- 1. Audio CD versus Data CD with audio files
- (General Questions)
- Every semester, students submit audio projects to me in the wrong format. Professional recordings are made in the .WAV or .BWF (broadcast wave file) formats. Those are the formats that digital audio recorders ...
- Created on October 19, 2011
- 2. For week ending Dec 4, 2020
- (CSUN - CTVA 358)
- ... What is the difference between two track discreet vs stereo? 5) Suggest how you might deploy your tracks if using a 4-track digital recorder? 6) What is the difference between an ISO track and a live ...
- Created on November 21, 2020
- 3. Handheld digital recorders...
- (General Questions)
- Hi Professor, Hope your breaks going well. I'm in the market for a new digital recorder and was wondering if you could give me some advice. I work primarily in the documentary genre and so I would prefer ...
- Created on November 25, 2012
- 4. Nagra 4.2 recorder for video production?
- (General Questions)
- ... have loved using the Nagra over the years, these days you would be much better served using a portable, digital recorder. Use those recorders with a good, portable mixing panel. For ENG, the ENG-44 from ...
- Created on August 30, 2011
- 5. Re: Tascam dr-100/MKII vs Marantz PMD660
- (General Questions)
- The PMD660 is a bit dated; the 661 is the newer model. The Tascam is newer, yet, and offers a lot of good features. The direct digital input means nothing; when and why would you ever use it? In post, ...
- Created on September 21, 2012
- 6. Tascam dr-100/MKII vs Marantz PMD660/661
- (General Questions)
- ... (thumbs up) +SPDIF inputs (I saw many complaints about this not being a feature in the regular DR-100, which made the Marantz, for many, more desirable. Allowing you to connect external digital signals… ...
- Created on September 19, 2012
- 7. Zoom H4n Digital Recorder
- (Location Sound Recording)
- The Zoom H4n digital 2-track recorder also has limited four track capabilities and can function as a traditional 2-track field recorder, 4 channel recorder, and multi-track music recording & editing. ...
- Created on February 28, 2013
- 8. Chapter 6: Post Production in the Digital Age
- (Series - Elements of the Soundtrack)
- ... production track onto a multi-track Digital Audio Workstation (non-linear audio editing system). Matching time code is used to maintain exact frame sync between the audio and the video files. This entire ...
- Created on August 18, 2011
- 9. No Excuses for the Low Budget Filmmaker
- (For Students)
- ... needs a good AC and a great Gaffer more than he/she might need the latest digital camera. The Sound Mixer must have high quality condenser mics to achieve the reach and acoustic control needed on bad ...
- Created on February 10, 2020
- 10. Using your production recording tracks strategically
- (Recorders)
- ... to the final mixdown! By the mid to late 1980’s, we saw the emergence of two track field recording along with timecode with recorders such as the Nagra IV-STC and, later on, the Fostex PD4 digital recorder. ...
- Created on March 18, 2018
- 11. Syllabus
- (CTVA 358)
- ... discussed. Topics Pre-production Sound design Digital recorders Mixing panels Microphone Basics Booming Plant Mics Lavaliers Wireless Sync Playback Multi-track ...
- Created on August 22, 2017
- 12. Syllabus
- (Sample Syllabus)
- ... discussed. Topics Pre-production Sound design Digital recorders Mixing panels Microphone Basics Booming Plant Mics Lavaliers Wireless Sync Playback Multi-track ...
- Created on August 22, 2017
- 13. Fred Ginsburg back from NAB 2015
- (Workshops)
- ... DR-70 four-track. A Presonus 16.4.2 digital mixing board allowed monitoring. We used the soundcart approach so that we could demo the use of Audio Technica product as it would be used on the set, ...
- Created on April 19, 2015
- 14. Fred Ginsburg at NAB 2015
- (Workshops)
- ... TASCAM HS-P82 multi-track and their new DR-70 four-track. A Presonus 16.4.2 digital mixing board will allow monitoring. We use the soundcart approach so that we can demo the use of Audio Technica product ...
- Created on April 01, 2015
- 15. Audio Metering: An Introduction
- (Recorders)
- ... tone on all but the earliest generation Nagra tape recorders was set to -8dB (the equivalent of zero on a V.U. meter). Enter the digital age. Unlike analog recording, where the ill effects of over ...
- Created on March 05, 2015
- 16. Basic Equipment Package
- (Production Planning)
- ... factors, such as the nature of the shoot, the budget, the complexity of the shots, and the preferred or required digital workflow. But for the sake of providing some sort of baseline for beginners, let’s ...
