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Hello!

In brief, Im working on an animation project and the time has no come to work on sound. I have been mixing foley, music and voice overs myself and would like to know if anyone here is an *Expert* or KNOWLEDGABLE in sound work and would care to listen, share thoughts and criticism? I have shared these files with countless friends and they all say its "fine" but the sound for this animation project is something I wish to do properly...

Things of concern include volume, mixing, etc etc

I don't wish to sound rude but I would prefer to hear from experienced people if they exist on these boards more than the average joe, if you feel you may be able to provide good feedback let me know and I will post back!

All I'm looking for is someone to watch some video files and comment on the overall sound job

Your friend, Drew

Sure. I've done quite a bunch of films both for school projects and outside parties. I've worked with Adobe Premier and After Effects (even though that's not sound), so I have quite a bit of experience in film editing and sound.

Yes?

Mr Drew. I must admit, in my opinion, Milk Paton's sound mixing has always been a bit rough around the edges. The musical and voice elements are normally good, but there is always a problem with bloody hard to understand Glaswegian accents becoming too quiet to properly make out (the sub titles are the thing that saves it here). Also, I think there is normally an opportunity to add in a few more sound effects, to fill in for the artistic visual style.

My suggestions without even watching the new vid would be:
- More sound effects
- Improve the quality of the voice recordings (I can't remember if the newer vids have improved quality). But garbage in = garbage out. So a good quality recording is the best place to start.
- You need some dynamics work, to smooth out high volume and low volume peaks/troughs, so it's always easy to hear quiet bits and loud bits don't blow up your speakers.

You're right to pay more attention to the audio. When your style is sometimes partially animated in a mental way frozen frame movies, the sound scape should play a critical role in helping it flow.

I am REALLY busy at the moment, so I can't offer help (at least, not for the next 3 or 4 weeks), but would happily watch and provide targeted feedback.

Peace to Paton.

There havent been any episodes since 2007,

We've been doing it in a recording studio so all the voices are compressed / levelled etc.

I'll drop you a video on Facebook some time soon just to watch and give a thumbs up or down on...

Quality. I think if you've been in a studio and got it professionally compressed and mastered, then from a sound quality perspective, you're gonna be spot on. Good stuff. Look forward to checking it out. By the way, have you ever considered adding the characters, Milf Paton (Paton's attractive mother) and Milk Fatton (a 6 pint fat bastard bottle of milk)? I have just finished a 6 pinter this morning on my cocopops, and can post it for a fee of £10, to save you buying your own.