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Re: Proper audio for HDV

Posted by carlmart on 10/29/06 14:48

mmaker@my-deja.com wrote:

> If that's the case, I'd imagine that a) they have a budget large enough
> not to have to worry about the extra cost, b) it's easier to run cables
> from the mike to the DAT (or whatever) and keep it in one place rather
> than have to keep moving around with the camera and c) it's the way the
> sound recordist learnt to record sound and they have no intention of
> changing.

The film industry is certainly a very conservative one. Sound
recordists certainly have that tendency. My views are mostly a mix of
directing, producing, editing and sound recording, and I try to balance
between them in practical and quality terms.

Basically picking up the images or the sound has not changed as much as
you think. It's still a question of picking up the cleanest sound you
can get on your dialogue, so you don't have to dub it later. The tools
have become better, particularly lapel mics and radio mics, but where
to place your microphones is still basically the same as it was since
talkies came into the picture.

It's basically a question of control and organization. You control your
mic positioning & levels and organize where you will be recording. The
better you do that on location, the better you will turn out during
editing.

If you will be using your camcorder (DV, HDV, Beta, whatever) for
interviewing one person or two, there won't be much trouble. As long as
the mic is on the person/s or over it/them the pick should be fine.
Setting levels is a different matter, but limiters may protect you from
unexpected peaks.

The question I am raising is that the MPEG is just adequate, but not as
good as it could be. And you don't need that much to make it better.

You don't need an additional person or too much equipment to improve on
that. As long as you acknowledge that you can improve on it. Whether
that importance to you is 1% or .0001% or 30%, it's only a matter of
how much you want to have guaranteed as being the best you can get.

Once again: if you think HDV audio is enough for you, go for it.

 

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