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Third Edition
By
Jay Rose, Jay Rose is a nationally respected sound designer and consultant whose Clio- and Emmy-winning career has included program opens for NBC
and sound design for MGM. Rose is a columnist for DV Magazine, and a popular lecturer at MacWorld, DV Expo, and other industry gatherings.
His website, dplay.com, averages 9,000 hits each week.
Description
Make your film or video project sound as good as it looks with this complete training course by audio guru Jay Rose. You get hundreds
of professional, real-world techniques that you can employ from preproduction through the final mix. This is a solution-oriented guide
with FAQs, how-tos, tips, and time savers.
You'll get a primer on how sound and digital audio work as well as technical setups, guidelines,
and real solutions for:
* budgeting, scheduling, and preproduction planning
* microphones and room acoustics
* recording dialog, voice-overs,
ADR, and effects
* postproduction hardware
* levels and digitizing
* working with music and sound effects
* producing the final mix
New to this edition:
* information on the latest cameras and field recorders
* choices between single- and double-system, and digital
workflows
* the differences between traditional video soundtracks and dialog-driven storytelling.
Please visit the author's website
for additional resources: www.dplay.com/book/pgs3e
Audience
Digital video professionals producing event, corporate, and broadcast pieces; filmmakers
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
It's Not Rocket Science
How This Book is Organized
Do It Yourself
About This Book
and Audio Postproduction
Staying Up-to-Date
How to Create a Great Soundtrack (in a Quarter Page)
Section I Audio Basics
Chapter 1
How Sound Works
Music-sicle?
The Life of a Sound
Fast Pressure Changes are Heard as Sounds
Somewhat Slower Pressure Changes are
Heard as Envelopes
Slow Changes of Pressure are Loudness
Very Slow Changes of Pressure are Weather
Chapter 2 How Digital Audio Works
Why Digital?
Turning Analog to Digital
Audio Data Reduction
Chapter 3 Audio on a Wire
Analog Wiring
Digital Wiring
Section II
Planning and Pre-pro
Chapter 4 Planning for Sound
The Need for Sound
Think about the Overall Track
Elements of the Soundtrack
Spoken
Words
Music
Sound Effects
Special Effects and Processing
The Layers of a Track
Chapter 5 Budgeting, Scheduling, and Preproduction
Budgeting for Sound
Allow Time for Sound
Checking Locations
Section III Production Sound
Chapter 6 Microphones and Room Acoustics
About Microphones
Rooms and Recording
Chapter 7 Production Mic Technique
Using Boom Mics
Using Lavalieres
Controlling Wind Noise
Using Wireless
Room Tone
Chapter 8 Production Recording
Getting Audio into a Recorder
Camera Settings
Double System
Mixers and
Preamps
Adjusting the Volume
Chapter 9 Recording Voice-Overs, ADR, and Effects
The Voice-over
Engineering a Voice Recording
Recording
Sound Effects
Section IV Postproduction
Chapter 10 Postproduction Workflow
Linear and Non-linear Editing
Chapter 11 Postproduction
Hardware
Monitoring
Computer Input/Output
The Mixer
Audio Sources and Recorders
Other Handy Gear
Moving Signals Around the Editing
Suite
Chapter 12 Levels and Digitizing
Digital Audio Transfers
Digitizing Analog Signals
Metering and Lineup Tones
Chapter 13
Editing Voices
The Right Tools for Editing Voice
Editing I: Cutting in Silences
Editing II: Sounds with Hard Attacks
Editing III:
Hearing Phonemes
Editing IV: Theatrical Film Dialogue
Editing V: The Tricks
Editing VI: Keeping Track of Sync
A Final Exercise
Chapter
14 Working with Music
Deciding What Music You'll Need
Sources of Music
Chapter 15 Sound Effects
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Reality
Sources for Sound Effects
Choosing Effects
Placing Sound Effects
Chapter 16 Processing
How Any Effect Can Wreck A Sound
Equalizers
Compressors
Reverberation
Noise Reduction
Combining Effects
Chapter 17 The Mix
Setting Up for the Mix
Techniques of Mixing
Preparing
for Someone Else to Mix
The Last Thing You Should Do
Chapter 18 ?Help! It Doesn't Sound Right!?
Problems with On-Camera Dialogue
Postproduction Audio Issues
Mix Problems
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Resources
Appendix C: CD Contents
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Paperback, 464 pages, publication date: MAR-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-80970-0
ISBN-10: 0-240-80970-X
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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