Post by Rabbit on Feb 21, 2017 20:48:37 GMT
Until now, I've relied on either the onboard mic on my video camera or a Tascam portable which records in stereo and extremely high quality Wav. I either overdub sound or even record on both the camera and the Tascam at the same time and then later, I line up the Tascam audio with the camera audio, using the waveform to work out where they sync and then turn off the onboard sound leaving just the Tascam sound.
The audio quality is really good since it's 96 bit and very high resolution. Absolutely fantastic for recording ambient sounds and effect sounds to go onto the film later.
One problem with the Tascam though is that the mics are omni directional. So they pick up all around pretty well. Fantastic for ambient stuff like say, birds singing or house noises to be dubbed later, but useless when there are other sounds interfering.
Just for a laugh, I videod the school run in Time lapse. Stuck the GoPro on the dashboard facing the road. Then for sound, I recorded the car noise later on the Tascam and also intended to record some daft chats that I often have with Lucy on the way later to add to the mix.
First try was with the Tascam. Unusable because of vibrations and also car noise. I recently bought this tiny Rode VideoMicro mic and found that it's front response is great but even better, side rejection is pretty good.
Comparing in my front room with my wife banging in the kitchen, the Tascam was distracting, picking up everything that she banged along with my voice, but the Rode picked me out and reduced the kitchen noise massively.
So I took the Rode out in the car on its shock mount and recorded Lucy and myself again while I drove. The result is superb. I used a filter to take out car rumble and the Rode caught us easily; even when Lucy was whispering in the car.
So I dubbed the car noise (very low volume) and us just chatting onto the Time lapsed video and it worked beautifully. I also had music running quietly, so in all three soundtracks. Music, car noises and us chatting. The chatting soundtrack was brightened up to cut through the rest of the sound.
Anyone interested in making videos with decent sound should definitely consider something like the Rode. It's cheap and runs on power from the camera or from the recorder. I don't use it on the camera because it's better to get the mic closer to the source of the sound for clarity, so I tend to pocket the Tascam and add ambience sound later on my video editor.
Even if the camera audio isn't great, adding a low ambience and then boosting the camera audio with volume and more 'sparkle' helps, but audio from the Rode into the Tascam is extremely high quality and for me, was well worth getting.
Tbh, even bad video footage with good sound is perfectly watchable. The other way around is awful!!
The audio quality is really good since it's 96 bit and very high resolution. Absolutely fantastic for recording ambient sounds and effect sounds to go onto the film later.
One problem with the Tascam though is that the mics are omni directional. So they pick up all around pretty well. Fantastic for ambient stuff like say, birds singing or house noises to be dubbed later, but useless when there are other sounds interfering.
Just for a laugh, I videod the school run in Time lapse. Stuck the GoPro on the dashboard facing the road. Then for sound, I recorded the car noise later on the Tascam and also intended to record some daft chats that I often have with Lucy on the way later to add to the mix.
First try was with the Tascam. Unusable because of vibrations and also car noise. I recently bought this tiny Rode VideoMicro mic and found that it's front response is great but even better, side rejection is pretty good.
Comparing in my front room with my wife banging in the kitchen, the Tascam was distracting, picking up everything that she banged along with my voice, but the Rode picked me out and reduced the kitchen noise massively.
So I took the Rode out in the car on its shock mount and recorded Lucy and myself again while I drove. The result is superb. I used a filter to take out car rumble and the Rode caught us easily; even when Lucy was whispering in the car.
So I dubbed the car noise (very low volume) and us just chatting onto the Time lapsed video and it worked beautifully. I also had music running quietly, so in all three soundtracks. Music, car noises and us chatting. The chatting soundtrack was brightened up to cut through the rest of the sound.
Anyone interested in making videos with decent sound should definitely consider something like the Rode. It's cheap and runs on power from the camera or from the recorder. I don't use it on the camera because it's better to get the mic closer to the source of the sound for clarity, so I tend to pocket the Tascam and add ambience sound later on my video editor.
Even if the camera audio isn't great, adding a low ambience and then boosting the camera audio with volume and more 'sparkle' helps, but audio from the Rode into the Tascam is extremely high quality and for me, was well worth getting.
Tbh, even bad video footage with good sound is perfectly watchable. The other way around is awful!!