Regardless, I think you need to stop asking every question that comes to
mind on this list, and save the PT and Voice Over specific ones ffor
here,
because you are a beginner like many on this list, and there are plenty
of
other sources online where you can ask those questions, research that
material etc rather than wasting the time of the experts on thie list,
who
are often far too hepful for their own good.
Perhaps you should join an online home recording oriented forum or
something
of the sort to give you another source of knowledge.
This list is an invaluable resource for experienced engineers making the
switch over to ProTools, so please try to keep the non protools related
questions to a minimum, so that when searching back through the archives
the
list is not clogged with irrelevant information.
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Of course, we will all from time to time ask questions and make mistakes
which we think is a software problem and is in fact a lack of basic
technical knowledge or a slip up. For example, as Kevin said, your
understanding of recording something flat. Your mixers EQ can boost or
cut
frequencies, when at twelve o'clock it is flat or neutral, meaning it is
ideally not effecting the signal at all. This is the norm for approaches
to
digital recording as you record the cleanest and best signal possible and
later in the software you can make all the changes you want.
So you see, it sounds like you had a basic lack of understanding about
your
mixer and what a basic EQ does rather than anything to do with proTools,
which is fine, but these are things we all have to learn on triall and
error.
If you keep asking basic recording questions, then people might start
ignoring your contributions on this list as many see it as a mis-use of
the
list, so you'll hamper your own efforts in that way.
Its not easy having to learn these things differently to the average
engineer, but you can learn so much theory online and most of all, with
patience you can figure most of this stuff on your own the good old
fassioned way through triall and error. Nobody can learn t his for you
and
you shouldn't need other people to be part of your triall and error
process
90% of the time.
I'll leave it at that as I'm not even a regular on this list and am
simply
observing to learn for a future move over to ProTools.
Best of luck and I hope the learning goes well for you,
Be patient,
Regards,
Brian.
From: "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:50 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Bad quality: I just don't get it!
Brian,
I have to completely disagree with you. I think this has all and
everything to do with PT. When I record in say, Sonar, my recordings
are
not mainstream quality, no, but they're way cleaner. Maybe part of it
is
I don't exactly know how to mix, but I think all of it plays hand in
hand.
Fine, if you think, and I know you meant this in, and I quote: good
spirit... that this has not much to do with PT accessibility, then let's
dial it back home. As I said initially, what in PT could I do and what
with VO is the best way to do so, to fix this clipping issue/mud issue?
I'm sorry that you and others are so... good... and no everything. I
can't help I'm starting out. For me reading a manual, just doesn't
work!
With my learning challengement, it makes things very difficult. I don't
very easily comprehend what I read. This is why I need someone like you
all who can make a few suggestions, let me try 'em, and see if they make
things better or worse, then plan accordingly for the next step of
action.
I'm sorry I'm so stupid at all this stuff, but if I didn't wanna learn I
wouldn't be here.
Your suggestion to google was an excellent one, and believe me I have,
but
I'm getting absolutely nowhere, either the articles are completely
irrellavant, or are thigns I already have tried taking into
consideration,
or they're the obvious things more for a basic person who just wants to
say... voice chat with a 5 dollar pc mike and wonders why they're
getting
clipping. Gee, $5! Hmm, I wonder! Point is, telling peole to go
google,
or to RTFM, etc. though that might be a good idea eventually, maybe not
right at first when you're starting and need to learn the fundimentals.
If you still disagree, then I'll respectfully leave you alone, and agree
to disagree, but maybe perhaps, someone should then make a list that
strictly doesn't cover software, but more hardware, and more the
concepts
of audio production. Then everyone could join and post there, causing
more e-mail conjestion, rather than consolidating to one list, and
people
like you who don't see the rellavance wouldn't have to worry about
getting
bombarded as you seem to be remotely implying.
I'm a newby, so I'm gonna have a lot of questions, a lot of which may
have
to do with how to set things up to work in PT correctly. if this isn't
the list for that just boot my butt off of here, tell me why you're
doing
so, be polite about it, and I'll go my own merry way, and learn on my
own.
I think people like Kevin etc. would agree however I'm doing nothing
wrong, and the only way to learn is to ask questions.
Sorry for the long mail, but I couldn't just let your comments go undelt
with.
I see your point, in your defense, but put youself in my shoes as a
complete newby. Wouldn't you want help rather than someone just saying
RTFM, go google. To me that's almost pushing me away from the list
which
I feel is a priceless source for help when nothing else seems to make
sense.
Chris.
