I've got a few beginnner audio questions.

[IhateMyjob]

Hey guys, got a few questions. (I'm sorry if some of them seem stupid)

First off, when you're recording audio to a separate recorder, and, say you film all day, then go home to off load, assuming you're not using timecode, when you off load all your video and audio files, how do you know which audio file goes with which video files... I know I've seen behind the scenes stuff from movies where all the info is on the slate, and said out loud before the director says action, but are there other ways to do this?

Second, I know that Pro Tools is industry standard for pretty much anything audio oriented, but my question, are there other DAWs that are useable to obtain professional results? (For instance, I currently use Ableton Live for audio production).... Basic question boils down to, if I'm serious about specializing in the audio side of filmmaking, do I need to learn Pro Tools?

Lastly, I've been researching around trying to put together a consumer/prosumer audio set up to start working with, and what I've found is as follows.

Shotgun mic-
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/747422-REG/rode__ntg_2_complete_shotgun_microphone.html

Hypercardioid mic-
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/867157-REG/avantone_pro_ck1_ck_1_small_capsule_fet_pencil.html

Recorder-
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_recorder_with.html

Headphones-
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ..._d40fs_professional_enhanced_bass_studio.html


Are there any items on this list that jump out as poor choices?

Also, I've looked at field mixers on BH, and I'm questioning whether I need one with the H6 just starting out... I know Sound Devices makes high quality mixers with super quiet pre's however, as of now, they are out of my price range, and I suspect a lot of the lower price mixers are more geared towards music production, where, even if the preamps are high quality, they are still noisier than what will be useable for filmmaking.




For anyone curious, my background in other areas of audio... I've been doing sound reinforcement for 10 years (not huge scale) and for the past 2 years, I've been tinkering with home recording, again, using Ableton software.


Thanks for any help,
Marshall H.

 

[AudioPostExpert]

... could that line out be used to send the signal coming into the recorder into the camera just, to have the in camera audio as a backup? Or is that a bad practice?

On the contrary, it's recommended practice! Not so much as a backup, although a backup certainly doesn't hurt, but because you will have the production sound recorded at least roughly in sync with your picture and it should remain in sync when you import it into your NLE. This camera audio will be of great use as a guide to make the task of sync'ing up the audio from the DR100 much easier/quicker.

In short, if you have the option, always record to the camera as well as to the audio recorder.

G

EDIT: Make sure your camera and audio recorder both have the same sample rate (48kHz). If possible the same bit depth is also preferable (24bit) but many cameras only record in 16bit, which is not much of a problem if your camera is at 16bit and your recorder at 24bit. It would be good practice in this case to convert your camera audio to 24bit when you import it into your NLE. Always leave your audio recorder at 24bit.