Help me to make a Video/Review like Ed Friedland!

[FunkyMan]

Hey folks!

My Custom bass is about to be done, and i want to make a video review of it like ed friedland's videos, so i wonder if anyone has done this before? I need to link these procedures:

1- How to connect the microphone that i'm going to put in front of my amp? (i prefer this way, instead of plug direct to pc, it's more real scenario i think)

2- How to coordinate the drum track, with the sound of bass, and the microphone for my voice that i'm going to use when explaining about the bass?

3- How can i listen to the drum track in a way that it can't filter right through the microphones of voice and amp?

4- Do i need an interface?

5- Which recording program can you recommend that can be easy to use?

6-Any other suggestions would be great! I'm getting paid for this so i want to make it rigth! I have a friend that have a semi profesional camera, but he is new in the bussines!

Thanks (sorry for crappy english)

[edfriedland]

I use Protools for the audio, not the mic on the camera. Connect the amp mic to your digital interface and get a level where you can play loud without distortion being recorded. I put the mic about 6" from the front of the speaker at 45 degree angle.

I prerecord the drums and listen to them with earbuds while I play.

I have a clip on mic that I use for the voice also going into the digital interface. Be careful not to talk at the same time you play. And when you're playing - cut the audio from the vocal mic (do that when you mix).

Then, you load the video into the computer. I import the video into the Protools audio file, synchronize them, and do my rough cuts there. Then I take the rough cuts and assemble them in Final Cut Express.

That's the basic idea. Good luck, have fun.

[Lazarus.Bird]

How exactly do you "synchronize" the audio and video? I was always curious about that. I made a couple YouTube videos of me playing and used a similar setup and tried to synchronize the audio and video in Sony Vegas. I ended up just trying to get it close, preview the end of the video then move the video one way or the other in very small increments to get it as close as possible. Seems like there should be a better way than this.

[edfriedland]

At the very beginning of your video, make a "slate". That's when the guy clicks the "clapper-type thingy" and goes "Roll 'em". I use drumsticks. Click the drum sticks at the camera, make sure you record the sound. Then, in protools, I line up the wave form of the first click with the picture where the sticks touch. You can simply drag the audio file into the right place.

If you shoot and record with a synchronized time code, it's easy to do numerically, but I never figured that out... I'm doing it freehand.

[FunkyMan]

Originally Posted by edfriedland

I use Protools for the audio, not the mic on the camera. Connect the amp mic to your digital interface and get a level where you can play loud without distortion being recorded. I put the mic about 6" from the front of the speaker at 45 degree angle.

I prerecord the drums and listen to them with earbuds while I play.

I have a clip on mic that I use for the voice also going into the digital interface. Be careful not to talk at the same time you play. And when you're playing - cut the audio from the vocal mic (do that when you mix).

Then, you load the video into the computer. I import the video into the Protools audio file, synchronize them, and do my rough cuts there. Then I take the rough cuts and assemble them in Final Cut Express.

That's the basic idea. Good luck, have fun.

Wow Thankyou so much, i think you've covered everything! Love your work too! Thanks Ed