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Audioon 1/29/2005
Problem with Snapping
Turn Ripple Edit off. Ripple edit does exactly that, it keeps everything in relation to each other after edits. Also, not related to this, turn off Quantize to frames if it's on. MJ
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Videoon 1/27/2005
Adjusting audio channels independently
Why the aversion to one extra audio track? Audio projects regularly have between 8 and 40 audio tracks. Even a small audio project (4 pc. band) is going to have at least 5 tracks for drums, one track for bass, one for keys, one for guitar and one each for each vocal. That's at least 10 tracks with plugs in each and several busses. My point is only that just because you're doing a video project doesn't mean you have to fear adding audio tracks. You'd certainly add another video track without hesitation if need be. If the idea of having a L & R track for a stereo track is uncomfortable, simply make the necessary adjustments then Render to a new stereo track. Oh, I should have added in my first post to pan each track hard left and right accordingly and you will probably want to right-click the pan faders > Constant power. MJ
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Videoon 1/27/2005
Adjusting audio channels independently
Do I then GROUP the duplicate track to keep it in sync with the other two (video and orig audio) tracks? That would be a good idea. Grazie you must be talking about at the buss level unless V5 has this at the track level (I use V4). Doing this at the buss level may be fine if you only have one audio track or you insert a separate buss for the given stereo track but with multiple tracks this method would get messy. MJ
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Videoon 1/27/2005
Adjusting audio channels independently
Right-click on the existing audio track's header > Duplicate Track. Right-click on one of the track's audio event (Select events to end if not a single event) > Channels > Left only. On the other select Right only. MJ
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Audioon 1/24/2005
Need audio scrubbing effect in video
Instead of using the Velocity envelope, you can Group the audio and video then Ctl + Drag the edge of the events to slow them down together. MJ
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Videoon 1/18/2005
Totally OT -- Too scary & too true!
I DID NOT bring it up. It was brought up prior to my post in this thread and I stood back in the "randy" thread. In other words, the Federal Government is not allowed to establish a State Religion Exactly, I cropped your additional "language", that's what I said from the beginning but we have common ground here save your additional personal interpretation. The Ten Commandments posted in a school does not establish a State religion and prevent others from practicing any religion they want to as there is no Federal law that states that you must follow/believe in or even read the Ten Commandments or face prosecution by the Federal Government Language again, it is sponsored by the state here, state building, state dollars implying this religion is "the best/only religion". In short, state endorsed. Forced? That's language again... I may not force you to like me sleeping with your wife but if she constantly subjects you to my being with her as natural, depending on her ability to persuade and your age and dispositiion, you may in time agree. The point is propaganda has it's affects. Including the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge does not establish a State religion Language again... no it doesn't "establish", it implies state endorsement. Again you like that "force" language. Thoughtful people certainly realize subtle coercion is far more affective especially on young susceptible minds. A small town putting up a Nativity Scene during Christmas does not establish a State religion If it's paid for with the town's tax dollars and placed on public property, yes it does. What these types of scenarios actually represent is the individual religious expression of a majority of the populous of whatever is involved (i.e. school district, small town, The US as a whole) As long as that expression does not translate into written law forcing others to follow their own practices, then there is no Constitutional breach That's wrong and not the point. Until all other religions are represented with the same vigor on all state levels... NO religion should be represented in government for that very reason. Again, you are twisting the language to benefit your point of view. This is exactly the problem. in this country, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Native American etc. people have endured Christian beliefs year after year. Is that fair? Would Christians be happy with say, Muslim doctrine in our courts, schools, on our currency, Pledge Of Allegiance etc. paid for by tax dollars state endorsed even though no-one is actually forced by law to love it? The Forefathers were protecting citizens from having their rights and freedoms taken by the majority EXACTLY! What if Hebrews, Muslims, Satanists etc. were the majority instead of Christians, would Christians be so enthusiastic for not their "God" in government? That's exactly the point. NO religion can be state sponsored for that very reason. Religion's place is in the home and church, not government. They were NOT ensuring that no one shall ever be offended by the majority. Offended isn't the issue but I somehow believe if the tables were turned it would be. And despite what was previously posted, our Forefathers were EXTREMELY religious people Some were, some weren't for example Benjamen Franklin, probably the most significant of our country's architects, was an atheist. I'll leave the remainder of your post un-addressed. I have no intention of attacking anyone's intelligence. I only wanted to counterpoint the common "In God We Trust, Under God" etc. flaunts made in this thread and others. By the way, though I said previously I was raised as a devout Catholic, that was many years before I did my own exploration... I too am agnostic but that's irrelevant to the issue.. If you are such a "strict' Constitutionalist, your interpretation is very different than mine. MJ
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Audioon 1/18/2005
audio bleeps from .vf to .veg file
Sounds like you have something in Demo mode (plugin). MJ
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Audioon 1/18/2005
What's the status of Vegas these days?
.Net is required for Vegas' scripting, it's going to be more and more necessary for other programs as well. As for the "logging in", go to Users in Control Panel and delete the user with the name you don't recognize. I forgot what it is now, it's been some time but it should be obvious. MJ
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Videoon 1/16/2005
record multi track audio with video?
