Key settings within Soundtrack Pro with Surround Sound

In the session this week, we went through some basic setting in Soundtrack Pro which could then enable us to focus and edit work without having to go through the setting numerous of times and to also get familiar with the sound proof studio.

Some key seetings to note down for when it comes to editing my project work:

Apple>System Pref>Sound>Output>Avid HDX

Input (Same) Avid HDX

Recording Tab - Avid HDX.

The seesion was also an opporutnity to learn a bit about Surround Sound and how to work best with it.

Adjusting settings:

Double click surround sound panel enabled extra features

Boost Base - LFE

Surround Pan X (Left and Right)

Surround Pan Y (Font and Back)

Can also record mono and set to different surround speakers (each corner). Moving and 

adjusting, sense of realism.

Microphone Pickup Patterns

One of the first sessions was going through different types of microphone patterns using various mics. Some of the microphones that I'm already familiar with include the shotgun and omnidirectional. Usually when recording in mono it intends to be recorded omnidirectional which can then be edited within software to create surround sound and set into a particular speaker.

Shotgun mics mainly excels at picking up sounds in front of it, while rejecting sounds to the sides and rear. Shotguns are designed to have a narrower focus than an average microphone.

Cardioid microphone picks up from the front, while minimal noise is picked up from the rear and only marginal noise is picked up from the sides.

Hypercardioid patterns are similar to cardioid patterns in that the primary sensitivity is in the front of the microphone.

During the session I was able to fully understand the way each pattern worked and which is best to use for a particular task.