Hello!
I'm a rather new filmmaker and I'm just finishing up my 3rd short. However, I notice that my sound seems to suffer in all of my shoots. This makes sense since I know slightly more than nothing regarding sound.
I have an Azden SGM-1X shotgun mic attached to my makeshift boom pole that feeds into one channel of my Zoom H4 recorder.
When I record, the sound is left channel only (it's in Input 1 which is left channel for stereo) and incredibly quiet. I end up having to go into SoundForge and move the left channel to center and then up the volume on the recorded WAV file. The raising of the volume has a tendency to cause a lot of background static which lowers the quality of the audio.
Any tips or missing equipment recommended?
Jason
I'm a rather new filmmaker and I'm just finishing up my 3rd short. However, I notice that my sound seems to suffer in all of my shoots. This makes sense since I know slightly more than nothing regarding sound.
I have an Azden SGM-1X shotgun mic attached to my makeshift boom pole that feeds into one channel of my Zoom H4 recorder.
When I record, the sound is left channel only (it's in Input 1 which is left channel for stereo) and incredibly quiet. I end up having to go into SoundForge and move the left channel to center and then up the volume on the recorded WAV file. The raising of the volume has a tendency to cause a lot of background static which lowers the quality of the audio.
Any tips or missing equipment recommended?
Jason