Tips and Tricks
Published by Graham Walker on 19 Aug 2005 at 5:56 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Tips and Tricks, Vlog News.
On-board mics suck - People will actually put up with bad images but nothing turns people off quicker than bad sound and that is why, oddly enough, I am including this on a list of ways to get a better quality image. The most common issue with them is that they tend to pick up the sound of your camera’s internal workings. Obviously, it is more cumbersome to carry a mic and not as easy to just whip your camera out, but it your vlog relies on capturing good audio (other than when you speak directly to your camera) you may want to consider graduating to a better a mic.
Dave H. on 19 Aug 2005 at 6:32 am: 1
Hey graham,
are you saying that your tibet vids were captured with an external mic? if so, what was the set up? if not, did you do things in post to try to improve the sound?
thanks for these tips, they are very helpful.
Dave
Graham Walker on 23 Aug 2005 at 2:26 pm: 2
Yes I used an external mic for the tibet movies. I had a Sennheiser shotgun mic and had a beachtec adaptor XLR to minijack adaptor so it could record into my camera.
I mounted the mic underneath my camera with a mic housing which made it kinda a beast but worth it when you capture the nice sound.
I don\t do anything the audio in post. Audio sweetening is one thing I don’t know much about.
Don’t have a picture of the set up otherwise I would have included it.