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* '''Don't trust post-production.''' Get the best audio quality you possibly can at the recording stage. Fixing broken audio in Premiere is extremely difficult and will leave you with second-rate sound. | * '''Don't trust post-production.''' Get the best audio quality you possibly can at the recording stage. Fixing broken audio in Premiere is extremely difficult and will leave you with second-rate sound. | ||
* '''Use headphones. Good ones.''' Headphones will show up a lot of audio problems early on - hissing, buzzing, bad microphone placement etc. Check your levels with headphones ''before'' you record. | * '''Use headphones. Good ones.''' Headphones will show up a lot of audio problems early on - hissing, buzzing, bad microphone placement etc. Check your levels with headphones ''before'' you record. | ||
* '''Check your levels.''' Assuming you're using Manual levels, of course. (Auto is easier, but won't sound as good.) Getting the volume right is a balancing trick. You don't want the levels to hit maximum ''at all'' because the sound will clip and distort in the most horrible way known to man. Similarly, you don't want them set too low or background noise will start to creep in (there's always some noise, but you want to keep your signal level fairy high above that). Avoiding clipping is your priority though. | * '''Check your levels.''' Assuming you're using Manual levels, of course. (Auto is easier, but won't sound as good.) Getting the volume right is a balancing trick. You don't want the levels to hit maximum ''at all'' because the sound will clip and distort in the most horrible way known to man. Similarly, you don't want them set too low or background noise will start to creep in (there's always some noise, but you want to keep your signal level fairy high above that). Avoiding clipping is your priority though; setting them too low isn't a great worry. | ||
* '''Got two cameras?''' If you have a multi-camera setup, get two audio feeds! You could, for example, use the rifle mic plugged into one camera while using | * '''Got two cameras?''' If you have a multi-camera setup, get two audio feeds! You could, for example, use the rifle mic plugged into one camera while using the stereo mics that come with the Sony HDV cameras. | ||
== Microphone types == | == Microphone types == | ||