WEBVTT 00:00.360 --> 00:04.590 Let's talk about our microphone and audio recording recommendations. 00:04.680 --> 00:10.620 First though we have to understand why using better audio equipment is so important and it comes down 00:10.620 --> 00:16.510 to the fact that audio is just as important as our video as our visuals. 00:16.710 --> 00:22.800 While getting great visuals is important it's often easier when you're watching a video to forgive someone 00:22.800 --> 00:28.590 who has subpar video but it's harder to do so when they have bad audio. 00:28.620 --> 00:31.120 You just can't make it through that video. 00:31.140 --> 00:37.500 So to get better audio you usually have to use an external microphone the built in microphones of most 00:37.500 --> 00:43.710 modern cameras especially the smaller D.S.O. large cameras the handy cams if you have one of those or 00:43.710 --> 00:46.710 are smartphones just don't pick up that great of audio. 00:46.800 --> 00:51.490 So now we know that getting good audio is important and there's a couple of ways to do that. 00:51.510 --> 00:54.390 One is with an external microphone that you purchase. 00:54.390 --> 00:59.730 And another thing to think about is just the environment where you shoot if you're shooting in a quiet 00:59.730 --> 01:00.430 environment. 01:00.470 --> 01:06.880 Yeah you can get great audio with the internal microphone of your DSL or camera or your smartphone. 01:06.930 --> 01:12.540 Here's an example of recording in a quiet room with the smart phones internal microphone sounds pretty 01:12.540 --> 01:17.670 good but recording audio with an internal microphone of your Smartphone won't sound great when you're 01:17.670 --> 01:23.060 in a loud location but a lot of us will want to purchase a microphone to get that better audio. 01:23.070 --> 01:24.940 Here are some of our recommendations. 01:24.960 --> 01:30.120 And don't worry if you don't know exactly what these different types of microphones are or how to use 01:30.120 --> 01:36.920 them that's OK we're going to be covering exactly how to use and get great audio in a future section. 01:36.930 --> 01:41.100 Now let's go through our recommended microphones and audio recording equipment. 01:41.370 --> 01:48.420 First Levellers lavalier or lapel microphones are great for interviews or talking head videos the ones 01:48.420 --> 01:55.030 that we recommend are the Sennheiser G-3 wireless set or the road link wireless set. 01:55.050 --> 01:57.890 We can also recommend the road smart law. 01:57.890 --> 02:03.930 For those of you who are shooting with a smartphone now these are all wireless options but you can get 02:03.990 --> 02:07.390 a wired option if you have a tighter budget. 02:07.410 --> 02:14.370 Next are shotgun microphones or boom microphones and these are also great for talking head videos or 02:14.370 --> 02:17.370 for more professional narrative films. 02:17.370 --> 02:23.040 They do pick up a little bit higher quality then the love of their microphone the shotgun microphones 02:23.040 --> 02:31.290 that we recommend are the road and G-3 and the road and T.G. to also the Sennheiser M-E 66 with the 02:31.290 --> 02:40.590 K-6 module or the Sennheiser M-K 600 for a cheaper option if you're looking for an onboard shotgun microphone 02:40.590 --> 02:42.360 that plugs into your DSL are. 02:42.480 --> 02:47.660 Check out the road video Mike pro or the Sennheiser MTV 400. 02:47.700 --> 02:53.580 So you have your lavalier or your shotgun microphone but your camera might not have an option to plug 02:53.580 --> 02:55.080 those microphones into it. 02:55.080 --> 02:59.000 So you need an external audio recording device. 02:59.220 --> 03:07.140 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 03:07.140 --> 03:09.840 and it's the cheapest option and I love that thing. 03:09.870 --> 03:14.190 Tascam also makes a recorder called the task Hamdy are 40. 03:14.280 --> 03:21.380 If you're looking for a recorder that actually plugs directly into your DSL are the Tazz cambiar 60 03:21.450 --> 03:22.870 is a great option. 03:22.890 --> 03:25.980 Now you might be saying Phil this is adding up. 03:25.980 --> 03:31.280 So if you do want a budget option you can use your smartphone to record audio. 03:31.290 --> 03:35.530 You can download an audio recording app for pretty much any smartphone. 03:35.760 --> 03:41.400 Some of you may be interested in making videos at your desk or doing more professional. 03:41.400 --> 03:47.260 Voice over recording so you might be looking for a studio microphone at the top end. 03:47.280 --> 03:57.300 We recommend the higher PR 40 the Audio Technica or 21:00 or the sure S-M 7 Be the road podcast or Mike 03:57.360 --> 04:03.630 is a cheaper option these studio microphones are great for doing voiceovers webinars or just any sort 04:03.630 --> 04:05.550 of web cam Productions. 04:05.550 --> 04:11.640 Now these studio mikes are a little bit fancier and more expensive than a US BMI your phone the blue 04:11.640 --> 04:14.230 snowball and the blue Yeti are great. 04:14.230 --> 04:20.760 USV microphones that you can use for recording directly into your computer even as the most inexpensive 04:20.850 --> 04:21.420 option. 04:21.420 --> 04:26.010 The blue snowball is a great way to record amazing audio. 04:26.010 --> 04:29.590 I used it for hundreds of tutorials that I put on YouTube.