(Hopefully) easy audio question

I'm recording on Soundtrack Pro, using a 30 dollar vocal dynamic mic from RadioShack, but when I hook it up, it only reads very, very softly. Even if my mouth is right on the mic, I can barely make the levels jump all the way. Additionally, it only records on the left track.
Is there an easy fix to this, some setting I'm not using? Thanks for any help.

A dynamic mic will need a mic preamp to work. The "mic" input on a laptop or any standard soundcard will only work with a little (I think it's called) electret http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electret
mic found on cheap headsets and built into web cams.
A cheap solution that will give you much better results is a USB mic. Those are basically a decent condenser mic and USB sound card all in one.
~Jay

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Can't edit multiple tracks - plus 2 easy audio questions

I have a sequence with 1 video track and 6 stereo audio tracks. I set an in and an out point. The area on the clips in the timeline between the two edit points highlights, I hit delete. Normally, the tracks between the points should disappear as the two segments come together and form one great edit.
But all the tracks do not highlight and edit. The video track and stereo audio tracks 3+4 and 5+6 highlight and LIFT off. But audio tracks 1+2 do not highlight or edit. And the whole sequence doesn't close together where the edit should be.
Only way I have been able to overcome this is to use the razor blade tool, cut each track individually. Highlight them all, and then hit delete.
This didn't use to be the way. FCP used to edit through one track, 3 tracks or all tracks, no problem.
Two audio questions. How do you stop the waveforms from drawing onto the clips in the timeline, in order to speed up FCP?
How do you get the audio in captured clips to be a Stereo Pair, from the outset?
Thanks to all you who help!

Is it usual for FCP to bog down on a 4 minute piece when audio wave forms are turned on??
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No. Should run fine. You get up into 6-12 audio tracks, FCP gets all moody and pouty.
But it depends on your system's capabilities and how well you have chosen your sequence settings.
Audio waveforms n FCP are a cruel joke compared to many other NLEs. Often easier to leave them off in the timeline, use the waveform in the Viewer and set markers for hooks in the audio tracks.
bogiesan

Hopefully Simple Audio Question

I am doing a highlight film for a local high school and I have a question about the music. At the end of the game highlight sometimes the song is not completly over so I cut it to end it at the same time as the video. My question for you is how can I fade out just the last 5 seconds of the song and not fade out the whole song. I don't want it getting softer and softer through the song. I think you do it by cutting the last 5 or 10 sec. of the audio (song) and make it an independent clip then take that clip and fade it out. Will this work or not. Thanks. Also I am having a lot of trouble adding text to my video. Should I just do it in motion and not even mess with it in Final Cut. Thanks

press Option W to turn on clip overlays.
then press p to change to the pen tool.
on your music track create an audio keyframe about 5 seconds before the end (just click on the line in the audio track using the pen tool)
create another audio keyframe at the end of the music, and drag this one down to the bottom of the track
... yaaa, you just created an audio fade
alternatively just apply a crossfade transition to the end of your audio track and make the crossfade last 5 seconds long

(Hopefully) Easy Sort Question

We have a subsite that contains 14 document libraries. Each library has 1 write up uploaded as a word document with a folder where additional information relating to the write up is stored. So when you click on the document library you see
the folder and then the document. Is there a way that I can change this so that you always see the document first? I know you can click on the heading and sort by descending and it will change, but I'd like for this to be the default view.
I know this is small, but the library is also displayed on the main page in a web part. My boss would like the main page to read so that the document is first and then the supplementary information within the folder comes second. If it can be
changed within the webpart but not in the actual document library, that will work
Thank you for your help!

Hello,
You can create custom view and show only files on home page without folder. Just go to your library settings-->create or modify view-->then scroll down to folders section and select "Show all items without folders" radio button.
Now add this library as webprt on page and edit thsi webpart and select yoru view from view dropdown.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-sharepoint-services-help/displaying-sharepoint-lists-in-web-parts-HA001126557.aspx
Correct me if i misunderstood you
Hemendra:Yesterday is just a memory,Tomorrow we may never see
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Hopefully easy question...

