Basic audio editing question

I recently bought CS4 and just started editing my first project and am having difficulty finding an effecient way to edit with mono audio tracks. obviously PremierePro captures audio as a stereo wav file (even though audio captured in the field is almost always made up of seperate mono tracks). I know how to break the captured wav out to seperate mono tracks, but these files are not tied to the video clip. The only way i can see right now to edit with these mono tracks is to edit with the original stereo wav, then go back and manually determine the imbedded tc for each individual clip, load the corresponding mono wav into the preview monitor, enter the tc as an inpoint, then insert the audio into a mono track on the timeline and mute the "dummy" stereo track that i edited with to begin with. Surely there is a simpler way to accomplish this. I really don't want to spend a whole day replacing these stereo wav files with mono tracks.

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Audio Editing Questions In Final Cut Studio 2

Hi,
Thank you all again for being here!, I have some quick questions about working with audio in fcp 6.02, and Soundtrack. first of all I am wondering if its easier and quicker just to work in fcp with audio, or export to Sound Track Pro? I have a wedding I shot and I had my cam recording 2 different source of audio, one from a balcony, and the other on the floor with different sounds to them. What is the best method to get them to sound nearly the same? In Fcp apply a "Normalization Gain"? I am new to audio editing, and somewhat with FCS, in general. Also in the timeline how can I get all audio clips in sync with the same volume? I was amazed with Soundtrack Pro's ability to take out ambient back ground noise and inference any other trick to get rid on unwanted inferences? Your Idea and experience are invaluable!!!
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The reason you may not have gotten replies to your "quick questions" is because there are no quick answers. It is certainly easiest to just do the audio in FCP rather than export to STP. If your needs are simple just stay with FCP. However, you mention specialized tasks that STP can do but FCP can't. I am grappling with these same issues. I am a Logic Pro user and it gets very confusing about what tool to use when.
My main message to you is that I just purchased the Apple Pro Training book FCP 6 Beyond the basics and there are 90 pages in two lessons devoted to exactly what you are interested in. I bought it just yesterday and it has already helped me in a number of areas.
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Ridiculously simple audio editing question for Garage Band

Ok, so this is really a fundamental
question. It concerns editing technique.
In analog mixing, the editor put
the sounds to be saved in the right
places on each of several tracks --
narration, sound effects, lip sync,
music, etc. The tracks were then
all locked together and the mixer
adjusted the volumes to either save
or reject audio information.
A blank master received the information
and that was your final product,
in sync, sprocket by sprocket, with
the video.
My question, then, is, how do you
do it in digital multitrack such as
Garage Band? Are you aiming to have
4 or 5 tracks all level controlled
or do you simple erase unwanted
sound, or what exactly do you do,
in post production? If you are going
to do a voice over, then you have to
do a mix at some point, not just a
cut and paste. What's the philosophy,
if you don't mind my asking?
Thanks,
Ed

Wow... you gave me flashbacks to a movie soundtrack I scored, with separate reels of tape all synced up and whirling away for final mixdown!
To answer your question as best I can in a paragraph or two, digital mixing is unlimited compared to analog. Whereas tape has a physical limit, you can always add another digital track (there are limitations to digital, but they are becoming harder to reach as systems become increasingly powerful). So no need to erase. Editing is also a breeze. Digital tracks are endlessly malleable, with virtually every parameter available for automation.
Sometimes you might mix down to stems or mix everything down to a stereo master (or alternative mixes) for post production. Similarly, in post, they can deal with huge numbers of digital tracks from different sources.
In terms of a professional workflow, Logic is the more typical choice over Garageband, and includes a number of features designed for scoring to picture: variable sample rates, frame rates, etc.
Gain staging in digital recording is different than in analog, and it requires a different approach to achieve excellent sounding results. But the digital workflow is so much more flexible, forgiving, and economical, that it has been the death-knell for the analog workflow. Infinite bussing, routing, mixing, comping, storing, stemming... infinite possibilities, really!

Basic audio export settings questions ...

