16Nov Audio tips from JuicedLink Part #1 – Oliviatech
Olivia sits down with audio engineer Robert from JuicedLink to talk a little bit about audio. It’s a lengthy video but lots of good information in here. This is actually just part #1. In the second part of this series, Robert will talk about DSLR audio pre-amp noise, external audio recorders, and options to get best audio without Syncing in post so stay tuned for that. Since DSLRs have notoriously poor audio quality, Juicedlink has a number of popular products for DSLRs like the DT454 and DS214 which can be seen on the JL website (click here).
Juicedlink Audio Pre-amps for DSLR Video
What wasn’t covered in this video are suggestions for the best set of Headphones to monitor your audio. There’s an earlier article I have with excellent suggestions you can find here: http://cheesycam.com/best-headphones-for-monitoring-audio/. Robert also brought in a few microphones in this demo he feels are great quality at inexpensive prices (we have already been using a few of these) which can be found in the links below.
Audio-Technica U873R Handheld Hypercardioid Condenser Microphone
Rode NTG2 Condenser Shotgun Microphone
Audio-Technica AT875R Short Shotgun Microphone
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November 17th, 2011 at 11:32 am
This was great, the best summation of getting good dslr audio I’ve seen. I currently use the rode video pro with the +20 gain direct to my T3i, mostly because it was the cheapest solution for good audio. I now know that I should take it off camera and point it up or down…. And get it closer. That said, with it on camera and 10″ from subject I got nice audio.
I plan on going into a h4n, but he seems to lump that into the bad pre-amp group. Is the juiced link that much better than the h4n?
November 17th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
@Paul – Actually the Zoom is a good recording device. He may have touched on it just to talk about some recorders having internal noise, but even he agrees that the Zoom is a very high quality product. The reason some people don’t want to do seperate audio recorders is when you have to sync audio. Some people who shoot weddings with 2-3 camera angles come back with several hundred different video clips. It’s a pain to sync audio in post, so a JuicedLink box would be able to provide better audio into the camera, than just using the camera itself, no sync needed.
November 17th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
@Emm… excellent job on the video. I’d love to know what you used for lighting on this one. Again… beautiful work.
November 18th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
Emm,
If I am using a Condenser Shotgun Microphone, going through Zoom, do I still need Pre-Amps?
November 18th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
@Rabby – The Zoom would be the preamp. It can power just about any microphone.
November 22nd, 2011 at 11:16 am
Thanks for the clarification, looking forward to part 2!