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Best way to record video with these bits?
I have the following stuff:
What is the best way to record a video with the above equipment?: 1) Audio and Video together: Audio: Me & Guitar -> Shure SM58 Mic -> Mixer -> Zoom (Line In)2) Audio and Video separate (Need to later synchronize audio and video) Audio: Guitar -> Zoom (audio only)3) Audio and Video separate (Need to later synchronize audio and video): Audio: Guitar -> Shure SM58 -> Focusrite -> DAWI want to get the best audio, of course, so video is not as important--this is just for my own personal use (self assessment), and possibly putting up on Show and Tell or Youtube. |
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I think the audio subsystem of the Q3HD is pretty decent. I would run the SM58 through the mixer and feed the output of the mixer into the Q3HD.
I think I have a blog post related to that somewhere - here's a little something in the ballpark: http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/2010/...t-the-zoom-h2/ There's a bit more Q3HD stuff on the site as well. Yeah, here's one using an M-Audio preamp to feed a condenser mic into the Zoom: http://www.homebrewedmusic.com/2010/...the-zoom-q3hd/ Fran
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I tried the SM58 into the mixer, and out through the headphone out into the Q3HD, and after adjusting mic level, mic gain, main mix level, and control room level on the mixer (why so many levels!?), it seems to be sounding pretty good. I actually forgot to turn off the sound machine (white noise--Duh!) and the fan (more white noise!), so there is lots of room for further improvement. One thing that is very frustrating is the guesswork that goes into framing myself with the Q3HD--I haven't gotten it spot on once yet in several attempts. I wonder if it is worth experimenting with a tilting shaving mirror, placed behind the unit? I guess there would still be a lot of guess work, because I'd have to get out of position in order to move the Q3HD, at which point I would have to guess how much of an adjustment to make, and I would probably have to adjust the mirror also, so two things to worry about instead of one. Thanks again. |
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Your last post shows the advantage of editing with video software - after recording.
Put the camera out where it gets ALL of you and your guitar. Use mic(s) to record the audio into your DAW. After recording: Do any editing/EQ/FX on the audio as needed. In the video software mute the audio that the camera picked up, add the audio from the DAW. Crop/zoom the video, output the whole thing to MP4 (or other format).
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I don't think I can crop or zoom video in Mixcraft. I would rather try to avoid too much video editing, any way. It would be useful to have the knowledge, but I can barely handle the audio side as it is |
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My solution for framing with the Q3HD was to find reference points in the background or use a stand-in when framing.
Ref points is pretty obvious - do a wide shot and find stuff in the background that gives you a clue to where your body, guitar, and head will be in the closer shot. Stand-in - I've used mic boom stands, yardsticks, even rigged a beater guitar to match the position I would be holding. Since the Q3HD shoots a max of 720p (as I recall) there's not much or any leeway for "zooming" in post without losing quality. And the "music cameras" I've tried that followed the Q3HD all had extra wide angle lenses that gave a distorted image when I tried framing just guitar to head. So even if they gave me an articulated view screen and good audio quality I was never happy with the video. So as annoying as it seems, I've wound up nearly always using parallel audio recording and sync in post. This lets me choose my camera without considering its audio subsystem. Fran
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What's being shot: https://youtu.be/bjlCpOVNH7U Last edited by Rudy4; 08-29-2018 at 02:28 PM. |
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One idea that I am considering is buying an inspection mirror (which is what I discovered they are called). It's a small, swivelling mirror on the end of a telescoping handle. I could use that to peak around the back of the video camera without moving from my playing position. Similarly, instead of a mirror on a stick, I could get a selfie stick and put my phone on it, in the fisheye selfie mode. I also have a spare computer monitor around, so I could hook up a cable from the Zoom Q3HD's HDMI out to the monitor, but then the monitor would become part of the whole recording thing--yet another thing to plug into the wall. I started out with the idea of just the Q3HD and me, so nothing plugged in at all, then I added the mixer for the microphone, and portability and spontaneity go out the door. Nice guitar, video, and playing, by the way! |
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Thanks! |
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Get some inexpensive video software. In the end it will be a lot less work!
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It's probably a good idea to have some video editing tools around for cases when that it necessary, but as Fran pointed out, in this case the video quality is not really good enough to begin with to crop it and still have good quality.
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It works nicely to frame what I'm shooting and I usually use it for banjo tune demos to show what both hands are doing. Other than not being able to shoot larger or in HD the small point-n-shoot digital camera shoots acceptable video. I can't stand the fisheye effect that I see with most "music cameras". |