> I'm just not sure how to record and edit 8 tracks and most importantly ho=
w to get them into a final video that knows where the 0=EF=BF=BD reference =
point is going to be. Has anyone worked with surround sound in video?
Eric,
Recording would be the easy bit using an 8-track recorder. This would be
synchronised with the camera using a "guide track" and clapper board or
bleep. Old technology still used today.
There is no indication what you would then do with the eight tracks, or eve=
n
a sample given of the result. As I said, the simple test would be a
walk-around.
Surround sound with picture is available in almost every cinema. It is buil=
t
up from individual stereo and mono tracks pan-potted to the appropriate
speakers. This is a synthetic process.
I find it difficult to believe that the same result can be obtained using
any small mic cluster, with or without ear shapes on it. If so, there will=
be a lot of sound editors put out of business. :-)
It would be interesting to hear what a double SASS rig could produce, and
anyone with two SASS's could tell us. This would require a 4-track recordin=
g
and four discrete speakers.
Dummy head recording can give good results on headphones provided that the=
dummy head more or less matches the listener's head. You can even get a
front-back separation on a good match of heads, but this is a totally
different process from matrixing eight mics.
I also note the high price of the setup which uses "affordable" mics. What=
is the overall noise spec using all the nics?
David Brinicombe
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