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Smashing a car windshield

Tomorrow I'll be micing the interior of this beat-up car where the windshield is going to be smashed in with a golf club by the main character. I was thinking about micing the interior with an sm57 and maybe a pencil condenser. From the outside I…
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Using a expander for noise reduction, Yes or No

When I found out that I had gone through a 20 min short dialogue editing using an expander instead of a gate, I immediately went back and switched it all to gate and went back through the project. Upon going back through, I am confronted with this…
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How many of you went to school for sound?

I was curious how many of you went to school (and where about if so) and how many of you picked up your craft in another way (how so?). Cheers!
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Rechargable Batteries for Radio mics

Hi, I am interested in finding out peoples experiences with using rechargeable batteries in radio mics. In the past, I have always used fresh Duracell's with back-up's simply because I didn't want to find myself without full power. Now, with all…
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Sounds in Surround

I'm straying a bit from strict sound design, but I really admire everyone's expansive knowledge of all things audio and would love to hear people's experiences with how their sounds end up in the mix. I'm starting a mix in 5.1 surround that is very…
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How do you thank somebody for letting you record their stuff?

This question may seem rather stupid, but I wonder how do you thank people for letting you record at their place or their stuff. Some days ago I came by a local scrapeyard and asked the guy in charge if I could record some stuff they had there. He…
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Advice for a beginner. (I know, I know..)

Sorry for another newbie thread, guys. I've read other threads with similar questions but couldn't seem to find exactly what I was looking for, so here goes: I've wanted to work in film post/sound design/sound fx since I was very young and am now…
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WTF? Zoom h4n rattle.

So, my Rycote kit just showed up so I excitedly pulled out my h4n and connected everything, only to discover one annoying -- and apparently common from the factory -- thing about my h4n: the record button and the stamina switch rattle when I shake…
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Starting before picture lock

I just jumped on-board to do the sound design for this 30min short. The director has asked me to gather SFX, ambiences, etc. before the picture is locked. This is my first big project. Is a movie file with a timecode necessary before picture lock if…
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Building Ambiences From Scratch

I'm wondering if any of you guys have any tips or tricks for creating realistic ambiences from scratch, i.e. without using any pre-recorded material. I'm working on a radio drama set in a lunar space station, so it's going to be all air-filtration…
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Where's Wilhelm?

I've said it before, and I'll probably say it again: I kind of hate the Wilhelm Scream. It's overused, to the point that people with absolutely no knowledge of who Ben Burtt is can recognize it -- and when you hear it, it ALWAYS takes you out of…
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Earbud recommendations?

I was doing some research on a nice set of in-ear buds mostly for iPod use. Thought I'd start here. I had some shures that were pretty nice, but they broke (cable separated from bud) a while back and I am sick of my Apple buds. $150-250 price…
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How important is a stereo microphone when starting out?

Hello. Sorry for the noob question. I recently put up a post on here about the equipment I want to buy as a starter package. I want to start a small sound effects label with professional sounding sounds. I know (and believe) I can do this if my…
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Microphone test drive

I have been looking at expanding my mic collection and I am thinking about buying a Sanken CSS-5. I will be renting one for a few days soon to test it out. Does anyone have any go to things they always record when trying out a new mic? I don't…
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Client asking for sound files

A client has recently asked me to send them each individual sound from the short I just worked on. They said it was just in case they have to change something later on. Is this normal protocol or would they normally come back to you and ask you to…
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