Sound Recording tips
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$100 won't even get you started.
You can being by reading my blog:
http://www.myspace.com/alcoveaudio/blog
and continue with my numerous posts here on IndieTalk.
You can also get the book "The Sound Effects Bible" by Ric Viers; he covers a lot of the basics about mics, recorders and techniques.
For about $175 you can get the Rode VideoMic with a boom-pole; that's about as low as you can go and get passable sound. Just keep in mind that technique is extremely important, and is more important the more "low tech" you go. If you are using a DSLR camera you will need to defeat the AGC.
You can being by reading my blog:
http://www.myspace.com/alcoveaudio/blog
and continue with my numerous posts here on IndieTalk.
You can also get the book "The Sound Effects Bible" by Ric Viers; he covers a lot of the basics about mics, recorders and techniques.
For about $175 you can get the Rode VideoMic with a boom-pole; that's about as low as you can go and get passable sound. Just keep in mind that technique is extremely important, and is more important the more "low tech" you go. If you are using a DSLR camera you will need to defeat the AGC.
Some DSLR dont suffer from AGC. I have a T3i and I never had that probelm. Plus if u get the a DSLR (T2i/5D) sometimes you can hack them or get adaptor that removes that hissing sound. And the adators are like 20 bucks. But def go with a good mic, I keep hearing the Rode Videomic is the standard, nothin less or youll regret it
It depends on what type of filming you are planning to do. If it has much movement in it, you will need some sort of boom pole and shotgun mic. If you are just doing interviews, you can often get away with a digital audio recorder. The prior is going to cost you more than $100 for anything that is worth the money being spent. The latter can be accomplished passably with the on-board mic of an H1, which can be found new for ~$100 or used for ~$70.
Obviously $100 is not ideal. Even in the best of situations, the H1 is still going to lack the quality of higher priced mics. That being said, if you are currently working with the camera mic, almost anything will be a vast improvement.
Obviously $100 is not ideal. Even in the best of situations, the H1 is still going to lack the quality of higher priced mics. That being said, if you are currently working with the camera mic, almost anything will be a vast improvement.
