Man, am I glad I wasn't mixing this down......... at DVinfo.net

Chris Soucy · July 3rd, 2012, 11:23 PM

Tripped over this on the Huffington Post:

I can't even begin to imagine how it was done, though I doubt the vocals were taken from the shoot locations.

Anyone want to gives us amateurs a "heads up" on the way it works?

CS

Andrew Smith · July 4th, 2012, 09:35 AM

If you look around the 30sec mark, the lip synch is out. So we can tell that it has been re-vocaled or semi-synched to a studio recording. Also, I can't hear any ambience noise.

Ideal thing is to have one master recording that everyone sings or plays along to and keep perfect timing with, and then you use that to align and multi-cam edit off.

Andrew

Dave Blackhurst · July 4th, 2012, 12:33 PM

With the internet, I'd guess a "sync" track of some sort was laid down, then probably studio tracks for each of the vocalists/soloists, then a series of video shoots. Since you see several of them wearing headphones, they probably are listening to the recording while performing - sort of ADR/looping in reverse...

Collaborative efforts have become much easier with the ability to move data around efficiently, just a matter of co-ordinating the talents.

July 3rd, 2012, 11:23 PM	#1
Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,691 Images: 18	Man, am I glad I wasn't mixing this down......... Tripped over this on the Huffington Post: Born Again American on Vimeo I can't even begin to imagine how it was done, though I doubt the vocals were taken from the shoot locations. Anyone want to gives us amateurs a "heads up" on the way it works? CS

July 4th, 2012, 09:35 AM	#2
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,066	Re: Man, am I glad I wasn't mixing this down......... If you look around the 30sec mark, the lip synch is out. So we can tell that it has been re-vocaled or semi-synched to a studio recording. Also, I can't hear any ambience noise. Ideal thing is to have one master recording that everyone sings or plays along to and keep perfect timing with, and then you use that to align and multi-cam edit off. Andrew

July 4th, 2012, 12:33 PM	#3
Dave Blackhurst Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Apple Valley CA Posts: 4,874	Re: Man, am I glad I wasn't mixing this down......... With the internet, I'd guess a "sync" track of some sort was laid down, then probably studio tracks for each of the vocalists/soloists, then a series of video shoots. Since you see several of them wearing headphones, they probably are listening to the recording while performing - sort of ADR/looping in reverse... Collaborative efforts have become much easier with the ability to move data around efficiently, just a matter of co-ordinating the talents.