From the course: DIY Video Production for Content Creators, from Setup to Editing
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Setting up audio
From the course: DIY Video Production for Content Creators, from Setup to Editing
Setting up audio
(upbeat music) - Now there are many different ways to record audio, but one thing for sure, overlooking this can be a total disaster. Just tell me which of the following two videos would you rather watch. This is an example of a video with auxiliary lighting, a cleaner background, but with no microphone. I'm just using the built in microphone from the camera. So this is an example of a video with backlight only, but with a very well positioned microphone. Okay, I'm pretty sure which one you picked. So let me show you how to improve this easy, cheap, and fast. Now before taking a look at each microphone we can use, let's take a look at some issues that are going to be common to all of them. The first one is try to eliminate as much as possible, the surrounding noises you might have, even from home appliance, for example, like a fridge, or air conditioning. Sometimes, of course, it's going to be impossible to turn them off entirely so the more you can step away from them, is already…
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