Compared to video editing, audio’s a breeze!
April 11th, 2007 by Paul
As I’ve been working away at IHR#40 for the past few days in Final Cut Studio, I’ve come to realize that it can be a lot more work producing a minute of video than an equal amount of audio. I’m sure that if you did that for a living, and were extremely proficient at video production (I’m not), my point could be arguable.
For me, dealing with all things audio is work enough. My ears get warm, my brain gets numb (comfortably). Now that I’ve added visuals (and not just audio waveforms), my eyes are getting heavier, and I’m getting sleepy.
Good news is that IHR#40 won’t be a long show, but it will be a good show.
Stay tuned :)
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1. Rob Reider&hellip | April 12th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Paul -
I use Sony Vegas and have the ability to do video editing but it does get horribly complex – particularly if you’re already anal about your audio editing!
Yikes. Makes me glad I’m just an audio guy!
Looking forward to seeing #40.
Regards,
Rob
2. Derek&hellip | April 12th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
I agree. I’ve done some video production (start to finish, from setup and recording through editing and final rendering and publishing) for my work (here’s an example) and for my band, and for someone without a lot fo experience it takes an astounding amount of time and effort.
I think Paul and I are going to enjoy the relatively mellow and quick process of creating IHR #41 as audio only in a couple of weeks!
3. Rob Reider&hellip | April 13th, 2007 at 4:04 am
Derek –
I got my bachelor’s degree in broadcasting in 1973 and was trained as a live video director. I’ve used those skills for many years, even when I was a working musician and a sound company owner – and since 1999 directed a live, 6-camera church service/webcast every week. I find the energy of live directing more energizing than editing video even with the mistakes that happen. The same kind of energy’s there for live audio mixing but I don’t find studio mixing for audio nearly as draining as video editing.
Rob
4. Art Juchno&hellip | April 27th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Rob Reider, I too use Vegas Video. I’ve been in professional and broadcast video for 30 years and I think Vegas is about the easiest, most intuitive video editing software you can find, plus it does a great job on audio.
Our first non-linear editing was Media 100. Vegas is a breeze compared to that.
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