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#274131 - 10/19/09 07:13 AM
Re: Video sound quality Q
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Senior Member
Registered: 12/08/02
Posts: 15556
Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
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Jerry, Most video cameras have an auxiliary audio/mic input, which allows you to use a high-quality mic, or connect the camera to an audio mixer output, while recording. Usually, it's a tiny 1/8-inch mono input somewhere on the side of the camera, and sometimes it's hidden beneath a tiny rubber button or cover. If it's available for your camera, there should be something in the camera's user manual about this. Gary
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#274132 - 10/19/09 09:52 AM
Re: Video sound quality Q
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Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 7285
Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
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Actually, Jerry, live sound recorded on video equipment is pretty thin. On good productions, the first thing you do is use quality microphones and pre-amps. You never rely on the internal microphone on the camera.
For top quality productions, you time code and synch a high quality audio machine with the video machine. That'a not a big deal, but, as you have probably noticed, occasionally, it's not done right and you see the results on TV or elsewhere... the audio and video don't match.
On thing I've never understood is the lack of attention to good audio. I know of video production houses with $500,000 in video equipmwent and a little 4 channel Radio Shack mixer.
The use of high quality audio is one thing we offer our clients. The importance of the quality of audio was really brought to the forefront in the late 80's an the show "Miami Vice". There was not a note of "live audio". Everything was overdubbed at the highest quality. The audio waa probably 25% of the production budget. Check out the old shows to see the difference!
Paid off for the producers. Generally, film producers can't go wrong concentrating on improving the audio on their productions.
Russ
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