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I went outside with the MKE400 today. It wasn't terribly windy, but I wanted to get a feel for what the mic would do outside nonetheless. I was most surprised by the sound from the Image Stabalizer motor. I guess the pickup pattern on the MKE400 truly is cardiod (not that I expected anything less, ut's just that the mic still sits right above the motor on the lens!) The video isn't great, and the sound from the neighborhood isn't great either. Lots…
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My impressions of the Zoom H1: I like the size, but it does feel a little flimsy. I discuss that and more, with some audio samples at the end. I teach high school band so I recorded a few players outside on the football field. Pay careful attention to Blair's bass work. I just walked up to his amp* and told him to play something. I like his style. *not actually an amp, but a Fender Passport system -- not the best, but it's what we have to work…
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My kids are such good sports. I asked them to spend a couple seconds helping me compare the audio quality between the three sources: The T2i built in audio - obviously not the preferred method of capturing audio, but it has to work in a pinch and I wanted to hear how it sounds next to the other two options. The Zoom H1 mounted to the top of the camera - this picked up plenty of me talking and a little of Evan talking. Here we have a case where I…
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This is one way I've found to work well for precisely syncing audio recorded on a separate system. In this case, I recorded the audio on the Zoom H1 and the video with the Canon T2i. As I watch this screencast I'm sure someone is going to ask how I got the Zoom H1 to record a mono lav mic input into stereo sound -- don't worry, I didn't. I used the batch export command from the File menu in FCP to export the files after centering the pan of the…
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The least exciting area of the Final Cut Pro interface is the lowly Browser. Everyone knows the basics, but did you know ⌘4 is the keyboard shortcut to make it the active window? Did you know you can cycle through view options with ⇧H and you can copy a clip from one bin to another by Option-dragging or by using the keyboard shortcut ⌥D? I always encourage my students to think like a Certified Pro. They may always create a new Bin by typing ⌘B,…
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