I'm looking to edit sound for people, for cheap or possibly free. I don't have a massive amount of experience, but I am looking for projects to work on to get more experience. Also any advice on good ways to find jobs in sound are welcome.
I think it would help a lot to show your studio as this is the biggest red tape to editing my own sound. It needs to be edited in a theatrical environment before being played for an audience in a theatre.
The biggest difference between a video person "editing their own sound" and an audio person isn't the room.
I don't have a lot under my belt. That is why I'm willing to do some editing for free. So I can make a reel. What gear would you recommend for editing?
Technically this is not exactly correct. There are thousands of features mixed every year in smaller rooms.... much less editing. Major motion pictures use plenty of sound editing suites that are in tiny spaces or even editing just on headphones. It's definitely possible to mix for theatrical releases in smaller rooms.... you just have to understand sound (specifically monitoring calibrations) at an expert level. The biggest difference between a video person "editing their own sound" and an audio person isn't the room.
As far as gear you need a room that is treated for sound, the right speakers, and various professional audio softwares.
I don't have a lot under my belt. That is why I'm willing to do some editing for free. So I can make a reel. What gear would you recommend for editing?
Exactly right.
I understand that you have to start "small," but your listening environment - your room and your speakers - needs to allow your work to "translate" to other formats. This means at least a pro forma attempt at treating your room and some passable speakers.
Pro Tools is the obvious answer if you want to make this your profession. There's "lite" versions to six figure configurations.
What are you going to do about video monitoring?
A few details about what you have available, your experience, budget, etc. would help.
It's definitely possible to mix for theatrical releases in smaller rooms.... you just have to understand sound (specifically monitoring calibrations) at an expert level.
A great room won't matter if you don't understand fixed-monitor gain, RMS vs. Peak metering, threshold to ratio settings, or any of the other thousands of things audio people use to "edit sound"
What major motion pictures have been edited just using headphones?
I've been told the best (sometimes I've been told the ONLY) way to become a professional at sound editing is through understudy with an experienced professional.
Unfortunately I'm not really that close to any decent studio that I'm aware of. So how do I deal with that.
This is great news, it sounds attainable for me!
What major motion pictures have been edited just using headphones?
I have a sony mdr-7506 for production sound, what sort of headphones would you recommend for editing/mixing?
That's a 10x15 room! Not very big.
There are a wide variety of room sizes that are used for Dubbing (different process than sound editing), and there are MANY rooms that book dubbing sessions every day that aren't theater size.
So long as the acoustics are good, the monitors are accurate, and the pilot is experienced... it's going to turn out better than a "video guy" mucking around with his Adobe software.
While there may not be any major theatrical audio post facilities near you, there are likely to be some smaller TV audio post studios, which could be a good starting place to learn some of the technical basics. If there really isn't anything near you and relocating is out of the question, then I'm not sure what the solution is, or even if there is one.
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