Sound for Video Session — Auto Mix & Q&A
In this week's session, we talk about and demonstrate auto mix for spoken word podcasts, panel discussions, live streams, or any sort of show. Then we answer your sound for video questions.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at https://school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini and just added Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/8G8UdBB
Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/zAryW4J
Sound Devices 833 field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/Toim
Sound Devices Scorpio field recorder/mixer — Trew, B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/Bcax
Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/O8e0
Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/InspOl
Canon C200 Camera - B&H https://geni.us/9Zi4m4a
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/kZyU7e
ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon https://geni.us/b8my
Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/sRxFU90
Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H https://geni.us/9ZfE77
Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/505L55n
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Copyright 2023, Curtis Judd
00:00 Start
02:43 Beginning of stream
02:53 Today’s setup
03:40 Mic bleed/phase demo
10:38 Noise gates- why not?
11:34 Auto mix examples
21:55 Spacing between lav mics
22:47 MixAssist in 32-bit float
23:07 Hardware versus plugins
24:49 Holding handheld mics
28:03 RODECaster automix…?
30:12 Choosing wireless frequencies on the 888/SL2
34:53 Auto mix on the SQ5
41:39 Thoughts on Schoeps
45:37 G4’s, RODE WirelessGO II’s, and Lectrosonics
48:46 Stereo mic for on-set ambience under $1K?
51:49 NBC Sports’ wireless mics
53:44 Neumann RSM 190
55:33 DVEStore closing?!
57:35 DEITY THEOS’ target audience
1:01:59 Gear acquisition and spouses…
1:04:41 End of stream