ADR Monitor Setup

[thegatsby]

Hello.
New to this section of the forum. I have been doing music and am branching out into doing post.
I have a project coming up that needs some ADR done.
Its a 3 minute commercial.
I am running Pro Tools LE 8.3 on Digi 002 (BLA Mod), Mac Pro, and Mackie 824's for monitors. We have a booth setup and plan on using Sennheiser 416 microphone, going into a Daking Preamp.
I need some advice on setting up the monitor in the booth for ADR.
What do you guys usually use.
I have a Samsung 24" monitor for PT. and a Envision 17" monitor I could possibly use for ADR.
I'm not really sure how to set it up.
I would like to see the video in the control room and the video in the booth.
Any advice?
Thanks.

[Justas]

I use a video card with two outputs feeding my PT monitors (one for edit/mix windows and one for image), and with a video splitter I send the same reference image to the third monitor in the booth.
Hope this helps, good luck.

[georgia]

besides the monitors, make sure you have a stool that doesn't squeak, a nice "desk or music stand" with a non reflective surface. have some apple juice available and water, both room temp and cool for the talent. make sure you have the script duplicated and ready for the director, talent, your asst, and you.
label every line with a number for reference. Tag all the locations with markers in your session before the gig. Track raw audio to the DAW and to be safe either track to a second track with the audio down a bit ( to cover those momentary hot spots) or track thru an Aux to another track with a light compression setup to stop those overs. And keep clear and concise records of comments and selects made by the director and talent. it will help in the comping later. A sip of the apple juice will do wonders to reduce "flem" and mouth /lip noises.

cheers
geo

[eoats]

yeah, what is it about apples that helps those lip smacks?

Hide the crackers! the dry mouth can be a pain.


Got Beeps & guide Track sorted out for monitoring?
If there's time or an editor preps the stuff... split out the line being replaced to another track to be able to mute it & yet still see the waveform for quick alignments.

[Smallbudgetguru]

couple of drops of lemon juice (the kind that comes in the plastic thingie) will also help with parched lips.

[cubivore]

lol, what justas said.

mon1/out1 - main PT edit window
mon2/out2 - extended desktop that has PT video window, script, TC, etc
mon3/out2 - booth monitor, mirrors mon2

you also want mon2 and 3 to be able to do the same resolutions and aspect ratios. i am using a widescreen and a 4:3 and it ends up setting to the larger widescreen monitor to stretch and use a tiny resolution

[mikevarela]

also, naming is important as well. Try and name the actor and scene or adr line number in the track name box before sections so the file names change... ie not just audio_1, audio_2 etc.

in a pinch, you could mirror your desktop and use that second monitor, that way you'll be seeing the same thing, though you'll lose some screen real estate by watching pro tools.

best option was already mentioned... duplicate the second monitor signal.

oh, and to match, try recording two mics at once. one up front and one 2 feet away to capture more room. it'll make it easier to match. also, try and get the mics used in production - that'll help too.

[djgizmo]

Not to take this off topic...

Would someone summarize a 'preferred' ADR location?

Here are the notes I have so far...


Comfortable pair of reliable headphone
VO mic or mic that was used during production.
Non-squeeky chair.
Non-reflective music stand
Video Monitor to help the talent to visually cue.
Apple Juice, water, & lemon... all at room temp and fridged.
Several copies of the script with notation / line numbers
Keep well organized notes from comments of the director/talent

[Daejun]

Hi there,

this is our setup for ADR. Maybe this helps.

Out of our mac we have 2 LG 24" Screens for screeing pro tools only. We use a Black Magic Studio Video card to display the picture in our studio on a 32" TV via HDMI and to go component (sets his aspect ratio resolution automatically to your monitor of choice) in a 22" TV to the booth. Workes perfectly!

Blackmagic Design: DeckLink

Your Pro Tools Video signal will go through the card if you hit the option "video out pcie" in Pro Tools.

Hope this helps.

Greetings

[Daejun]

Originally Posted by djgizmo

Not to take this off topic...

Would someone summarize a 'preferred' ADR location?

Here are the notes I have so far...


Comfortable pair of reliable headphone
VO mic or mic that was used during production.
Non-squeeky chair.
Non-reflective music stand
Video Monitor to help the talent to visually cue.
Apple Juice, water, & lemon... all at room temp and fridged.
Several copies of the script with notation / line numbers
Keep well organized notes from comments of the director/talent

Make sure your Booth is climatized. If possible. Or make a few more breaks.
Some actors/speakers prefer to stand the whole time but the most of them like to sit. Make sure you have the option to bring your tv to head-height fast so they can see the picture in front of them wether they sit or stand.
If it is possible but not necassary try to build your booth right next to where you work. Just feels more comfortable.

Hope this helps

Greetings :D