Re: Norwich Looping Video OT Vid Sync magic

["Jeff Duke" <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>]

Thanks Andy, thats pretty close to what I do except when I videod me 
playing 
but was recording direct there was no camera sountrack so I had to use 
hand 
movements. I now leave a little sound for the camera to pick up. thanks a 
bunch. I'm looking forward for more!

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "andy butler" <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: Norwich Looping Video OT Vid Sync magic


> Jeff Duke wrote:
>> Nice Andy, would you mind sharing those "special (sync) techniques"? I
>> use a cheapo (Flip Ultra) camera but I record to my computer or
>> minidisk. Syncing it up for me is rather inexact. Any tips would be
>> appeciated.
>
> ok,
> what I do is load up the vids into the editing software,
> and arrange them,
> then export a sound file of the camera audio.
>
> Then I load that sound file into Audition (or multi-track editor of 
> choice)
> and make a matching hi-res sound file for the whole length of the film.
> Digital recorders seem to keep very accurate time, so once I find
> a sync point everything seems to match up well enough.
> Hardest bit is looking at the distorted waveform from the camera audio
> and trying to match it to the desk recording.
> For fine tuning the alignment, I match vols and hard pan camera audio
> and desk audio left and right respectively.
>
>
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>
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>
>> Vimeo would keep the stereo btw.
>
> ta,
> I should upload there too.
>
>>
>> Jeff
>
> andy
>>
>


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