I am new to TestStand and have a couple of (hopefully) easy questions. I am using TestStand 3.5.
1) I have written a couple of sub-sequences in another file that we use for common tasks. Some of the parameters we pass will always be the same variable name. Is there a way I can get that default parameter name to show up when I write the program to call this sub-sequence so I wont have to enter it each time?
2) When I run a program that calls a sub-sequence in the above file, the first time I run it, I get an error saying the resource already exists... If I open the sub-sequence file in TestStand, and then close it, it is fine after that.
Thanks for your help!

With TestStand the answer is usually 'yes' it is just a matter of which way is best for you.
1)
TestStand has a full application interface so that you can pragmatically read parameter names and types, and populate calling programs with the right stuff. This takes some learning. There may be an easier way depending on what you are doing.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you write a program to call the subsequence. In TestStand 4.0 ( don't have 3.5 installed) you can create a Sequence Call template step that can be used in new sequences that you program. That is, I can open a new sequence, drop a generic Sequence Call step and rename it, configure it to call your subsequence by choosing the right path, sequence file, values/expressions to be passed to the subsequence, and then I can save this step as a template (drag to the Step section of the template window). Then, when I have a brand new sequence, I can drop an instance of this template step into my sequence, with the parameter values preconfigured. Assuming all the expressions are valid, you're ready to go.
2)
Without more information I can't help with this one. Perhaps the sequence file that contains the called subsequence is not in one of your search directories (see Configure>>Search Directories) and therefore it can't be found until you open, identify and save the calling sequence file. What error code are you getting?

I need easy audio and video converting and editing software?

I need easy audio and video converting and editing software that wont cost $400.

I highly recommend you try Video Monkey. It's free, though donations are certainly accepted, and does an excellent job of converting .mov to .wmv. Choose Best (2 Pass) for Encoding Speed and depending upon the size of your original file, uncheck 320 pixels wide to create a larger converted image. I set Quality to "Go Nuts".
Another good commercial program is Video Converter Ultimate for Mac. It works as video converter and editor. The version for 2 Pass conversion is approximately $69. , which is considerably less than the $400+ that Adobe Premiere is asking for its editor. I'd still prefer a freebie though, but there's little choice...

Havent a clue! Please help! Easy ABAP Question!

Helly Gurus
I am loading from a dso to a cube and doing a lookup on a second dso.
eg
'Name' is in the DSO1
I lookup 'Address' from DSO2
Then load to the cube.
The problem is there may be more than one address so although I have coded the lookup to
find all addresses, I do know how to get these into my results.
Only the first address it finds is there.
loop at DATA_PACKAGE.
    select * from DSO1 where
    NAME = DATA_PACKAGE-NAME.
    if sy-subrc = 0.
      move-corresponding DSO2 to itab1. collect itab1.
    endif.
    endselect.
endloop.
What do I need to do to get all of the results?
I am in 3.5 so do not have the use of an End Routine.
Thanks
Tom Tom

you need to do several treatments in fact you need to add records on the data_package (by the way it is not an easy ABAP question as you mentioned !)
So
Treatment 1: select all the records from ods2 table of adresses outside the loop
    select names adresses
    from ods2
    into table g_itab_ods2
      for all entries in data_package
      where name eq data_package-name.
Treatment 2: delete double records of the internal table.
    delete adjacent duplicates from g_itab_ods2 comparing names adresses.
Treatment 3: loop over the data_package. Within this loop read the internal ods2 table and loop over it to assign the corresponding adresses. Then append the results to the temporary data_package_tmp and move all the records to the initial data_package.
loop at data_package assigning <data_fields>.
   read table g_itab_ods2 into l_g_itab_ods2
      with key name = <data_fields>-name.
      if sy-subrc eq 0.
        loop at g_itab_ods2 assigning <adresses>
        where name                = <data_fields>-name.
          <data_fields>-adresses= <adresses>-adresses.
          append <data_fields> to lt_data_package_tmp.
        endloop.
      endif.
    endloop.
    data_package[] = lt_data_package_tmp[].
free lt_data_package_tmp.
this should do what you want to do. hope this could help you out.

Easy way to add more audiotracks??? + Environment midi/audio question???

