Your videos are the most informative, cleanly produced, and great quality DSLR instructional videos on TH-cam. More people should be watching these. Keep up the phenomenal work!
Nice work as always! Glad you talked about the issues with using stereo mics for dialogue--a mistake that many of us made when we first got our Zoom/Tascam recorders!
Bravo..another excellent tutorial! You are so precise and understandable in your dialogue! Thanks for providing the guidance to an aspiring photographer like me and countless others. Your efforts are much appreciated!
I love your videos and I've learned a lot from you over the past couple of years. You look SOOO much younger than I imagined you to look. I seriously thought you were in your 50s.
Audio tip: you can use an external audio recorder and have the headphone jack output go into your Dslr. The trick is to have the in camera gain on manual and all the way down then plus one. This will elimate most of the audio noise caused by the bad in camera preamp. This will save time in post production
Nearly bought the Rode stereo mike after your other review. But after some research went with the Tascam DR100mkII recorder and the increase in audio quality is amazing, you can hear it on my latest truck video. Will prob ad a boomed Rode NTG mike for interview stuff later.
Great video gentlemen. With the brand new Adobe Premiere CC syncing audio is post is even easier, so as you said, unless youre shooting run and gun documentary work, syncing in post is the best way to go. Well explained and presented. Lavs are amazing and the best way to go....it's just a matter of hiding them :)
Whether a tutorial or review, you make the most informative videos for both professional and amateur DSLR filmmakers that there are, anywhere- Do keep it up! I should say there are numerous freeware/open-source/"freemium" video editors (especially needed when working with audio) available, that one need not pay a premium to have a decent editor. (One such editor is a commercial editor called Lightworks, which has been around for almost 25 years, whose basic edition is available for free downl
Hi Dave. See Redheadwindscreens (.com), they have custom windscreen for your microphon. Redhead windscreen I think are the best. I have one for my mic and I am very happy with it.
Great starter/ intermediate tut for mics and audio. You guys produce great work and are very entertaining to watch -not surprising though, everything from Germany is better haha
Very informative! Can you suggest a brand of cheap internal mic? Post edit is just time consuming.. Is there a wireless internal mic? Thanks in advance!
Just want to add that there's programs for auto syncing your external recorded material like Red Giant's Plural Eyes or in other editing software these days.
Good afternoon friend. I wonder what the microphone used from 5:53 this video .. I sound pretty good . I await a response . Congratulations on the video and thank you
Dear Fenchel & Janisch, talking about sound quality, which one would you suggest if you had to choose wireless microphone: Sennheiser, Lavalier, Rhode, Sony, or Audio Technica. Thank you for your reply.
in the sequence starting at 3:30, are you using HDR video? it looks like there is a characteristic hallo around the border of the river. (or maybe it is a different artifact because of the compression or grading). thanks
I know this is an older video but why would you not run the line out / headphone jack from the DR-40 to your camera mic jack instead of syncing in post? I know that SOMETIMES/OFTEN that's not possible like when you are shooting a short film and you have the recorder on the boom ops belt but shooting news or documentary or ... I'm shooting a live performance music video (one artist, not a whole band) in some ruins in a forest next week end using the Tascam DR-40. I'll have the acoustic guitar hooked up to the DR-40 (the guitar has a pre-amp), a shotgun or lav (will test on location) for vocals and then the DR-40's two mics grabbing a bit more of the ambient and I'll have the audio going to my 5DMk2 from the line out. I'll probably still mix everything in post anyways since this is a music video (and I'm shooting multi cam and I might get some "room tone" like the small stream and wind in the trees to add back in to insure it doesn't sound like it was shot in a studio ... hurray for multi track recorders) but my reference sound will be much better I think and should stay in synch (no time slip).
Is there a way to SIMULTANEOUSLY record sound from two sources, one "talent" and the other from wherever the mic is pointing and that "set up" TO RECORD ONLY WHEN I PUsH THE RECORD BUTTON OF THE CAMERA? That way the sync of the sound of these two sources, would be so much easier... hope it makes sense what I am saying here...
