When your audio is sucks, chances are your that video will as well. Nobody wants to hear that “roomy” or “echoey” sound, unfortunately, this is a problem for most videos. Because most videos are shot in non-acoustically treated rooms.
Here are some simple strategies you can use to reduce the echo from your audio and start to create those amazing videos.
First, you need to consider the distance of your microphone to your subject. Keep that distance as small as possible. Consider your room, because any empty room is your worst nightmare. Carpets could be serves as sound diffusers.
Read more here: https://wistia.com/blog/soundproofing-for-video
Audio Recording
Become a Master of Your Mixes
Here are a few thins you can try to create really improve your mixes.
Always remember to take a break, leave a gap to breathe, to think and re-evaluate, this will save you time and frustration in the end. To compare is sometimes good, make it a habit to check other mixes, professionally mixed ones may provide you a guide to better your mix. Consider your delivery, it’s not the loudest sound that brings the best mix. Test and test and test again. Try taking the recording into the car with you and listen with a notepad (or Evernote, etc.) and get really critical with where a sound pokes out or sounds bad. A lyric sheet can help you here. Then take the notes to the studio, make changes, and listen again.
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2015/02/twenty-mastering-tips/
Studio Headphones Under $50
$50 for a pair of studio headphones may not come as cheap, depending on your budget and your reasons for buying. But at this price-point, there are readily available top quality headphones you can choose from. Here is a list of the top brands you can get under $50.
The Audio-Technica ATH-M20x, although possessing the same look with the rest of its family the Japanese made headphone comes at a very low price, way lower than the $300 range of the rest of its brand. With its quality, its look, and its price the ATH-M20x landed on the top spot of the list.
Read more here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/studio-headphone/editorial/articles/the-top-studio-headphones-for-less-than-50-dollars.html
Avoid Sibilance With The Right Technique
Sibilance, the sound produced by a person allowing much air in the vocal tract. Amplified by the improper use of a microphone, it is the snake-like hissing sound that we often hear on stage or in some recordings, which can get quite annoying.
We can always rely on a good mix to adjust the sound, but wouldn’t it be better if we can actually avoid it. Simply knowing the proper mic position can lessen all the work during mixing.
Holding the microphone too far from your mouth has the risk of getting air in the microphone thus the hissing sound
Read more here: http://www.audio-issues.com/recording-tips/how-to-get-rid-of-sibilance-with-the-right-mic-technique/
Make Everybody Love Your Mix
Mixing for other people is no joke, you can spend hours doing your mix and it just so happened it’s not what your client had in my mind. Here are a few things you need to understand to minimize going through these situations.
Pay attention to your client, don’t try to impress them with your perfect mix the way you think you understood them, instead give them what they want. It just might be a rough mix, just make sure it sound a little better. At the end of the day it’s not about your passion it’s about your client.
Read more here: http://modernmixing.com/blog/2016/07/14/get-your-mixes-done-fast/