Microphone Tips For Recording Great Audio In Your Videos
Here’s another fun video tutorial for you in our Year of the Video series! This one is all about how to ensure you have excellent AUDIO when recording your videos. There’s nothing worse than coming across what appears to be an excellent video that you really want to watch… but it has terrible audio quality. Most people will click off in a nanosecond!
In fact, people will long forgive bad video quality (e.g. grainy, wobbly) but they won’t forgive bad audio. With the inexpensive microphones available today, there’s no reason not to capture top quality audio… even from your smartphone!
In the video below, Emmy award® winning director David Gumpel and his wife Catherine Hedden from Films About Me share their top microphone tips to help you record better videos. Be sure to listen to the whole video for David’s NUMBER ONE tip for audio! It’s a goodie. 🙂
Recommended microphone – for smartphones too!
David and Catherine recommend this affordable mic: the Audio-Technica ATR-3350 Lavalier Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone. It comes with little clips and a windscreen and is a mere $17 from Amazon.com!
Audio-Technica ATR-3350 Lavalier Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone. Just $17 on Amazon!
You will need an ADAPTER to use with your smartphone. David recommends this one:
Smartphone microphone adaptor
You can find links to the recommended microphone and smartphone adaptor – along with other cool gear – on Films About Me’s Pinterest page.
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Learn directly from Mari, David and Catherine in our brand new online training course called Video Success Secrets – runs February 12th and 14th. More details here.
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thank you for this recommendation. can you tell me what device you use to connect 2 or 3 microphones at once just as you’re doing in your video?
You can get a mic splitter. They are really cheap on ebay or amazon and basically you plug the splitter into the normal mic socket, it then goes wider and has 2 holes to plug mics into, sending the signal into the standard mic jack. Some of these splitters have 3 or 4 holes to plug mics into. If not, you can always have a mic jack with a splitter in, and then another splitter in that one, hence giving you 3 slots. You can expand this theory further.
Ideally, use a field mixer. They cost $$$, though.
Is possible to connect this microphone via USB in a iMac?
Is the mic you are recommending the same mic that you use for your shows? If not what mic’s do you use?
Thanks
do you have a recommendation for a cordless mic of same quality and inexpensive. Are doing dance videos where need cordless
Have a look here – http://soundreview.net/category/equipment/microphones/
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Hey Mari, quick question. I want to use the microphone for recording videos and during webinars. Can you plug it in to an Apple macbook? I couldn’t find this anywhere? I am seeing a jack plug so my guess would be yes but before ordering it I thought I’d check to make sure ?
Aha yes you can as it’s a universal plug.
Sorry if this is in the comments already, but can I use this with my Flip video recorder?
Hi @facebook-603249282:disqus — yes, it has a 3.5 mm mini-plug that connects directly to most cameras. I know smartphones need an adaptor though.
you never answered the quesiton of how to you get a long enough wire to get from the person to the video or – are you using some type of broadcasting and receiving unit ???
The mic comes with a 20 foot cable, that should be plenty long enough.
Love your new series with those two clever and gorgeous people. Looking forward to the next installment.
teehee, thanks heaps @facebook-1440635217:disqus !!
Thanks for the video. Like the others I am wondering how the microphone attaches to the camera and how long the leads are.
Is it just me or is that video shaky? There are times that it seems to bobble up and down while Mari and co are talking – it was making me seasick!
@susan_reynolds:disqus — per Amazon’s site, this mic comes with a 20 foot cable. Ah yes, much of this video was shot with a handheld, not on a tripod as there was moving around to be done!