Question about using blankets to mask out echo.
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Steve House
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You can try equalizing the hiss out or noise-reduction software like Ozone might reduce but generally you want to avoid it in the first place if possible.
What mics are you using?
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ullanta
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Steve... surprised to hear you say this! Pretty much all hypers are increasingly directional with frequency as well... the pattern is less freaky and the change of pattern smoother over the frequency range, but directionality definitely changes! Please let me know if I'm delusional!
-Barry
ullanta
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OP.. you've been at this for a while now, but you give no indication that you're spending much time at all listening to what you've recorded. Please don't take this as unfriendly or unwelcoming... but GET YOUR BUTT AWAY FROM DVXUSER and spend the time listening to everything you've recorded, keeping in mind your different setups and settings, and start developing your ears. All this talk and theory is nice as helpful guidance, but is not a replacement for learning to trust your ears. Someone asked earlier about what you had recorded so far, and you told us what someone else said. You get recommendations from amorphous people on the forum, and you say oh no now you'll have to do ADR. C'mon! Noone here is THERE, and as far as I can tell noone here has heard what you've recorded. Train yourself so you can trust yourself. Learn how to set up your equipment in a way that lets you trust what you hear. Listen, listen, listen... then come back and let us know how it's going!
Steve House
Veteran
LOL - perhaps I should have said "relatively consistent directional pattern." Yes, hypers do show some variation with frequency but nowhere near as much as interference tube shotguns where the pattern is quite directional at some frequencies but becomes almost omni at others.
MPB
Well-known member
i know you've got a lot of information to sift through, but take that part about just gaining it up in post with a grain or two of salt. your levels need to be optimized at each stage of the game, just as they do at each "node" of equipment you're using. kicking that can down the road towards post is bad juju.
MPB
Well-known member
what this guy said.
folks here have you bouncing off the walls. it's like landing a plane over the phone. you have to be able to understand what you're doing as a signal path, and what you're doing to that signal at each junction.
if you're not getting a decent level at the recorder, if your mic is in close proximity, it sounds like either your trim or record level is not quite right.
Doc Bernard
Indie Arms Member
Then let me ask you one question that may help you.
"How can they be better?" Like ullanta said, you have to evaluate your own stuff, and the first thing you have to do to do that is........... identify any issues that can be improved. And that takes listening.
Recording sounds "too open"......maybe mic placement and/or mic choice.
Handling noise..........be gentle with the boom.
Signal fades.......improper tracking of the talent.
Crackles........Wiring, lav placement
clipping out........placement, gain staging
You get the idea. The only way to really learn is to learn from your mistakes (or maybe just-could-be-better stuff). And you want to be the person to point those mistakes out.....not a client.
ullanta
Veteran
Btw, Pony, I also wanted to say as a sound guy that you are doing an admirable job of trying to get sound right while you have your hands so full of all aspects of production… we of course will push for the best sound, and talk about how things SHOULD be, and suggest things that just won't be possible in your situation… but I think we all think you deserve props for the effort you're making.
Now, go listen!
Now, go listen!