This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] audio waveforms

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] audio waveforms

Why, yes it did!

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 21, 2013, at 4:45 PM, John Beck <jb30343@windstream.net> wrote:

> Did that particular system include Interplay? --J.B.
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> Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
>> This particular Symphony was generally slow, and I was only dealing with two tracks of audio. I have managed to get waveform re-draw to stop in the past with Command/Period on other systems.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Spano<cutandcover@gmail.com>
>> To: Avid-L2<Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Sun, Apr 21, 2013 10:52 am
>> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] audio waveforms
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
>>>
>>>> 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
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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
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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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