RECORDING AUDIO

Nicola operated the desk for me today at the conservatoire whilst I spoke my V.O into the mic. I needed to see the film so my timing would fit with the visual so had to record in the same room as opposed to the live room. The room sound was more prominent than it would have been but I couldn't do anything about that. I forgot my cd for a track I want to sing for the credits at the end and without it I would sing completely out of tune so I will record that on thursday.
We recorded into Logic Pro 8 rather than protools because it wouldnt open for some reason but Logic was fine. The mic was a condenser mic so Nic told me! I used a pop sheild for obvious reasons.
Firstly I recorded each scene in order by watching the film. It took a few goes for some of the longer scenes to get the timing right. I then did the sound effects. I ruffled a towel for the bed sheets noise, stroked my arm for the massage scene, messed with my hair for hair scene, tapped feet, smacked arm....all to help bring the film to life!
I tried to open the files in the lab but no sound came out. I think it's because the firewire wasnt plugged in because I got them home and opened them in Logic audio 5 and they were fine....apart from 2 files which were damaged. I can do them again on thursday. I worked out how to fade in/out for each clip and then bounced them. I wasnt sure whether to bounce as an aiff or wave so did both, also as 16 bit or 24 so i did both. I turned the volume up on the master fader so hopefully this wont be too loud. Because I don't know about audio I just have to experiment and see which is the best. I learnt final cut as i experimented so the same goes for any other software. Using Logic now seems so much easier than before, I still feel like I am a beginner but I must have some knowledge within me because it doesn't seem as hard.
Thursday I am recording the rest of Vo and song then I will put it into final cut and get the timing right. I will then send a copy to Gary so he has the right length and intervals to work with.