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[thesimplestlines]

hey guys. i've been doing some silent films and such but havn't got into sound really yet. i have some ideas for short films but need some advise on what to do about capturing live audio from some third party devise. i've heard mini-disk works well...but are there any other options.. thanks

[agingeri]

Unless your camera is crystal-controlled, you'll need to do a bunch of minor adjustments in editing to get the audio track positioned right.

I haven't done it yet, but I've considered the possibility of recording the scenes to film but also with a DV camera, from which you can later extract the audio (and also edit while you're waiting for your film to get processed).

[BolexPlusx]

It's kind of interesting how far some film makers get without an exact sync. I know of several films where in the course of a conversation it's often the listener who is on screen. Atmospheric sounds like rushing water and wind aren't synchronised at all (and can be recorded when the camera isn't running to keep it's sound off the track). Other useful sound like narration requires no sync either.

For my first couple of sound films I'm chickening out big time and just having music on the track. Maybe later on I'll get more daring!

I like the DV camera as an audio recorder and may try that someday too!

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 11, 2004 08:55 PM: Message edited by: BolexPlusx ]</font>

[thesimplestlines]

thanks guys. i guess it just takes some messing around with it and seeing what works best. i think i'm going to try the dv idea and see how well i can get that to work.

[TobiasK]

Hello,
I use the walkman Sony WM D6C. In the next time I will let build in another recording head which records the flash-light pulse through a pulse generator. Advantage: the cassette records a continuos sound and only when the camera runs the aditional impulse head records the 1000Hz impulses. Then you can transfer the sound to the computer and mix it. You have to count the scene lengths and convert it to timecode. At the end you can burn a CD. Connect the projector with a special CD player and you have perfect sound. The projecter must have a 1:1 reed contact, which can build in by oneself.

[oldasdirt]

Unless your camera is crystal-controlled, you'll need to do a bunch of minor adjustments in editing to get the audio track positioned right.

Some cameras are better than others for this.Some will hold as much as 45 seconds to a minute in sync before drifting.Record some ambient sound so you can add pad where it drifts.Never tried it with super 8,but I have used a Bealieu R-16 and Arri S fitted with a constant speed (governor) motor in 16mm.I'm betting the super 8 Beaulieu's and Nizo's are good for this.