Processes & Proced...

Reel-to-Reel at the Wrong Speed

Overview Just downloaded a reel-to-reel tape and the audio sounds like chipmunks.   The tape was downloaded at a speed that was too fast.  Our Akai unit can play tapes at 3 3/4 or 7 1/2 speeds.  If a tape was recorded at 1 7/8 speed then 3 3/4 speed would be too fast.

Solution

Tape speeds can be 1 7/8 or 3 3/4 or 7 1/2.  Note that each speed is just double the previous speed.

So, let's say we've downloaded a tape recorded at 1 7/8 at a speed of 3 3/4 (the lowest speed our unit can do).

  1. Load the audio file on the timeline in Vegas pro.
  2. Right click on the audio track and select properties.
  3. Select "Time stretch / pitch shift" Method:
    1. select either "elastique" or "classic"....not sure of the difference
    2. change the new length...double it
    3. check the box next to "Pitch change"

To Half the Speed

In the case of capturing the Reel-to-reel at 7 1/2 and the real speed should be 3 3/4...we need to half the speed of the captured audio track.

Under properties, under the  Pitch Change select the box and enter -12.000

 

Photoshop to Stitch Photos

Problem You have a photo that is too large to scan so you scan it using multiple passes.  Now you have multiple images that you need to merge.

Solution

Use photomerge function in Photoshop.  See file / automatic / photomerge

Reference

This article shows how to use photomerge and other methods of stitching photos.

http://phong.com/tutorials/photostitch/

Posting a Vendor Refund in Quickbooks

This is what I did: 1) Go to Vendors -> Enter Bills. Once in pay bills click the credit radio button (next to "Bill"). Fill in the appropriate information (Vendor name, credit amount, then fill in the appropriate "expenses or items" category). Click Save & Close.

- This step places a credit (what they owe you) on your books.

2) Go to Banking -> Make Deposits. If you have pending deposits a pop up will show them, just click cancel to get to the main deposit screen. Make sure the account that you want to deposit the refund into is selected and fill in Vendor Name in Received From, the"From Account" is Accounts Payable and then the amount . Click Save & Close.

- This step records the refund in your account but has not been balanced out of your books.

3) Go to Vendors -> Pay Bills. You should see the credit show up. Click the box next to the credit you just created. Then down below in the Discount & Credit Information for Highlighted Bill section you will see Number of Credits = * and Total Credits Available * (where * is your data). Click Set Credits -> Done. You can now cancel out of the Pay Bills window.

Voila! A payment has been refunded back to your debit card account and your books are balanced.

UltimateS Pro and Moving Presets

Overview Need to move presets to either another computer or when a computer is rebuilt.  Where do I find the presets?  The main presets I need are the batch render ones.

Solution

(from John Rofrano, VASST)

Your Ultimate S Pro presets are stored in this file:

%AppData%\VASST\Ultimate S Pro\4.0\UltimateS4.js.settings

Where the environment variable %AppData% will resolve to a different folder on Windows 7/Vista and XP (you didn’t say what OS you had before)

In Windows 7 it will be:

C:\Users\[account name]\AppData\Roaming\VASST\Ultimate S Pro\4.0\UltimateS4.js.settings

Where [account name] is the name of your user account on Windows.

You can also just do a search for “UltimateS4.js.settings” to find it. Then copy it into the proper folder on your new PC.

Note: Custom Render Templates folder will also be needed to be copied to the C://Users/John/AppData/Roaming/Sony/

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This from the Vegas help/searched: render as template

Copying Custom Rendering Templates between computers or user accounts.

Custom Rendering Templates