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itthedepartmentLet’s get micro. Computer tips, DAW guidance,and digital dodos are all to be found in theIT Department…Nippy In NuendoRemember how you did all your editing on yourMFX3 with a jog wheel and how fast that was?Nowadays it’s mostly hot-key smashing and mousewiggling, but if you prefer to try out an alternativesolution, combine Nuendo with a dedicatedhardware controller, like the ones from Avid/Euphonix, WK Audio, or Smart AV. With thesecontrollers you can set up so called “wheel modes”,which give you the ability to move (horizontallyand vertically), trim (head & tail), and fade(in & out) an audio event. You can also zoom,select tracks, or adjust the clip volume. Set up somekey commands for searching and importing filesfrom the Nuendo MediaBay and you get yourworkflow back, completely without the restrictionsthose old systems had.Sebastian Rodens, Sales Engineer, SteinbergSimplify Your AutomationAfter a conform (either automaticor manual) consider thinning automationto reduce the number ofbreakpoints to repair. Virtual Katy’smethod of copy and paste conformingmeans that breakpoints add upquickly and this allows them to besmoothed out, which will speed upyour ‘fix’ process.Ceri Thomas, Independent Sound Editor,c/o Virtual KatyRoute To SuccessUse portforward.com to helptroubleshoot router/firewallproblems – almost every routeris listed here with a guide. Ifyour target application is notlisted use the ‘default’ guideso determine how to go aboutport-forwarding your particularrouter. See the manualor guide for your software toknow what port and type ofport needs to be configured.Source ElementsA Fuller ConformUse clip name rather than video bin for conform analysis:As of version 3, VK Premium now allows analysis ofclip name data. Once cleaned up using Regular Expressionsthis provides a very effective way of shot trackingacross multiple versions of a reel. If a shot is replacedwith VFX, even if that’s for lightening the picture,many conform programs lose track of it and won’tconform the existing material even though no sync haschanged. This process stops that from happening andwill give you a fuller conform.Ceri Thomas, Independent Sound Editor, c/o Virtual KatyImport-ant Nuendo TrickWhat to do if you want to bring in some more files andsynchronise them with the existing sound effects? Lookup the track with the existing sound SFX, and createa new audio track at the same location (Project > AddTrack > Audio). Import the files you want to align tothe existing SFX, and select the sound file you want tosynchronise to. Now hover with your mouse over the newfile and hold “Command” on Mac OS X and “CTRL”on Windows. The mouse changes to the alignment tool,indicating how the file will be aligned. Position themouse pointer to the head or the tail of the audio fileto align to this event boundary. Press “SHIFT” withthe modifier to align to the tail and “ALT” to makea copy. Set a snap point in the file to align to the snappoint, unselect all events to align to the cursor.Sebastian Rodens, Sales Engineer, SteinbergSource SyncWhen doing sync-related tasks such asusing Remote Transport Sync with Source-Connect, if you seem to have timing issuescreate a new session. This fixes most timingissues. You should also watch your sessionstart times. We recommend creating newsessions with a session start time of zero,song start time at bar one, note one, andavoid tempo maps where possible. If youneed to use non-standard sample-rates,tempo maps or VSO sure these settings areexactly the same on the computer you aresyncing with. Ideally create a session on oneside with the settings you need and send itto the other computer so you match.Source Elements50AUDIO MEDIA AUGUST 2011
it thedepartmentiLok License CheckWhen launching iLok-protected software or plug-insand you see the Buy or Quit screen, check that the correctversion has been installed (see the iLok window andcompare to the license name you have in your iLok.comaccount), that your valid license has been downloaded toyour iLok and that the latest iLok drivers are installed.Source ElementsInstalling With iLok (1)If your Mac installer fails with a warning about‘InterLok component’, go back and start the installeragain until you can reach the Customise screen anduncheck ‘install iLok extensions’. Then go ahead anddownload and install the driver extensions from iLok.com. You may need to do this because the softwareinstaller does not contain the most recent iLok drivers,or an existing issue has meant the software installercannot complete. Using the iLok driver installerdirectly will resolve most related issues.Source ElementsFAQ: PropellorIf your installer fails with “Files could not be written in the Application Support folder”, you may need to back-up yourPropellerheads Software folder in Library/Application Support, run the installer, and move any files back again insidethe folders. This may happen because the ReWire components are written with Admin permissions.Source ElementsTECHNOLOGY FOCUSPrism Sound’s dScope Series III is a powerfuldigital audio analysis platform that couplesa Windows application with an externalaudio interface processor for equipment-undertestconnections. It is highly programmable,making it useful for production test automationand for specialised custom audio analysis. It canalso be automated from a wide range of thirdparty software using ActiveX controlsThe dScope Series III is available in severalconfigurations, including two analogue-onlyversions aimed at engineers and productionline managers who are primarily concernedwith audio analysis in the analogue domain.These variants give customers access to all thepower and flexibility of the dScope Series IIIaudio analyzer platform, at a much lower cost.www.prismsound.comA Sure LockNehalem and newer Mac Pro machines often do not locktheir digital output to the clock they are receiving ontheir digital input e.g., when going out of the opticalport to your audio hardware. Use a third party audiocard/device instead of going directly via optical.Any USB or Firewire interface with digital I/O willwork well as a replacement.Source ElementsHeal A CopyAuto Heal a duped guide track:after a Virtual Katy auto-conform, tryduping one of the guide tracks thatyou have conformed and healingacross all edits. This will give a quickoverview of the ‘real’ changes thatneed to be made. Note that autohealing across edit tracks can haveunexpected effects that are tough totrack down.Ceri Thomas, Independent Sound Editor,c/o Virtual KatyBudget For Back-UpAll hard drives fail eventually, so youcannot spend too much money on areliable (and automated) back-upsolution. I finally coughed up for SynologyDiskStation at home and breathed asigh of relief when it completed its firstdrive image…Alex Theakston, Marketing Co-ordinator, SourceDistributionInstalling With iLok (2)If you use Windows and you buy an new iLok, make sureyou run the ‘found new hardware’ wizard to see the iLok.Otherwise you may find that Windows cannot recognisethis new dongle and your software will not launch.Make sure you restart (Windows) or logout (Mac OSX)after installing the iLok software for first time. The iLokdrivers need to be initialised and this will only happenafter a reboot or logout.Source ElementsAll-ControlSynergy is a multi-platformapplication that allows a singlekeyboard and mouse to be sharedacross multiple computers on thesame network. It is fairly difficultto configure the open sourcesoftware, as it requires a self-madetext-based configuration file andcommand-line execution. Howeverthere are free GUI equivalentsavailable, such as ‘SynergyKM’ forMac OS X, and ‘QuickSynergy’for Windows and Linux.Simon Haycock, HHBIT PhilosophyInformation doesn’t existunless copies are kept inthree different locations.Richard Wentk, Archiving And DataStorage, Audio Media February 2008AUDIO MEDIA AUGUST 2011 51
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