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Note to people making videos like this. PLEASE pay some attention to audio recording and mouth noise. I had so much trouble paying attention to the subject matt
by Intermernet 5y ago
Note to people making videos like this. PLEASE pay some attention to audio recording and mouth noise. I had so much trouble paying attention to the subject matter due to the terrible recording of the voiceover. It sounds like a chocolate ad for squids. I'm very sensitive to this as I've done a lot of voice recording work, but this is an extreme example if what not to do. A combination of a simple pop shield, some post-proc eq and muting, and drinking a glass of water before recording would have mostly eliminated the problems.
I know this is off-topic, but this is arguably as important as getting the visuals right.
- RicoElectrico 5y agoPeople often argue that bad video with good audio is much more palatable than good video with bad audio.
- Gymkana 5y agoI used to work for our state broadcaster. It was well known within the industry that if audio channels went down, or were wrong you'd get more complaints than if video quality dropped.
- klondike_klive 5y agoYou can close your eyes but not your ears.
- micromacrofoot 5y agoAs a species we communicate primarily via sound, typically visual cues are secondary.
- mnw21cam 5y agoLast presentation I recorded for a conference, I just started the voice recorder on my phone and held it near my mouth. The sound quality was very surprisingly good. I could do that because I wasn't also videoing myself, so I didn't have to synchronise them up afterwards. Anything is better than the microphone built into the average laptop.
- skydhash 5y agoBought a $35 usb condenser mic for online meeting. It is good even for recording songs (Tested by a friend of mine). It's better to not be seen clearly than not being understood due to poor microphone (Although I did get a better webcam).
- stevage 5y agoYeah I started to notice it after a minute then found it super distracting. Another easy solution is simply to stand further back from the mike and talk louder, putting the gain down.
- zestyping 5y agoI found this very distracting as well. "Chocolate ad for squids" is a hilarious description — it totally cracked me up and made my day!