Not sure about you
As an audience
Anyway, I listened 70% of the videos myself instead of watching
The video qulity isn't that bad
never skip any clips
But the sound must
word by word to my ear
but as a photographer
many of my fans and followers often tag me
Your voice popped again
This attention can be easily noticed
and far beyond than you expected
Please tell me, do you listen the show or watch the show?
Someone might say, you goofed today
Today I want to talk about my mics
Even if you don't usually record videos
Even if you have a video conference call with your colleague
This episode which is about mic experience will help you
Welcome to watch this episode
I am Brian
It¡¯s easy for beginner to make mistakes when choosing recording equipment
which is that you spend too much time researching high-qulity recording equipment
Especially on the microphone
then ignored how to use microphone
as well as the impact of the recording environment on your sense of hearing
I will say
Microphone on market
Sound quality won't be that bad
But is the recording environment noisy
Are you relatively still while recording
Or moving
Is it mainly to record the human voice or the environment
This directly matters what recording equipment you should choose
It's like you want to buy a car
Any cars on street is drivable
However
Are you going to use it for home?
Uber, taxi?
Or offroad exploration?
So
As long as you pick the right equipment
The sound quality won't be bad
Wow, this place is so lively
Okay, let's cut the crap
Let's get started
When I was recording
there are just these few scenes
The first one
Just like right now, A Roll
Or secondly
Talking while walking
like vloging
The third one is to shoot the narration
And voiceover
The first scene
Facing the camera or talking to the camera
I am still
And
the surrounding environment is relatively quiet and controllable
The camera is also mounted on a tripod
Let's shoot quietly
So
I have plenty of time to maximize my sound quality
I am using sennheiser 416 Microphone
Plus Tascam DR-100III external recorder
The Sennheiser 416 microphone is a benchmark for recording sound quality in the entire broadcast and television industry.
How good the sound quality is?
No doubt about it
DR-100 recorder can record WAV format files
The combination of these two recordings and collections allows you to hear the most detailed sound
You can hear my voice
and the voice of my rubbing hands or clothes
Wind sound, birds sound
Dog barks from neighbour
Even the cat walks underneath
You can hear them all
It is just transparent
This combination
is also the most complicated operation set
You see, you have to add a windshield
The mic
is normally hanged over my head
You can't move
And the recorded WAV format files
need to be trimed and synchronize with the video later
very time-consuming
Only suitable for recording A roll with confidence
Remember
The recording distance of this microphone is very important
I think 30cm sounds most comfortable
It¡¯s a bit like the listening experience of two people talking face to face
If you stand far away
You can tell the distance
But being too close, feels like I am whispering in your ear
are you scared
Same as commentary
If you talk when walking
You will need a wireless microphone
What you are hearing now is the wireless microphone system Sennheiser G4 system
it's the best in terms of sound quality
But it is also the most complicated operation
Largest in size
I will use it only in very important business interviews
The one I use the most for my shows is Rode wireless GO II
And the Mammoth LARK 150 2 IN 1
These two microphones have similar sound quality to be honest
But product design has its own pros and cons
Rode's advantage is its own small size
Every button on the body is useful
It's ez for use
The biggest advantage is
There's a recording file backed up on the transmitter
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The transmitter can record independent audio backup continuously
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Not repeatable contents like a wedding or a meeting
extra backup audio file
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prevent the risk of lost audio file due to interfered of wireless signal
hollyland LARK 150
It's my favorite
The wireless microphone with a charging box
There has been such a situationit was not charging when it was turned on
Rise your hands if it happened to you before
This charging box prevents this from happening
when you put the transmitter back to the charging box
the charging box make sure when u use it for the next time
The transmitter and receiver must be charged
How sweet!
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One for two system like this
Seems pretty great
Everyone need notice that while using it
Before recording, make sure the voices of the two speakers
match their level
The second point is
The voices of two people should be recorded in different channels
If you record two audios with different balances in the same channel accidentally
It's pretty tough when u edit it
And everyone has a misunderstanding when using this wireless microphone
It¡¯s this kind of wireless microphone that can¡¯t filter out the noisy sounds around you.
microphone record
everything u able to heard
Like this sound of the wind around me
so
Find a quiet
And low echo recording environment
Is the basis for high-quality sound
Let's talk while walking
The second scene is shooting a VLOG
like when you traveling
It's best to record a VLOG with a clearly voice
and the more important is
To collect environmental sounds
We
Have to use the top microphone
need its omnipotent recording perforrmance
There's two of my personal favorite
first one is sennheiser MKE 400, which is recording currently
i tell you,i like it so much
i will fix it
even the cage is squashed
and i use tape when it loose
The hot shoe dropped
i use super glue fix it
This microphone is in bad performance
actually
There's tons of cons
It require AAA batteries
And it must be turned on manually
I still like it though
¾ÍÊÇÒòÎªËûµÄÕâÖÖXYIt¡¯s because of it's XY-axis stereo microphone sound design
So the sound is very special and delicate
And the sense of presence is very strong
but if you record some serious sounds
Like environmental sounds or for a concerts
This is the top section
But design like this XY cross-axis recording sound field
Very unsuitable for reading scripts and speaking at close range
you can get it now
So another commonly used one is that Rod¡¯s VideoMic NTG strongly points to the microphone
Which is what you hear now
Can be used to record the live
It can also be used to record vocals
And
It can be set high and low levels
prevent popping
And
it's build in battery
And automatically power on
i can say
it's a universal microphone
If you still have no idea of what kind of microphone you want to use
or do not know what environment you will face
usually i will
bring it in my bag
It can cope with most of the sound needs
This is how I often use microphones outdoors
As for me recording the narration in the room
what kind of microphone i will use?
Let's talk at another place
Wanna ask god
where you are
Hello, my friends
When the clock strikes midnight by your ear gently
We are welcoming the new day together
I am Brian
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Talking about gears next to your pillow
Can you bear it?
Rode PodMic Cardioid Dynamic Broadcast Microphone
In a word
Sound is warm, signal to noise is high
Only sound that near the field
can be collected
Going far away
will reduce the the volume drastically
Mics like this that only work when sound is close
can shield background noise you don't need
like the tik tok sound of the clock on the table
or the sound of typing a keyboard
In a normal room without sound modification
echo can be very very loud
PODMIC is a mic that especially designed for this kind of voice
I use it for voice over commentary together with
Rode PODCASTER PRO console for live streaming
Adding background music and sound effects at anytime
Does it feel legit?
Okay, these are some of
the combinations of mics and gears that I often use for sound recording
Hope they can enlighten you to
choose sound gears suitable for you
But, there is one more thing
No matter what mic you use
In addition to finding a place that is quiet and has no echo
what's more important than these external conditions is that
the speaker should speak explicitly
With the advantage of born in Beijing
my mandarin is relatively standard
But never feel self-based for your accent and fear to speak
I can accept any accent
But I don't really like those unclear pronunciation
We must pronounce words explicitly
I think it is the basic respect for audience
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