Your sync most likely will be off between your multi track audio recording and your cam's capture. Load your cam's capture in your audio project. If it's not in sync, stretch/shrink (Ctl + drag the end) the video to match the audio. Video is much more forgiving than audio. That's as specific as I can be given your details. MJ
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Videoon 1/16/2005
Echo firewire audio
Pro soundcards don't usually have analog connectors. This is not a problem however as WMP/WinAmp/Sonic Foundry SIREN have digital functionality. This is much more efficient. I can vouch for this in the PCI realm, whether it works via firewire/USB I can't support. MJ
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Videoon 1/15/2005
record multi track audio with video?
Yup, many methods. Good is relative to your budget and gear. How about being much more specific? MJ
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Videoon 1/15/2005
Totally OT -- Too scary & too true!
Separation of Church and State per our (U.S.) first amendment, often interpreted as Freedom of Religion, also means Freedom FROM Religion, anyone's religion, mine, yours or anyone's. It states the Government shall endorse NO religion. Why? Because the Church of England was fresh in our brilliant Fore Father's minds. They saw and experienced the detriments of religion in government. Another aspect of it is, just as you learned in elementary school, if we allow one to do it then we must allow all to do it. If we have the Ten Commandments and other Christian elements in government buildings then how dare we not have doctrines from every other religion in government buildings. We are a diverse country. In God We Trust was added to our currency post Civil War, right at 100 years after our Fore Fathers constructed the Constitution/Bill of Rights. Under God was added to the pledge of allegiance in the 1950s, almost 200 years after our Declaration Of Independence. Our Fore Fathers had NOTHING to do with any of "God" stuff contrary to what many "Christian" advocates like to pronounce. They knew what was best, they were truly visionists. It still works amazingly well today. We can have NO religion in our government, as I said, even if it's mine. We have many religions in America, who the heck does anyone that thinks their God shall be THE God think they are? The last election's exit polls suggested the deciding factor was "values", huh? As if the current administration has displayed they have any morals at all... even if they did, our Fore Fathers certainly weren't about legislating morality. This religious thing has gotten under my skin in the last 10 years, I've got Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, Evangelicals, Baptists and some I've forgotten knocking at my door, my home! They call on my phone, they stand outside my grocery store attempting to enlist me in "their" way. My brother married a Unitarian, he converted. I was baptized, received my first Communion, Confirmed, was an Alter-boy for smurfs sake, his 14 year old daughter informed me recently I wasn't a Christian! I did point her to links in Encarta defining "Christian". It had no effect. While the Catholic religion is guilty of countless atrocities through history, that aside, it was actually the first Christian religion. I've had it with this. We even vote for religion lately. This is not the way our Fore Father's intended it. Our Fore Fathers intended for government to be devoid of religion. Why do people feel they must impose their religion on others? I don't care if someone says Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas to me. What's the big deal? I have no intention of forcing, even encouraging anyone to believe my way, I want the same in return. Oh, by the way... God and Religion are two VERY different things. Another thing, the ACLU defended the neo conservative's boy Limbaugh when he was guilty of illegal drug addiction as he spewed his slime. It's this knee jerk reaction thought process, blindly followed, eroding our freedoms, not at all intended by this country's builders, that leads us down the path to destruction. All that righteousness of our Fore Fathers I mentioned above aside, as great as this nation is, it's not/hasn't been perfect. We were slave holders, we committed insurmountable atrocities to the Native Americans, "The Domino Effect", Iraq, etc. etc etc. Those that blindly follow "Government" are doomed. Just ask the Romans or those that followed the Nazis. "We The People" must be very skeptical of those "humans" that have "our best interest" at heart. MJ
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Audioon 1/15/2005
How to in ..Vegas Audio 2?
Your not doing anything wrong, that's the way Vegas records multiple takes for punch-ins etc. For what you are trying to do, copy that same loop region and use Edit > Paste Repeat to a separate track. You can then either delete or mute the original. Turn off the loop button. Now you can record linearly right along side your source material. MJ
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Videoon 1/14/2005
Can Vegas do text / video viewporting?
I certainly agree Spot but since this is the Video forum and a video question, I was talking NLE terms here... gag, did I say that? Yes, I'd love to toss Sonar but if and until... Vegas adds MIDI functionality, it can't compete in the strictly DAW realm, then again we're talking NLE here I thought (darn I said it again). MJ
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Videoon 1/14/2005
Can Vegas do text / video viewporting?
