After I sent Mat a draft render of the final video he was very happy with the video but felt his audio track sounded unpolished in relation to the visuals so he and I decided if it wasn't possible to get an engineer to clean up the existing track then it would be best to re-record it in a studio to get a more professional sounding end product. Mat was able to quickly source an old friend with a studio and in a couple of days we had a great sounding audio track.
He went through the original track and rerecorded staying as close to the original tempo and pronunciation which made it veryeasy for me to re-sync. I just had to slice the track during silences a couple of times in final cut pro and realign some of the wave forms using the original audio tracks as a guide and ensure the lip sync and edits were still in the corect place in relation to the sound.
Photo from studio
From matlloyd.com
Posted by matlloyd on May 7, 2010
In the studio yesterday to re-record vocals for new video ‘Two Inches to the Right’.
Yesterday afternoon was all about green tea, roll ups, mini bites and vocals. OK I didn’t get involved in the roll ups but I did indulge in the mini bites, green tea (surprisingly nice) and vocals, as we re-recorded the audio for my next video release “2 Inches to the Right”. Having got my hands on a final edit on Monday I was pleased with the video but not with the audio quality of the vocal track. Luckily, an old friend from my days working at a Skate/Surf shop has a professional studio setup and came to the rescue. A take or so in the vocal booth and he got to work. The outcome is much tighter and should really compliment the final video. The recording has been sent over to Matt Frodsham who is working his magic to sync it into the video…good luck!
I actually wrote the piece about 8 years ago after I was randomly attacked and luckily for me, saved by a number of surfers and a now very famous front man of a well known punk band. Aaaahhh well it was worth it in the end.
While you wait for the new video to be released, check out my previous, and now award winning collaboration with Matt Frodsham on my official YouTube Channel – MatLloydPoet
More news soon….