I did some searching, but still confused.   My footage is 1080i, 29.97 captured on a consumer camcorder with a 5.1 channel microphone.   When I drop the clips in PP I see the audio track labeled as 5.1 and can expand to see the various channels.   I have a number of sequences in my project, all of which were created by dragging a source clip to the New Item icon.
On export for say H.264 Blu-ray or H.264/.mp4 should I pick PCM or Dolby in this case?   From reading it looks like PCM is uncompressed, so in theory higher quality. I didn't know if the 5.1 stuff has implications here.
Drilling down into the Audio tab and Basic Audio Settings on the H.264 Blu-ray export, I only see Stereo listed to the side of Channels for either audio format.   I'm confused as I would have expected to see 5.1 or some option for it. Well, I think ...

You'll have to pay to get 5.1 Dolby export out of PP. Only stereo is included for free.
http://www.minnetonkaaudio.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:surcode-for -dolby-digital-51-encoder-for-adobe-products&catid=34:surcode&Itemid=98

Font licensing and EULA: Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition

Hi all,
I'm not necesarilly working with graphic design daily. However, I may have to replicate a design for a publication that uses Adobe Garamond Pro, which is why I got interested in Adobe - Fonts : Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition.
However, before I shell out the cash, I'd like to ask a few questions about related EULA's and font licensing issues - as the last thing I want to do is buy something, and then end up sued/financially destroyed/imprisoned anyways. (which is why I prefer with open fonts & software - at least no worries about prison, in case of misunderstanding the legalese)
So, here are the questions:
I am a Linux user, and I primarily intent to use the fonts with xelatex. On the download page, there are two options: "Win" and "Mac". Which one should I choose? Related question: Adobe Forums: Install a Mac font on a PC:Windows can use OpenType, Windows Type1 and Windows TrueType fonts. Windows cannot directly read Mac TrueType or Mac Type1 fonts.
Macintosh can use OpenType, Mac Type1, Mac TrueType, and Win TrueType. Adobe products can read some Windows Type 1 fonts if installed in the correct folder.
Versions - possibly unrelated, but I've found this old comment from 2003 for 'Adobe Type Basics 5.0 Mlp (CD-ROM)':Unfortunately, this product includes fonts in the older PostScript "Type 1" font format instead of the newer OpenType format. Adobe sells an OpenType edition of Adobe Type Basics, but this is a download-only product. I wish Adobe would sell the OpenType Edition on CD.... so just to make sure: I would definitely download the OpenType if I buy from the above Adobe - Fonts : Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition link, right?
Re-download - the Adobe Type Basics page doesn't mention the file format of the download, nor its size. With bought fonts, I'd consider installing whatever I need for as long as project lasts, then deleting everything from my computer, since I don't like proprietary stuff sitting on it. Thus, I'd be interested in re-donwloading the Adobe Type Basics package. So is this package a zip file or similar, if so - how big is it? Can I download the file multiple times after purchase? Is the number of times I can redownload limited?
I may have to do (in a role of page layouter for an academic institution) a document for a relatively big academic publisher (Springer); and I have little idea about how font licensing works there. Let's say I prepare a PDF which uses Adobe Garamond Pro, and embeds that font. Is it legal for me to just send that document to the publisher for printing, if I had purchased the Basics OpenType edition? I'm worried because I found in Adobe Forums: Install a Mac font on a PC:As I understand it, print service providers are required by the font EULA to own the font even though the customer provides it.
I suggest you ask your customer to purchase the modern OpenType versions of the fonts. ... but then, Springer are "publishers", not "printers"? How worried should I be about this? Should I ask for confirmation in writing from them, that they own the particular embedded font? Then again, since in this case I'd be working for an academic institution as page layouter, should the academic institution also buy the font? If the academic institution already owns the font, am I legally obliged to own it as a page layouter (even if I'd use that font on the institutions computers with licensed fonts on them)? I'm pretty sure I'd be legally obliged to own it if I intend to prepare the layout on my own computer, is that correct?
The download page mentions for "End User License": 5 computers. Say I install one Adobe Garamond Pro on one computer, use it there for the duration of a project, and then delete it from the computer. Is this computer then still counted towards the number of seats?
Occasionally, I have my personal notes and such typeset in Latex, and here I send them to a printer (as in, "print service provider") to print 2-3 copies in softcover for personal use. As far as I understand it, this does not represent a "published" book (and so there isn't a "publisher" institution as in the Springer example above). So, in this case, again the same situation: let's say I prepare a PDF which uses Adobe Garamond Pro, and embeds that font. Is it legal for me to just send that document to the print house for printing, if I had purchased the Basics OpenType edition? How worried should I be about this?
Other neat related links I found:
Adobe Forums: Font EULA Question Re: Selling Logos;
Adobe Forums: font liscensing: upgrading from print to digital ...
Well, I believe this is all I have for asking (for now) - thanks in advance for any answers!