Hi!
Let's say, when I open a new project I have standard 24 audio tracks.
But when recording I see that I will need more, is there an easy and fast way to add more tracks?
As I see it now, I Have to run the Logic Setup Assistent, add more tracks (let's say 40). Reopen the project, go in the environment, create a new audio object for every track I want to add, double click it and assign the correct track to 'channel'. If I need to add 10 more tracks I have to go over these last steps 10 times. Am I missing some handy quick trick here?
Also, the second part of my question:
when I open the environment window, sometimes it only shows "midi" and the "GS instrument drum mapped" and some other times it shows "audio" and an "overview of my mixer". This seems to happen at random and I don't know why. The mixer view is what I want (especially when I need to add tracks as mentioned before), but when I get the midi view I don't know what to do to get the audio/mixer view. Any help?
Powermac G5 dual 2,3 - 1,5Gig ram Mac OS X (10.4.3) Logic 7.1.1 / M audio Ozone / BCF2000 / Drumkat 3.8

Ok,
There is a way so you wont have to do the 10 setups.
Run the Setup Assistant and when it asks how many
audio tracks you want, always tell it more than you
will possibly need. I use 101. I know I will probably
never use that many but they are already and waiting
in case I do need more. This way you dont have to do
anything except go to the track menu and select create
new or double click the arear below the last
track and what ever track is highlighted, a exact duplicate
will appear. Then you just click and hold on it to make it
whatever kind of track you need from the menu that appears.
This first answer takes care of the second question. Since you
dont need to go into the enviroment to hook up new tracks.
Just so you know if you click and hold on the name of the layer
Midi, instruments, clicks and ports or whatever another menu
will appear letting you choose what layer you want to go to.
This is the easy way!

Hopefully easy question: the number keypad stopped working!

OK, this is a super-minor problem, but I'm hoping that means it's an easy one to fix!
I normally rely on quickkeys or keyboard shortcuts, like in Logic when you just hit the "0" on the number keypad which takes you back to the beginning of the piece. Problem: it stopped working! Now when I hit the 0 I just get the penalty beep. I did trash my preferences earlier today, because I was having problems with a 3rd-party plugin. But I can't find a place in Preferences to enable the number keypad keys.
Help!
Kirby

If you trash your prefs you automatically delete your Keycommands with it so you should save/export them first before trashing the prefs. Now open the Key command menue, enter "stop" in the little Spotlight menue and reassign the "0" to the command stop.

Quick (hopefully easy) question about rotating video...

I'm going to be shooting some video soon that I will later be editing with FCP. I'm going to shoot the video on a Canon Vixia HF10 (AVCHD) camcorder.
In the situation I'll be shooting, with the mount I'll be using, it would be much easier for me to shoot this video with the camera fully upside-down.
If I shoot the video fully upside down, can I easily rotate it 180 degrees in FCP with no loss of quality?
Thanks!

An interesting thing about video that is shot upside down is the ballistics of the camera movement can be weirdly disconcerting. For instance, if it's a helmet- or wing-style mount, pans and tilts just feel odd.
As Eric suggests, flipping the image 180 degrees is easy but practice and evaluate.
bogiesan

Silly question, but hopefully easy

Where is the setting to only sync the songs with checkmarks next to them? I can't seem to find it and I thought it was in preferences???
I have days I want to hear George Carlin, but not every day if you get my drift.

Thank you. Every time I have looked at those tabbed pages has been only to update/restore my iPod.

Easy Newbie question (hopefully)

Hello,
I am a Lotus Notes developer and I need to write some code in Java.
I found an some open source package called Httpclient (http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient/2.0/index.html ) that does exactly what I want. (HTTP Post & Get inside the Notes client in the backend).
I amusing eclipse 3.0/ JDK 1.4x/ Win XP SP2
My problem is that eclipse does not seem to recognize my import statements
I have put the jar file in c:\Lotus\Notes\httpclient\
I have included the following in my Path statement in the environment variables:
C:\Lotus\Notes5;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_06;C:\Lotus\Notes5\httpclient;C:\Lotus\Notes5\httpclient\commons-httpclient-2.0.2.jar
In eclipse under Preferences\Java\Build Path\user libraries i added C:\Lotus\Notes5\httpclient\commons-httpclient-2.0.2.jar.
I copied the following example code into a new class:
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.InputStreamRequestEntity;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
* Example how to use unbuffered chunk-encoded POST request.
* @author Oleg Kalnichevski
public class ChunkEncodedPost {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
if (args.length != 1) {
System.out.println("Usage: ChunkEncodedPost <file>");
System.out.println("<file> - full path to a file to be posted");
System.exit(1);
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
PostMethod httppost = new PostMethod("http://localhost:8080/httpclienttest/body");
File file = new File(args[0]);
httppost.setRequestEntity(new InputStreamRequestEntity(new FileInputStream(file)));
httppost.setContentChunked(true);
try {
client.executeMethod(httppost);
if (httppost.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
System.out.println(httppost.getResponseBodyAsString());
} else {
System.out.println("Unexpected failure: " + httppost.getStatusLine().toString());
} finally {
httppost.releaseConnection();
No matter what I do eclipse always tells me that the httpclient package cannot be resolved.
I have looked through this forum for answers plus tried to find some eclipse specific ones(not many)
I relativly sure this is a configuration issue or a code 18 but Java not being my strong suit so the answer eludes me.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated...
Karl the Notes guy......

