Sound breakdown

[macprofilms]

Mr. Bluth

Again I am not able to be available at this time, but here is my question.

When I was at animation school back in 1982, we used to record the sound on magnetic tape, then very carefully listen to it backwards and forwards marking it on the x sheet. Now that we are in the digital age, how is it done now? I have been using the flip program provided, but I have not yet discovered how it breaks down sound or if it does??

Also...

I was also wondering if it would be possible to do a film for viewing on animating itself, I have been trying to work on the cyber project, but not getting very good results. I have been working on taking key frames from old Disney films, drawing them, then doing all the main in betweens myself. Sort of like an inbetweener. This has got me back into flipping and drawing. I did not have all of the new wonderful equipment back in the 80's that I now enjoy in my own home. Also, is it possible to come up with junior animation projects.

I have learned more from the few months I have been a member, then I did in the years spent at Sheridan College. I am actually thinking of animation as a possible career (for a second time). Thanks for the weekly encouragement.

Mike Cibulka

[DNethery]

When I was at animation school back in 1982, we used to record the sound on magnetic tape, then very carefully listen to it backwards and forwards marking it on the x sheet. Now that we are in the digital age, how is it done now? I have been using the flip program provided, but I have not yet discovered how it breaks down sound or if it does??



Same principal , but now it's done by scrubbing over digital soundtrack, instead of on 35mm mag tape.

How to do it in Digicel Flipbook:

http://digicelinc.com/LipSync.htm

If you have some regular X-sheets you can scrub sound in a freeware program called "Audacity" (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) . Load your sound in Audacity, scrub it back-and-forth the same way you would on magnetic tape , writing down the phonetic breakdown on your X-sheet.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/images/audacity-macosx.png

A similar program which automates the process a bit more is Magpie Pro (http://www.thirdwishsoftware.com/magpiepro.html).

http://www.thirdwishsoftware.com/images/magpiepro_screenshot.gif

[lavallelee]

Wow thanks david for all those! I use Audacity, but never heard of Magpie.

[macprofilms]

Thank you so much for the information and web links, I will see how badly I can try NOT to mess this up.

Thanks again
Mike