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Recording live shows with a camera

anavar

anavar

Oct 10, 2013
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#1
So i wouldnt mind getting some footage of my crappy band playing live. I heard the ZoomQ3 has great live audio but the general picture quality isnt as high as say a Gopro. Generally i would be filimg poorly lit nightclub stages. A lot of the footage would just be used for a compilation video with audio from one of our songs dubbed over it.

i get the idea that general nocking about footage is done best with a GoPro but i wouldnt mind the chance to record both video and audio with the same device. any ideas fellas?

cheers.
 
#4
seamonkey said:
You can record audio from one place, video in others, then combine the two together with software.
Much better results overall.
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thats what i am was hoping to do. i would like the record the audio from the mixing board and then film seperatly but i fear that may end up costing a fair amount for that set up.
 
#5
If you have an inexpesive digital stereo recorder, you can mount it in place that's centered and 10-20 feet from the band. it will get good sound. I have a little Yamaha and it's amazingly good.

A more basic model of this type of recorder can be had for $100, less for a refurb or used rcorder...

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anavar said:
thats what i am was hoping to do. i would like the record the audio from the mixing board and then film seperatly but i fear that may end up costing a fair amount for that set up.
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You may not end up with great audio straight from the board anyways. The board is used to set levels and EQ for the room and that may not translate well to what you'd want for recording purposes.
 
#9
A camera mic will work, but it would be best to have usable volume input adjustment capabilities.
You want to try to prevent clipping.
Many of the cheaper camera mics have quite a bit of self noise.

You can hear it just recording a room with nothing going on.

At least you'll get an idea of how the band sounds even if the fidelity isn't the greatest.
 
#10
In clubs, the house mix builds around whatever sound is spilling off the stage. So if your bass, the guitars, and snare are all loud from the stage, there won't be much (or sometimes any) of those sources in the board mix. In extreme cases, the board mix will give you only vocals plus whatever stage sound leaks into the vocal mics.
 
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#11
^ that makes a lot of sense. cheers man.

i ended up getting a ZOOM Q3HD recorder that records in 1080p and has 2 built in condensor mics both at 180d angles. Tried it out this saturday just been at a dance comp. i was about 5 feet from a stupid loud pa blasting bass heavy club music and it sounds great, no clipping or distortion issues. The camera did suffer from the strobe light causing the camera to have a shutter effect, but i was awfully close to the actual strobe it self so eh, cant complain really.
 

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