- Created on February 02, 2015
- 17. Improve Audio for Video: Headphones
- (Other Accessories)
- Although you would never consider recording a music session without proper monitoring, it is shocking just how many videographers are willing to shoot without the benefit of good headphone monitoring! ...
- Created on May 20, 2014
- 18. Rock N Roller Multi-media Production Cart
- (Other Accessories)
- ... Weight is around 16 lbs. It easily bolts onto the two upright "handles" of the cart. A narrower hutch shelf measuring 36x10 mounts above the main shelf and can host wireless receivers, monitors, digital ...
- Created on September 12, 2013
- 19. About the RnR Multi-Cart
- (Articles)
- ... Weight is around 16 lbs. It easily bolts onto the two upright "handles" of the cart. A narrower hutch shelf measuring 36x10 mounts above the main shelf and can host wireless receivers, monitors, digital ...
- Created on September 12, 2013
- 20. TASCAM DR60 4-track recorder
- (Recorders)
- I recently acquired one of the new TASCAM DR-60d portable digital recorders for DSLR and video production. Lately, Teac TASCAM (now owned by Gibson guitars) has been slow in coming out with fresh products ...
- Created on July 29, 2013
- 21. Sync Playback: revisited
- (Audio Techniques)
- ... In today's digital climate, concern about wow & flutter is a thing of the past (unless you are playing back CD's on a boom box). Pretty much all of your digital files, played back on a digital recorder, ...
- Created on April 11, 2013
- 22. Zoom H4n, PMD660, Mackie 1402
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... of the Marantz PMD660 2-track digital recorder, the Zoom H4n 2/4-track digital recorder, and the classic Mackie 1402 mixing panel. For learning about (or instructing) introduction to basic filmmaking, ...
- Created on March 02, 2013
- 23. Syllabus
- (CTVA 230)
- ... intro to audio editing (Pro Tools); audio podcasts. Mixing panels; digital recorders; Microphone Basics; Booming; Plant Mics; Lavaliers; Wireless; Set Etiquette; Communications; Sync Playback; Multi-track ...
- Created on January 16, 2013
- 24. Rock N Roller Multi-Media Cart
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... monitors, digital recorders, etc. The hutch is supported by a pair of C-shaped square tubes that easily slide into receptacles under both shelves. In storage mode, the tube supports can be attached sideways ...
- Created on April 25, 2012
- 25. Rock N Roller Multi-Media Cart
- (Other Accessories)
- ... the main shelf and can host wireless receivers, monitors, digital recorders, etc. The hutch is supported by a pair of C-shaped square tubes that easily slide into receptacles under both shelves. In storage ...
- Created on April 25, 2012
- 26. Soundcarts
- (Other Accessories)
- ... and optional accessories to maximize their capacity. With the advent of video production and then digital audio recording -- sound mixers found that they often needed more workspace to house larger mixing ...
- Created on March 01, 2012
- 27. Sound Effects Bible by Ric Viers
- (Book Reviews)
- ... book on the black art of Foley and sound effects. This definitive book covers microphone selection, field recorders, the ABCs of digital audio, understanding digital audio workstations, building your own ...
- Created on February 15, 2012
- 28. Walkie Talkies
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... digital audio and video recorders. Sometimes it is an audible glitch; sometimes it can jiggle a menu setting. Depends on the gear, depends on where the radio is, depends on the gods' sense of humor. One ...
- Created on January 26, 2012
- 29. Walkie Talkies
- (Other Accessories)
- ... digital audio and video recorders. Sometimes it is an audible glitch; sometimes it can jiggle a menu setting. Depends on the gear, depends on where the radio is, depends on the gods' sense of humor. One ...
- Created on January 26, 2012
- 30. User Guide to the Tascam HS-P82 for Film/Video Applications
- (Recorders)
- ... is master over the group. For most film/video production, you would not use this feature. The INPUT tab lets you select analog or digital input for each channel. If you are bringing in digital sources, ...
- Created on November 29, 2011
- 31. Regarding Senior Thesis Films
- (Fred's Blog )
- ... your digital workflow? To begin with, what is the recording format that you will be using? 16 bit or 24 bit? What frame rate for the timecode? How many tracks will you need? Do not tell me that your ...