I am a Linux user, and I primarily intent to use the fonts with xelatex. On the download page, there are two options: "Win" and "Mac". Which one should I choose?
Related question: Adobe Forums: Install a Mac font on a PC:Windows can use OpenType, Windows Type1 and Windows TrueType fonts. Windows cannot directly read Mac TrueType or Mac Type1 fonts.
Macintosh can use OpenType, Mac Type1, Mac TrueType, and Win TrueType. Adobe products can read some Windows Type 1 fonts if installed in the correct folder.
If you want Adobe Type Basics OpenType edition, then the fonts support multiple platforms. OpenType fonts work on Mac, Win and Linux systems.
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Yes, the Adobe Type Basics Open Type Edition would provide you with OpenType versions of the fonts. Sorry that we don’t offer all the different fonts, font families and variations on CD-ROM, but it would be cost-prohibitive to make all those versions, and font software is relatively small compared to application software. That said, Our font EULA (End User License Agreement) which can be found at: http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/legal/pdfs/wf_EULA071111/EULA5seat_USEnglish07.11.11.htm l states: “2.5 Backup Copy. You may make a reasonable number of backup copies of the Software, provided your backup copies are not installed or used for other than archival purposes.” So you can make your own CD-ROM.
Re-download - the Adobe Type Basics page doesn't mention the file format of the download, nor its size. With bought fonts, I'd consider installing whatever I need for as long as project lasts, then deleting everything from my computer, since I don't like proprietary stuff sitting on it. Thus, I'd be interested in re-donwloading the Adobe Type Basics package. So is this package a zip file or similar, if so - how big is it? Can I download the file multiple times after purchase? Is the number of times I can redownload limited?
The file format is OpenType (CFF). I would recommend making a backup copy of these fonts if you don’t want to keep them on your system. Our Electronic Software Download service is not meant to be used for storage.
I may have to do (in a role of page layouter for an academic institution) a document for a relatively big academic publisher (Springer); and I have little idea about how font licensing works there. Let's say I prepare a PDF which uses Adobe Garamond Pro, and embeds that font. Is it legal for me to just send that document to the publisher for printing, if I had purchased the Basics OpenType edition? I'm worried because I found in Adobe Forums: Install a Mac font on a PC:As I understand it, print service providers are required by the font EULA to own the font even though the customer provides it.
I suggest you ask your customer to purchase the modern OpenType versions of the fonts. ... but then, Springer are "publishers", not "printers"? How worried should I be about this? Should I ask for confirmation in writing from them, that they own the particular embedded font? Then again, since in this case I'd be working for an academic institution as page layouter, should the academic institution also buy the font? If the academic institution already owns the font, am I legally obliged to own it as a page layouter (even if I'd use that font on the institutions computers with licensed fonts on them)? I'm pretty sure I'd be legally obliged to own it if I intend to prepare the layout on my own computer, is that correct?
Wow! Lots of questions here. First of all, publishers publish. Printing is just one form of publishing. Embedding information for Adobe fonts can be found at the following:
http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/legal/additional_licenses.html
http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/info/embedding.html
If you send a file to a print service provider and send a copy of the font along as well, then the printer needs to own a valid copy themselves. If you send the print service provider a PDF version of the file, then you can embed the font in the PDF (but you would not send the a raw version of the font). In this case, the printer doesn’t need the font, because it is embedded in the document.
The download page mentions for "End User License": 5 computers. Say I install one Adobe Garamond Pro on one computer, use it there for the duration of a project, and then delete it from the computer. Is this computer then still counted towards the number of seats?
If you buy a license for Adobe Garamond Pro, you have up to 5 seats. So, it can be installed on a maximum of five computers at your company. It is that simple to be in compliance. If you were to obtain Adobe Garamond Pro by purchasing Adobe Type Basics OpenType Edition, then you can install the entire set on up to five computers at your company. You are licensing the set, and the fonts cannot be split up and used across multiple users at your company.
Occasionally, I have my personal notes and such typeset in Latex, and here I send them to a printer (as in, "print service provider") to print 2-3 copies in softcover for personal use. As far as I understand it, this does not represent a "published" book (and so there isn't a "publisher" institution as in the Springer example above). So, in this case, again the same situation: let's say I prepare a PDF which uses Adobe Garamond Pro, and embeds that font. Is it legal for me to just send that document to the print house for printing, if I had purchased the Basics OpenType edition? How worried should I be about this?
Yes. It is legal to send the document to a print service provider with the font embedded in PDF. You are printing a document, and your interpretation of what it means to “publish” or be a “publisher” is not relevant. The words don’t even appear in our EULA.

