Audio Postproduction
for the DV Filmmaker
by Jay Rose

Book with 1-hour Audio CD
CMP Books, October 2002

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Introduction ix

1 Help! 1

Problems with Sound Quality 1
Lipsync Problems 9
Edit and Mix Problems 10
Random Strangenesses 12
It Just Doesn't Sound as Good as the Movies 14

2 Vibrations to Volts to Bits 15

How Sound Works 16
Loudness 24
Analog Audio 28
Digital Audio 31
Digital vs Analog 37

3 The Studio: Acoustics and Monitoring 41

Facility Goals 42
Acoustics 43
Monitoring 49

4 The Studio: Equipment and Wiring 61

Hardware for Audio 61
Wiring for Audio Post 69
Guerilla Problem Solving 80

5 The Studio Audio Software 85

Basics of Editing 86
Audio Software 88
File Exchange and Networking 95

6 Planning the Track 101

Different Media Are Heard Differently 101
Spread Things Around 106
Preproduction for Postproduction 111
The Postproduction Sequence 115

7 Getting Audio into the Computer 117

Transfer Technology 118
Digital Audio Transfers 119
Analog Audio Recording 121
Synchronization 131
Troubleshooting the Transfer 143

8 Voice-over Recording and Dialog Replacement 149

Voice-over Perspective 149
What's Needed for Voice-over Recording 150
The Human Factors 161
ADR 166

9 Editing Dialog 171

Waveform-based Techniques 172
Audio-based Editing 174
Learning How to Listen Quickly 181
Phonetic-based Editing 183
Some More Tips for Great Edits 190
Room Tone or Presence 191
Restoring Lipsync by Eye 192

10 Finding and Editing Music 195

Getting the Music 197
Music Editing 208

11 Working with Sound Effects 223

Sound Effect Sources 225
Placing and Editing Sound Effects 237
Sound Effects Design 243

12 Equalization 245

Frequency Bands 247
Equalizer Characteristics and Types 252
Tuning an Equalizer 260
Equalizer Cookbook 262

13 Dynamics Control 265

Characteristics and Controls 266
Types of Dynamics Processors 276
Dynamics Cookbook 282

14 Time-Domain Effects 289

The Short Delays 291
Long Delays 298
Reverberation 300

15 Time and Pitch Manipulation 307

Speed-based Effects 308
Changing Pitch and Time Independently 312
Time and Pitch Cookbook 319

16 Noise Reduction 325

Noise Reduction Facts 325
Single-ended Processing 331
Noise Reduction Examples 336

17 Other Effects 341

Stereo Simulation 342
Other Phase-inversion Tricks 348
Modulation and Harmonics 353
Harmonic Exciters 356
Cookbook: Creating New Effects 358

18 The Mix 365

What a Mix Needs 366
Controlling levels 374
Putting Things in Perspective 377
Time-savers 385
Mixing Elsewhere 388
Layback 392

19 After the Mix 393

Testing the Track 393
Data Compression and Streaming 395
Release Formats 401
Afterword 404

Appendix A Glossary 409

Appendix B About the CD 417

Track Listing 417
Notes on the CD 423
Index 425

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