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professor_bills

May 17, 2006
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ST Pete Florida
#1
Well after almost a year of playing in this garage band. My wife comes over and shoots a video. Now I know it wasn't the best of our nights due to the fact we havent all played in a couple weeks. But this video sounded awful. I really hope its the acoustics and the way the equipment is laid out in the garage. When we're playing I can usually tell when things aren't quite right. But all three songs she recorded really sucked. I may have to rethink this whole thing.
 
#7
Were you allowing the video cam to pick up the audio?

Most of those things have a hugely crappy compressor built in. Next time, do a few room mics to a board and compressor and run a line audio into the camera. See if it makes difference, I have never heard a camcorder do a good job. Even if you have to Radio Shack it up to get some adapters and use a footpedal compressor it will make a world of difference.
 
#9
I have 20 years' experience as a videographer, and I wouldn't judge ANY audio by what a camcorder captures. They're made to capture video and sound is only incidental. You absolutely CANNOT judge music by what is captured by any camcorder. I wouldn't even judge it by a $1500 mike on a $50,000 professional digital camera. If you want to evaluate audio, capture it with quality equipment - run by someone who knows how - in an acoustic environment that is appropriate for musical recording - and then make a judgment. And don't forget that you probably practice in a site where the acoustics stink for recording. That camcorder tape is meaningless.
 
#11
Pilgrim said: I have 20 years' experience as a videographer, and I wouldn't judge ANY audio by what a camcorder captures. They're made to capture video and sound is only incidental.


Hanson says: Now if you LOOKED bad, that's a different story!!
 
#12
OK so, where's the vids? You said it sucked and it better suck.

I could use a boost right about now.:D

Fujifilm digital cameras have an amazing ability to record loud live music well. For about $150 and the size of a pack of smokes.
 
#14
Well thanks for the positive feed back every one. as for posting the video...I am an idiot as to how this site works for that. But I think I will take this all as a "learning tool" and work on the things that I know were off regardless of whether it was from crappy acoustics or a cheap camcorder
Thanks again
 
#20
Well tonight is band night. So let's see where it goes from here. I will see if tomorrows videos turn out better. I'm gonna ask the keyboardist to bring his MP3 recorder to see if the sound is any better... than I can overdub or somethin. If I get any thing thats worth posting I will tell you wheret ofind it on youtube. Be it worth posting because its good or so awful it turns out to be my farewell cruel music world letter.
 

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