Because you don't have to clone the audio for left and right in post that way, otherwise it will only be heard in one side or ear, if you're wearing headphones
I'm a newbie and will be shooting reviews of products outside. Is there lapel (clip on the shirt) you would recommend that's won't break the bank? Your videos are very concise and well executed.
www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=89741&gclid=Cj0KEQiAsdCnBRC86PeFkuDJt_MBEiQAUXJfLQuoE0BGQ43X1JejsXa1Y1HJMjJwKdD3G-kIvPe4jPIaAneF8P8HAQ&Q=&is=REG&A=details This does a great job and it's very cheap!
did you switch the audio by using editing software or using a specific button on that tascam? please anybody who knows the answer help me. I want to buy either tascam dr40 or sony icd px333
Thank you for this video. I have been upset with my shotgun mic going into my T3i. I always have a lot of hiss even though I think the mic is pretty good but never really knew. I thought it might be the mic but I think the hiss I get must be from the camera. So apparently I need an external recorder. Is that your professional opinion?
Was ist mit dem Rode Diretionaal Video Mic. mit 85Hz:)? Es ist doch auch möglich mit diesem Mikor aufzunehmen bzw. eine gute Ton Qualität zu erhlalten? - Julien:)
Hi !! I record video in church service and the audio is not good at all, so what is thought is to get feed from mixer/ pa system from aux cable and get it to my dslr or camcorder. will that give me a proper result??? is this a proper/ correct way?? I was about to buy 10m long male-male AUX cable. I need some suggestion??
+Jorgie Mathew : I would rather setup my own system if you are going through PA system. Coz in case microphone is off then you loose the volume. This happened to me. I would rather put my own system. in my personal option recording the sound separately a good idea (obviously pain) coz its a dedicated system which does job well and will never fail.
Question; I'm trying to figure out whether I should use an external mic with input to my D5200 or an external recorder and put it on the shoe mount. But the problem with both, is that I'm wondering whether either one of the two will pick up speaking sounds from more than a meter distance. What I'm talking about is whether I can get the great audio of a voice at the same time when filming the speaking subject with good bokeh (blurred background) for which you should take distance and zoom in to get. This is mainly for short (action) films. So which one should I get? I don't think I can afford more than 1 mic.
It will be difficult to get clean audio if your recorder has an A-B pattern mic setup. Many of the cheap recorders like dictation recorders have a mic array set to capture wide areas so you'll end up getting all the ambient noise. If you are in a quiet environment it might work but in the forest or in a park you'll hear everyone yelling, cars passing by, the wind rushing through the leaves, the river rushing ... If your recorder has a X-Y pattern it will be a lot more directional. Some recorders like the higher end zooms and Tascams can switch the mic pattern. There are ok'ish microphones available for pretty cheap. Audio Technica has a cheap 60$-70$ shotgun the ATR-6550. It doesn't compare to a nice RODE NTG but for 60-70$ (actually, just checked, price went up here in Canada to 90$ since I last bought it). I quite like it. It needs a bit of post processing love but it is still much better than the onboard mic. Pyle does some cheaper shotguns as well that are apparently fairly decent.
I would recommend to everyone recording to the Iphone by using the rode mic app and synchronizing it with pluraleyes if you are looking for a cheap way to capture audio with a shotgun mic because you can move it away from the camera without having a wire in your shot.
Braucht das Rode lavalier mikro Phantom-Power? Ich hab ein Sony MCE-CS3 Miko an das Tascam DR-40 angeschlossen und ich bekomme kein Signal. Braucht man da einen extra Adapter oder einfach einen 3.5 auf 6.2mm Klinkenadapter?
Das Rode Video Mic an sich ist gar nicht schlecht (für meinen Geschmack etwas zu basslastig). Das Problem ist: 1. Es hat ein kurzes Kabel und wird meistens auf die Kamera gesteckt. Dabei sollte es eigentlich näher am Sprecher sein. 2. Der Vorverstärker der Kamera ist furchtbar. Wenn man das Videomic in den DSLR-Input schleust, wird es nicht gut klingen. Wenn man es nah zur Person bringt und in einen externen Recorder aufnimmt, hat es keinen Vorteil mehr gegenüber gleich teuren Richtmikros.
How can i record audio on a Canon EOS 1300D and it doesn’t have a Mic In and i’m to cheap to buy a External Recorder and i already bought a Shotgun Mic
question I'm using the NTG-2 with the Tascam Dr-40 and it does not sound good but I think I have the settings wrong on the Dr-40 can you help me out with this? I don't know if Im selecting the XLR input or have the settings right internal on the Dr 40
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Your videos are the most informative, cleanly produced, and great quality DSLR instructional videos on TH-cam. More people should be watching these. Keep up the phenomenal work!
