Audio Postproduction for Film and Video
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 throughout\ Make 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,...
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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 with plenty of visual analogies.FAQs, full explanations, and from-the-trenches tips address the complete range of processes from wiring and hardware to testing the final mix. The one-hour audio CD features platform-independent diagnostics, demonstrations, and tutorial tracks. Novices will learn how to improve their soundtrack—even after the actors have gone home. Experienced producers will learn how to solve technical and creative problems quickly.You'll get recipes and step-by-step instructions on how to:* build an efficient and reliable audio post setup* plan and budget a good soundtrack* get sound into your NLE without losing quality or sync* edit voices and music* record Foley and ADR* find music and use it effectively* find and create your own sound effects* shape sounds with equalization, reverb, noise reduction, and more* produce the final mix* test the final product for various media
IntroductionCh. 1 Vibrations to Volts to Bits 1Ch. 2 The Studio: Acoustics and Monitoring 25Ch. 3 The Studio: Equipment and Wiring 45Ch. 4 The Studio: Audio Software 67Ch. 5 Planning the Track 83Ch. 6 Getting Audio into the Computer 105Ch. 7 Voiceover Recording a Dialog Replacement 135Ch. 8 Editing Dialog 159Ch. 9 Finding and Editing Music 185Ch. 10 Working with Sound Effects 213Ch. 11 Equalization 239Ch. 12 Dynamics Control 261Ch. 13 Time-Domain Effects 287Ch. 14 Time and Pitch Manipulation 307Ch. 15 Noise Reduction 325Ch. 16 Other Effects 341Ch. 17 The Mix 363Ch. 18 After the Mix 389Ch. 19 Help! 401Appendix A Glossary 415Appendix B About the Cd 425Index 431
\ From the Publisher"Topics are not shortchanged... The chapter on dialogue editing alone is worth the price of the book."--S.D. Katz, millimeter magazine \ \ "The book's audio CD ... is a valuable collection of sounds and tutorials that are expertly coordinated with the book's text."--Michael Pastore, Epublishers Weekly\ \
