How to get good sound on your video

‘mu:kaumedia time-served tips how to get great audio on your video content

For most video makers and podcasters, good vocal recording is a must.

Here’s the priority list of things to do:

1) Buy a video camera with a microphone input. Don’t even consider one without – you will regret it.

2) Buy a Sennheiser Freeport presentation system and use it for all your ‘studio’ voice recording.

3) Buy the most expensive. professional camera-mounted shotgun mic or hand-held mic you can afford for on-location interviews and ambient sound.

The rule of vocal recording? Do whatever it takes to get most voice, least ambience. The easiest way to do that is to put a mic right next to the sound source – hence the tie-clip or lavalier mic (as recommended above).

Any further away from the source than that and you’re into unrescuable, ‘boxy’ or simply inaudible voice recording.  Here’s an example (in a relatively noisy room).