Audio postproduction for digital video / Jay Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Jay.

Series:

DV expert series.

Digital video DV expert series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital video.

Film soundtracks.

Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques.

Sound.

Television soundtracks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : CMP Books, c2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

New to this edition:* Learn how many Hollywood techniques--previously impractical on video--can help solve problems on smaller productions* Expanded cookbook recipes section* Technically updated throughoutMake your soundtracks as good as your pictures with this compendium of professional audio techniques that can be adapted to desktop post. Specializing in sound after the shoot, this book features many practical examples, cookbook recipes, and tutorials. Audio theory, when necessary, is presented in plain English w

Contents:

FRONT COVER; AUDIO POSTPRODUCTION FOR FILM AND VIDEO; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Vibrations to Volts to Bits; A Tree Falls in a Forest...; How Sound Works; Pressure to Voltage and Back; Digital Audio; Digital vs. Analog; CHAPTER 2 The Studio: Acoustics and Monitoring; Facility Goals; Acoustics; Monitoring; CHAPTER 3 The Studio: Equipment and Wiring; Hardware for Audio; Wiring for Audio Post; Guerrilla Problem Solving; CHAPTER 4 The Studio: Audio Software; Splices were Cross-Fades; Audio Software; CHAPTER 5 Planning the Track

Different Media are Heard DifferentlySpread Things Around; Consider the Workflow; Preproduction for Postproduction; CHAPTER 6 Getting Audio into the Computer; Transfer Technology; Analog Audio Recording; Synchronization; Troubleshooting Transfers and Ingest; CHAPTER 7 Voiceover Recording a Dialog Replacement; Voiceover Perspective; What's Needed for Voiceover Recording; The Human Factor: Directing; ADR; CHAPTER 8 Editing Dialog; This Chapter is in Three Sections; Dialogue Editing Techniques; Track Splitting and Filling; Restoring Lipsync by Eye; CHAPTER 9 Finding and Editing Music

Spotting NotesGetting the Music; Rights and Licenses; Library Music; Music Editing; CHAPTER 10 Working with Sound Effects; Sound Effect Terminology; Sound Effect Sources; Placing and Editing Sound Effects; Sound Effects Design; CHAPTER 11 Equalization; Frequency Bands; Equalizer Characteristics and Types; Tuning an Equalizer; Equalizer Cookbook; CHAPTER 12 Dynamics Control; Characteristics and Controls; Dynamics Cookbook; CHAPTER 13 Time-Domain Effects; Reverb vs. Echo vs. Delay; The Short Delays; Long Delays; Reverberation; Reverb and Distancing; Reverb Settings

Unintentional Time-Domain IssuesCHAPTER 14 Time and Pitch Manipulation; Speed-based Effects; Changing Pitch and Time Independently; Pitch Shifters; Time and Pitch Cookbook; CHAPTER 15 Noise Reduction; It's not Really Noise Reduction; The Reality of Noise Removal; Masking; A Few Other Noise Reduction Facts; Single-ended Processing; Noise Reduction Examples; CHAPTER 16 Other Effects; Stereo Simulation; Vocal Elimination; Harmonic Exciters; Creating New Effects by Combining Old Ones; CHAPTER 17 The Mix; What a Mix Needs; How to Mix; No Cookbook, but a Tasting; CHAPTER 18 After the Mix

Layback and Print MasteringKeep Lots of Copies; Testing the Track; Data Compression and Streaming; Release Formats; Afterword; CHAPTER 19 Help!; Problems with Sound Quality; Dropped Frames; Random Strangenesses; Lipsync Problems; Edit and Mix Problems; It Just doesn't sound as Good as what I Hear at the Movies; APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z; APPENDIX B: ABOUT THE CD; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-136-06117-7

1-136-06118-5

1-282-71150-4

9786612711503

0-08-092762-9

9780080927626

OCLC:

476210824