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Posted by Ty Ford on 11/01/06 14:29
On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 08:35:27 -0500, Richard Crowley wrote
(in article <12kh8l3gvnc4u43@corp.supernews.com>):
> "Martin Heffels" wrote ...
>> "carlmart" wrote:
>>> ADR should be used only in cases where the place was noisy or things
>>> like that. Not many can afford the luxury of dubbing the whole
>>> dialogue, certainly not low budget productions.
>>
>> I know. The major Hollywood-movies have the budget for that, and
>> that's why
>> they sound so good re. dialogue-wise.
>
> And it has raised our expectations so that location sound
> doesn't sound "right" anymore. I've been watching the DVD
> collection of the first season of "Numb3rs" and it sounds
> very much like everything is location sound. To the point
> where you have to listen carefully to hear some of the
> dialog. Almost sounds like they mixed it with headphones
> and never screened it in a dubbing theatre. I would have
> mixed the dialog tracks up a bit.
>
>> I can't imagine Sony et al cheap-skating on the sound,
>
> I can. I don't think the Sony video people and the Sony
> audio people have ever even met. They certainly don't
> seem to talk to each other. Even the Sony consumer
> video people and the pro video people don't seem to
> know each other.
>
This is very true. Sony is a really big company with many departments. To
their credit, they do make some very nice audio stuff.
OTOH, mono-only headphone feeds from digibeta cameras and the distortion in
those headphone feeds are well documented. F900 noise and dropout as well.
Betacam SP headphone audio for location sound is also pretty atrocious.
It's easy to take shots at the big guys, though. I'm sure other camera makers
have their issues with camera sound.
Regardsless of the maker, HDV is a product to fit a price point. Something
has to be sacrificed and as was said, they also have to protect their better
stuff.
Regards,
Ty Ford
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com
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