Audio loops are very useful for video producers. Using music loops to underpin dialogue and using a variety of loops can be effective and economical from a licensing perspective. I am an audio producer, but do have to dip my toe into basic video editing from time to time. I currently use Abobe Elements, but the process of using audio loops should work with most video editing … [Read more...]
How to Sync Audio and Video
Getting high quality audio often means recording your audio on a separate device to your camera. If you use this method for getting high quality audio for your films, podcast or how-to-video it will be much better received by your audience. Bad sounding audio is a big reason for videos to be given the thumbs down on YouTube. So, you will have lots of audio files if you do … [Read more...]
Video Soundtracks on a Budget – Blog Series Roundup
Are you new to creating videos? Having trouble with audio clarity, background noise or loudness? If so, you will find this 9 part series invaluable for learning the basics of creating great video soundtracks. Part 1 - Introduction When clients use one of our audio services for their video production, whether that be a voice over, royalty free music or sound effects, it is … [Read more...]
Video Soundtracks on a Budget – Part 9: Listen to the difference
To demonstrate the techniques covered in this blog series Russ of naturetalksandwalks has let me use some of his footage. This video production has been created on a budget with the following equipment. Two low cost video cameras Two tripods Zoom digital recorder – as covered in Part 4: Recording Devices Clip-on mic – covered in Part 2: Lapel … [Read more...]
Video Soundtracks on a Budget – Part 6: Recording and Syncing Your Video and Audio
The budget conscious way of recording the audio to a high standard is to use a clip-on lapel mic plugged into a Zoom H1 that you conceal by putting it in your pocket. As covered previously, the problem with most camcorder microphones is that they are designed to record everything in front of the camera, which includes background noise and traffic. By clipping a lapel mic to … [Read more...]