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  1. TheWAVLab

    special-offer Black Friday SFX for the Indie Film maker!

    Quick note... Black Friday discount. One of the most affordable indie sound foley bundles! https://thewavlab.com/shop-design/ The WAV Lab provides foley for indie film (among other things we do). We have all the big collections from PSE and Boom, but still needed to record sounds that were...
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    sound Another film dies in post... a sound story

    And... just in case some aspiring filmmaker is now wondering "Ok. But how much does sound cost?" https://thewavlab.com/budgeting-audio-post-production-for-indie-films/
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    sound Another film dies in post... a sound story

    Sharing to help any aspiring filmmaker who may be considering an expensive and life draining investment in their first film. NEVER cut corners on sound. Your film will die. No amount of post production magic can save some mistakes in production sound. It's always more expensive to try and fix...
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    sound Sound Effects Collections and a 50% off coupon

    50% off Discount Code = SPRING50 https://thewavlab.com/shop-design/ This is a time of year when indie film cranks up with shorts and features. Prime filming in the spring/summer months with good light. We're celebrating the new with a discount on sample libraries made with indie film in mind...
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    sound-gear Best budget mic for recording actors in the open?

    Would love to hear a sample. Physics are involved in how microphones work, and the physics of sound and the way shotguns mics are made (interference tube) make your statement about how great it sounds unbelievable. Future film makers will visit this site and hope you are correct. Please...
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    sound-gear Best budget mic for recording actors in the open?

    To answer the OP title question... "Best budget mic for recording actors in the open" Definitely a shotgun for outdoor. A hyper or super cardioid for indoor. Rode NTG series are hard to beat for the price. A used older Sennheiser MKH series would be a nice step up. Newer MKH series, Sanken...
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    sound-gear Best budget mic for recording actors in the open?

    Leaving a comment with the hope it helps future efforts... A shotgun mic is a good tool in the right situation but not every situation. Would you use a screwdriver to hammer a nail? In this case, the scene would be made more difficult, if not impossible, to capture with a single shotgun. That...
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    sound How can I compose cinematic edits like this?

    This uses spacious music with "sweeteners" on top. These could be done musically with virtual instruments, or by layering other stock tracks, or by dropping common sound design effects. I hear LOTS of risers, hits, and transitions. There are probably 6 different music tracks cross-faded or...
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    sound Two new sample libraries for sound design and intense thriller or horror

    Footnote! The new libraries are already on sale. Want to offer a coupon to Indie Talk users that will apply to our older foley and ambience collections. This will take 15% off any of the micro-libraries or the Volume 1 bundle. Coupon will work until Halloween! Expires Nov 01. Coupon = PROMO15
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    sound Two new sample libraries for sound design and intense thriller or horror

    Hi. Frequent forum lurker. Wanted to step out and share something... We're an audio post studio with lots of indie film roots. https://thewavlab.com/ Over the years we've recorded a ton of sounds on location and in the studio. Finally packaged these into a useful set of micro-libraries and...
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    sound Semi-Comprehensive guide to free or cheap royalty free music

    You're partially right... but "the theme song for any film, television show, or other broadcast or program" doesn't have anything to do with your assumption. It's fairly clear that you can't use this music for that purpose without paying for it. The sticky part, regarding film, is what...
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    sound Semi-Comprehensive guide to free or cheap royalty free music

    But be careful what you're using it for... if you read his "License Agreement" there are quite a few restrictions... Here's one... 3.5 Licensed Material shall not be incorporated into a logo, corporate ID, trademark or service mark, nor used as the theme song for any film, television show...
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    sound Semi-Comprehensive guide to free or cheap royalty free music

    I don't know about fresh free royalty free.... but I've heard of QualityFreeMusic.com Maybe that stuff would work well for your type of production?
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    sound Semi-Comprehensive guide to free or cheap royalty free music

    ***** Legal Footnote about RFM ***** To be a bit more detailed about RFM... and to help people avoid legal problems later.... Originally, traditionally, and almost without exception.... Royalty-Free was created to eliminate "Mechanical" royalties associated with licensing. Prior to RFM...
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    sound Question About Stock Music

    Are you this hard-headed in everything or just when you don't want to spend money? ;) My mother taught me to spell assume in the 2nd grade by saying... "Remember. When you assume something you make an ASS out of U and ME." Copyright law has nothing to do with "packaging" in regard to music...
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    sound Question About Stock Music

    No. More importantly... never consider using unlicensed content in anything you produce. The negatives just outweigh the positives. Public Domain: This is 75 years from the death of the writer... if a corporate entity doesn't renew the copyright. I can almost promise that a corporate...
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    editing Why is the sound so bad?

    Unfortunately a lovely title sequence doesn't mean anything in the context of a complete project. No one ever watched a movie and told all their friends... "It has the most amazing title sequence. Everything else was mediocre, but you should really spend a couple hours of your life and just...
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    editing Why is the sound so bad?

    It's DEFINITELY not the worst amateur audio I've heard. At times the ADR sounds too "close" for the shot. The ADR is dead on sometimes.... but for the most part, the actors weren't coached well and the ADR session wasn't timed/edited very well. A few shots even seem like "Bad Lip Reading"...
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    Documentary in development: advice

    FilmmakerJ is speaking knowledge.... but even then... this is just tip of the iceberg. When I first read "$400/day" my face crumpled.... like a raisin. To be honest... that's the low-side of your sound mixer's rate. Your DP and Director will need at least the same amount. Running with low...
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    sound Mixer, and recorder - questions [noise problem]

    Take the setup from example one and bury yourself in a closet far from everyone else. Take extra pillows with you.... stuff some clothing into the crack at bottom of the door... make a poor kids iso booth.... then listen to your recording. Less noise?
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