Better audio on a low budget guide.

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Lobbamobba

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Hey,
Im working on bettering my audio gear for my hobby productions. I work professionally as a producer/journalist in Radio and TV so Im used to using $2000 microphones and sound booths with mixers that cost more than I make in a year.


So with that said I very well know that I wont get the "best" stuff with a hobby-budget but Im sure I can get it "good-enough".
I thought it would be fun to make some videos and show my progress in this for youtube and share with people on forums searching for that cheap short cut to good quality.


Im doing things in the order of,
Voiceovers (have a project going on that will require allot of it)
On Location (shotgun, lav, field recorder and so on)
Interviews (both for on and of-camera/podcasts)


Im not only gonna talk gear and money, I will also cover the techniques for capturing audi and making a good interview such as what questions to ask, what attitude to have, how to get people to open up and so on.


There might be more videos coming if I get suggestions or think of something ells. For instance some people have asked me to do a video about headphones together with my colleague whom is an audio engineer with +30 years of experience.


I will post the videos as I make them in this post and also in the last of the thread.
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Part 1, voiceover

Part 2, On Location
 
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Ha!

"Yup. That's a V8 out there"

I've done the blanket over the head move and gone right into a Sound Devices recorder. It works surprisingly well.

I like this video. Thanks for sharing!
 
davefisk said:
Ha!

"Yup. That's a V8 out there"

I've done the blanket over the head move and gone right into a Sound Devices recorder. It works surprisingly well.

I like this video. Thanks for sharing!
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Glad you liked it :)
yes, the blanket is realy good. Other things Ive tryed even professionaly is hotell beds, sleepingbags, cars, and just going "into" my winter coat :)
 
We use the Rode Podcaster for voice work with the Porta-Booth Plus, very satisfied with them ..

http://voiceoveressentials.com/content/porta-booth-plus.htm

Not mentioned by Lobbamobba :) the Podcaster has a h/phone output jack with variable volume control and features an internal pop filter,
designed to minimise explosives sounds that can overload the microphone capsule and distort the audio output.
We cover ours with this Shure foam windscreen so we can wash out the spit after the recording ...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/855447-REG/Shure_A181WS_A181WS_FOAM_WINDSCREEN_for.html

The Podcaster comes with a free Rode 10yr warranty when you register it at the Rode site.

Cheers.
 
Allan Black said:
We use the Rode Podcaster for voice work with the Porta-Booth Plus, very satisfied with them ..

http://voiceoveressentials.com/content/porta-booth-plus.htm

Not mentioned by Lobbamobba :) the Podcaster has a h/phone output jack with variable volume control and features an internal pop filter,
designed to minimise explosives sounds that can overload the microphone capsule and distort the audio output.
We cover ours with this Shure foam windscreen so we can wash out the spit after the recording ...

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/855447-REG/Shure_A181WS_A181WS_FOAM_WINDSCREEN_for.html

The Podcaster comes with a free Rode 10yr warranty when you register it at the Rode site.

Cheers.
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Im pretty sure I mentioned the h/phones and volume control :)

The reason I didnt mention the internal popfilter is because I dindt want to give the ilusion that it wasnt needed, the internal is better than nothing but still doesnt take away the problem completely.
Its funny you should mention the Shure windscreen, we have those at work but in Sweden they are called "pop filters" as well.
Dead Cats are called "Ginnypigs" and the only thing we ever call wind jamer, windscreen or something like that are Blimps.
 
paulears said:
What gobo?
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They are talking about the little VO foam contraption. Gobo seems to be a word used for a number of things. For instance in theatre a "gobo" is the metal pattern you can stick in an ellipsoidal light to cast patterns on the set. In photography it's cardboard pieces you use to block the light off of things. In film I believe that would be a "flag", but video may call them gobo's. I have heard once before (on line) a portable sound trap called a "gobo" but not sure where. It may be "the name" in some part of the industry or it may just be someone using the word incorrectly?
 
Noiz2 said:
They are talking about the little VO foam contraption. Gobo seems to be a word used for a number of things. For instance in theatre a "gobo" is the metal pattern you can stick in an ellipsoidal light to cast patterns on the set. In photography it's cardboard pieces you use to block the light off of things. In film I believe that would be a "flag", but video may call them gobo's. I have heard once before (on line) a portable sound trap called a "gobo" but not sure where. It may be "the name" in some part of the industry or it may just be someone using the word incorrectly?
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In swedish the term from the begining is used for the light-pattern-thing, but...
"Gobo is a slang term used by sound recording engineers to refer to a movable acoustic isolation panel." (wiki)
 
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