So I should remove it?
Also what is the proper location within the workspace
folders to put a jar files?Pretty much whereever you want to. However, I'd suggest that you copy that jar file in the project's directory tree, not in Lotus Note's directories (it doesn't belong to Lotus Notes, but rather to your app). The master copy of it should be in something like a /jakarta/commons directory, and then copy that jar to your application's directory structure.
+(root) - your project's root folder
|--- src/java - your source code
|--- lib - external jars your app needs, including the httpclient jar

OEM Grid Control Newbie ... hopefully easy question

I am trying to setup a simple "SQL script" corrective action and want to pass in the object being monitored to the script. For example, in my tablespace %used metric I have defined a corrective action that calls a SQL script on the local host. I want to be able to pass in the tablespace name that raised the alert to the script. When I place the %key_value_name% in the parameters section the corrective action does not work. It doesn't permit me to choose %key_value% as would appear to be the most suitable target property. I am trying to avoid hard-coding the name of the tablespace upon which to take corrective action in the CA script. I feel like I am missing something very simple here.

Just verified and it appears to work out of the box.
Fix it job I put on a broken job metric:
WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT FAILURE;
spool /tmp/mylogfile
set feedback on
set heading on
set echo on
select sysdate from dual;
select '%metric%' from dual;
select '%metric_value%' from dual;
spool off
The details of the alert job firing:
Output Log
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production on Wed May 2 11:58:24 2007
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> Connected.
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>
SYSDATE
02-MAY-07
1 row selected.
SQL>
'BROKENJOBCOUNT'
Broken Job Count
1 row selected.
SQL>
'1'
1
1 row selected.
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
And the spool file as well:
$ more mylogfile.lst
SQL> set feedback on
SQL> set heading on
SQL> set echo on
SQL> select sysdate from dual;
SYSDATE
02-MAY-07
1 row selected.
SQL> select 'Broken Job Count' from dual;
'BROKENJOBCOUNT'
Broken Job Count
1 row selected.
SQL> select '1' from dual;
'1'
1
1 row selected.
SQL> spool off

Hopefully easy 10g 9i question

I have had 9i installed on a Windows 2003 for a long time with a number of databases and recently installed 10g. I have no problems creating a 10g database however I need to create a 9i database. The server thinks there is only one oracle home in the home selector. I have changed the environment variables so the oracle home is 9i and the path has all the 9i locations first. Sql plus runs as 9i but when I start nomount the pfile for the 9i database it starts in the 10g engine. Please help me and tell me what I need to do so I can switch between the two on Windows. Thanks

Try it from dos-prompt like:
c:\ set ORACLE_HOME=<9i_home>
c:\ set ORACLE_SID = 9i SID
c:\ set PATH = 9i_ORCLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
c:\ sqlplus / as sysdba
c:\ startup nomount
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Hopefully easy self-contained QT question...

If I make a self-contained QT file, would I then be able to take ONLY THAT FILE to another computer for compression? My lengthy project is extremely heavy on effects, so I'm unsure if all the plug-ins and render files needed to make the original project would ALSO be needed on the other computer...
Thanks, ahead of time!!

If I make a self-contained QT file, would I then be able to take ONLY THAT FILE to another computer for compression?
Yes.
Though the length your project - and, by extension, what codec you've used - will determine your options when it comes to physically transferring between machines.
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