Level 4 Floor Music

[Sean Vaidhyanathan]

Weoften get this question and we understand why. To understand the requirements, you have to know how the organization programs are structured and where your gymnasts fits into these programs. I will take some time here to explain how gymnastics music length ties into the different levels and programs the different organizations provide. It is likely your gymnast is part of a program that places them into different levels. The most prominent organizations in the United States are USA Gymnastics, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).

The main difference between USAG and the AAU organizations is in their mission. USA gymnastics mission is to train and a select U.S. teams to compete in the Olympics and World Championships. The AAU provides programs dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness.

The NFHS states that gymnastics floor music shall not exceed 1:30 (one minute thirty seconds). You want your music to be a minimum of :30 (thirty seconds) otherwise you will receive a (2.0) deduction from your score.

We suggest in any circumstance that when it comes to ordering the correct length of your gymnastics music for your gymnast, it is always best practice to get verification from your coach and/or choreographer. They will be aware of any special rules or requirements that may affect the selection of your gymnastics floor music.

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Your floor music should not exceed 1 minute 30 seconds for F.I.G. routines and for most levels. For lower levels there can sometimes be a lower time limit such as 1 minute, depending on the levels requirements by your gymnastics governing body.

Can anyone pls. tell me how to measure my 'noise room floor'? I'm a voice actor and I'm trying to achieve -60 -70db. When I was using Adobe Audition, there was a level meter at the bottom which clearly showed this and I was at -65. The only thing I tried was Options>Audio>Open in Soundtrack but not sure if this is the way to go about it.? If I record :10 sec.of silence and play back...the side meters in Logic seem to indicate -30 -35 which is quite high. I've actually improved the soundproofing in my Studio since I switched to Mac, so I"m wondering if it is the software or my Duet that is causing this, or something else??

Thanks for the suggestion. I actually stopped using the Noise Gate cuz it kept messing up my recordings. I've played around with those settings for hrs and couldn't get it to work properly. My issue is simply seeing what noise room level I have before I record my voice.

If all you've done is switched from Audition to Logic, there would be no change in the noise floor. Logic has zero influence on the gain of the input signal. (Actually, there is a way to set up Logic so that you can adjust the gain of input signals, but you have to really go out of your way to do this. Thus, chances are that Logic is not influencing the input of your signal whatsoever).

If you want to get a more accurate idea of the noise floor level on input (and in realtime too, without having to record anything), insert the Multimeter on your input channel and adjust its "Top" and "Range" settings as necessary see a higher-resolution scale and limits for the meter. (See warning below before attempting this).

Note that software monitoring must be enabled to see the meter display signal in realtime. CAUTION: if you're using direct monitoring from your interface, make sure that's disabled before enabling s/w monitoring in Logic. Otherwise you'll generate a very nasty and ear-splitting feedback loop.

yes, my mic is plugged into my Duet and I agree with what u r saying.....re: my Studio hasn't changed. Let me see if I can explain this more clearly. When I open a single track, hit record and ONLY record silence to see what 'noise room floor' I have, this is what I get...see Attachment. It's at -44 db. And when I was using Adobe Audition through a dbx 286A (maybe this had something to do with it), I was getting -65 - -70.

Matt, read my previous post again: -44 dB is not a level. If you mean the signal is at - 44 dB FS in Logic, then that bears no relation whatsoever to the ambient level of noise in your room (you can't compare an electrical signal with an air pressure wave). I can plug a mic into my audio interface and depending on the mic, depending on the mic preamp I use, and obviously depending on the position of the GAIN knob on the mic preamp, I'll get all sorts of different readings on a dB FS peak meter. Use a dB FS RMS meter and the reading will, again, be different.

Sorry, when it comes to this stuff, I really get confused. Then I REALLY have no idea what I'm looking at then. I realize db is a ratio..but that doesn't help me in understanding what's going on when I'm looking at the meters. Like I said, fortunately, I'm not getting any complaints from my clients but I read this below, on a fellow VO's site and I wanted to try and figure it out.

"I don't care what "kind" of noise is behind a -40 db noise floor or how it's measured.....if a voice talent has -40 db of ambient noise, then they've got a serious problem with their recording environment! Seriously, I had to create that much noise in my booth using a vacuum cleaner in the room.....LOL!

1) When it comes to standards, there are two to consider: yours and your client's. If clients aren't complaining then that's 99% of the battle won. But if you are hearing noise with your own ears (and not by the measure of any meter) and you want to make things just *that* much better, that's as good a reason as any to fix the problem. This way you can feel better about the work you deliver.

2) Ascertaining the ambient noise level of the room is really immaterial. The only point from which the amount of noise should be judged is at your microphone. BTW, do you have a booth, or any kind of vocal isolation set up in your studio?

3) I'm guessing that the person who posted that comment is looking at the dBfs meters on a DAW. And if that's the case, yes, he's right, a level of -40 would be audible, but here's the thing: you wouldn't need a meter to tell you that! So really, the meter readings are almost irrelevant if you can hear the problem to begin with.

3) actually he was the one who set up my Studio 6 yrs ago and demonstrated this to me. BUT...that was when I was using AA on a PC. For 2 yrs now, I've been on a Mac, using the Duet and Logic. Part of the problem, is that Logic is far more sophisticated than Audition but having said that, I really like Logic.

a) sometimes I'll hear outside noise in between silent periods and since I can't seem to adjust my 'noise gate' properly, I wind up just editing those periods with 'Silence' and NOT apply the 'noise gate' insert.

Having a detached building is certainly helpful for ensuring isolation from sound emanating from your house (loud TV's, vacuum cleaner, the hard knocking sounds coming from your private bowling alley, etc.) Baffles will absorb reflections (and some degree of sound energy) generated from within the room as well as any sound that leaks in from outside, but they are room treatments and not (isolating) soundproofing per se.

Having a noise gate can certainly help to reduce the volume (or eliminate) exterior noises that leak in, but when those sound overlap with your VO your only choice is to retake the line or word. Strip silence is like a "hardcore" form of noise gating where your choices are sound or no sound. With noise gating, you have the option of reducing the level of "silent" parts by a lesser amount than 100% which might result in a somewhat more continuous sound to your recordings.

Ok so my guess is that that person meant -40 dB FS peak level room noise when a regular spoken voice hits a decent recording level such as maybe -6 or -12 dB FS peak. That means very little and that's just a guess since the statement in italics really makes no sense without knowing more about that person's recording practice.

So you would set up your mic to record your voice as you normally want it, then adjust your mic preamp gain to make sure you don't clip and give yourself a bit of headroom, say 6 to 12 dB of headroom (meaning your normal voice is peaking at -12 to -6 dB FS). At that point, if you keep silent you can measure the noise level in your room as it relates to your signal level - so it's really a signal/noise ratio you're measuring. But if when keeping quiet the meters in Logic indicates -40 dB FS of noise, that probably means you forgot to turn off the vacuum cleaner. Depending on how quiet your studio is, you should see a low noise level, much lower than -40 dB FS.

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