How to Record Great Audio


A microphone on the boom will make it easier to get sound closer to your subject, but it is not ideal if you have a small crew or you can't get close to what you are recording. A lavalier mic is useful for interviews or field shooting, but it can be cumbersome and can't record objects in action very well. A on the camera mic is good for very small/single person crews, but you have to be very close to the subject to get good audio, and it's not the cleanest form of audio. A single system recording is when you have your mic plugged into your camera, making the camera record the audio with the video and syncs it up in camera. Dual system recording is when you use an external audio recorder to record the audio separately from the camera. This requires you to sync it up in post using a clapper, but it gives you more flexibility in post and generally has better preamps than a camera.

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