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Wow! That's just wonderful. I love your use of discordance and the way you use your motifs to transition from one section to the next. I'd give my right arm to compose and orchestrate 1/10th as well as you do. Which orchestral sample set are you using, or do you mix and match? And which...

Exactly right. The technique was "pioneered" by the RIAA and DirectTV. The difference in those cases was there was actually provable damage to the plaintiffs. The three matters I've handled this year (all done for free as a courtesy to either friends or existing clients) were completely...

Recently (within the last year or two), a number of license agencies (and sleazy law firms that they employ) have been generating income by going after de minimus unauthorized uses of copyright-protected material. I just spent the last month negotiating with one of these firms on behalf of a...

Asian languages use an entirely different phoneme set than Latin-based languages (English is, primarily, a Latin-based language). Native Asian speakers, even when completely fluent in English, have not had the life-long practice necessary to produce English phonemes. It's the same as when I...

I've had migraines on and off for the past week (a lifelong hereditary condition). Each morning, I'd wake up with a headache AND a new piece of music in my head. Unfortunately, up until this morning, they've all been garbage. However, this morning it was something good -- I woke up, rushed to...

Your in the wrong place -- this is an audio forum. Go over to dvinfo.net and ask your questions (though, as with any forum, you should do some research first). The problem isn't depth of field but, as Steenamaroo said, focal length. You need something with a wide angle (probably very wide...

I'll second the suggestion on the MXL 990. You can find them pretty cheap on eBay -- maybe $50 or so. Note, however, that you still need a mike stand and a shock mount. You can buy bottom basement, generic, but it's still going to add to the cost. For an interface, see if you can find a used...

What Beerhunter said.

I'm not giving a numerical rating -- it doesn't work that way. You have potential, but your phrasing, placement and breathing are all wrong. Get voice lessons.

I am not a Mac user and will avoid the temptation of saying, "Well . . . THERE'S your problem!" :) However, please bear in mind that I know nothing about Macs. As a general rule, clicks and pops when recording digitally mean something in the computer is not keeping up with the digital stream...

Using more than one camera is called "iso" -- it's the way sitcoms are shot. If it's just for fun, it doesn't really matter, but if you wanted to do something more with the project, I'd not recommend it, as you must match the cameras carefully for both color and gamma. Any video editing...

You realize that you'll need a microphone, right? You need to load the drivers for the FastTrack Pro before you do anything else. Note that the latest Avid drivers are buggy as hell. Try to find the older ones from mAudio. They're available on line. If you can't find them, PM me. Once...

None of the poll choices fit for me. I'm a composer and want to hear a more fully-realized version of what I write than just playing it on the piano.

Adobe AfterEffects is not a video editor. From the standpoint of effects, it is far, far better than either of the other two suggestions, which are entry-level editing programs. AE plays very well with Premiere Pro.

For what you want to do, I think this is a better choice as it gives you 8 discrete input channels: Fastrack Ultra 8r M-Audio Fast Track Ultra 8R - USB 2.0 Interface 9900-65142-00

You Mac guys just don't get it. ;)

All good points, David. One suggestion re: sound: There is absolutely no reason why the device that records the video, i.e. the camera or a computer or something else, has to be the device that records the audio. Particularly with digital audio, there is no reason to record the audio to the...

I took a look at your cover of Just Walk Away Renee on YouTube. I like what you did musically -- you did more with the song than the original release. However, as far as video goes, it is the equivalent of using one of the minicassette dictation recorders for music. If you just want to...

I think that's an excellent analogy. Controlling the light is very much like controlling the acoustic environment in a studio, I think you're underestimating the skill and talent required to be reasonably adept. I generally don't like non-professionally produced videos. However, I think yours...

The camera work, direction, composition and editing in both videos is really quite good. My only observation goes to technical quality. The video shot with the Panasonic camcorder looks like it was shot with a camcorder -- it has that flat, limited-dynamic range which is typical of consumer...