[Dixielandjazz] FW: was LP or CD?, now FX

[Marek Boym]

The No. 1 Israeli humourist, perhaps the best selling Israeli writer
worldwide, complained that nowadays one doesn't even need to laugh at
comedy, as there is piped-in laughter!
Cheers

On 30 December 2014 at 18:58, Jim Kashishian <jim at kashprod.com> wrote:

>
> Charlie wrote:
> >...one submitted album had night club background noise dubbed in. You
> could
> tell because the sequence of background events was exactly the same on
> every
> track. I guess they wanted the listener to think it was recorded live.
>
> That's unforgiveable!  Not because of what they did, but how badly they did
> it.  An effect should never even be noticed if it is done properly.
>
> Going outside the jazz field, you will find effects being used throughout
> movies, etc.
> The door to the pub being constantly opened & closed in a sitcom will often
> be an effect, actually synced with the door by a sound editor.  He will
> choose the door sound & the level/eq, etc. so that it is never noticed, but
> would be missed if it were not there.
>
> Years ago I was at a special screening of Indiana Jones in NYC for only
> sound engineers.  When Harrison Ford is hanging from a root in the ground,
> about to fall into a pit, the root breaks away.  The noise of the root
> coming out of the ground was multilayered sounds of different popping
> effects including a champagne cork coming out & even a pop of someone's
> finger in their cheek.  About 7 different sounds made up the final sound,
> which we were able to listen to track by track. It was later practically
> masked by the music in the soundrack & other noises.  Still, had it not
> been
> there, it would have then been missed.
>
> As in music, it is all down to good taste..... (& time, and money!)
>
> Jim
>
>
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