Today I'm going to show you how to configure the tascam dr-05, but in case
you haven't purchased one or you're trying to figure out which microphone to
buy, I'm going to do a quick review of the differences between the lavell ear
and shotgun microphones. A shotgun mic can be handheld attached directly to the
camera or attached directly to a boom for most ordinary filmmakers. Attaching a
small shotgun mic directly the camera works very well the Sennheiser MKE 440
is an example of a common shotgun microphone this works well for outdoor
work but is suboptimal for indoor work the hiss generated by most cameras
preamp is much more noticeable inside when using a shotgun mic inside try
using a separate audio recorder the shotgun mic works best when the subject
is moving in front of the mic and the camera it does not perform as well when
the subject is moving away from the camera shotgun mics are excellent for
shooting outside doing run and gun work and cope very well with wind noise when
using a windscreen also known as a dead cat shotgun mics require a separate
operator when using in conjunction with a boom or being handheld this is a major
disadvantage for the ordinary filmmaker which is where the lavell air mic can
help the boom is used primarily for films where the microphone is positioned
closest to the sound source and invisible to the viewer the tascam is a
two-part kit it includes a lavalier mic and a recording unit lavalier mics are
omnidirectional in that it picks up audio from all directions a big benefit
to the leveller mic is that they offer complete freedom of movement audio is
clear and assistant regardless of how far away the
subject is from the camera the mic can be hidden under clothing to shield it
from you simply put tape over it to prevent it
from picking up clothing movement Peter Gregg uses this technique in all
his videos the tascam is not wireless so you will not have to worry about
Wireless interference you still want to record the audio out of the camera the
internal mic is fine this will allow you to sync the audio from the microphone to
the lavalier mic in post-production I'll show you how to do this later in the
video don't worry it's not that difficult the
default configuration of the tascam dr-05
done well enough that you can start filming right away and get good results
for youtube weddings and interviews while the unit has 20 different menu
items the information is clearly laid out navigation and changing the settings
is easy with the four buttons provided this video's audio recording is using
the same settings that I'm covering in this video the first menu item is mic
gain you can ignore mic gain as this is automatically covered in menu item for
audio level low-cut removes lower frequencies that can result from the
movement of clothing the tascam does a good job with the low-cut filter turned
on without negatively affecting audio quality but if you prefer to have total
control in post then turn this off the limiter helps prevent peaking from
occurring peaking can occur when the variants between speaking loud and
softly occurs I recommend keeping this one on set the audio level too on this
will dynamically change the gain level keeping the loudness consistent
throughout the video FS sample is the frequency that the audio is captured set
FS sample to 48 as most cameras record at 48 kilohertz recording at 44
point one will lead your audio to drift and become out of sync bit length is
about quality set your bit length to 20 for audio does not take up a lot of
space the purpose of getting a task a mic is improving audio quality don't
handicap yourself by choosing a lower bitrate for a file type set it to mono
it will fill both channels dual rec is important there are occasions where the
audio may peak enough to render it useless having a separate file recorded
at a lower DB will save your bacon this is the dual SD cards of audio set dual
rec to minus 6 DB turn mp3 mode off the task can record audio in wav format that
is lossless mp3 reduces quality so keep it off track Inc records a new file
every 15 minutes I keep this one off as I shoot most of my videos in 15 minutes
or less and prefer to keep each audio record in a single file warned beats is
useless if you're a one-man crew it sends a beep through the headphone port
when the battery's low I set mine to off set power save to on I'm always
forgetting to turn the unit off the tascam will turn itself off after 10
minutes if you're not recording or connected to USB name type and file name
are very much related if you have just one task amp leaving the default
settings is fine each file will have a date recording along with a dr zero zero
zero zero number if you have multiple tasks and especially in interviews or
weddings it's helpful for organizing later to change the name type to word
format SD formats the SD card do this regularly I format at the beginning of
every shoot formatting validates the card help checking for bad sectors and
such mic bias you want it on for the default microphone if you have a powered
lavalier mic set it to off system in it returns the unit back to its factory
defaults and version provide you the current firmware version the
TASC MDR 10 L is excellent for youtubers walk and talk and event work it's simple
to setup use and provides very good audio quality to synchronize your audio
and your video and post-production is simple for this example I will use Final
Cut Pro but all major editing software has the same options simply select the
audio and video clips from your scene
right click
and choose synchronize clip
it will take a few seconds resulting in a compound clip
add your clip to the timeline
go into the compound clip then preview to make sure everything is working -
turn off the camera audio select the audio channel you want silence and
uncheck it that's it for now thank you for watching please click like and
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