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Need help with audio (lemmy.today)

submitted 8 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello everyone my buddy asked me to help him record a series of interview like videos.

I have a sony a7riii and am looking for a basic setup to record audio, preferably in a way where editing is pretty simple if i can feed the audio into the camera.

I'm thinking maybe a rode shotgun mic mounted on the hotshoe might be good enough.

The idea was going to be a room with a whiteboard and someone talking and explaining stuff.

Maybe just a small recorder like a zoom h1 placed closer to the speaker on a mini tripod would be better?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

When you say "interview", are there two people/speakers? One asking questions and one person being interviewed?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

No one person talking i guess more like a lecture

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

And that speaker is more or less stationary, and it's inside a room?

I think your absolute best audio (for speech) would be from a lavalier mic clipped on the person. Second best might be a shotgun / directional mic focused on the speaker. Zoom recorder placed in the room will be more likely pick up any other audio like HVAC hum, passing traffic, footsteps BUT it will also pick up the room acoustics and stereo image.

One suggestion is to actually capture audio on multiple devices and mix them (if needed) in Post-production. For post production you can play with EQ and compression, plus volume normalization to get a good clarity.

It's always nice to attach the mics to their own independent supports so that you don't get any unwanted microphonics from touch / vibrations. For example, if you place the lav clip on the person but they brush their clothes, or if you stand the mic on the table but they tap the table as they speak...