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ScotFraser
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:07 pm Post subject:
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<< And while we're bitching about TV sports audio, please tell SOMEBODY
to ditch the damn zipping baseball pitch effects. It was interesting
for about 3/4 of an inning, and now is _really_ annoyng. >><BR><BR>
Wrong. It was interesting for about 3/4 of the first pitch. Was probably really
annoying long before that. This is baseball coverage for the short attention
span MTV generation, gotta zip it up somehow. Hint: baseball is not for the
attention span challenged.
Scott Fraser
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Mike Caffrey
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:28 am Post subject:
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blackburst@aol.com (Blackburst) wrote in message news:<20041124140932.23218.00001229@mb-m03.aol.com>...
| Quote: | 1) Set your input level correctly, so there is no distortion and plenty of
headroom.
2) Start with ratio about halfway. Turn down threshhold so that it just starts
to have an effect on the signal.
3) In most cases, set the attack and release to their fastest positions.
4) For more limiting, sneak the threshhold down a bit and the ratio up a bit.
5) Set your output level so that it is roughly equal to the input level when
bypassed.
On a stereo mix, I would start the same way, attack and release on fastest,
ratio about halfway, and just sneak threshhold down so that it starts affecting
the signal.
In general, the least compression is the best. If you hear clear artifacts,
like pumping, back off.
Just a quick starter primer.
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What your describing is limiting not compression. |
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Blackburst
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:20 pm Post subject:
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I think the key to ducking is subtlety. You are right that many sports audio
guys overdo it (although there may be some exaggeration in the additional
compression of the broadcast chain). I try to do it so that it is not apparent.
But, er, uh, I DO occasionally do that thing with pushing a shotgun mic
everytime a pitcher throws a pitch...sorry! The producer LOVES it! |
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Scott Dorsey
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Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:20 am Post subject:
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In article <20041129094221.12009.00001298@mb-m16.aol.com>,
Blackburst <blackburst@aol.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I think the key to ducking is subtlety. You are right that many sports audio
guys overdo it (although there may be some exaggeration in the additional
compression of the broadcast chain). I try to do it so that it is not apparent.
But, er, uh, I DO occasionally do that thing with pushing a shotgun mic
everytime a pitcher throws a pitch...sorry! The producer LOVES it!
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A lot of the weird pumping isn't due to the ducking at all, but is due to
the pumping effects from bad AVC later on in the chain. This is especially
bad on some local affiliates, and it's often worse on cable than over the
air because the cable headend has another layer of slow compression.
In actuality, the ducking tends to reduce the pumping from later overcompression
a little bit.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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