Hi,
I am a regular over at the Vegas Video forum but this time I thought I'd have a better chance of getting help here.
This past weekend we shot a benefit concert (Michael Martin Murphey with an orchestra). I ran a stereo pair (XLR connections) into one camera to pick up ambience; doesn't sound awful but they were placed in the back (and sounds like it). I also got a stereo line feed from the board (XLR balanced). There was hardly time to set up and found out that I was only receiving one channel (not a big deal though since he was running mono anyway).
Anyway, to be safe, I adjusted the signal to peak at about -20 db. It seems the signal was too hot from him as the wave form doesn't look clipped ( no squared off tops) but it sounds clipped at times. I took it into Sound Forge and (of course) "clipped peak restorage" didn't help but the "click and crack removal" helped somewhat but still doesn't sound good. I'm wondering if one of you guys might be able to sweeten it up a bit.
The plan is to have it aired on CMT, a local CBS affiliate (KFDA Amarillo,TX) and PBS. If the audio can't be fixed I may have to scrap it.
If you can help I could give you a special thanks in the credits and send you a copy on DVD.
If you'd like to give it a shot please email randy( at )crystalclearnm.com and I'll send a short .wav and we can go from there.
TIA,
Randy
I am a regular over at the Vegas Video forum but this time I thought I'd have a better chance of getting help here.
This past weekend we shot a benefit concert (Michael Martin Murphey with an orchestra). I ran a stereo pair (XLR connections) into one camera to pick up ambience; doesn't sound awful but they were placed in the back (and sounds like it). I also got a stereo line feed from the board (XLR balanced). There was hardly time to set up and found out that I was only receiving one channel (not a big deal though since he was running mono anyway).
Anyway, to be safe, I adjusted the signal to peak at about -20 db. It seems the signal was too hot from him as the wave form doesn't look clipped ( no squared off tops) but it sounds clipped at times. I took it into Sound Forge and (of course) "clipped peak restorage" didn't help but the "click and crack removal" helped somewhat but still doesn't sound good. I'm wondering if one of you guys might be able to sweeten it up a bit.
The plan is to have it aired on CMT, a local CBS affiliate (KFDA Amarillo,TX) and PBS. If the audio can't be fixed I may have to scrap it.
If you can help I could give you a special thanks in the credits and send you a copy on DVD.
If you'd like to give it a shot please email randy( at )crystalclearnm.com and I'll send a short .wav and we can go from there.
TIA,
Randy