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A little OT: What do you guys use for video?


mikecorbett

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Someone suggested I upload some multimedia on another post. I really am not set up for that bar shooting with my iPhone. I am thinking that I want to be able to record video but blend it with a signal from my studio mixer.. Any suggestions for a camcorder that will take a line level signal from a desk, blend it with the video, and makes the transfer of video for the likes of youtube easy? If it didnt break the bank that would be good also.

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A couple of years ago, I bought a consumer Samsung video camera in order to do exactly what you have in mind, but I soon realized that I had to rely on someone else to do do the shooting (nothing worse than seeing a concert with a fixed point of view!), *and* that someone should be quite well versed in the art of video shooting, otherwise you get unpleasing and embarassing videos.

 

The moral: I'm lucky to have a friend who is learning the craft, so he was happy to use my concerts as a school... he has a much better camera than mine anyway, so the results, though not the very best, are infinitely better than just handing my so-so camera to someone who just happens to be there...

 

I usually record the audio separately, and then sync it with the computer... it's not difficult once you get it. For my needs, I have to say that I'm very pleased.

 

On the other hand, if all you want is to record youself at home, your idea should work, with a bit of careful planning. I can't give you suggestions, sorry... I'm too ignorant about cameras and stuff.

 

 

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It's probably easier to do what Marino mentioned. It's really easy to make basic edits to a video (including replacing the audio track) using something as simple as Windows Movie Maker, or whatever the Apple version is if you use a Mac. Just make sure to give yourself a sync cue so you'll be able to easily line up the audio and video together.
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We spent some serious cash on video, but would have done the audio the same way if we went cheap on the video. We have a monitor board with a splitter snake, which is probably unique to most of you. We ran a multitrack mix of the live performance and mixed it down ourselves. The videographer edited the video to that.

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For a different perspective, I have a Flip Mino HD, and it does a great job shooting HD video and recording sound at shows. Of course, it depends on the position, but the thing does have the threads for a tripod mount. I have a small tabletop tripod and depending on the venue I can set it up in a good place and leave it.

 

Yeah, the fixed point of view can be a little boring unless you pick a good spot, but I say it's way better than the jittery handheld videos people post that make me nauseous.

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