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  1. Fiver user hired me to consult on their audio setup and offer suggestions on getting going, possible purchase guidance, etc. I am here on out video chat alone at the correct time, and they are a no-show. I set aside this time to do this, and frankly would rather be hanging out with my daughter on the weekend. So do I fight them to pay me for this?

     

    I plan on not doing anything untiol I hear what/why the meeting was cancelled without my knowledge, but I am pretty frustrated

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  2. On 3/25/2022 at 6:21 PM, aquilinaaudio said:

    I'm having the exact same issue on the iphone app. I've made several withdraws on desktop over the year of being on fiverr, but can't withdraw via the app when I'm away from desktop. 

    Just started working for me but doesn't let me choose how to withdraw, just does whatever I did last from the computer...

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  3. I grabbed a huge bundle of Waves plugins for $99, down from $1400 or so. Was a deal I could not pass on. I also got the lady that makes all my custom clothes to print me stickers for my Behringer BCF2000 usb controller for $10 - it's old and clunky, and I want a new controller - but this was enough to give it some new life and I am finding new functionality in it so I am happy not spending $1000+ on a replacement. I also took it apart and adjusted the tension on the motorized faders to make it faster and quieter.

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  4. Personally, I used to, but then I realized it's just (for me) one more thing to watch out for, cables, setting levels, possible bleed, etc. It was a bigger problem when I used a condenser because the cable would make noise that my 414 picked up, but now I use my SM7b - I recently got an SE Electronics DM-1 Dynamite, which does the same thing as the Cloudlifter, and it's just so much more useable with the added gain.

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  5. I'll be the odd man out. I've been a musician my whole life, and an audio engineer for almost that long - I have a LOT of gear, and a lot of experience using more types of gear than most. 

     

    USB mics aren't the garbage they used to be. My recoemendation for a beginner VOA or singer looking for a decent mic for recording should look at the Shire MV7.

    https://www.amazon.com/Shure-Microphone-Podcasting-Voice-Isolating-Technology/dp/B08G7RG9ML?th=1

    I am developing an audio app for children's music, and the tracks I have been getting from one of the guest vocalists are just awesome for someone who goes into the walk-in closet for recording. Normally I would just sing it myself but a male voice on some lullabies wasn't working for me. I got her to bring the mic by and we had a good day of recording with it,

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  6. On 9/19/2021 at 9:58 PM, manuelmarino said:

    Also it's been the best software for audio in the 80s and 90s.

    Welllllllllllllllll that's definitely their (Digidesign and Avid's) opinion. I have been using it for a SUPER long time, probably since 2002. And let me tell you it's been a rough ride. They had excellent marketing, even coining the term "industry standard" for themselves. 

    I still use it daily, and it's basically the only one I do use on the regular because I'm so experienced. But that doesn't make me blind to the fact that every time someone else came out with a feature, Pro Tools stole it for the next release. Only since they moved away from the RTAS format of plugins has it been working the way it always should have, and even then it was a buggy mess until the last update to version 11.

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  7. Here's my secret weapon. Mouth moisturizer. I've tried a few and the one that seems to destroy any mouth noise or clicks for me is Biotene brand Dry Mouth. I got "hooked" on the stuff when I was doing radiation treatment in my face and my mouth was super dry. My skin was too, I was falling apart like a zombie no matter the amount of moisturizing I did. But I'd since kept up with the Biotene because it's a life saver.

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  8. I was on the app this morning and pushed the withdraw button. It says I have to do my first withdrawal from my computer first, but I have done many already. Is this broken or am I doing something wrong?

     

    It doesn't really matter, I am on a computer so much there's no problem pushing the button there. I'm just curious in case I ever have a need for operating from the app.

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  9. I use Focusrite Clarett8Pre, it's beautiful. And Pro Tools software, because I have been using it for 20 years or so - I've invested too much money into it to back out now 😛

    I like nice microphones and preamps and then use plugins for effects, because I figured if I'm going to spend the good money I have to cut corners somewhere, and having a fantastic starting point with a good input path just makes everything else so much easier than trying to fix things before you can work with them.

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  10. I have EXTENSIVE experience doing ADR. And yes, it is very far from automated. 

    The biggest thing that hampers a re-recording is trying to coach a different performance out of whoever is speaking. A bad performance can't be saved by redoing the audio. In many cases your audience might overlook poor audio if the content is engaging enough. The best way is to record the audio as closely as you can in regards to performance and vocal inflection, even if the timing is off. For example, on screen a man is running from police. He calls out to them, "You'll never catch me!" But the audio is recorded poorly. The wind was blowing right into the mic on set. It sounds like he is yelling into a jet engine.

    At the ADR session, the director is coaching the actor to give the same line, and he delivers it again and again but it's not working. And that is frustrating everybody because it sounds like it's pasted on to the action. No amount of saying "say it like you said it when we filmed" fixes the cheesy delivery.

    Me? I'd make the actor run a few blocks and jog on the spot while he says his line. And cover up any extra noises he may make with some traffic or street noise or something.

    Nailing the delivery as it was originally done is the main part of it. Timing is getting easier and better sounding to manipulate, so I really worry less about that side of things. When I do edit it together, I go slowly on a sentence by sentence basis. I also listen carefully to the rest of the scene and pick a mic that will most closely give me the timbre of the other material so it blends into the scene easier - I often am frustrated because nobody remembers or knows what mic they were using for filming.

     

    BUT at the same time, I am happy to use my talents to do the best I could for a Fiverr job, since I live on an island and it's not exactly Hollywood. I am upfront about what I can do if I am sent files recorded for ADR and just sync them up for timing.

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  11. So I received an order to synchronize audio. As in manipulate time to match a video project. The download filled my dropbox with 101gb of random files not in any sort of order, and I was given an entire video project. Generally in this case, I am given a video file and some consolidated audio tracks or stems. I made my own stems using the video program, which was not part of the job, and took up enough time that it was already taking longer than it was worth for a order in this price range. 

    Nothing was out of sync; the audio was all there and lined up to the terrible film (not that my opinion on it was asked for, but it was painful to watch on repeat.) I asked for clarification on what needed to be synchronized. Well, they wanted the background noise removed. No big deal, I excel at this. And then they wanted the quality of each scene to be consistent across the entirety of the film, but they had done a poor job of recording it! I did it anyways, and sent 192mb of audio ready to drop into the video editor.

    It was rejected because the mix wasn't right. But mixing wasn't part of the job description (neither was any of the other work I did.) Apparently it got loud in a few spots, so I dropped it down and resubmitted explaining that I would not be mixing this film.

     

    The order timed out and I got paid, but it left a real sour taste in my mouth, another professional trying to play dumb and pretend that they didn't understand common industry terminology. They tried to explain that they wanted the quality "synced" across the project... That doesn't even make sense. Oh well, it's over now so onward and upward!

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  12. I use an SM7b or an AKG C414 (most of the time - I have a lot of mics.) But if I have a job to do I could probably wire up a speaker to a mic input and use that. It's not always about the tools, and everyone's voice and jobs are different. 

    My signal path is usually very simple - Voice/pop screen/mic/shortest cable I can get away with/quality mic pre (mostly Focusrite ISA828 channels 5-8.) I run that into Pro Tools and run a pretty straightforward signal chain. Subtractive EQ, De-Esser, Compressor, and then a second EQ for taste. I may or may not do parallel compression depending on the job.

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