- Created on November 12, 2011
- 32. Audio CD versus Data CD with Audio Files
- (Fred's Blog )
- Every semester, students submit audio projects to me in the wrong format. Professional recordings are made in the .WAV or .BWF (broadcast wave file) formats. Those are the formats that digital audio ...
- Created on October 19, 2011
- 33. Audio CD versus Data CD with Audio Files
- (For Students)
- Every semester, students submit audio projects to me in the wrong format. Professional recordings are made in the .WAV or .BWF (broadcast wave file) formats. Those are the formats that digital audio ...
- Created on October 19, 2011
- 34. Introduction to Production Sound
- (Production Planning)
- ... action. Audio monitoring is off of low impedance flat-response professional headphones (intended for recording, not home listening). The recorder is a portable digital recorder, two or more tracks, and ...
- Created on August 29, 2011
- 35. Audio Performance of the RED One Camera
- (Videography)
- Written by our friends over at Sound Devices, acclaimed manufacturer of digital recorders and field mixers. Since it began shipping, Sound Devices has received numerous inquiries concerning audio interconnection ...
- Created on August 28, 2011
- 36. Time Code and the High Definition Camera
- (Videography)
- ... played back at 48KHz, which produces the same .1% pulldown using the standard available decks. The audio can then stay in the digital domain. NTSC video frames are composed of two interlaced fields, ...
- Created on August 28, 2011
- 37. Location Audio Settings for an Avid Media Composer 5 Workflow
- (Post Production)
- Here is a concise guide to selecting the proper double-system audio and timecode settings for your digital audio recorder, when recording sync sound for SD video, HD video, and film projects that will ...
- Created on August 27, 2011
- 38. Priorities of Recording
- (Sound Design)
- What are the objectives or goals of the Production Mixer? When a mixer arrives on a set, there are a set of priorities that we follow in planning out WHAT and HOW to record. This article will lead you ...
- Created on August 27, 2011
- 39. Audio for Mini Input
- (Cables & Connections)
- HDSLR, small format digital video camcorders and pocket digital audio recorders are being used ever increasingly for professional application. In addition, there are still those rare occasions when we ...
- Created on August 26, 2011
- 40. Shooting to Sync Playback
- (Audio Techniques)
- ... accurate playback every time. That means a reliable digital recorder or laptop device. In addition, we need some way to record a signal onto the camera to allow us to know what section of the music was ...
- Created on August 25, 2011
- 41. Multi-track Recording for Film & Video
- (Recorders)
- ... radio mic. Four Track Comes of Age Fast forward almost a decade, and various formats of digital began to replace analog two track. First there was two track digital, and except for the difference ...
- Created on August 25, 2011
- 42. Guides for Fostex FR2
- (Recorders)
- Here is a quick link to the Users Manual of the Fostex FR2 compact flash digital portable recorder. In addition, we have put together a Quick Start guide to the menu settings for the timecode equipped ...
- Created on August 25, 2011
- 43. Recording Sound for Dinner Impossible
- (Audio Techniques)
- ... stereo monitor, a Kramer Electronics digital delay, and a video quad split generator. Using the eight channel monitor mixer, our director can dial in any of the eight microphones he or she wants to listen ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 44. Beginners Guide to the ENG 44 Portable Mixer
- (Mix Panels)
- ... I have found that zero tone from the mixer should line up at minus 10 on the camera. Why a minus 10? Because different meters are calibrated in different scales, sometimes for digital and sometimes for ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 45. Two-Track Mixing for Location Dialogue
- (Sound Design)
- ... our audio "double system" onto a multi-track digital recorder. A Denecke timecode slate will be used to provide a timecode reference as well as a failsafe clapstick sync mark for lining up the production ...
- Created on August 23, 2011
- 46. Introduction to Timecode
- (Recorders)
- ... ask! (And the current industry standard for digital audio is 24bit/48k for any project that may be released as a DCP.) If you are recording for an SD video shoot, then use whatever mode (drop or ...
- Created on August 22, 2011
- 47. Using a Mixing Panel for Location Dialogue
- (Mix Panels)
- ... have seen pictures of those in magazines and textbooks. But today we all shoot on digital video, so what point is the author trying to make? The point is that when audio was recorded on a Nagra, two ...