What's the best MacBook for basic graphic editing?

Hi there,
I've been saving up to finally get a MacBook after having a pro during university (stupidly it got soaked in my bag during a thunderstorm and didn't have any insurance on it). However, I'm trying to save as much money as I can so can't afford the high end laptops.
All I need for the MacBook to do is run the following programs without it becoming slow in the long run:
Adobe Photoshop CC
Adobe Dreamweaver CC
Adobe InDesign CC
Microsoft Office Home & Business
The basic system requirements for the Adobe CC programs are:
Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
Mac OS X v10.7, v10.8, or v10.9
2GB of RAM
3.2GB of available hard-disk space
1280x1024 display with 16-bit video card
QuickTime 7.6.6 software required for HTML5 media playback
All I need it for is templating and editing newsletters as well as creative posters/flyers/brochures.
I'm deciding whether I should just get the basic 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch Macbook Pro (with Retina display) or 2.5GHz Mac mini? Bear in mind that I'll have to purchase the Micrsoft Office program (approx. £157 on Amazon) & get a screen/keyboard/mouse with the Mac Mini).
I have around £1,000 to spend and really unsure as to what to buy.
Please note, I am not interested in buying a Windows equivelant (as I cannot stand Windows 8/8.1).
Thanks!

Any of those Macs will meet the basic specs for Office and Adobe. The real question is how you configure what you buy, based on how you are going to use the programs. The system requirements listed are definitely basic. They are about as basic as saying that you could buy a 2-seater Smart Car as your transportation: You could, but you'd be very limited in what you could do.
If you are going to run any one program at a time, the base model of any of those Macs (4GB RAM) will be fine. But working on newsletters and flyers, for efficiency's sake you will probably have more than one program open at a time: Word for preparing text, Photoshop for preparing photos, and Dreamweaver or InDesign where you lay it all out, going back and forth between them. That increases your RAM needs. 8GB would be a good place to be, but if you can afford to buy with the maximum amount of RAM that would help future-proof the Mac (since future versions of software always need more RAM, not less).
Having more RAM is more critical if you plan to use Photoshop for fancy stuff like cameras with lots of megapixels, raw editing, panoramas, HDR, or 3D. If you are just doing basic photo editing, 8GB RAM is fine. The other software you listed doesn't need as much RAM so more than one of them will run fine together under 8GB RAM.
If you get a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, they start with only 128GB storage and it cannot be upgraded. That might not be enough space in the long run if you use a lot of graphics files and photos, so think about specifying at least 256GB storage in whatever you buy if your newsletter projects are large and you don't want to store them on external drives. The Mac mini starts out with a nice big hard drive.
What it will probably come down to is, spec out all three models you are considering with at least 8GB RAM and as much storage as you will need during the life of the computer, then pick the one that fits your budget. If you need portability, cross off the Mac mini.

Special effects editing question for iMovie '09

Hi,
I understand that iMovie '09 doesn't support many (any?) add-on software packages for special effects editing.
Meanwhile, I'm editing some sports clips in iMovie '09,, in which I'd love to have a "spotlight" on a player, (where the other action/background is dimmed), or use an arrow to point at a player---that sort of thing.
Is there a way to---say, do this edit in iMovie HD, or iMovie '06, with special software, then re-import it back into my iMovie '09 project?

