Sunday, April 21, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] audio waveforms

For me, on a Mac Symphony, Cmd-. works, but I usually have to hit it a
bunch of times. I believe each press stops the current process, but if your
waveforms are on multiple tracks, it may be moving on to drawing the next
one once you interrupt the first one. Hitting multiple times usually snaps
it out of wanting to draw any, then I can get on with my life (switch to
non-waveform drawing sequence view).


On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@aol.com>wrote:

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> Temperamental indeed! I tried that, but it just kept drawing them in its
> senile way.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Apr 21, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Andi Meek <kwikpasta@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > Shirley, you can stop a waveform redraw by hitting ctrl+. (period).
> Although it seems to be a bit temperamental.
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> > Andi
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> > Andi Meek
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> > Freelance Technical Operator
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> > http://www.tovs.co.uk/profile/andrew-meek/
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> > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> > From: guanacaa@aol.com
> > Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:09:35 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] audio waveforms
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> > "...and in MC7 they are cached!
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> > It's only taken a decade longer than it should have, but I'll take it.
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> > I was just working on a recent, PC based Symphony the other day, and
> marveling that waveform redraw was still so painfully slow. Nor did the
> system respond when I tried to interrupt it be recalling a different
> timeline view or by rescaling the timeline. Nothing to do but wait, and
> bemoan your fate.
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> > Shirley
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: Jeff Krebs <rockinjeff@gmail.com>
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> > To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
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> > Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 2:55 pm
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> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] audio waveforms
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> > Yes to all of the above (below) and in MC7 they are cached!
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> > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Steve Hullfish <
> steve4lists@veralith.com>wrote:
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> >> The audio waveforms are very accurate as far as position in time
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> >> to where the audio actually is, compared to FCP7 where you can not
> count on
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> >> the waveforms to accurately position a cut, but the size of the waveform
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> >> has no relation to volume or loudness. To me, this is a GOOD thing. You
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> >> actually use option-command L and K to enLarge and shrinK the size of
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> >> waveform inside the track. command-k and l shrinK and enLarge the tracks
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> >> If you're seeing a "square" waveform, it's because the volume on import
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> >> was REALLY LOUD. Use the option-command (or alt-command on PC) trick to
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> >> the actual shapes and hits of the waveform.
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> >> This is the way it's been for at least a decade. Probably more.
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> >> Steve Hullfish
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> >> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
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> >> On Apr 18, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Nick Hrycyk <bigblueav@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> >>> So besides the agonizingly slow waveforms writes, am I correct in
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> >> assuming that the waveform you see really has no relation to reality in
> so
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> >> far as level vs size(height) of the audio track.
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> >>> I never really paid that much attention to it before, but the project
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> >> I'm wrapping has some audio issues I'm trying to work out.
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> >>> I bring in the audio, in this case it is the center track of a 5.1
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> >> bounce from Pro-Tools. Play it down watching the metering and all seems
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> >> as far as peaks, loudness, etc.. If I look at the waveform, in my
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> >> standard(normal timeline view), (2 or 3 V trks and 4 A trks not to tiny,
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> >> but not huge, I see basically a square wave. Open the same file in a
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> >> "real" audio program, ie Audition, Sound Track Pro, waveform looks good.
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> >> If I take the Avid timeline audio track and Command K it till it's
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> >> full screen, then I see what looks like a normal waveform. Open the same
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> >> file in DS and the waveform height seems relative to track height.
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> >>> Is this a new 'feature' or did I just never really notice it all these
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> >> years, after all, I'm a 'picture' editor, not 'sound' editor.
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