Deadline looming... Please help!

AlanSimmons · 03-19-2008, 08:46 PM

Hey guys and gals,

I need your collective genius once again. Especially yours, Colin. I'm putting together a commercial for a client and it sounds fine when I play back in my DAW (Sony Acid Pro6), but when I render it to a wav or mp3 and listen back, it sounds choppy. I've checked the sample rate, it's 44.1, 16bit. Not sure what's going on. I've got to have this to them tomorrow. Ugh, I hate deadlines. Thanks in advance, guys!

~Alan

chucktaylor · 03-19-2008, 10:21 PM

Alan, Haven't used Acid, but I have had stutter before with Adobe and ProTools. Is it the workparts that are choppy or the mixdown? If you have the workparts saved, I'd close my program and restart my computer...generally when I get a stutter, it's because I've got too much going on and I've used too much virtual memory and usually closing everything and restarting the computer with nothing buy my editor open fixes said stutter. Hope that helps!

ct

JoeActor · 03-19-2008, 10:43 PM

You might also try using 48kHz instead of 44.1.
I found out that some hardware doesn't sample 44.1 correctly (turned into a synch nightmare for me)

Hmmmm...
Joe J Thomas
Joe J. Thomas Acting Portfolio

AlanSimmons · 03-19-2008, 11:08 PM

I tried the restart, Chuck, but I still have the same issue (it's the mix down, by the way).

Joe, I'll try the 48kHz... Thanks guys!

chucktaylor · 03-19-2008, 11:28 PM

Alan, if you still have trouble, shoot me the workparts plus your choppy mixdown and I'll reproduce it for you minus the choppiness and then email it back to you.

ct

Jon Morss · 03-20-2008, 01:55 AM

Alan,

I've used Sony ACID 4.0 and if I remember correctly there was something called the Beatmaster. You might want to check that the tracks are in sync with each other if you are using files from multiple locations. Also, be sure you are rendering at 128kbps Near CD Quality Audio during mix down.

AlanSimmons · 03-20-2008, 09:44 AM

Thanks for all the tips, guys. I'll check that Beatmapper issue, Jon. That may be part of the problem. I gotta give props to Chuck on this one. He took my originals and mixed them for me. They sound great! And no choppiness - imagine that. :) Thanks again to all!

~Alan

Jon Morss · 03-20-2008, 01:18 PM

Chuck -- So, what are you charging for this type of service? Way to go man.

chucktaylor · 03-20-2008, 10:04 PM

Nothing, I just like to help people. The good book says to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Alan was in a pinch, I helped.

SilverSurfer3001 · 03-20-2008, 10:07 PM

Nothing in the world wrong with paying it forward, brah!

Veranice!

03-19-2008, 08:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
AlanSimmons AlanSimmons Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 158	Deadline looming... Please help! Hey guys and gals, I need your collective genius once again. Especially yours, Colin. I'm putting together a commercial for a client and it sounds fine when I play back in my DAW (Sony Acid Pro6), but when I render it to a wav or mp3 and listen back, it sounds choppy. I've checked the sample rate, it's 44.1, 16bit. Not sure what's going on. I've got to have this to them tomorrow. Ugh, I hate deadlines. Thanks in advance, guys! ~Alan __________________ Alan Simmons the studio of alan simmons

03-19-2008, 10:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
chucktaylor This is NOT here! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ft. Worth, TX Posts: 177	Alan, Haven't used Acid, but I have had stutter before with Adobe and ProTools. Is it the workparts that are choppy or the mixdown? If you have the workparts saved, I'd close my program and restart my computer...generally when I get a stutter, it's because I've got too much going on and I've used too much virtual memory and usually closing everything and restarting the computer with nothing buy my editor open fixes said stutter. Hope that helps! ct __________________ Chuck Taylor *Taylor Made Productions* "For audio that fits like a shoe!" chuck.taylor@texascountdown.com

03-19-2008, 11:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
AlanSimmons AlanSimmons Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 158	I tried the restart, Chuck, but I still have the same issue (it's the mix down, by the way). Joe, I'll try the 48kHz... Thanks guys! __________________ Alan Simmons the studio of alan simmons

03-19-2008, 11:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
chucktaylor This is NOT here! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ft. Worth, TX Posts: 177	Alan, if you still have trouble, shoot me the workparts plus your choppy mixdown and I'll reproduce it for you minus the choppiness and then email it back to you. ct __________________ Chuck Taylor *Taylor Made Productions* "For audio that fits like a shoe!" chuck.taylor@texascountdown.com

03-20-2008, 09:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
AlanSimmons AlanSimmons Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 158	Thanks for all the tips, guys. I'll check that Beatmapper issue, Jon. That may be part of the problem. I gotta give props to Chuck on this one. He took my originals and mixed them for me. They sound great! And no choppiness - imagine that. :) Thanks again to all! ~Alan __________________ Alan Simmons the studio of alan simmons

03-19-2008, 10:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
JoeActor Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,144	You might also try using 48kHz instead of 44.1. I found out that some hardware doesn't sample 44.1 correctly (turned into a synch nightmare for me) Hmmmm... Joe J Thomas Joe J. Thomas Acting Portfolio

03-20-2008, 01:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
Jon Morss Jon Morss Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Antelope, CA Posts: 330	Alan, I've used Sony ACID 4.0 and if I remember correctly there was something called the Beatmaster. You might want to check that the tracks are in sync with each other if you are using files from multiple locations. Also, be sure you are rendering at 128kbps Near CD Quality Audio during mix down.

03-20-2008, 01:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Jon Morss Jon Morss Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Antelope, CA Posts: 330	Chuck -- So, what are you charging for this type of service? Way to go man.

03-20-2008, 10:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
chucktaylor This is NOT here! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ft. Worth, TX Posts: 177	Nothing, I just like to help people. The good book says to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Alan was in a pinch, I helped. __________________ Chuck Taylor *Taylor Made Productions* "For audio that fits like a shoe!" chuck.taylor@texascountdown.com Last edited by chucktaylor; 03-20-2008 at 10:07 PM.

03-20-2008, 10:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
SilverSurfer3001 Jody Silvers Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 102	Nothing in the world wrong with paying it forward, brah! Veranice! __________________ Will talk for money.

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