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Recording setup for youtube

gimmeagig

gimmeagig

Feb 25, 2004
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#1
Hi guys,
I've done a search for "how to record youtube videos " but nothing came up. I'm surprised, I can't be the first guy wondering how to do this.
I have an older Laptop PC, running XP sp 3. I would know how to record audio and I also have a digital camera for video but I don't have a clue how to do a direct line for my bass into the computer and sync it to video.
I don't want to get super fancy with it but I am looking for decent video quality, single camera and not the crappiest video to go with that. And I don't want a huge learning curve.
Can you guys give me some pointers?
 
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On XP you can use windows movie maker. Be warned though, an old computer will straight up suck at rendering and editing video. I have a less old PC that I despise using to edit video because it can't keep up.

As long as you aren't importing and editing super HD stuff yu should be fine.
 
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I've been wondering the same thing. I'm starting to get by (somewhat) with Irig directly into my Ipad (there are ways to use it with a PC as well). I have been using GarageBand to record the signal from Irig, but you can use Amplitube on the IPad/Mac/PC as well. My biggest problem is then recording video (which I currently do with a webcam) and then syncing it with the audio I recorded with Garageband. It's a total pain in the ass, and I really not happy with the results. There's got to be a better/easier way!
 
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N. Kentucky Bass said:
Dude: you want it to be good, you've got to put some effort into this. You can't just snap your fingers or swipe an app to make it happen!
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This. It's taken lots of time learning and experimenting for me to get to where I am. My channel has about 20 videos that are now private because they are embarrassing in terms of quality.

It's a skill just like learning the bass. You can't just pick up a bass the first time and play Primus. It takes practice , experience, and commitment. It sucks but it does take time to do a proper video.

My setup is a lot simpler. I only use 1 of 3 cameras: gopro, iPhone, or my canon t3. For audio I plug my bass direct into a focusrite interface. Sync the two up in my video editing program. Even with as simple as this is, it takes time experimenting with camera angles, lighting, video formats, folder orginization, etc. It gets more complicated adding a second camera, or other musicians.

Point being, if you want it to be worth watching, it's going to take some effort.
 
#12
I hear what you are saying, but I guess my point is that I don't want to spend a lot of time and effort on a video. I'd rather spend my time becoming a better bass player. I don't need to make a professional quality video ready for MTV (do they even show videos anymore??) but I do want a simple fixed POV on my bass with sync'd audio that sounds decent. Doesn't seem that doing that would take much time or effort. At least it shouldn't!
 
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It can be simple, but figuring certain things out 'can' be a pain.

Focusrite makes a phone dock that you can plug your bass into and will record videos that way. Seems like a simple easy setup, never tried it or even read reviews but just letting you know so you can look it up!
 
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Here's how I do it:

Audio:
DAW: Sonar 8 (but you can use audacity or any free DAW)
Hardware: Bass into Boss Gt-10B into PC

Video:
Hardware: Microsoft Lifecam HD
Recording:Windows Movie Maker. I ONLY use this to record the actual video, so once again you can use any video recording program.

Recording/Editing:
I start recording on web cam in movie maker, then start recording in Sonar. I Slap my pickups twice as a reference on where to sync up the audio once I take out web cam audio and replace it with what i recorded in my DAW, or Sonar.

Stop recording render audio in sonar to a wave.

Software: Sony Vegas

I import the video which includes the audio that the actual web cam recorded. then i import the audio recorded in Sonar (DAW). I align the sonar audio track to the two pick up slaps i mentioned earlier then i remove the web cam audio. I only started doing this two weeks ago so maybe there is a better way but here is how it turns out::



Edit: Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions, happy to help. It doesn't have to be hard, just depends how well you want it to sound as mentioned earlier.
 
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Looks like there really is no simple way.Audio and video get recorded separately and then need to be merged. I have Sonar 8 and a Tascam US 428 control surface. I should probably get a gopro or something similar.I suppose I could try and use my phone but i don't have a way to mount it on a stand.
I was hoping there might be an easy straightforward way. Like a camera that has a stereo input for direct audio where I could plug in my mixer and then when I push record it would record video and audio together. Then I would just have to load that into my PC and do some editing and it would be done.
 
#17
You might check out JuicedLink's preamps. They take XLR feeds into the preamp (such as from a DI and a separate mic for your voice track), and then a jack from the preamp directly into your videocam. It's one "easy" way to presynch decent audio with video. You can edit everything in post. I've used one of these for years for other applications and it works fine.

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N. Kentucky Bass said:
You might check out JuicedLink's preamps. They take XLR feeds into the preamp (such as from a DI and a separate mic for your voice track), and then a jack from the preamp directly into your videocam. It's one "easy" way to presynch decent audio with video. You can edit everything in post. I've used one of these for years for other applications and it works fine.

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Now that's very cool, I didn't know that this existed. Thanks for that suggestion. I'm thinking I might want to go with that.
I'm still going to consider the multi cam way that you use with your surf band. My latin band is long overdue for a youtube clip. So for that we would probably have different camera angles and The juiced link would only be good for a single camera recording, right?
 
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Right, the cable conveying audio from the JuicedLink preamp goes into just one videocam - it's a standard 1/8" phone jack that plugs into a videocam's audio input. Obviously, you need a videocam with a female audio input jack for this to work.

The weakness of this scheme is the audio portion: normally, the raw audio feeds from your DI and vocal mic will need some type of processing in post - compression, EQ, etc. And it's likely those two feeds will need different processing, so even if they're recorded on L and R channels, you'll need to separate the audio track and process its stereo channels, then rejoin it with the video track. Presuming you don't clip off any of the first part of audio and video tracks, synching should be fairly painless.

I use Presonus Studio one for editing audio and Sony Vegas Movie Studio Professional for editing video. The latter includes some audio processing capability but I don't bother which that. Better to go with a more full featured audio editing software app to do what's necessary. If your audio sounds like crap, no one will like your video.
 
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I recently started a group orientated YouTube channel. I received BUTT-LOADS of help from this forum to do it as well as help from YouTubers like MaxProud.

1. I start a recording in Audacity and then hit record on my Panasonic HC-v750 with a MUSB inside.
2. When I'm done, I open a program I bought called PowerDirector 13 and drag/drop the video from my MUSB card onto the program.
3. I take the Audio from my Audacity file "recorded through a separate microphone, into a Behringer XENYX 1204USB, into the PC" and manually sync up the audio with the video file until it's perfect. (Clap or hit pickups helps)
4. Once the audio syncs with the video, I EXPORT it to my deskptop, and then drag/drop the file from my desktop in WAV format into PowerDirector.

That's pretty much it. PowerDirector has a feature called PRODUCE which allows you to select a YouTube setting. You pick the quality you want and hit START. The blamo. You have a video on YouTube.

Need more help just PM me. I owe it to the community to give back.
 

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