Any Tips For Finding Best Takes In Long Video Files? |
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Oct 24 2016, 05:03 PM
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What about saying the number of the take before it starts to have the reference number at the video? Then, you can relate this number with the audio file number... it works for me. Is it possible?
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Oct 25 2016, 07:34 PM
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I just hold one finger up to the camera for first take, two fingers for second, three for third etc, I don't normally run out of fingers
 And then in Reaper you can count the quiet spaces. 
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Oct 26 2016, 01:27 AM
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Let me make my low tech idea more advanced hahahha
 ... add a second audio channel that captures air sound in your room and say the number of take. You will have the number in your audio project as well as in the audio from the video. -------------------- My lessons
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Oct 26 2016, 10:08 PM
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QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Oct 26 2016, 01:27 AM)  Let me make my low tech idea more advanced hahahha ... add a second audio channel that captures air sound in your room and say the number of take. You will have the number in your audio project as well as in the audio from the video.That's a great idea but I'm not sure that Brian has a mic. I don't have any trouble with the fingers and spaces way though
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Oct 27 2016, 12:18 AM
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QUOTE (Phil66 @ Oct 26 2016, 06:08 PM) That's a great idea but I'm not sure that Brian has a mic. I don't have any trouble with the fingers and spaces way though mm that's not a small detail, hehehe. If he thinks that this can work, he could get a toy mic. Everything, even the worst mic would work for this. This post has been edited by Gabriel Leopardi: Oct 27 2016, 12:32 AM -------------------- My lessons
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Oct 28 2016, 01:54 AM
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It just took a bit of looking, but I think I have the perfect solution
I found this open source program called digiCamControl which can control DSLR cameras via USB AND it can take incoming commands from an Arduino. I just happened to have a Arduino Nano sitting in my parts bin, so I hooked it up to a switch to send a video record On/Off command. It worked like a champ, so I'm going to put it in a 1590A pedal enclosure (in pic) and put it on the floor. I can then use my foot to start and stop my video recording with each take! Sweet!
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Oct 28 2016, 01:50 PM
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QUOTE (Darius Wave @ Oct 28 2016, 07:22 AM) I usually keep my recording in a loop and I do press record/stop after every single take. I do say the number of the take on the video. Once I have a take I have a feeling may be worth keeping, I do stop recoding and go to PC, to drop it on a hard drive. Then I remove all trash from DAW and leave only latest recording. I rename it same as video. Remote control for DSLR seems to be savior in this case Yes, that was very similar to my problem. I always tend to stiffen up when I hit record, so I like to just let it run and I tend to forget it's there after a while. Last time I had around 40 takes and just deleted them all because I didn't want to sort through them. I think I'm definitely going to start saying the take number out loud and probably start/stop after any take that's good enough to want to remember (like a marker). That way, the last take in any file is the one I'm interested in. If I wasn't using the DSLR I think I'd try Todd's method of choosing a different audio source for the video recording. Darius, there's an even simpler solution if your camera supports it though. Mine doesn't have the IR sensor, but you can get the Canon RC-6 remote (or a cheaper clone) for about $8 here in the US. It will do the same thing as my switch but is wireless and doesn't need the PC. If it would work for you and save you time, I'd be happy to build anyone who's interested a footswitch. It cost about $15 in parts and is very simple, as with the effects pedals, GMC instructors can have one for free. You guys invest a lot of time in us and I very much appreciate it. -------------------- |
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Oct 28 2016, 11:32 PM
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Nice!!!!
I think you may have just created a product with a market! Even if it's just a one off for your, still really cool idea Especially for cams that don't have a remote. Even for cams with a remote, having a foot switch is a very handy thing. Being able to send record/stop record commands with a foot switch is just a handy thing for guitar players to have. A version of the pedal that supports ir and or bluetooth would be cool as well.I use the direct recording method, via quicktime, that records audio and video together, in to one movie clip. I start the record with a mouse click typically. The good news is that, after a while, that red record light won't make you tense up as much. Sorta like playing for a crowd, you get desensitized the more you do it which is why I say record everything and share it to youtube. Getting used to playing in front of a camera/crowd/etc. is just part of learning to be a better player imho Todd QUOTE (yoncopin @ Oct 27 2016, 08:54 PM) It just took a bit of looking, but I think I have the perfect solution
I found this open source program called digiCamControl which can control DSLR cameras via USB AND it can take incoming commands from an Arduino. I just happened to have a Arduino Nano sitting in my parts bin, so I hooked it up to a switch to send a video record On/Off command. It worked like a champ, so I'm going to put it in a 1590A pedal enclosure (in pic) and put it on the floor. I can then use my foot to start and stop my video recording with each take! Sweet!This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Oct 28 2016, 11:37 PM |
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Oct 29 2016, 09:54 AM
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QUOTE (yoncopin @ Oct 28 2016, 12:50 PM) Yes, that was very similar to my problem. I always tend to stiffen up when I hit record, so I like to just let it run and I tend to forget it's there after a while. Last time I had around 40 takes and just deleted them all because I didn't want to sort through them. I think I'm definitely going to start saying the take number out loud and probably start/stop after any take that's good enough to want to remember (like a marker). That way, the last take in any file is the one I'm interested in. If I wasn't using the DSLR I think I'd try Todd's method of choosing a different audio source for the video recording. Darius, there's an even simpler solution if your camera supports it though. Mine doesn't have the IR sensor, but you can get the Canon RC-6 remote (or a cheaper clone) for about $8 here in the US. It will do the same thing as my switch but is wireless and doesn't need the PC. If it would work for you and save you time, I'd be happy to build anyone who's interested a footswitch. It cost about $15 in parts and is very simple, as with the effects pedals, GMC instructors can have one for free. You guys invest a lot of time in us and I very much appreciate it. That's what I was writting about I do have the remote. Even much cheaper then RC-6. I do not imagine my life without it, since I started to use it I also got myself wireless mouse and keyboard. I simply put everything on the little chair in front of me (out of camera reach) and I do use shortcuts to operate in DAW. This way all my takes are separated and I do not have to stand up everytime I want to begin recording again
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