I had a blast collaborating on this Phil! Thanks for doing this. If anyone has questions I'm happy to answer them in the comments. Just reply to this so I get notified.
Hey Caleb, thanks for the advice on setting normal conversation to peak at -12dB. I'm doing some filming next week and I am going to try that because with the last video I did notice than when the person laughed the audio was distorted. I was wondering, though, if you set the levels so low on my Zoom h4n, what is the best way in post to bring them back up so they peak at 0dB without affecting the quality? Is it just to increase the volume for the clip on Final Cut Pro X? Or is it better if I add a voice compressor?
Because more and more people are now using smart phones would you be able make how to videos using smart phones audio with your smart phone and or iOS devises ? I'm very interested in learning how to for these devises and I think more people will be interested as well Thank you You have a great channel
I was thinking about buying a lav but my DSLR doesn't have a mic input. However I do have an external recorder, how would I go about using the lav with the recorder? Do I have to buy a lav with a XLR? Or would I just buy one with a 1/4 jack and use an adapter?
So all lavaliers are connected to transmitters (the packs that are hidden on the body), and the signal needs to be picked up by a receiver? And does the lavalier/transmitter need to be purchased separately from the receiver or do they come together? Looking to purchase mic equipment and am worried I'm forgetting a part of the puzzle. Your videos are great, thanks so much!
Hey can you please let me know whether my Zoom h4n can somehow be used as a video/audio converter i.e. as a tool to digitize cassette tapes and video tapes? Thanks!
@Ayram9 Take a stereo RCA phono cable and connect to the red and white RCA phono output connectors on your cassette or video player. Then connect the other end of the RCA cable to two RCA-to-6.3mm jack plug adapters. Plug the jack plugs on the adapters into your handheld recorder's combined XLR/jack inputs. Adjust the recording levels on your handheld recorder to match the output from your cassette or video source. You can expect some noise in your digital recordings: audible hiss was normal in consumer cassette and video recordings. You can remove the hiss from silent parts of recordings in post-processing but you can't remove it from quiet parts, where hiss will also be audible.
I have budget to buy 2 Tascam DR-10L or... 1 Tascam DR-10L + 1 Zoom H4n Pro. I need these to make interviews, most of the time with 2 persons at the same time. What would you commend me to do?
I'd suggest just getting one Zoom H4N, and then getting two microphones. You could get two inexpensive wired lavalier microphones that plug into the Zoom H4N.
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On another tab, I have a RU-vid video playing simultaneously while watching this one (it's a CineFix episode: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OR2gpBMHI9I.html) and that one has overall better audio compared to yours (not starting an argument here, it's just how it sounds to me. You can try to experiment yourself and see if I'm mistaken or not), and it's at the same volume as this one. Not dissing you; I noticed some channels like MSNBC, a professional media outfit, have a lower volume mix as well. My question is, do we bump up the levels when recording for RU-vid? This does not diminish your excellent tips, anyhow. I'm grateful for the upload.
