Sunday, October 18, 2015

"The End of the World in Fort Worth" (video project)

"The End of the World in Fort Worth" now has the audio track from "Capture" on the Ride the Dragon podcast.  For video there's a different bit I recorded with lasers and smoke so its audio was stripped off to use the "Capture" track instead.  The sync is no good for audio and video but it's alright to review how it will go.

The biggest problem, if it's even a problem, is the "Capture" track starts out immediately, there's no count off, intro, etc.  The segue comes on the drive out from downtown Fort Worth but there's a blend from situation to laser Silas getting all nuts in the Rockhouse.  There's no obvious bridge for that just now since the downtown bit uses a voice with an electronic, futuristic sound on a loop.  There isn't an immediately an apparent way to bridge from that to the "Capture" ... so ...

The "Capture" track uses three phrases for the song.  Those won't change or not much so the thing needed is to play some intro on guitar or keys and kick into the first phrase from there to get the looper going in automatic.  The timing does not have to be split-second because there are transitions between video clips and the intro for "Capture" can begin around one of those such that the first big chord comes down with the clip to the Rockhouse and lasers.

The trick in doing that is matching the time needed but without using electronics to do it.  One possibility is to use a capability of the mixer which permits sending audio out from the computer to it but the mixer will not turn it around and send it back to the computer for recording.  That may well be a good way to monitor the video from "The Edge of the World in Fort Worth" while I play the new version of the "Capture" end part for it.

(Ed:  will you use Clark Kent x-ray vision?  Maybe you forget the lasers and smoke.)

They aren't forgotten and it may not be a problem.  So long as I have even an impression of the video, I will know the timing of it and the music I will hear clearly so it should work.  The thing I don't want is the computer screen in the video because multiple cameras will be recording the whole deal.

Checking that out in Final Cut was a good move because that makes the direction clear.  The only thing now is to record it.  That seems like it should be the hardest but, after you've been playing for a while, that's the gravy over it.  The electronics and setup don't matter, just play.

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