Practical Recording Techniques: The Step-By-Step Approach to Professional Audio Recording

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Question by Sarahhhhhhh: Can i bring my camera to the BDO/music festivals?
So im wondering, will i be able to bring my digital camera into the Big Day Out (a music festival)???

This is what the Conditions of Sale and Admissions says on the issue:

[Small still cameras, including small digital cameras, are permitted but no sound or video recorders will be allowed inside the Venue. Professional cameras of any kind are not allowed on site without authority from the Promoter.]

My camera is a relatively small cheap 6MP digital camera but i am unsure wether or not i will be allowed to bring it in… As i consider it to be a ‘small digital camera’, my first thought is that it would be ok but i dont know…

It is capeable of taking relatively decent video footage which makes me think i will not be allowed to bring it in…

HELP INTERPRETING THESE CONDITIONS!!!

Also if i am not allowed to bring it in, there is nothing i can do with it. Appatently there is nowhere i can stash it so i either ditch the camera and go in or dont go in…. (the camera is worth less then the ticket but i still dont wanna lose my camera!)

WHAT SHOULD I DO??????????????????????

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Answer by Deal
At most venues, “professional cameras” mean cameras with detachable lenses. Yours should be fine, but if there’s an info line for the festival it might be worth a call anyway, especially since your camera is capable of capturing video.

If you really want to play it safe, you could always buy a disposable camera to bring.

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Question by lore: are these good laptops?
i dont know much about computers. but i want it to be fast and have good memory…will be used for work alot

1st one:
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Edition (0 value)?

Specifications: ?Intel Pentium Celeron M 1.8 ghz (Very Fast Processor)?
Windows XP Home Edition (SP2) – Fully Updated (Perfect for home & office users)?
15.4″ WideScreen Trubrite Display ?512MB Memory (Great Memory) ?
60GB Harddrive (Massive Space)
?CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive (CD Player & Recorder, DVD Player) ?Intel 802.11 Super-G Wireless Card (Long Range Internal Wireless Adapter) ?

2nd one:
1.6 GHz Intel Pentium M 730 (Sonoma), 533MHz FSB and PCIe x16 chipset
15.4 inch WSXGA+ LCD Panel (Samsung)
512 MB DDR2 400 MHz ram
60 GB Ultra ATA Fujitsu 4200rpm hard drive
64 MB ATi Mobility Radeon X300
Microsoft Windows XP Home
24x CD-RW/DVD (Sony)
Intel 2200 b/g internal wireless card
6-cell lithium ion battery
4 USB ports
1 IEEE 1394 FireWire port
Secure Digital I/O card slot
1 PCMCIA card slot
2 front facing speakers
VGA output
Optional S-Video and composite video out with adaptor cable
Audio-out (headphones) and Mic-in
Integrated 10/100 network Ethernet card
Internal 56k modem

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Question by K_Alejandro: What would be a good simple and compact setup for audio equipment for recording music and movies?
Just chatting about this with a friend, trying to evaluate some different options.

He already has a Canon 5D II and feels that the external mic input is just not going to cut it for serious amateur level movie recording. I’m considering buying a 5D II in the next 6 months or so (I already have a good selection of high end Canon glass and an older DSLR) and starting mucking about with making some music videos.

He’s looking at doing small scale commercial movie work. We live on opposite sides of the planet, so we won’t be working together.

Both of us are well familiar with professional level photo editing and video editing software, but as we are both photographers before videographers, we are a bit behind on the times with audio equipment.

The thinking is that if the 5D audio quality is insufficient, we would just use externally recorded audio source.

Now for his uses, he’s been looking at portable solutions. Stuff with batteries that can record very high quality audio on to either a HD or SD.

He found one with a 40GB HD, but really, that just doesn’t seem modern enough (both of us shoot multiple 16-32GB CF and SD cards and burn through 250GB+ hard drives like water). Also, it doesn’t seem to have battery power options.

So what would you recommend for audio mixing and digital recording?

I’ve actually been pretty happy with inputting directly into my PDA with Resco Audio Recorder at 192kbps. I have a pretty basic Roland Micro Cube which can run for hours on 6 AA batteries and can handle clean audio from an instrument and vocals. My mike of choice is a Shure SM58.

As far as I’m concerned though, I’m just mucking about.

What is out there for 4 channel mixers that can be battery powered?

What is a pro level recording device that works on batteries, can record at very high quality and can deal with removable media?

Input please?

Thanks.
thanks zook.

yeah, I’m personally only planning on doing music videos. Max length is probably about 5 minutes or so.

The Edirol 4 channel was actually one thing that we had been discussing, but the price is a tad steep.

Now the only other question is – for long duration vids, will digital recording keep consistent enough time that I can just sync sound up at the beginning of the clip and have it stay in sync for several minutes?

I’ve had problems with this in editing from tape before.

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Answer by zookmook
Although the 5DII can shoot 1080i HD video it appears that the audio capabilities are quite limiting so you will need a versatile portable recorder to make up for the shortcomings. Unfortunately one of the key elements to using a field audio recorder is the ability to sync your audio with your video, a feature which the 5D does not have so you will have to do your best to position the audio in the time line so that it will be synchronized with the video.

Also, you need to realize that the 5D II is limited to 12 minutes of HD video recording so long clips will not be possible.

In any case, here are some recommendations for audio field recordres from best/priciest to simplest.

