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Fieldmixer / Recorder combo suggestions?

With the SoundDevices 552 and the anounced AETA 4minX the industry is providing us with some really great gear. Having both a professional mixer and a recorder in one device is awesome! Are there more of these devices out there? I know of the Nagra…
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Divergence in Surround

I was wondering if anybody is using divergence while mixing in 5.1. I have mixed 10 feature films in 5.1, but I have never used divergence when panning. At first I didn't use it because I was afraid it would mess with the 2.0 version. But I'm not…
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Reference movies for dialog panning

Hi, I'm about to start mix on a feature film, where I'm planning to pan the dialog throughout the film. A couple of years ago I did a film which was shot entirely as a POV. It was a very rough film, and I ended up panning all of the dialog all the…
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Decreasing the pace of footsteps once they've been added (in Pro Tools)

Working on a project where there are quite a few off screen footsteps (2 pairs of feet) going on which I've painstakingly cut into Pro Tools. The director would now like them paced a bit slower and was wondering if there was a simple/easier way of…
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How Did They Do That?? Vol. 2: Ghostbusters “proton pack”

Following on from Jay Jennings' post, How Did They Do That?? Vol. 1: The Predator “clicks”, I thought I'd carry on the series with another classic, iconic sound - the Ghostbusters Proton Pack powering up. If anyone knows how it was done, please…
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How to tackle long hours of boom operation?

If I am supposed to do long hours of boom operation in interviews, is there any technique to tackle the situation so that i can conserve my energy for the rest of the shoot.
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The future in sound design and plug-in technologies

What does the future hold for sound design and plug-in technologies? I see 3d audio plugins being released and becoming usable and affordable. What else does everyone see, if you still have your crystal balls in almost 2011? What would you like to…
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How do you stay original?

Seems like it's all been done before… What do you do to create your own style/voice/signature? How do you avoid (or embrace) the clichéd and the tried-but-true approaches to give the impression of something new and original? Do you find technology…
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Recording from Behringer X32 into Reaper captures only inputs, not channel outputs

I'm currently tasked with recording our school's musicals using a Behringer X32 digital mixer and Reaper as my recording software. However, I've encountered an issue where the recordings only capture the individual inputs from the X32, rather than…
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Determine whether Dolby Atmos file is channel-based

So I'm a bit confused over this. It seems like Dolby Atmos formats (e.g. AC4, eac3) are advertised as object based and thus can adapt to the listening environment/setup, but from experimenting with some files I downloaded it seems like they are in…
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Do you do long takes or short takes when recording SFX?

When you go out to do a recording session of something you control like dropping rocks, do you press record say take one "dropping rocks", then drop the rocks, press stop. Or do you keep recording and cut up the takes later when editing? I tend to…
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Specs of "common" sound level scale

There is a very common decibel-based sound level scale that I see casually tossed around all over the place with 0dB often described as "the threshold of human hearing" and typical non-specific entries like this: 30dB: Whisper 60dB: Normal…
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Sound quality recording question

How do I know if a sound recording sounds clear or not(if what is being said can be understood)? I understand my sound recordings, but other people can't, they say i have bad recording quality since they can't understand what is being said. Is there…
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Getting good result with sox pitch command

I am trying to transpose a sample across several octaves so I have a sample library of, in this case, someone singing "doo". I recorded a sample in the middle of the range, and bulk transposed this to all the other relevant pitches using the sox…
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Best animal to record?

Animals can be a great source for sound design with the great variety of calls, movement, breathing etc. But what has been your favourite animal to record or is there an animal you just keep going back to for sound design? Or do you just stick with…
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