Ziatron,
Thanks for your reply. When you say you use iMovie '06 with iDVD 09 all the time---can you explain further? I guess I go back to my original question---Would iMovie '09 "accept" the edit done in iMovie HD or iMovie '06?
I do like the organizing layout (boxes with titles) much better on the previous versions, as well as some more detailed audio editing---but I'm grudgingly moved on to iMovie 09, and have already loaded a lot of my material (and keyworded them) into iMovie 09. I think I'm going to stick it out with this project.
Thanks in advance for any further advice you can share.
TJ

PRE 7.0 Capture, Conforming & Editing Questions

I have a new Canon Vixia HFS100 (AVCHD) and have just installed Premiere Elements 7.0.   I previously used a Standard Definition mini-tape camcorder and edited the videos with either Windows Movie Maker or Cyberlink Power Director.
Capture Questions: The AVCHD media import option does not require a fire wire / nor does it provide device control. (I LIKE this feature since I purchased a camcorder with flash memory cards so that I could import the media through a card reader instead of having to hook up the camcorder.) I realize now, however that I may also want to import a small segment from a longer scene. Should the AVCHD capture feature have device control? If not, can I also use the HDV camcorder capture function instead?   Does this require any adjustments to my project settings?
Conforming Questions: After I import the .mts files, PRE 7.0 automatically goes through a process that says it is 'conforming' the files.   What does 'conforming' mean? Does this require any adjustments to my project settings?
Editing Questions: The .mts scenes cannot be played back without SEVERE stutter.   Audio is fine, but the scenes video looks like individual stills with 10-15 second delay until the next still picture. Although I plan to upgrade from my 1 GB RAM laptop to a much higher powered laptop within the next month, I am despearate to edit and publish my first set of videos since they are sales videos of horses I am trying to sell. Is there anything I can do to allow me to edit the .mts files with my current 1 GB RAM system? I would be happy to drop to a lower quality video setting just to get this batch of videos edited and produced.
Thanks in advance for your help.

1. Is there anything I can do NOW to get this first set of videos edited / produced on my current laptop?   I would be happy to import as lower quality if necessary.
There are several threads on AVCHD conversion. Unfortunately, I do not recall the conversion utilities recommended. Not shooting AVCHD, I have to admit that I am personally clueless to what programs work, and how well. Others can likely help you there.
2. What configuration wish list can you recommend for either a Dell laptop or desktop?   I will be editing ~40 horse sale videos per month and posting them to YouTube or producing DVDs to mail to prospective buyers.
I have just the ARTICLE for that "wishlist." Harm Millaard is the "Hardware Guru," on the PrPro forum. He gives a lot of great info. Now, it's pretty much geared for the "ultimate" NLE machine, but he does give the reasons, so one can "tone it down" to suit their budget and their needs.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - if I find the threads on AVCHD conversion, I'll share those.

Trasferring Audio Edits as AAF from Premiere to Nuendo and back

Hello everybody,
I'm a Sound Designer for video games, and also deal with cinematic sequences. I use Nuendo for audio editing / sound design, while the video editors work with Premiere. We share the same audio footage that is stored on our internal server, and we copy the footage manually (or over Perforce) on our local PCs. Basically to make sure we're always dealing with the same footage in a fixed and locked format during the entire production chain from capture to final render. This obviously makes an AAF with 'embedded' audio obsolete and in fact unwanted, as well as any other "work-in-progress" audio render from one platform to another.
Situation 1: Premiere -> Nuendo
In Premiere we have several Stereo audio tracks with stereo footage.
AAF is exported from Premiere
AAF is then imported into Nuendo
Result:
Stereo tracks are imported wrong, because split into mono, which naturally duplicates the amount of tracks.
Stereo footage is now duplicated too due to duplication of track amount.
Stereo footage is still stereo, because manually copied from server.
Expectation:
Stereo tracks should remain stereo without splitting or duplicating tracks.
Situation 2: Nuendo -> Premiere
In Nuendo there are several Stereo audio tracks with stereo footage.
AAF is exported from Nuendo
AAF is then imported into Premiere
Result:
Stereo tracks are imported as Mono tracks (this time without duplicating the track number)
Stereo footage is not accepted, due to mismatch with track format (Mono)
Expectation:
Stereo tracks should remain stereo which then accept stereo footage
It's really important for us that the audio footage doesn't change format during the production chain. So for instance splitting stereo into mono left / mono right is not a good option as we want the original footage to remain untouched from capture to final render. So we need stereo tracks to remain stereo and mono tracks to remain mono, just as the original edit.
Using OMF instead of AAF causes the same problem, and adds more problems with the naming of the footage. So AAF is currently the best yet buggy method we have.
In the past I have transferred AAF files from Protools into Nuendo, and it worked fine, which makes me tend to believe the solution has to be somewhere in Premiere.
Any hints, tips and useful experiences are very welcome. Thanks a lot!
Regards
Christian

This may be the kind of situation that can only be resolevd with a Feature Request.
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Basic recording/feedback question

I'm recording basic vocals against accompaniment tracks using an APOGEE ONE and Audio-Technica 40 series AT8449 condenser mic. I use only headphones, no external speakers.
If I record with "monitoring" on I constantly battle feedback/distortion, especially on songs with a wide dynamic range. When the feedback protection kicks in the message indicates that I'm getting feedback through my external speakers (which I don't have), I can minimize the problem by turning "monitoring" off but I lose the reference vocal. I know I must be overlooking something very simple. Any help is appreciated.