Your best option would be something like the “Roland R-44″ Four-Channel Portable Field Recorder:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/542280-REG/Edirol_Roland_R_44_R_44_Solid_State_Four_Channel_Portable.html#features

It has all the bells and whistles and can record unto SD media and is battery and/or AC powered. The advantage to this recorder is that it is a four channel recorder which means you can record up to 4 audio channels independently. It also has four XLR mic inputs giving you total quality and control in field recording. This is useful when you are doing interviews and need to isolate different audio sources. In post you can place each audio on its own track and process it separately. It also has a built in stereo mic pair to capture ambient sound.

If you are looking for something simpler and less expensive, the “Ikey Audio” portable recorder is your next choice.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/457042-REG/Ikey_Audio_IKEYPLUS_iKEY_Plus_Portable_USB.html#features

It has a USB plug and can record unto any USB device such as flash drives and iPods. It does not have balanced inputs but the two RCA line inputs will do just fine with an additional Direct Box. It only has two channels so it would not be ideal for multiple audio sources.

Edited to add: There are ways to record two sources on a stereo only recorder and that is to use two mics, each receiving a signal from each stereo pan. You then bring the audio file into a software that can split the stereo signal into two mono tracks and you have two independent audio sources.

Lastly, for a much simpler solution you can’t beat the “HHB DRM85-CLI FlashMic”

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/529796-REG/HHB_DRM85_LI_C_DRM85_CLI_FlashMic_Handheld_Microphone.html

This is a simple battery operated microphone which has built-in flash memory so no inputs are necessary. It also has a built-in preamp so you can control the gain right on the mic. Battery operated and USB connection makes it simple and ideal for interview type single source field recording.

Again, with no sync capabilities you will need to record is short bursts with small audio segments. Then you will need to drop those audio clips into your video editor and manually align them to the video which can be quite tedious.

Edited to add: I guess the above does not matter much if all you will be doing is music videos.

Good luck

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Practical Recording Techniques is a hands-on practical guide for all aspects of recording, ideal for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians and audio enthusiasts. Filled with tips and shortcuts, this book offers advice on equipping a home studio (both low-budget and advanced), with suggestions for set-up, acoustics, choosing monitor speakers, and preventing hum. This best-selling guide also tells how to judge recordings and improve them to produce maximum results. T

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Brand HP
Series Pavilion Elite
Model M9180F(GX610AA)
Recommended Usage Media Center / HTPC
Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700(2.66GHz)
Processor Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Cache Per Processor 2 x 4MB L2 Cache
Memory 4GB DDR2 667 (4 x 1GB)
Hard Drive 1000GB (2 x 500GB) 7200RPM SATA
Optical Drive 1 HD DVD player
Optical Drive 2 SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT graphics card with 512MB dedicated video memory, DVI and TV-out capabilities with support for Microsoft DirectX 10. Up to 1791MB Total Available Graphics Memory as Allocated by Windows Vista
Audio High Definition audio
Ethernet Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps network interface
Wireless Card Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n
Keyboard HP wireless keyboard with extended range (up to 30 feet)
Mouse HP wireless optical mouse
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition
Software Included Photo and Video:
HP Photosmart Essential: Organize, edit and share photos
muvee autoProducer Basic: Automatically create professional looking home videos and burn to DVD
DVD Play HD-DVD: Watch HD DVD movies

Entertainment
Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe: Automatically fix and edit videos and create CDs and DVDs. Edit, burn and archive data to discs.

Productivity
Microsoft Works 9: Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database and calendar
Adobe Reader 8.0: Read and print PDF files

PC Security
HP Easy Backup – backs up your personal files, including photos, music, video, emails, bookmarks and documents.
Norton Internet Security 2008: Protect your PC out of the box (60 days of complimentary live updates)

Online Services
Easy sign-up to major dial-up and broadband Internet Service Providers:
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Special Features Personal Video Recorder:
NTSC TV tuner, over-the-air ATSC high-definition television tuner, and FM tuner

Remote Control
HP Media Center remote control with IR (infrared) receiver

HP Pocket Media Drive bay
HP Personal Media Drive bay
Motherboard
Chipset Intel G33 Express Chipset
CPU
CPU Type Core 2 Quad
Installed Qty 1
CPU FSB 1066MHz
CPU Speed Q6700(2.66GHz)
L2 Cache Per CPU 2 x 4MB
CPU Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Graphics
GPU/VPU Type NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Graphics Interface PCI Express x16
Memory
Memory Capacity 4GB DDR2
Memory Speed DDR2 667
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Memory Spec 1GB x 4
Memory Slots (Available/Total) 0/4
Maximum Memory Supported 8GB
Hard Drive
HD Capacity 1TB
HD Interface SATA
HD RPM 7200rpm
HD Spec 2 x 500GB
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type HD-DVD
Optical Drive Spec 2.4x HD DVD-ROM, 5x DVD-ROM, 15x CD-ROM
Optical Drive 2
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Audio
Audio Chipset Integrated
Audio Features High Definition
Communications
Modem 56k modem
LAN Chipset Integrated
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN
Front Panel Ports
Front USB 2
Front IEEE 1394 1
Card Reader Front panel 15-in-1 memory card reader: supports SmartMedia, xD, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital (SD), Mini Secure Digital, Compact Flash I, Compact Flash II, IBM Microdrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, RSMMC, MMC Mobile, MMC+
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PS/2 2
Rear USB 4
Rear IEEE 1394 1
RJ45 1 port
Mouse
Mouse Type HP wireless optical mouse
Keyboard
Keyboard Type HP wireless keyboard with extended range (up to 30 feet)
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I dont really see why you’d want to sell it, but if you really want an estimate Id say 800 bucks. maybe 850. maybe you want to get a gaming computer instead?

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