Geoff's Mobile Video Blog » recording http://geoffmobile.com/blog from beautiful Vancouver BC Canada. Fri, 17 May 2013 06:10:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 “Repeatability” in media – a vlog by Geoff Peters http://geoffmobile.com/blog/repeatability-in-media-a-vlog-by-geoff-peters http://geoffmobile.com/blog/repeatability-in-media-a-vlog-by-geoff-peters#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:32:23 +0000 Geoff Peters http://geoffmobile.com/blog/repeatability-in-media-a-vlog-by-geoff-peters
"Repeatability" in media - a vlog by Geoff Peters]]>

Geoff from geoffmobile.com coins and discusses the concept of Repeatability in media, which he defines to be the number of times you can repeat a piece of media before you get totally sick of it.

Synopsys:

-definition of repeatability in media
-online repeatability
-Repeating on Youtube
-Benefits of repeating
-repeatability in music (e.g. radio)
-low repeatability
-giving things a chance
-The Medium affects repeatability
-my favorite book is repeatable
-Music is very repeatable
-are movies designed for rewatching?
-what is your most repeatable song/book?
-the ability to repeat easily is the gift of the digital age
-History: Early attempts at repeatability (Classical Music)
-Music/Jazz: The vinyl record and other recording mediums legitimized improvisation in music.
-How does repeatability affect you?
-Designing for repeatability
-Case study: Video game music

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Hope to see you next time!!

Cheers,
Geoff

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Technical notes:
-Filmed with a Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V in 30p MP4 mode. “Adult” face detection mode, manual white balance set to 18% Gray card. No color correction was done to this video.
-Audio recorded into a Sony ICD-SX712 using the built-in mics in the unit.
-Audio was compressed with a 4:1 compression ratio in Audacity and normalized to -0.2 DB
-Audio was synced with the video using Pluraleyes by Singular Software
-Video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (5.5.2) – legally licensed copy – on a Windows 7 Dell PC (Intel i7 and USB 3.0 for a faster workflow).

]]> http://geoffmobile.com/blog/repeatability-in-media-a-vlog-by-geoff-peters/feed 4 Sony icd-sx712 review – a good, smaller alternative to Zoom H4n for filmmaking / live music audio http://geoffmobile.com/blog/sony-icd-sx712-review-a-good-smaller-alternative-to-zoom-h4n-for-filmmaking-live-music-audio http://geoffmobile.com/blog/sony-icd-sx712-review-a-good-smaller-alternative-to-zoom-h4n-for-filmmaking-live-music-audio#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:01:06 +0000 Geoff Peters http://geoffmobile.com/blog/sony-icd-sx712-review-a-good-smaller-alternative-to-zoom-h4n-for-filmmaking-live-music-audio
Sony icd-sx712 review - a good, smaller alternative to Zoom H4n for filmmaking / live music audio]]>

Geoff from geoffmobile.com reviews the Sony ICD-SX712 recorder device, which is an amazing, tiny audio recorder that is ideal for recording live music, concerts, location audio / ambient sounds for films, dialog for film, lectures, meetings, making podcasts and personal voice notes.

It has two built in mics that can fold out to a wide stereo pattern (for great stereo imaging for a live band, for example) or fold in for a single direction (for recording an interview for example). It also has an external mic jack (stereo miniplug, powered) that can accommodate a mono lapel mic or a stereo mic. It has MP3 recording mode good for lectures or meetings. Also, for recording music or film work it has excellent uncompressed linear 44.1khz 16 bit wav recording mode, as well as manual recording gain, level monitoring, and headphone jack for monitoring a live recording or playback. Mastering these WAV files has given me excellent results!

Like other Sony devices, the sx712 has a “hold” lock switch that prevents the buttons from being activated while the unit is in your pocket. This is a really handy feature, and guarantees that once you start the unit recording and activate the lock, you won’t accidentally stop the recording by hitting a button.

The device can record on to its internal memory, or a micro SD card (slot on the side). i currently have an 8GB micro SD card on my unit, and this is more than enough for pretty much anyone! :)

My only issue with the unit (which is not that serious) is that the headphone gain does not go extremely loud at its maximum volume, which is fine for listening to mastered audio (as it also functions as an MP3 player), but for monitoring a live recording in manual gain mode, this makes it a bit harder to notice problems in the audio. Possibly this problem could be worked around with a headphone gain booster device.

Technical notes:
The audio of my voice for this video was recorded using the Sony ICD-SX712 using an external lapel mic. The audio was compressed (dynamic compression, not size compression) using a 2:1 compression ratio in Audacity and synced with the video using Pluraleyes from Singular Software. The camera used is a Canon EOS T2i (550d) using the kit lens 18-55 IS, manual white balance, Magic Lantern, Technicolor Cinestyle picture style. For this vlog, the EOS Utility was used to show the live view on my computer monitor from the camera so I could get focus. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 (legally licensed version, actually 5.5.2). In Premiere I applied RGB Curves to add contrast, and Three-way Color Corrector to add some blue tones to the shadows.

