Robert Manning

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM5IHY0VdeU&feature=channel_video_title"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM5IHY0VdeU...nel_video_title[/url] Check us out, recorded in the foundry studio, Portsmouth.

[quote name='urb' post='832107' date='May 9 2010, 12:42 PM']I guess it's high time I posted some kind of How To... thing on hooking up a DAW and movie making software - so here's a really quick overview of how I do it now. It took some trial error before I finally got it sussed but here's how I did it for this vid. First of all plug yourself into Logic or some other DAW - Garageband will probably be fine. The tricky part is filming and recording at the same time so I always hit record on the camera first then on the computer - then keep going until I nail a take I'm happy with: Then it's over to iMovie with the footage - it's best at this point to have mixed your track to your satisfaction, this is where any 'tweaking' goes on (I've found the default 'bass amp' in Logic to be very good at bringing out certain frequencies i.e. the Mids, I usually go for the 'Top Class DI Warm or Mid) - edit the footage to the exact length of the audio - that way you'll be able to sync the two very precisely. Then open up a 'Mastering' template in Logic - Import a bounced file from your audio project - i.e. a Wave, AIF or MP3 but the higher quality ones are preferable. Then you can tweak some more on the audio with your various additional compressors and FX but this is optional - then from the File menu go 'Open Movie' - then go 'Export Audio to Movie' - this will then replace the not so great camera recorded sound with some lovely full fat Logic sound - then save the movie file to your hard drive. For a finishing touch you can then re-import the movie back into iMovie and add some smooth in and out transitions or text or whatever else you might want to do. It sounds a bit complicated but the more I've done it the quicker I've got - the key is getting the movie and audio clips exactly the same length then syncing the two is very straight forward - that's been the biggest headache for me in the past! I have this ace Canon High Def handicam the Canon HF200 HD: And here's the finished video: I hope all this helps - just ask if you have any questions and if anyone else has any tips please add them. Cheers Mike[/quote] What a fantastic article! very well written!, might i recommend a bass DAW plug in; the IkM Ampeg SVX amp sim in awesome, or.. the Mark-bass studio 1, is awesome. great fun on stand alone mode for an awesome sounding bass practise session!