Nice work as always! Glad you talked about the issues with using stereo mics for dialogue--a mistake that many of us made when we first got our Zoom/Tascam recorders!
great series of videos! well done and well explained. I have found them very useful thank you!
Lots of good info. Sync marks from a clapperboard or just hand claps saves a lot of work when syncing the audio.
Superb tutorial - so much useful information provided through a polished production.
Your videos are so informal and a pleasure to watch I've learned so much from you guys! Thank You
Bravo..another excellent tutorial! You are so precise and understandable in your dialogue! Thanks for providing the guidance to an aspiring photographer like me and countless others. Your efforts are much appreciated!
Thanks for another great video, I didn't like the flat image look at first but now I use that style myself as well.
There is much info on the web already, but you just explain things in a pleasant easy way
I love your videos and I've learned a lot from you over the past couple of years. You look SOOO much younger than I imagined you to look. I seriously thought you were in your 50s.
Great video, very informative with real world situations.
Thanks for using RØDE microphones.
Thanks a lot Dennis!
We are currently trying some new editing software besides Premiere Pro. We'll going to take a look at Lightworks as well.
Love your tutorials! Learn so much every week, keep posting! Thanks!
Very very good, fantastic instructional video, and possibly the best instructional audio ive heard yet!
Great tutorial! Thank you for putting this together.
Audio tip: you can use an external audio recorder and have the headphone jack output go into your Dslr. The trick is to have the in camera gain on manual and all the way down then plus one. This will elimate most of the audio noise caused by the bad in camera preamp. This will save time in post production
Unreal good Colour Grading. Can you tell the settings? I love it
Stumbled upon and subscribed! Great videos, thanks so much!
Lots of really useful examples, thanks very much!
Thanks so much for the explanations and voice examples..it helped me understand
Nearly bought the Rode stereo mike after your other review. But after some research went with the Tascam DR100mkII recorder and the increase in audio quality is amazing, you can hear it on my latest truck video. Will prob ad a boomed Rode NTG mike for interview stuff later.
Great tutorial, like all the rest! Could you post which external recorder you use? Thanks!
Great video gentlemen. With the brand new Adobe Premiere CC syncing audio is post is even easier, so as you said, unless youre shooting run and gun documentary work, syncing in post is the best way to go. Well explained and presented. Lavs are amazing and the best way to go....it's just a matter of hiding them :)
Beautifully put together. Subscribed...
Whether a tutorial or review, you make the most informative videos for both professional and amateur DSLR filmmakers that there are, anywhere- Do keep it up!
I should say there are numerous freeware/open-source/"freemium" video editors (especially needed when working with audio) available, that one need not pay a premium to have a decent editor. (One such editor is a commercial editor called Lightworks, which has been around for almost 25 years, whose basic edition is available for free downl
Thank you very much, informative as always. Can you make a video on using a loupe/hoodeye?
I freaking love your channel! So helpful!
Hi Dave. See Redheadwindscreens (.com), they have custom windscreen for your microphon. Redhead windscreen I think are the best. I have one for my mic and I am very happy with it.
Very good introduction... I highly recommend that new videographers give it a view.
Thoroughly agree. F&J make some of the best DSLR tutorials around.
Thanks for the program! I learnt a lot!
Good video. Have to tried the new Zoom H6n recorder.
Great starter/ intermediate tut for mics and audio. You guys produce great work and are very entertaining to watch -not surprising though, everything from Germany is better haha
Very informative! Can you suggest a brand of cheap internal mic? Post edit is just time consuming.. Is there a wireless internal mic? Thanks in advance!
Great work!
Great video review....another great device in my opinion is the zoom h2n
Thanks for the tutorial! Very helpful! Quick question: so -12db is good for dialogues? how about ambient sounds?
how u make yr videos look so cinematic and that cinemascope looks amazing, plz any guidance
Very good Tutorial...... What is the Lavalier you are using in this Video?
Thank you
Outstanding job with all your videos! Thank you so much for this great info =) More success!
Just want to add that there's programs for auto syncing your external recorded material like Red Giant's Plural Eyes or in other editing software these days.
+Hijraki : Yes got to know recently and too expensive for the beginners !
Very interesting. I prefer the faster workflow so I use the internal dslr audio with a Rode mix attached.
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh, thank you very much for this informative video.
Great to see a 21:9 video. I'm using a 21:9 monitor, and it fits very well :-)
It would be great if you can describe all the products and their urls on your blog..
Awesome awesome. Very helpful and professional !
your videos is always the best, salute
Very informative video. Could you recommend a good external recorder and directional microphone for a beginner.
