Internet TV Blog

The people at Videomaker have some great tips for hiding and concealing microphones. Useful for many of us Internet TV makers.

The people at Videomaker tell us that the difference between doing a “good quality voice over and a “crappy” voice over is a matter of using the proper microphone and setting up the proper environment to do your recording.

This video teaches you how to do it “properly“….

The video also refers people to the following articles, to learn more about recording voice overs…

• The Right Reading: Finding Your Video’s Voice
• Sound Advice: Can You Hear Me Now?

Videomaker brings us a great tutorial on how to record sound effects.

I remember taking an “audio” course in University, as an elective, that covered the topics in this video tutorial. This video is a great refresher.

One thing that my prof pushed was that having a good directional microphone is a must for anyone recording their own sound effects.

Also, ambient noise is something most people don’t even think about. I.e., the sound you hear when you don’t think anything is making any noise. (Like the noise in an empty room.)

Without ambient noise, your audience will “subconsciously” notice something is wrong with your video.

This usually isn’t a problem if you are shooting the real world. But you see the mistake of forgetting to add ambient noise in animations. (Both classical and computer generated.) Classical and computer generated animations with ambient noise added seem “alive“.