I played with it some, got rid of a bit of the liveness... Thanks guys.

Revised sound:

http://www.mostlymagic.tv/demo/smith.mov

Barry Goyette · March 2nd, 2007, 06:49 PM

hey jeff...it's a two-way street around here.....so what did you do to fix the problem?

(btw, it sounds really good)..

Jeff Nelson · March 2nd, 2007, 07:34 PM

Hi Barry: I used FatEQ in Soundtrack Pro, and fooled with the dials, dropped the top, punched up the bottom and it helped a lot, at least on the big speakers here. So much to that program, really need to learn how it works sometime instead of just trial and error!

Glenn Thomas · March 5th, 2007, 05:49 AM

Looks great, especially the lighting and you've done well correcting the sound. Just curious as to why you couldn't fix the audio in your editng app (FCP?), instead of having to go to Soundtrack?

Jeff Nelson · March 5th, 2007, 08:48 AM

Perhaps I could have made the same fix right in FCP, but I'm new to Mac, new to FCP, have a lot to learn there after years on Premiere Pro. That's why I took it into Soundtrack Pro, which of course I'm also learning.

March 1st, 2007, 07:31 PM	#1
Jeff Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 194	Interview setup -- sound issue Here's a clip I shot today of a City Councilman, for an upcoming event. Bobbled the zoom a bit at the start, but I only had 2 takes, and this is the one... Note the sound, in this somewhat "live" room (which was tiny, but the only room we could use). Anyone know of a good filter in Soundtrack Pro to take the curse off of the liveness of the room and the hollowness of the sound? Thanks. http://www.mostlymagic.tv/demo/smith1.mov Last edited by Jeff Nelson; March 1st, 2007 at 08:25 PM.

March 2nd, 2007, 03:24 AM	#2
Amr Toukhy Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Amman-Jordan Posts: 112	i think for a start you can use a mono track of the video, then start from there.

March 2nd, 2007, 11:24 AM	#3
Alex Milne Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Springfield, Massachusetts Posts: 63	Sounds perfectly fine to me. It's not like he's in a studio, but you can hear every word and the quality's quite good. -Alex

March 2nd, 2007, 12:05 PM	#4
Jeff Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 194	I played with it some, got rid of a bit of the liveness... Thanks guys. Revised sound: http://www.mostlymagic.tv/demo/smith.mov

March 2nd, 2007, 06:49 PM	#5
Barry Goyette Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Luis Obispo CA Posts: 1,195	hey jeff...it's a two-way street around here.....so what did you do to fix the problem? (btw, it sounds really good)..

March 2nd, 2007, 07:34 PM	#6
Jeff Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 194	Hi Barry: I used FatEQ in Soundtrack Pro, and fooled with the dials, dropped the top, punched up the bottom and it helped a lot, at least on the big speakers here. So much to that program, really need to learn how it works sometime instead of just trial and error!

March 5th, 2007, 05:49 AM	#7
Glenn Thomas Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 320	Looks great, especially the lighting and you've done well correcting the sound. Just curious as to why you couldn't fix the audio in your editng app (FCP?), instead of having to go to Soundtrack?

March 5th, 2007, 08:48 AM	#8
Jeff Nelson Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 194	Perhaps I could have made the same fix right in FCP, but I'm new to Mac, new to FCP, have a lot to learn there after years on Premiere Pro. That's why I took it into Soundtrack Pro, which of course I'm also learning.