Mark I am in the spot. Have you chosen a audio
Set-up if so how do you like it so far?
No not yet I'll probably by a couple of lav mics and rode mic
Good afternoon friend. I wonder what the microphone used from 5:53 this video .. I sound pretty good . I await a response . Congratulations on the video and thank you
Prob the shotgun
Thanks Man. Very useful info !!!
Dear Fenchel & Janisch,
talking about sound quality, which one would you suggest if you had to choose wireless microphone: Sennheiser, Lavalier, Rhode, Sony, or Audio Technica.
Thank you for your reply.
Great audio turtorial, which type of lense was used on 3:30
Tascam DR-04 vs Zoom H4n? Did you used both of them and noticed any major differences in sound quality or features?
in the sequence starting at 3:30, are you using HDR video? it looks like there is a characteristic hallo around the border of the river. (or maybe it is a different artifact because of the compression or grading). thanks
I know this is an older video but why would you not run the line out / headphone jack from the DR-40 to your camera mic jack instead of syncing in post?
I know that SOMETIMES/OFTEN that's not possible like when you are shooting a short film and you have the recorder on the boom ops belt but shooting news or documentary or ...
I'm shooting a live performance music video (one artist, not a whole band) in some ruins in a forest next week end using the Tascam DR-40. I'll have the acoustic guitar hooked up to the DR-40 (the guitar has a pre-amp), a shotgun or lav (will test on location) for vocals and then the DR-40's two mics grabbing a bit more of the ambient and I'll have the audio going to my 5DMk2 from the line out.
I'll probably still mix everything in post anyways since this is a music video (and I'm shooting multi cam and I might get some "room tone" like the small stream and wind in the trees to add back in to insure it doesn't sound like it was shot in a studio ... hurray for multi track recorders) but my reference sound will be much better I think and should stay in synch (no time slip).
Is there a way to SIMULTANEOUSLY record sound from two sources, one
"talent" and the other from wherever the mic is pointing and that "set
up" TO RECORD ONLY WHEN I PUsH THE RECORD BUTTON OF THE CAMERA? That way
the sync of the sound of these two sources, would be so much easier...
hope it makes sense what I am saying here...
OMG amazing production and very usefull by the way
thank you .. much needed tutorial.
1:11 Judging by monitor of DR40, he set up stereo recording, not mono? Why?
Because you don't have to clone the audio for left and right in post that way, otherwise it will only be heard in one side or ear, if you're wearing headphones
Audio is half of the viewing experience! Great video!
Great~~~ easy to understand ~~thank you !!
I'm a newbie and will be shooting reviews of products outside. Is there lapel (clip on the shirt) you would recommend that's won't break the bank?
Your videos are very concise and well executed.
www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=89741&gclid=Cj0KEQiAsdCnBRC86PeFkuDJt_MBEiQAUXJfLQuoE0BGQ43X1JejsXa1Y1HJMjJwKdD3G-kIvPe4jPIaAneF8P8HAQ&Q=&is=REG&A=details
This does a great job and it's very cheap!
Awesome work! Thank you bro!
For Racing Track and Motorsport what kind of microphone did you suggest?
did you switch the audio by using editing software or using a specific button on that tascam? please anybody who knows the answer help me. I want to buy either tascam dr40 or sony icd px333
Moritz, what is the name of that large lav windscreen you are wearing towards the end of the video? I need one that is much bigger for my G3 wireless.
Thank you for this video. I have been upset with my shotgun mic going into my T3i. I always have a lot of hiss even though I think the mic is pretty good but never really knew. I thought it might be the mic but I think the hiss I get must be from the camera. So apparently I need an external recorder. Is that your professional opinion?
I am not sure how it's called, it came with the Rode Lavalier...
Great stuff! Thank you! :)
were you shooting hdr footage for this tutorial?
hello from malaysia, well done, ive learn lot from ur vdeos, tqvm. . . keep making videos, show us some m0re master!
Was ist mit dem Rode Diretionaal Video Mic. mit 85Hz:)? Es ist doch auch möglich mit diesem Mikor aufzunehmen bzw. eine gute Ton Qualität zu erhlalten?
- Julien:)
I record with iPhone , only audio is always a prob
May I ask why do you do the videos in English ?do you do them in German too?
How do you sync your audio with external mic and DSLR and put it together in editing.