Thanks for watching!
See you next time,
Geoff

geoffmobile.com

]]> http://geoffmobile.com/blog/sony-icd-sx712-review-a-good-smaller-alternative-to-zoom-h4n-for-filmmaking-live-music-audio/feed 0 The making of “An Electronic World 1″ (song) – Geoff Peters Nov 16th 2011 http://geoffmobile.com/blog/the-making-of-an-electronic-world-1-song-geoff-peters-nov-16th-2011 http://geoffmobile.com/blog/the-making-of-an-electronic-world-1-song-geoff-peters-nov-16th-2011#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:01:18 +0000 Geoff Peters http://geoffmobile.com/blog/the-making-of-an-electronic-world-1-song-geoff-peters-nov-16th-2011
The making of "An Electronic World 1" (song) - Geoff Peters Nov 16th 2011]]>

A live studio session with Geoff Peters, documenting the entire process of composing and recording his song “An Electronic World 1″.

The full song is played at end of this video at time: 23:39

Free Mp3 download of the finished track (right click the link below and choose Save)

www.gpeters.com/tracks/electronic/An%20Electronic%20World%20-%20Geoff%20Peters.mp3

Technical notes:
-Synth: Korg MS2000B
-Motu 8-Pre
-Macbook
-Logic Pro (Used Low cut filter and volume envelopes).
Cameras: Room: Canon EOS T2i with Magic Lantern, Kodachrome Picture Style from cinema5d.com
Closeups: Sony Cybershot DSC-HX7V
Edited with Adobe Premiere CS5.5 on a PC (Windows 7 Dell).

Thanks for watching!!
Cheers,
Geoff

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Some random chatter to illustrate the different recording qualities of using a boom mic (shotgun) or a lapel mic.

Left (boom mic) – Geoff
Right (lapel mic) – Vic

Langara College, Vancouver BC Canada
Sound on the Set course, October 1-2 2011

geoffmobile.com

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Uvic organ player]]>

Great Organ!

University of Victoria Convocation ceremony, June 16th 2011, Victoria, BC, Canada.

www.uvic.ca

Camera: Canon EOS T2i with Magic Lantern.

]]> http://geoffmobile.com/blog/uvic-organ-player/feed 0 Push (The Modern States) Live at the Media Club June 2011 http://geoffmobile.com/blog/push-the-modern-states-live-at-the-media-club-june-2011 http://geoffmobile.com/blog/push-the-modern-states-live-at-the-media-club-june-2011#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:54:12 +0000 Geoff Peters http://geoffmobile.com/blog/push-the-modern-states-live-at-the-media-club-june-2011
Push (The Modern States) Live at the Media Club June 2011]]>

www.themodernstates.com

www.myspace.com/themodernstates

June 5th 2011, Media Club, Vancouver BC Canada

The playlist of all the videos from this show is at:

www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PLE6DE18055E00DE32

Mp3′s from the show (free download)

www.gpeters.com/tracks/modern-states-vancouver

Photos from the show

www.flickr.com/photos/gpeters/sets/72157626897023994

Recording and video by Geoff Peters www.geoffmobile.com
Recorded with Canon EOS T2i with Magic Lantern firmware (and external mic Sony ECM-MS907)

]]> http://geoffmobile.com/blog/push-the-modern-states-live-at-the-media-club-june-2011/feed 0 Sony HX7V tips – how to set white balance for video recording http://geoffmobile.com/blog/sony-hx7v-tips-how-to-set-white-balance-for-video-recording http://geoffmobile.com/blog/sony-hx7v-tips-how-to-set-white-balance-for-video-recording#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 17:27:10 +0000 Geoff Peters http://geoffmobile.com/blog/sony-hx7v-tips-how-to-set-white-balance-for-video-recording
Sony HX7V tips - how to set white balance for video recording]]>

In this video (recorded using HX7V) I explain how to manually set the white balance for video on the Sony HX7V. At first I tried using Manual mode and setting the white balance there. But this only affects still photos, and pressing the Video button overrides these settings and it goes back to auto white balance. The solution is to dial up the video mode (don’t use the video button yet), and then choose Scene Selection, and under the scene menu, choose ISO Expanded (Low Light Sensitivity). Magically the White Balance menu item will then appear, which will take effect during video recording. Have fun!!

Music:
Merry Go Slower, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″ creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Upbeat Evil Castle by Geoff and Gustavo, Used with permission.

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