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I know about some basics:
Streams or Replication--> Which can give you data on B in read-write mode.
DR--> For safeguarding your database and B will work as DR solution.
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LR4: any AUDIO editing capability - simple (?) enhancement request

First, hats off to the Adobe team for a nice upgrade. I'm still getting used to the new slider layout, but am loving it already. Really nice to be able to pull back the highlights without the image going to crap.
In addition to shooting stills with my Canon 7D, I also shoot the occasional video. I'm just a hobbiest (so don't have the budget for Adobe Premier) but just like to do some simple edits. The new video capability in LR4 is very much appreciated ... but I can't seem to find any audio editing capability - I suspect none exists.
As a software developers, I know the LightRoom team is pretty busy with bug squashing on the just released LR4 ... but a very useful feature would be the ability to export with/without a sound track, merge with an external track, or discard one of the stero tracks and convert the other to a mono signal.
You might ask why would you want to do the later? The reason is the *&^%$#@! Canon 7D (and many other DSLR's) use AGC (Automatic Gain Control) for their audio ... so it basically sounds like crap as the levels wander up and down. Fortunately, there are some 3rd party amps (placed between the microphone and camera) that can "defeat" the AGC by inserting a signal in one of the stereo tracks ... and this way you get consistant levels. So right now, I have to open up the video file with Audicity (which pulls the audio) then delete the one track and use the other as a mono signal. I then save that WAV file, open the video back up in Quicktime Pro, delete the audio track associated with it, and then pull in/merge the previously saved WAV file ... and then finally exporting the combined video/audio.
It would be awesome to do all of my (simple) video editing in LR4, and then simply have an option to fiddle the audio output as shown:
     1. Leave Audio as-is.
     2. Combine Left and Right track into Mono Signal
     3. Delete all Audio
     4. Delete Left Track (optionally convert right track to Mono Signal)
     5. Delete Right Track (optionally convert left track to Mono Signal)
Again, the AGC "problem" is really because the DSLR manufacturers don't allow you to set audio levels on their cameras - this is fixed in the most recent models and also with Magic Lantern ... the later is unfortunately not available for the 7D. But my approach to "defeat" the AGC isn't uncommon and my hope (PRETTY PLEASE! ;-) is that this simple audio editing capability might be easy to add to Lightroom and worthy of consideration.
Thanks,
alek
P.S. Note that I don't see this impacting sales of Adobe Premier since professional videographers are using off-camera sound and are already buying that program. I.e. this is mostly an issue for us hobbiests that are trying to improve the sound quality on the cheap and Premier is total overkill for this - be awesome if LightRoom could help us out a bit.

Hi,
why must I be editing a package to use the find function!? Has been asked for on numerous occasions, and has been agreed to implement in a future drop.
why doesn't the "describe table" functionality work from within a packageThis too has been asked for, and agreed to be implemented in a future drop.
If you'd have read the sticky moderator posts, especially "Feature Requests", you'd have found this on the SQL Developer Exchange ;-)
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Audio Editing Workflow

Can anyone suggest a brief workflow outline for editing audio? I can then look up the details on my own.
BTW: The audio in question was recorded using Logic into 9 tracks, with ten songs done sequentially. So, I have one song file with a very long arrange window. (Not recorded w/a click-track & don't need it for this project).
How does this sound?
I plan on creating & saving channel strip settings for each audio source; saving the main song file as a project; then doing a 'save as song', one for each of the takes; then open each song file, remove unwanted audio & mix. Perhaps there's a better way to do this, but that's where I stand now.
Now, on to editing & mixing.
Here's my guess at a workflow:
1. Clean the tracks in sample editor:
- remove noise & silence unwanted audio
- replace bad sounds (like bass & drum misses, etc). Is there a way to say, move a bass hit left or right?
- normalize? if so, how many db of headroom does one normally leave for effects.
2. Overdubs: I imagine some magical use of folders to take the best overdubbed bits of each track and mix down into one good take.
3. Finalize effects & Use automation to mix volumes, etc.
4. Bounce / Done.
5. Give project to a professional to do properly.
Any help would be very greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
BTW. I have found the Logic ref manual quite like reading the Korg Triton manual - not very helpful for getting started, but great for paper airplanes. Other softwares have whole help sections on workflows, like photoshop's "how-tos". Again, thanks.