Hi !! I record video in church service and the audio is not good at all, so what is thought is to get feed from mixer/ pa system from aux cable and get it to my dslr or camcorder. will that give me a proper result??? is this a proper/ correct way??
I was about to buy 10m long male-male AUX cable.
I need some suggestion??
+Jorgie Mathew : I would rather setup my own system if you are going through PA system. Coz in case microphone is off then you loose the volume. This happened to me. I would rather put my own system. in my personal option recording the sound separately a good idea (obviously pain) coz its a dedicated system which does job well and will never fail.
What mic do you recommend I use to record a band playing in a bar?
Excellent video, vielen dank!
What kind of lavalier are were you using
pretty great video!
awesome video, thanks
Question; I'm trying to figure out whether I should use an external mic with input to my D5200 or an external recorder and put it on the shoe mount. But the problem with both, is that I'm wondering whether either one of the two will pick up speaking sounds from more than a meter distance. What I'm talking about is whether I can get the great audio of a voice at the same time when filming the speaking subject with good bokeh (blurred background) for which you should take distance and zoom in to get. This is mainly for short (action) films. So which one should I get? I don't think I can afford more than 1 mic.
A boom mic might be helpful for your situation, unless you can hide a lavalier mic and cable on your actors
Emkayu Thanks, I already made my dicision though. I got a Rode Videomic Pro, the manual settings on this thing are pretty handy.
I make short films &
can i use an external digital audio recorder without a directional mic plugged into it & get professional audio ?
It will be difficult to get clean audio if your recorder has an A-B pattern mic setup. Many of the cheap recorders like dictation recorders have a mic array set to capture wide areas so you'll end up getting all the ambient noise.
If you are in a quiet environment it might work but in the forest or in a park you'll hear everyone yelling, cars passing by, the wind rushing through the leaves, the river rushing ...
If your recorder has a X-Y pattern it will be a lot more directional. Some recorders like the higher end zooms and Tascams can switch the mic pattern.
There are ok'ish microphones available for pretty cheap. Audio Technica has a cheap 60$-70$ shotgun the ATR-6550. It doesn't compare to a nice RODE NTG but for 60-70$ (actually, just checked, price went up here in Canada to 90$ since I last bought it). I quite like it. It needs a bit of post processing love but it is still much better than the onboard mic.
Pyle does some cheaper shotguns as well that are apparently fairly decent.
I would recommend to everyone recording to the Iphone by using the rode mic app and synchronizing it with pluraleyes if you are looking for a cheap way to capture audio with a shotgun mic because you can move it away from the camera without having a wire in your shot.
Braucht das Rode lavalier mikro Phantom-Power? Ich hab ein Sony MCE-CS3 Miko an das Tascam DR-40 angeschlossen und ich bekomme kein Signal. Braucht man da einen extra Adapter oder einfach einen 3.5 auf 6.2mm Klinkenadapter?
great video!
Das Rode Video Mic an sich ist gar nicht schlecht (für meinen Geschmack etwas zu basslastig). Das Problem ist:
1. Es hat ein kurzes Kabel und wird meistens auf die Kamera gesteckt. Dabei sollte es eigentlich näher am Sprecher sein.
2. Der Vorverstärker der Kamera ist furchtbar. Wenn man das Videomic in den DSLR-Input schleust, wird es nicht gut klingen.
Wenn man es nah zur Person bringt und in einen externen Recorder aufnimmt, hat es keinen Vorteil mehr gegenüber gleich teuren Richtmikros.
Nicely done. Bad audio can ruin good video footage.
why couldn't they place a better mic and audio system in dslrs? :( year 2016 and still hssss sound. i will have to buy an expensive mic now :(
Orange Production Theatre thay protect their cinema line of camera thats why
Great stuff!
do you have advice on how to syncronize ?
Nice job
how to capture a bunch of people on screen audio?
I think my last comment got chopped- Anyway, I was saying, please consider doing a review of free video editors, such as Lightworks?
great video from a sound engineering point of view.
How can i record audio on a Canon EOS 1300D and it doesn’t have a Mic In and i’m to cheap to buy a External Recorder and i already bought a Shotgun Mic
alles ich habe understood. Danke dir alles wieder gut
question I'm using the NTG-2 with the Tascam Dr-40 and it does not sound good but I think I have the settings wrong on the Dr-40 can you help me out with this? I don't know if Im selecting the XLR input or have the settings right internal on the Dr 40
wow , im going to have to ask Tascam about this.
***** what setup did you end of going with?
I love your voice