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Need basic help
Hello,
I'm afraid I don't really understand the basics of recording music. Most threads I've seen tend to assume a knowledge which is above what I have. I'm nearing the point where I want to record my guitar playing for posting on a forum for a group I subscribe to and am at a bit of a loss. So I have a webcam that I attach to my pc via usb. The video is good enough for me. I record it using the built in Windows 10 Camera app. But the sound being recorded through the webcam's mic is terrible. It makes the guitar sound tinny and buzzy. So I am thinking I need a better mic, and one that I can sit on my desk in front of me where I play, which is actually pretty much at the same level as the guitar sound hole. Aside from what inexpensive yet decent mic to purchase, I don't know how I would plug the mic in, and mix the video from the webcam ( but not the mic from the webcam ) , with the sound from the new mic. Do I have to buy a piece of hardware, a mixer or something to get the new mic input into my pc or can I plug the new mic directly into a usb port in the pc ? How would I separate out the webcam mic recording away from the new mic sound input ? How would I mix the new mic input to the webcam video ? Is this all through some software I would need to buy ? Sorry for so basic, but I really just am missing some basic understanding of how this all ties together. Appreciate any "simple" advice in advance. :-) Thanks, floyd
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So the least expensive way to just get your feet wet and start recording music videos on computer is to get a USB mic #1 yes you can get a USB powered mic (that will sound better than the computer mic) that can sit on a desk top and you can plug directly into a USB port on your computer.. . So that will get the sound into the computer BUT you do need some kind video editing software that will allow you import an audio file as well as the video file ( and most video editing software will allow you to mute or delete the audio from the video file, and just use the audio file from the outboard mic. Me if I were on a PC and I was fairly serious about learning about video and wanted to just start and stay with one video editing software ,,,,, I would start with the DaVinci Resolve free version, which I understand also has a fairly good audio editing feature I believe is called Fairlight Also note in general it is not advisable to point the mic directly at the sound hole but usually is pointed either just in front or just behind the sound hole Both recording audio and video are fairly steep learning curves, but there are a bunch of Youtube videos on DaVinci Resolve and On recording audio as well ... good luck
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So based on what you said above, I am taking it that I would import the sound file from a mic recording into the software and also import the video taken from the Webcam into the software and then the software will allow me to sync and mix them together into one playable output file like mp4 or something. Is that correct? That would leave me with this question. The Webcam recording file contains video and audio together in one file (I think it's avi.) Would I be able to cut the audio from that and tell the software to only mix the audio from the new mic input with the video from the Webcam? Thanks, Floyd
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This is beginning to make sense now. [emoji57][emoji106]
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Getting a USB mic to work on a PC is pretty easy. Plug in the USB mic and give Windows a minute to recognize it. Type "Settings" in the box in the lower left corner of your browser window. Select "Sound" from the list on the left of the box that pops up. In the Input section, use the pulldown menu to select your mic. That's it. You're done. Quote:
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But yes most good video editing software displays the video file with the video fames on top and the audio waveform portion below , and you can separate them and mute or delete the audio portion of the video file . Now depending on the specific video editing software some of them can auto sync a video file and an auto file then you just mute or delete the audio portion of the video file and you are good to go But if the video software does not auto sync then before you delete the audio from the video file, you can manually align the waveforms on both files. then mute or delete the audio from the video file Now the only thing is I am not certain if DaVinci free for example works with AVI video format you may have to convert the video file to MP4 first before importing into Resolve
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Thanks Jim1960.
So if I select the table mic from the windows control panel, I guess both mics will record the guitar, the webcam mic and the table mic. And I would be able to choose in post, which input to sync/mix with the video. This is sounding pretty straight forward, at least at this basic level. I guess most software with a free version would have enough functionality in their free version to do all the above, plus adjust the sound basics. If all that is correct then all I need is to choose a freebie version of software and an inexpensive but passable table mic. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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OK. Yea that sounds doable. I think i remember a post here somewhere about starting your video with a clap so that there is an easy place to line up the sound with the video to get them in sync. I feel I may have enough input to at least start researching simple software and a mic. What a great forum and bunch of kind helpful people. [emoji16][emoji106][emoji3577].
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Simple things. [emoji57]
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Does it have a place where you can plug in a separate mic?
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Yes. There's a standard Mike jack, I believe it's on the sound card.
I didn't mention this before, this is a standard HP desktop running Windows 10. Thanks, Floyd
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