Comments on: $170 recording studio

By: MichaelWDean

MichaelWDean — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:16:47 +0000

yup!

The great thing about digital filmmaking is it allows anyone to “play the game.”

The horrible thing about digital filmmaking is it allows anyone to “play the game.”

Some of the best digital filmmakers started on actual film. There’s nothing like cutting actual FILM or mucking around with two VCRs to let you really grok editing.

MWD

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:44:55 +0000

Thanks for the tips! I have other ideas for the H2 besides just syncing to video, but we won’t go into that here. A fun and handy little device I think it would be, in a whole host of ways.

Unfortunately the only camera I’ve ever had that was high end enough to have an external mic connection was stolen years ago. It was in the pre-digital days, an old Panasonic VHSC. That camera took AWESOME video, far better than any of the digitals I have now, but to be fair I have to add that my old Panasonic also cost about 10 times what any of the digitals I have now did, LOL. A high quality digital video camera is just one more of the expensive gizmos on my someday wish list, until then I’ll make do with the cheap ones I’ve managed to collect.

One thing’s for sure, editing is definitely easier with digital. Nero or Windows Movie Maker sure beat the hell out of stacks of VCRs plumbed together with a bunch of wires and manually starting and stopping the player, the recorder, and the audio. I actually used to do that if you can believe it, and turned out some pretty cool stuff that way. What used to take all day takes an hour now with a computer and there are SOOOOOOO many more options as far as what can be done. Transition effects were far beyond my capabilities back then, now they’re done with the click of a mouse.

Justin

By: MichaelWDean

MichaelWDean — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:56:54 +0000

I used an H2 for the audio on the RLC YouTube video I blogged on here a few days ago. Sounded much better than the camera mic.

Best is a camera with an external mic output, then use an external mic. Then the camera will lock the synch. But H2s are great for podcasting and recording location sounds (nature, sex, birds, lightning, ect.)

MWD

By: MichaelWDean

MichaelWDean — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:55:21 +0000

Make sure you set the H2′s sample rate the same as the camera or the audio and video will drift out of synch when you combine them in the time line.

Even so, it works best for under five-minute clips of synch. There is no time code on an H2.

MWD

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:32:58 +0000

I’ve definitely learned a lot from you on many subjects, and this is one of them. I love making videos, unfortunately I don’t get a lot of time to do it, but I do enjoy it. One thing you’ve turned me onto is the H2. Don’t know when I’ll get one, but I have been watching fleabay for a steal. I’ve always complained about the crappy audio quality on my cameras, I think mixing in a separate audio track from a quality recorder just might do the trick. I didn’t even know such things existed, let alone were so inexpensive, until I started reading your stuff. Thanks MWD!

Justin

By: MichaelWDean

MichaelWDean — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:02:14 +0000

lol….

I’m sick of tech writing. Can only do about a blog post’s worth these days.

MWD

By: artcurmudgeon

artcurmudgeon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:31:13 +0000

Mr. Dean!

Your huddled mass yearning to create demand more tech posts!

Or we shall hunt you down and beat you soundly with our copies of the $30 school! (no not really…but I couldn’t resist saying that)

By: Michael W. Dean

Michael W. Dean — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:05:29 +0000

lol……

I have other hobbies!

MWD

By: Matt_Frost

Matt_Frost — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:47:41 +0000

Michael, there is a distinct lack of firearms in all of those pics. You can’t record right unless you’re strapped, man!

~Matti