--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jan McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good question, good answer. Double system sound is always possible. "Double > System" is what you call it when you record audio separately from the motion > pictures. > > An easier solution to synching by eye and ear is to clap your hands > somewhere during each take (at the head of the take is typical). > > Then you have a visual reference - the exact frame where the hands meet - > and an audio reference you will be able to see in the visual representation > of the sound file. Line both of those moments up at the playhead and you're > synched.
+1. This is the best way to do it, with a visual and audio sync cue. The only thing I would add is that along with your clap, you need to add a verbal statement that indicates which take this is: <clap> "take 5" [play] <clap> "take 6" [play] <clap> "take 7 pickup" [play] Without the extended verbal indications, especially with music, it's tough to tell whether you are matching the right take or not. If every take is <clap><pause><music> then you might match somthing and find out it's the wrong take and then have to match it again. With on-screen verbal indication, as soon as it passes the clap, if your words don't match your mouth, you know to change it immediately. Also, if you're searching for the audio to match a video take that you know, for instance, is take 5, it saves you time because you scrub to where you actually SAY "take 5" and then sync with the clap that's associated with that take. > I've heard of folks doing a down-and-dirty double system by outfitting each > talking (or singing) individual with a portable recorder (like a mini-disk) > and lav mic, and synching it in post. Problem with that is, you don't have > an ear anywhere to listen to how the sound recording is going, so you take > your chances. > > Jan That's important also. You always want to monitor audio that you're recording. If you attach a lav to someone's tie and then they keep messing with it or shifting their suit lapel, they might be making brushing noises that you can't hear at all through the air, but are obvious and incredibly annoying (and unprofessional) if you're monitoring through headphones. In that case, you need to stop the take, inform the subject what they need to stop doing and record again until you get a 'perfectly' clean take that you can actually use in post. -- Bill C. http://BillCammack.com > On 4/9/07, Phil Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > hi videobloggers, > > > > over the weekend i got to wondering if it's possible to create a > > clear > > sounding music video using a $30 webcam. i discovered that it's possible > > to do > > so, although it takes a few extra steps. > > > > i've detailed my experiments at http://tinyurl.com/27afe4 > > > > phil shapiro > > washington dc > > > > > > > > -- > > Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro > > http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com > > http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html > > > > "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates > > "Learning happens through gentleness." > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Faux Press - better than real > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > http://twitter.com/fauxpress > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
