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tworeeler
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 Posted - 06/01/2003 : 13:46:19
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| I realize that videotaping Frank's live shows is frowned upon, but I have a hypothetical question. I've gone through maybe five different camcorders--all of which have been terrible at capturing very loud audio (live concerts, for example). Does anyone have any suggestions/recommendations as far as (affordable) video cameras are concerned? Most of you are probably familiar with audio recording, but I always appreciate a visual element. It's just not the same hearing Frank live without seeing his band done up like the village people. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
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Posted - 06/01/2003 : 21:10:55
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| I don't have great experience in this area, but I would assume a good mic would do well for capturing the audio. A lot/all camcorders have mic input, where you'd plug the small profile mics into, the same kind of mics used to record to DAT and minidisc, etc. |
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Itchload
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 06/02/2003 : 09:57:26
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| Can you videotape it and audiotape it separately? then play them together. Maybe that's too much work. |
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 06/02/2003 : 12:51:37
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You'll need to use a separate mic and some sort of gain control. Part of the reason that it sounds so bad is that videocameras all have limiters in the audio chain and most of them are terrible. So the loud music is slamming the limiter which makes it sound like poop. If you had a level control in the chain before the mic input on the camera, you could turn the input level down so it won't slam the camera's limiter. A -20 db pad might work also.
Recording the audio and video seperatly would require using either SMPTE (if analog) or a master word clock (if digital) that would be recorded on the sync track of both devices. If they're analog, they both use motors to pass the tape by the record head and these motors will run at varying speeds. You need the SMPTE to lock them up afterwards. If they're digital, then both devices would normally use their own crystal clock to convert to digital which would be slightly different as well. You use a master word clock to sync both devices to the same clock. On top of being a pain in the ass, it's usually expensive, and if you don't do it this way, you'll spend a week trying to sync the audio to the video manually.
Yeah, I like to nerd out sometimes.
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