- Hey everybody, this is Roberto Blake of robertoblake.com
helping you create something awesome today.
So in today's video for growing your Youtube channel
we're going to talk all about audio quality
and we're going to talk about some of the audio gear
that you need for Youtube.
So the most obvious thing is a microphone.
If you are shooting on a camera that has a microphone input
jack, an audio input jack,
I highly recommend using a lapel mic.
I'm using a Sony lapel mic
that's been working out great for me
but there are cheaper things.
If you're on an extreme budget 'cause this was only $30
if you're on an extreme budget, you can get a three pack
or a five pack of Neewer microphones
which is N-E-E-W-E-R
links will be in the description below
and that might cost you like $5 or $10.
I was using those for a long time before I got the Sony
and they worked out fine.
The clip on them would keep coming off
and getting lost so I ordered a bunch of them
but for the price they're super affordable
and I didn't have to do too much in post
as far as processing my audio.
Speaking of processing your audio,
I highly recommend doing that.
I highly recommend using noise reduction filters
and either something like Adobe Audition
or even a free program called Audacity.
I should probably do some tutorials about noise reduction
and processing audio.
I'll probably do that at some point
but doing that is super important
for just cleaning up the quality of your videos,
getting rid of background noise from the air conditioning,
or the room, whatever.
So, lapel and lavalier mics
that you can clip onto your clothing
and that, if you're me, you hide them in the video
are really good and they're super affordable.
There are some more expensive routes
you can go with that though.
You can get a wireless solution
and that's something that I'm looking at doing here
in the near future.
You can go budget
and you can go with a brand that I like Audio-technica.
I use them for my condenser mic back here
that I use to do my tutorial videos
but they also make a lot of other products.
They make shotgun microphones
that you mount on top of your camera or on a boom
so I highly recommend them for that
but they also make a wireless solution that's under $150
so I highly recommend you check them out for that.
The best wireless microphones though
are going to come from your higher end brands.
They're gonna come from Sony, Sennheiser, and now Rode
has a wireless microphone solution as well
so at the high end I would say that
those are the best wireless lavalier lapel mic situations
you could get into but they're more expensive.
That's going into, with Rode,
is the cheapest one at $399 I believe
and then Sony I think has a $599
and Sennheiser is $699, $700.
With Rode coming down and with how popular they are
for both podcasting microphones,
shotgun microphones like the Rode VideoMic GO
and the Rode VideoMic Pro,
I would say that they're going to win
a lot of people over to them on the wireless side
so that might be something you want to look into.
I'm going to see if they will lend me one
for a review
'cause I think that'd be great if I could do that for you.
I'm going to talk to Sennheiser and Sony as well
and see if I can get them to lend me
some of the wireless situations to review.
Maybe Audio-Technica would be interested
in giving one to the channel so we'll see
but those are the recommendations
and they are in the description below
as far as your wireless microphone solutions.
As far as shotgun mics,
shotgun mics are something that you're gonna wanna use
when you're out and about,
and sometimes when you have action stuff that you're doing
and you might even wanna do it if you're in studio
and you have multiple people
or if you're doing a documentary style video
you might want to use a shotgun microphone.
Now, you can go cheap and get one from Takstar from like $35
and they're not bad.
Honestly the quality on them isn't bad at all
or you could go with Audio-Technica at $55, $60
$100 with a Rode VideoMic GO
or about $200 with a Rode VideoMic Pro.
So those would be my recommendations there.
Obviously, there are more expensive shotgun mics
from all these brands that you could get
but those are ones I highly recommend.
A lot of Youtubers have had success with them.
I've had success with both Takstar and Audio-Technica
so I highly recommend those.
I am looking at getting a Rode VideoMic Pro
in the near future so I would still recommend that
and Rode's solid brand
I've used them for some other things in the past.
If you're doing tutorial videos
and you need to have a condenser microphone
with a pop filter and an arm there
then I recommend for that you can go
with Shure, Audio-Technica, and Rode
those are who I'd recommend.
I've been using Audio-Technica.
I've had friends that I've used their Shure
and their Rode set-ups before
and those were very good.
You could also go with Blue Yeti, a lot of people do,
I didn't like the Blue Snowball mic personally
but my brother is using it now
but I have another friend who's had good experiences with it
so maybe mine was just different
or I didn't know how to use it properly
but, I do have friends who have used the Yeti
and the Yeti Pro from Blue
and those have worked out really well
so I would still recommend those
links are in the description
but on a budget I would say that the Audio-Technica stuff
is comparable to it on a budget
it's cheaper and I would say it's just as good
and they have a tremendous warranty
so I'm gonna highly recommend them.
By the way, nobody is sponsoring this video
so get that out of your mind.
This is just recommendations on what I think is good
and what I've had experience with.
So those are my recommendations for the best mics
that you can get for Youtube audio.
Now in addition to mics you may need a digital recorder.
I've had good success with using the Zoom H1.
Obviously there are other Youtubers that have used the H4n
and now there's an H6
so those things are great
and the reason you might want to use those
is if you're feeding in multiple wireless lapel mics
or multiple condenser mics
if you're doing a show of some kind
then being able to have all the inputs
to be able to put into there
and process it that's gonna make life easier
and it's going to make it easier to do your clap
and to sync up things
so that's why I'd recommend doing that.
It's also very good in the field
for if you're doing boom operations
with a shotgun microphone
to be able to have it to do that for field recording
so I would say use it in that way as well and for interviews
so those would be situations where you would need that.
For the stuff with the podcasting and the tutorials,
I do use an M-Audio box as a mixer and a preamp
so that can be helpful
and I would highly recommend you do that.
There are preamps and mixers
you can put on the bottom of your DSLR camera.
I'm using a battery grip on the bottom of my DSLR camera
so I'm a little hesitant
to add anything else to the bottom there
and I'm a little concerned about it
but if I wasn't
that is the route I would probably go for the audio stuff.
In my case, I love to run it directly into the camera
just so that I don't have to claps and syncing later
so that's how I use it.
So anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this video
with recommendations for the best audio equipment
that you need for Youtube videos.
If you still have questions about Youtube audio equipment,
let me know in the comment section below
and I'll try and answer as many of your questions
as I possibly can.
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