[MacDV] Re: iMovie 3.03 audio IMPORT dropouts

[R B Williams]

I know - but that's not it. The original DV master came from a Canon with level control.
I have also tried importing audio tracks from a commercial CD and found the same
pattern.

Remember, I'm losing sound as it approaches very soft passages only.

James Asherman wrote:

> On Friday, January 2, 2004, at 09:36  PM, R B Williams wrote:
>
> > They are in the same general spots, though not frame accurate. This is
> > a live video of a
> > musical presentation, so each time the applause fades away, there is
> > some time of quiet
> > before the next work starts. When the sound jumps back in, we have
> > missed the beginning
> > moment! It is very disconcerting and I really need to find a way
> > around this.
> >
> >
>
> My first reaction to your explanation is "That is your camera dude!"
> The loud appluase makes the compressor in the camera lower the sound,
> and it takes several seconds at least to recover. then sensing the
> silence it turns up the gain only to lower it again hurriedly when the
> show starts.
> If there is anything at all some tricky audio editing with an expander
> gate could help.
> Not the easiest thing to fix  and I might be totally wrong but that is
> what it sounds like.
> Jim
>
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