Let's talk about our microphone and audio recording recommendations.
First though we have to understand why using better audio equipment is so important and it comes down
to the fact that audio is just as important as our video as our visuals.
While getting great visuals is important it's often easier when you're watching a video to forgive someone
who has subpar video but it's harder to do so when they have bad audio.
You just can't make it through that video.
So to get better audio you usually have to use an external microphone the built in microphones of most
modern cameras especially the smaller D.S.O. large cameras the handy cams if you have one of those or
are smartphones just don't pick up that great of audio.
So now we know that getting good audio is important and there's a couple of ways to do that.
One is with an external microphone that you purchase.
And another thing to think about is just the environment where you shoot if you're shooting in a quiet
environment.
Yeah you can get great audio with the internal microphone of your DSL or camera or your smartphone.
Here's an example of recording in a quiet room with the smart phones internal microphone sounds pretty
good but recording audio with an internal microphone of your Smartphone won't sound great when you're
in a loud location but a lot of us will want to purchase a microphone to get that better audio.
Here are some of our recommendations.
And don't worry if you don't know exactly what these different types of microphones are or how to use
them that's OK we're going to be covering exactly how to use and get great audio in a future section.
Now let's go through our recommended microphones and audio recording equipment.
First Levellers lavalier or lapel microphones are great for interviews or talking head videos the ones
that we recommend are the Sennheiser G-3 wireless set or the road link wireless set.
We can also recommend the road smart law.
For those of you who are shooting with a smartphone now these are all wireless options but you can get
a wired option if you have a tighter budget.
Next are shotgun microphones or boom microphones and these are also great for talking head videos or
for more professional narrative films.
They do pick up a little bit higher quality then the love of their microphone the shotgun microphones
that we recommend are the road and G-3 and the road and T.G. to also the Sennheiser M-E 66 with the
K-6 module or the Sennheiser M-K 600 for a cheaper option if you're looking for an onboard shotgun microphone
that plugs into your DSL are.
Check out the road video Mike pro or the Sennheiser MTV 400.
So you have your lavalier or your shotgun microphone but your camera might not have an option to plug
those microphones into it.
So you need an external audio recording device.
The ones that we recommend are the Xoom H for an h 5 and an H six an H for ion is sort of a gold standard
and it's the cheapest option and I love that thing.
Tascam also makes a recorder called the task Hamdy are 40.
If you're looking for a recorder that actually plugs directly into your DSL are the Tazz cambiar 60
is a great option.
Now you might be saying Phil this is adding up.
So if you do want a budget option you can use your smartphone to record audio.
You can download an audio recording app for pretty much any smartphone.
Some of you may be interested in making videos at your desk or doing more professional.
Voice over recording so you might be looking for a studio microphone at the top end.
We recommend the higher PR 40 the Audio Technica or 21:00 or the sure S-M 7 Be the road podcast or Mike
is a cheaper option these studio microphones are great for doing voiceovers webinars or just any sort
of web cam Productions.
Now these studio mikes are a little bit fancier and more expensive than a US BMI your phone the blue
snowball and the blue Yeti are great.
USV microphones that you can use for recording directly into your computer even as the most inexpensive
option.
The blue snowball is a great way to record amazing audio.
I used it for hundreds of tutorials that I put on YouTube.