Hi Mark,
A few notes here:
- normalize? if so, how many db of headroom does one normally leave for effects.
Normally, I would not unless it was a gain adjustment for an entire track which had really low levels, then I would do this for the same amount of gain for each file of the same track - so the mix template could be easily reused. A mix template will save a lot of time in this case.
Is there a way to say, move a bass hit left or right?
Yes, though you'll often want to do this after you have divided the sessions per song, usually there is not enough resolution in the Arrange for the job if your several song .lso is 60 minutes, for example.
3
Search copying Audio Configurations, and remember to use the same Audio objects (track) for each instrument so the mix template transfers without hitches. Then of course, mix to taste.
J

Care 2 share favorite audio editing tips (think Aphex, Squarepusher, B.T.)?

Anyone here do tons of constructive/destructive audio editing in Logic? I am determined to kick my Pro Tools habit and embrace Logic's audio mangling capabilities once and for all!
Any tips or shortcuts you can't live without would be much appreciated (especially from Pro Tools users who have learned to adapt without having 'tab to transients', 'Grid mode', etc.).
Gracias

Between your posts today I'd say the effects you want can be created pretty quickly with strip silence, divide multiple, AU hosting batch processor, EXS24. Kontakt is actually pretty quick at this becase it's got a built in ReCycler, then you can just throw the pitches and loops in whichever direction you want, just set the polyphony low (often mono) for alot of this. Logic doesn't really handle file based effects (then it was easy-like PT's AudioSuite). Lowering the Tempo in 2 and then recording, chopping and then flipping the tempo up is also good, set regions to auto xfade like 5ms. Alot can be done in the arrange, yes but the samplers should not be overlooked. Basically sound like you're going through 30 different sounds all at one as 1 instrument. I have set up templates with FX where sounds basically "reproduce", this is really easy in Logic. Record or setup sounds by some timebase, scribble some automation in for a few plugs, bounce, divide multiple, send through batch processor, load into sampler, it may not sound like much but you can make hundreds of unique sounds in a few minutes. All you have to do after that is listen and choose. But obviously you don't want to stop there so you can start drawing (honestly, I think the Matrix is where I'd do the arranging/sequencing-just load up a few samplers but for processing/chopping arrange is really fast). I even do this with guitar tracks. With your sample regions now in place you can just change the pitch on the sampler and set the loop values to musical and nonmusical values easily. The arrange is fine for placing but when you get into all the effecting it's handled better by a sampler, IMO. Logic can make easy work of the effecting, dicing, and sequencing. Export regions as audio files, and open in external sampe editor, EXS mapping 128 notes at once. ReCycle. Kontakt has alot of the stuff you want-it could replace ReCyle and EXS24, and it's got the script processor.

Audio edit not working. Can't cross fade

Suddenly when I attempt to select the end of one audio track and the beginning of the other, it does not become high lighted as usual and I can't apply a cross fade.
I never had this problem before and it suddenly appeared. If I double click I get an option for a Trim Edit, but that is not what I want to do.
How can I simply click on the audio edit and apply the audio cross fade??
Thanks!!

In FCP, go to the menu Sequence > Render and make sure all the conditions are checked.
Do the same for Render All:
MtD

I must purchase a photo editing tool and don't know if I should go with Photoshop or Lightroom. I need to learn how to do basic photo editing on pictures used for a news website. Thoughts? Thanks!

I must purchase a photo editing tool and don't know if I should go with Photoshop or Lightroom. I need to learn how to do basic photo editing on pictures used for a news website. Thoughts? Thanks!

Hi scienceiscool,
You can go ahead with the photography plan as mentioned in the link below:
https://creative.adobe.com/plans/photography?promoid=KLXML
Kindly refer to the link below to get used to the application better:
Photoshop CC tutorials from novice to expert
Regards,
Sheena K

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