Sound for Video Session: Boom Operators, Tascam DR-10L, Recording Live Events
This is the weekly Sound for Video Session for those enrolled in my sound for video courses.
Lots of great questions submitted this week including the following:
- When would you want two boom operators?
- What do I need to include in a sound report/notes for the editor or sound post?
- Will you Review the Tascam DR-10L?
- Custom iPad holder for sound bags and Zoom F8 or Sound Devices 633 with Wingman
- Color correction and editing in Final Cut Pro X vs DaVinci Resolve?
- How do I record a live event with panelists? Feed from the sound mixer board?
Boom Pole Holder for Century Stands
Sample Sound Report Template
Tascam DR-10L Distributed Audio Recorder with Lavalier Microphone
Cables for recording feed from Mixer:
RCA to 1/4"
1/4" to 1/4" TRS
XLR to XLR
Sound for Video Session: Line Level Inputs, Zoom F8, Limiters, and Brighter Sound
In this week's sound for video session, we talked through several questions:
- How do you feed a microphone into the line level inputs on the Sound Devices 633?
- Zoom F8 - file naming issues, limiters
- Which mics can you use outdoors? Sanken CS3e
- Do you blend lav and boom mics?
- How do I make sound "Brighter" in post?
- Recommendations for starter boom mic and recorder kit?
- How do I send audio from my recorder to my camera?
- Can an Orca OR-30 sound bag hold a Zoom F4 or F8 plus three or four microphones?
Links:
Small preamps to feed line level inputs on your recorder: http://mozegear.com
My recent meta-review of several audio recorders:
Sound for Video Session: Managing Reverb, Live Music, Zoom F8 and F4, Blimp Covers and More
We covered a lot of questions submitted by our little community today including items on audio to video sync, managing reverse with reflection filters, recording live music, battery life of the Zoom F8, the Zoom F4, wind covers/blimps, and several others.
One reflection filter I have experience with is the sE Electronics Reflexion Filter Pro. I'm not in a position to say this is the ultimate reflection filter to manage reverberant rooms, but it works pretty decently.
We discussed the Rycote Cyclone wind cover for recording outdoors. This is the medium model which fits most short shotgun mics like the RODE NTG2 - 4, Sennheiser MKH416, Schoeps CMIT5U and most other 28cm long shotgun mics.
A more budget friendly option which costs less than half the price is the RODE Blimp. It is a bit heavier, needs a furry cover in lighter wind than the cyclone, and takes a little longer to open but gets the job done nicely.
Sound for Video Session: Aiming Mics, Loudness, and Batteries
In this week's sound for video session, we addressed several questions:
- Should I aim my boom mic at the talent's mouth or at their chest?
- What are the loudness wars and are they over?
- Tell us about batteries: Sony NP-F/L Type and Anton Bauer
- How come when I loudness normalize audio clips, sometimes their peaks hit -3dB and sometimes they hit -6dB? Is this right?
This was our first week trying this on YouTube since Google Hangouts on Air is going away. A few lessons learned. Talk with you again next week!
Sound for Video Session: iOS Recording Apps, De-Reverb and Cleanup, and Waveform View
In our sound for video session this week we had a series of very good questions:
Apps and settings for recording audio to iOS devices? We cover RODE Rec and ShurePlus Motiv
How do I remove the "Tinny" sound from a dialogue recording? We cover some basic cleanup and reference a few De-reverb plugins:
Acon Digital DeVerberate: https://acondigital.com/products/deverberate/
Izotope RX: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx.html
One of my previous videos demonstrating Acon Digital's DeVerberate: https://youtu.be/r1zRfEk-2os
Presswerk Compressor with dual phase rotation: https://www.u-he.com/cms/presswerk
And finally, a question about what the waveform view in Audition and other DAWs can be used for other than loudness and amplitude? I also mentioned that spectrum analyzers are a great tool for solving problems.
