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The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:28 pm
by Shapeshifter
I spoke with someone involved with the series who told me that the audio will be re-mixed for the broadcast version; boosting the dialogue a bit. That will help subdue the obtrusiveness of the music.

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:30 pm
by jaimetheking
Really?? Can they fix the Whoosh and sync it with the scanner movement?

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:33 pm
by Stylez
Thanks for the update, much appreciated. :good:

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:43 pm
by knightriderfan80
That fast "whoosh" sound I believe they took from when KITT was first introduced to Michael in the Pilot Episode of the original series. Maybe that was a thing they carried over and will change as the season progresses, who knows...lol. It does need to be in sync though. The Music needs to be cut back a LOT and eliminated in scenes where there is no action and just serious time.

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:07 pm
by Shapeshifter
jaimetheking wrote:Really?? Can they fix the Whoosh and sync it with the scanner movement?
I think this will address the relative levels of the different audio elements (dialogue, music, SFX) and not how they sync to picture.

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:18 pm
by KnightINSTINCT
They better give Val's voice some special effects. Don't make me watch 90210, NBC. I'll do it in spite. ......actually, I will probably watch Knight Rider anyway.

God, I hate how they screwed us from the tweaks the commercials gave us.

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:28 pm
by Shapeshifter
KnightINSTINCT wrote:They better give Val's voice some special effects. Don't make me watch 90210, NBC. I'll do it in spite. ......actually, I will probably watch Knight Rider anyway.

God, I hate how they screwed us from the tweaks the commercials gave us.
I agree with you. It would be easy to put a filter of some kind on Kilmer's voice to better source it. They feel it's more realistic this way, so the voice seems to be coming from everywhere (in or out of the car), but the unintended result is that the voice feels tacked on and not part of the action.

Better, I think, to go ahead and give the voice some definable source onscreen, ie car speakers.

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:29 pm
by PHOENIXZERO
Good to know Shapeshifter! :good:

I do agree on that KnightINSTINCT, I really missed what they did with his voice in some of the commercials.

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:44 pm
by KnightINSTINCT
You think they do feel that way about KITT's voice? You know, back in Feb. when they did the voice actor change out all of a sudden, I believed then it was because they had to remix the audio. Perhaps they had to do something quick this time around, like adding the old WHOOSHing sound effect in.

eh, this question is rhetorical.

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:09 pm
by Mango19
Shapeshifter wrote:
KnightINSTINCT wrote:They better give Val's voice some special effects. Don't make me watch 90210, NBC. I'll do it in spite. ......actually, I will probably watch Knight Rider anyway.

God, I hate how they screwed us from the tweaks the commercials gave us.
I agree with you. It would be easy to put a filter of some kind on Kilmer's voice to better source it. They feel it's more realistic this way, so the voice seems to be coming from everywhere (in or out of the car), but the unintended result is that the voice feels tacked on and not part of the action.

Better, I think, to go ahead and give the voice some definable source onscreen, ie car speakers.
Kilmer sounds like he's on NPR. "MIssles are inbound, Michael, but first, some smooth jazz..."

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:13 pm
by KnightINSTINCT
LOL!

Michael...wake up Michael. Insurgents are surrounding us, there are too many standing against us. We need to escape now if....

SHUT UP KITT! You're putting me to sleep! Gawd!

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:00 am
by BlueChaos
Mango19 wrote:Kilmer sounds like he's on NPR. "MIssles are inbound, Michael, but first, some smooth jazz..."
Michael: "Jazz?"
KI3T: "Yes Michael, to help you and Sarah relax and reduce your oxygen intake levels..."

*jazz music playing while KITT is burning on fire*

Michael: "Oh."

:roll:

Re: The Audio will be addressed...

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:38 pm
by FuzzieDice
:lol: And the original KITT would have suggested Vivaldi! ;)