Another Vegas question

[MtnShooter]

Sorry if this is incredibly basic, but when I capture in Vegas via firewire from my DSR400, I get one audio track (mixed) with the video, even if I've recorded two or three separate audio tracks. I get separate tracks from my B&C or XLR outs (converted RCAs), but not from firewire. Am I doing something wrong, or is that just how it works? If that's how it works, it sucks. If not, I feel dumb.

Thanks in advance. I can't find the answer in the manual.

[SimonW]

It shouldn't be mixed. Each channel you record is one side of the stereo channel. So if you have your front mic on channel 1 and the rear mic on channel 2, then channel 1 will be the left hand side of the stereo audio and channel 2 will be the right hand side.

In Vegas you need to right click on the audio event and tell it which channel you wish to use.

[MtnShooter]

Thanks, Simon.

[MtnShooter]

Okay... I'm buying a Z1-U this week to go with my DSR 400. Still using Vegas 6, so I need to upgrade to Vegas 7. WHile I'm doing that, got any ideas where I might find a decent Flash encoder (preferably a Vegas plugin), a good 3-d text/graphic plugin, and a better text generator than the one that comes with Vegas? That text is always too soft.

Also ... for the Z1U, any pros/cons on the ecm 674 (long) shotgun over the ecm 673 (short) shotgun?

Thanks again, in advance.
Charles

[BluesCam]

Boris Graffiti Lite comes with Vegas (or it used to). It does very nice titles.
http://www.borisfx.com/hosts/sony/graffiti.php

[MtnShooter]

Boris Graffiti Lite comes with Vegas (or it used to). It does very nice titles.


I got that and have been palying with it. I also bought Bluff Titler and it produces surprisingly nice stuff.

Thanks.