Add to that, since you're intending to music vids (or even if not really) Vegas has no rivals on the audio side. Vegas was born as a MTR (Multi Track Recorder). MJ
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Videoon 1/14/2005
Another idea for Vegas 6
Ah, might offer another work flow approach? Only use Apply non real time event FX as a last resort. For example you're reaching you're system's limit with the project etc. Even then, I seldom have to resort to using non real time event FX if ever. If I want to apply an FX to only one event I simply put the event in another track and use real time FX. If my project is staggering my system, and that's rare with more than 20 audio tracks, at least 3 plugins in each track and numerous FX in busses consistently I'll render some tracks to new tracks and mute the originals. My most common reason for rendering to a new track is for tracks I want to use Acoustic Mirror on as it doesn't run with ASIO drivers or I want to create a stem of the drum tracks. But in all cases I keep the original tracks and mute them so northing's lost as far as FX settings. You could take it a step further if you like. Render all your tracks using real time FX to new tracks, delete all the original tracks and save the project as another name. Veg files are small and you would have a .veg with all the original tracks and FX settings and one with all the rendered tracks. Avoid destructive editing if at all possible and if you can't, leave a trail ;-) MJ
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Videoon 1/14/2005
Audio event fade curve default
This has been a topic of discussion over on the Audio Forum often. When loading or recording lots of audio tracks and/or lots of audio events, the "one at a time" method is more than tedious. Even Shift/Ctl + Clicking would be a major improvement. The best option to this point is the CurveTypesSmooth script. MJ
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Videoon 1/12/2005
trimmerism - should it be legalised?
Up until recently I had limited use for the Trimmer. I now have a new found respect for it. My Dad just got a DV cam, (TRV-260). He's in his 70's if that matters. He had footage that he wanted me to edit. Needless to say he doesn't respect the fact that "movie" means objects should move in front of a stationary lens, rather than the cam should move. He was very (kindly) exuberant with panning and zooming. Ahhhhhugh! All of his clips had in/out zoom, + hyper pan from the cam and shake... I'm sure you get it. Normally I do my editing on the timeline but given these circumstances I stated above it would be VERY tedious. I found that by loading his clips in the Trimmer, dragging regions (slow motion) I could then adjust the loop (in/out) points and create regions a saving grace. My eyes are still very wiggly, social lubrication hasn't helped to date... any ideas? MJ I have a new found respect for the Trimmer.
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Videoon 1/12/2005
Getting Audio from Video file/event
While your question is vague, are the clips still in the media pool? Taking a stab at it you can right-click the clip in media pool > Open in Trimmer. Both video and audio will be in the trimmer. You have several choices as to how depending on your audio tracks as to how to get the audio back to the timeline. The easiest of which may be, depending on how you cut your clips, is to right-click in the trimmer window > Select Audio only and either left drag below the corresponding video or right drag to the corresponding audio track and add as take. Again your question is so vague it's not possible to give a step by step answer. MJ
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Videoon 1/12/2005
Wireless mic...balanced/unbalanced and XLR ?'s
I addressed the original question in my 1:24pm reply. I don't see that you did actually. While Red, Bob and yourself offered very accurate, for the most part, detailed info concerning "common mode rejection", it's advantages and disadvantages I don't see how you blanketly answered the question. The OP's question was: I just got a Gemini UHF wireless dual mic setup. The back of the receiver has two XLR male plugs and under them it says 'balanced'. Next to the XLR plugs is a 1/4" female plug for an out to my camcorder...it says 'unbalanced' under it. Your 1:24pm answer; Back to post 1 above. The unbalanced 1/8" minijack is probably for a stereo cable to a mini-DV camera, so it would feed both tracks. If we all cut to the chase... all of you have described the physics of this and it's pro's and con's but cutting through all the technical jargon for most everyone else here, I think the answer really is that if you have long run environments or environments where noise is a problem whether it be AC, RFI, whatever, balanced is the way to go. That said, having balanced options with your gear as apposed to not... is a major advantage. Add to that... as Red said most balanced devices are at least 6 dB hotter than un-balanced making balanced more desirable in all environments when signal to noise is factored in. Even more bottom line... if you have gear that supports balanced connections... you would be amiss to not use them with balanced cables. MJ
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Videoon 1/12/2005
Open copy in SF not work in USB HD
A simple solution/test would be to move your files to a local drive and of course set Sound Forge's temp/recording folders to a local drive (not USB/Firewire). I'm surprised you don't experience streaming problems in Vegas just editing in Vegas from a USB external drive unless you have a hefty PC, very few tracks, FX, etc. in your project. MJ
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Videoon 1/6/2005
OT Opinions on Harman Kardon as a brand?
Whoah, Billy, wait for RednRoll on this one as he works or has worked for them. Red's always been forthright in all other areas and I'd expect nothing different here. It will be however to say the least, interesting to see his response under the guise of his current or previous employer's umbrella. MJ
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Videoon 1/6/2005
AC3 bit & 16-bit Dithering
Sorry, I do have the Dolby .pdfs and skimmed them but the fact remains AC-3 is a compressed format. I got the links to the .pdfs here, you could search the forum. If I have to use AC-3 I simply set Diaglog Normalize to -31 and turn off all the FX on the last page (Processing tab) in Customize. MJ
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Videoon 1/6/2005
paste attributes of text media?
How about making a .veg file containing the text media you want (delete everything but one of the wanted text media events in the project and save to a different name is one way), then open a second instance of Vegas containing the original project, load that veg and C&P to the other instance of Vegas? Not as elegant as you're looking for but maybe a viable work-around. EDIT: After re-thinking this, that's of no help, you could simply C&P the same event from within the same project and still be faced with changing the text in each event, sorry my bad. If the parameter (glow) is exposed to scripting you may be able to ask for a script to do what you want in the script forum or here. MJ
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