At some point you can have too much coverage of a vehicle, but it takes quite a lot to get there. The question is how much is enough without being too much?
Lets assume that we want to put together a record list that includes complete coverage of 1 specific car - all at 24bit 96k. Here's where I would start as far as listing deliverables:
onboard stop and go and highway driving (~10 minutes of each)
- interior stereo
- onboard muffler mono
- onboard tire mono
- onboard air intake mono
- onboard engine compartment mono
- mastered onboard mono mic mix (for quicker spotting)
starts, stops and bys at 5mph, 10mph, 20mph, 40mph, 60mph, and 80mph
- interior stereo
- onboard muffler mono
- onboard tire mono
- onboard air intake mono
- onboard engine compartment mono
- mastered onboard mono mic mix (for quicker spotting)
- ext x/y
- ext tracking or dual wide angle shotgun
stationary sounds
- int stereo door open and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- ext stereo door open and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- ext stereo distant door open and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- int stereo hood open and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- ext stereo hood open and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- ext stereo distant hoodopen and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- int stereo trunk open and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- ext stereo trunk open and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- ext stereo distant trunk open and close soft/medium/hard x 3
- int mono transmission shift x 5
- int mono parking brake pulls x 3
- int mono key in ignition x 3
- int mono pedal stomps x 3
- int mono door locks x 5
- int mono alarm - key in ignition
- int mono alarm - lights left on
- int mono glove compartment open close x 5
- int mono console movement x 5
- int mono seatbelts on and off x 5
- int mono sit in seat x 5
now, to get that much coverage on a car you'd need about two full days of recording not inclusive of prep, and probably 3-5 days of editing depending on vehicle and recording conditions. You'd also end up with a pretty big package with regards to file size for this single vehicle. You're looking at about 1 gig for the onboard highway driving package alone, so the entire thing will probably be in the neighborhood of 5-8 gigs of finished files for the single car.
that all seems perfectly acceptable, but it also seems like it would cause one to be a little selective about which and how many vehicles get the "full coverage" treatment.
questions:
what did I miss?
do all of my assumptions seem correct?
how much space would you put aside in your library for full coverage of vehicles?
thx!