Blowing my trumpet.

farss wrote on 11/14/2013, 4:50 AM
I've mentioned this ages ago. Finally got the OK to show it off and the time to hack it together.
This is a sample of some of the audio work I did for a feature. All done with Vegas. I've "normalised" each of clips audio, that's not how they sit in the actual mix.



The first clip no sound was recorded when the video was shot so trying to time the footsteps was a challenge. In hindsight I should have continued them after she pauses, I figured by then the music would cover them.

The second two that I had to do ADR for; the first the wireless mike was faulty, the second the talent was given one word wrong in his lines. Aside from the technical aspects of setting up Vegas to make it as easy for the talent as possible the credit really belongs to him.


Bob.

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Grazie wrote on 11/14/2013, 5:33 AM
I hear your Trumpet all the way up here in London.

Great work Bob. Much for me to aspire to.

Graham

ushere wrote on 11/14/2013, 5:46 AM
bloody well done mate!
craftech wrote on 11/14/2013, 7:57 AM
Truly wonderful audio Bob. You are a credit to the industry.

Regards,

John
Kimberly wrote on 11/14/2013, 9:03 AM
Wahhhhh! I want to see the rest of the film!

Sounds is great. Now what's it called so I can find it and watch it : )
farss wrote on 11/14/2013, 2:03 PM
Unfortunately this movie is very unlikely to ever be released.
Long before I became involved it was decided that the narrative hinged on the use of a significant piece of copyright music.
Much to my surprise the copyright owners have offered the rights for a quite trivial fee however the director / producer refuses to pay even that.

Bob.
xberk wrote on 11/14/2013, 2:15 PM
I'm impressed Bob. Especially the ADR. Seamless.

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musicvid10 wrote on 11/14/2013, 9:29 PM
Audio is superb, Bob.
Too bad it's Youtube 160Kbps AAC.
You should pay the royalty and claim production rights yourself.
PeterWright wrote on 11/14/2013, 10:53 PM
That's really nice work Bob.

Less sophisticated but another testament to Vegas's audio abilities, I did a demo video for a boomerang maker and the wind noise on the lapel mic made the audio unusable. I typed a transcript of every word he'd said, and re-recorded the voice in my lounge room then synched it up in Vegas, with a new low ambient sound track of birds and traffic. Synching the speaking, I had occasionally to use Ctrl/Drag speed changes, often adjust timing using Split & Drag and even a pitch change to adjust emphasis, but it didn't take long - an hour to re-record and a morning to re-synch.


Soniclight wrote on 11/15/2013, 12:50 AM
Way to go, Brother Bob! Nice all around. Next thing you know, you'll be hiring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and/or Russel Crowe, win your Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director and... abandon us lowly outsiders here at this humble forum. But we wish you all the best in advance. ;)

farss wrote on 11/15/2013, 2:36 AM
Peter,
that's a commendable effort.

Everyone,
thanks for the kind words. I really cannot stress how much of the outcome of the ADR was due to the talent of the talent.

A couple of tips:

Even if it's only one word that needs replacing get the talent to redo the whole scene. I tried just replacing the one word and maybe a real audio guru could have made it work but it was beyond me. Replacing everything he said made it fairly simple to make it seem right.


Allow plenty of time for the talent to get "into character". There was around 4 years between when those scenes were shot and when we did the ADR. It took a lot of time for the talent to get back into the role. Letting them watch the scene as they say the words is vital.

Bob.
PeterWright wrote on 11/15/2013, 2:41 AM
Bob, one of Vegas's great functions is continuously recording takes within a selected timeline loop - I have only used it for music, but wonder if you've used it much for dialogue?
Grazie wrote on 11/15/2013, 5:28 AM
Yeah, I do the record-over with my tutorials.

G

farss wrote on 11/15/2013, 5:42 AM
[I]"Bob, one of Vegas's great functions is continuously recording takes within a selected timeline loop - I have only used it for music, but wonder if you've used it much for dialogue?"[/I]

That's exactly how I did the ADR.

I also set up mix so the talent could hear his original words, what was being recorded and a me talking into a mic in another room so we could communicate.

Bob.
PeterWright wrote on 11/15/2013, 5:52 AM
What a great set up.

What a coincidence you got good results Bob.
Former user wrote on 11/15/2013, 11:44 AM
I've never actually done this in Vegas because I've used Sonar to do it (and Sonar X3 has new comping that makes it a breeze to assemble the comps from parts of the best takes). That said, Sonar sucks a little at video, but fortunately most of the time I've only needed audio only for radio gigs. Doing it in Vegas would be much easier.

So, my question is, Vegas seems to assemble all the takes in a stacked format and then you have to assemble the take from the trimmer. Is that correct, or is there a way to take each take and put it on a separate audio track (layer) and then assemble a comp from there?

Or should I be putting this on a "features I'd like to see in Vegas" wish list. :)
Barry W. Hull wrote on 11/15/2013, 5:28 PM
Great Foley sounds Bob. There is something about the click of a girl in heels that grabs attention. Well done.