- Created on August 22, 2011
- 48. Syllabus
- (Chapman)
- ... PowerPoint, guest speakers, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises. Realistic production situations will be simulated, explored, and discussed. Topics Pre-production Sound design Digital ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 49. Class Projects
- (CTVA 358)
- ... project package should include: 1) Your Project Media The audio interview project must be turned in as digital audio files, formatted in the preferred industry formats of WAV or BWF. Always submit ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 50. Production Sound Class Projects
- (Sample Projects)
- ... project package should include: 1) Your Project Media The audio interview project must be turned in as digital audio files, formatted in the preferred industry formats of WAV or BWF. Always submit ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 51. Production Sound Reading List
- (College Classes)
- ... need a mixing panel Consistency in Sound Recording Beginners Guide to the ENG44 Using the Digital FX Processor Monitoring the Soundtrack Two-track vs Stereo Introduction to Equalization Mackie ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 52. Reading List
- (CTVA 358)
- ... the Digital FX Processor Monitoring the Soundtrack Two-track vs Stereo Introduction to Equalization Mackie 1402 Operations Manual ISO outputs from Mackie mixers Note: PDF copies of the operations ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 53. Audio Fundamentals Reading List
- (CTVA 230)
- ... Mix Panel Basics ENG Mixers for Production Sound Audio Metering: An Introduction Mic Level vs Line Level Consistency in Sound Recording Beginners Guide to the ENG44 Using the Digital FX ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 54. Reading List
- (Education)
- ... the Digital FX Processor Monitoring the Soundtrack Two-track vs Stereo Introduction to Equalization Mackie 1402 Operations Manual ISO outputs from Mackie mixers Note: PDF copies of the operations ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 55. Chapter 4: Personnel of a Professional Sound Crew
- (Series - Preparing for Your Shoot)
- ... is today -- hence the need to rig a fair number of mics strategically all over the set. So there was a definite need for a few cablemen! Today, what with crystal sync, portable digital recorders, radio ...
- Created on August 19, 2011
- 56. Workshops & Seminars
- (Workshops)
- ... Salle Middle School (my team of students won the 2002 Conejo Teen Video Festival) Department of Homeland Security Digital Video Expo DocuLink Documentary Workshop East/West Media, Tucson Florida ...
- Created on August 17, 2011
- 57. Edirol: R-44 Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / R-44 Portable Recorder)
- R-44 Portable Recorder: 4-channel, SD Card digital recorder w/o timecode
- Created on March 29, 2012
- 58. Marantz: PMD 671 Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / PMD 671 Portable Recorder)
- PMD 671 Portable Recorder: 2-channel, 16/24 bit compact flash digital recorder w/ confidence monitoring
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 59. Marantz: PMD 670 Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / PMD 670 Portable Recorder)
- PMD 670 Portable Recorder: 2-channel, 16 bit compact flash digital recorder
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 60. Marantz: PMD 661 Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / PMD 661 Portable Recorder)
- PMD 661 Portable Recorder: 2-channel SD card digital recorder
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 61. Marantz: PMD 660 Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / PMD 660 Portable Recorder)
- PMD 660 Portable Recorder: 2-channel compact flash digital recorder
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 62. Tascam: RC-F82 Fader Controller for HS-P82
- (Phoca Download / RC-F82 Fader Controller for HS-P82)
- RC-F82 Fader Controller for HS-P82: Companion remote fader controller (mixer) for HS-P82 Recorder.
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 63. Tascam: HS-P82 Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / HS-P82 Portable Recorder)
- HS-P82 Portable Recorder: 8 input, 10 track compact flash recorder w/ timecode
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 64. Tascam: HD-P2 Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / HD-P2 Portable Recorder)
- HD-P2 Portable Recorder: 2-channel digital recorder with external Timecode
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 65. Sound Devices: 788T Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / 788T Portable Recorder)
- 788T Portable Recorder: 8 input, 12 track digital recorder w/ timecode
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 66. Sound Devices: 744T Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / 744T Portable Recorder)
- 744T Portable Recorder: 4 track digital recorder w/ timecode
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 67. Sound Devices: 702T Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / 702T Portable Recorder)
- 702T Portable Recorder: 2-channel digital recorder w/ timecode
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 68. Fostex: FR2 Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / FR2 Portable Recorder)
- FR2 Portable Recorder: 2-channel, compact flash digital recorder, timecode optional
- Created on August 21, 2011
- 69. Edirol: R4-Pro Portable Recorder
- (Phoca Download / R4-Pro Portable Recorder)
- R4-Pro Portable Recorder: 4-channel, HDD digital recorder w/ timecode
- Created on August 21, 2011