5 Basic Audio Concepts for Video Creators

[@desmondmacnamara6068]

Your talking head shot keeps looking better and better!

[@stevenkralovec]

I agree

[@J_HNP]

As a professional audio engineer who moved into visual storytelling, you did a great job providing an overview.

[@JeremySmithOfNewScotland]

Great job with the camera analogies, very helpful in understanding these concepts coming from the video world.

[@Ed-davies]

Outstanding analogies for photo / video users. Top video as always

[@hxllywxxd22]

i've been waiting for you to talk about audio in the video world. Tremendous comparison, love what your doing 🤘🏽

[@cynehub1052]

wow! I discovered your channel through Potato Jet and this is the first video I watched, it blew me away! Every single one of your analogies made the audio concepts so simple for me to understand! I'd always been lost on that subject and I've been looking around for videos, this is one is by far the best! I subscribed, catch me watching many more of your videos! :)

[@TECHNOLOGYTIPS101]

Great Presentation, Thank You!

[@AnandaGarden]

Thank you, Alex. You mentioned Sound Devices recorders. I had the MixPre-6 II for a while but found that for my simple needs I'm fine with a used Sony PCM-M10 (much cheaper!). It's great to watch how high-end tech has migrated to lower-priced devices - I smiled all the way through your recent review of the long-discontinued Sony PCM-D50. The M10 and D50 give simply wonderful sound quality, to my beginner's ears.

[@KnomChomper]

Love your vids. Very informative.

[@ivankrstic1394]

Great video, thank you!

[@scottmilholland176]

Thanks brother! This really helped me grasp some of those ideas.

[@GerardoJMendozaManuel89]

Thanks for this very informative video, Alex. Hey, would you mind making one where you talked about how to keep your mics/recorders/mixers clean someday?

[@BrunoReisVideo]

Hi! I love your channel and I just watched your template building course, it's helped me a lot. I'm having trouble understanding the concept of busses and sends, though. Could you maybe make a video about that? The whole signal flow thing to me is a bit unclear, and I'm not sure I understand what happens to the signal after I send it or output it somewhere, and you seem to rely a lot on these concepts on your mixing workflow. Helppp!!

[@axk]

Coming soon 😈

[@wokthedragon]

I've heard basic discussions about post production that go something like: It's fine to record at 48 KHz and rely on a good DAW that process' internally at 96 or 192 KHz when doing significant manipulation. I guess that makes sense. Any thoughts? Thanks for producing this channel!

[@axk]

Upsampling a 48kHz file to higher rates doesn’t give you the same flexibility as actually recording g at higher sample rates in the first place. Check out Nyquist theory; basically, your sample rate has to be twice as high as the highest frequency you want to capture. Sample rate of 48kHz = 24kHz being the highest frequency recorded. 96kHz sample rate = 48kHz being the highest (a whole octave of frequencies that are lost at lower rates). If you upsample, you aren’t adding any of that lost info back. Ordinarily it’s all out of the range of human hearing, but if you want to pitch it down for sound design, you’ll bring all those inaudible frequencies down into audible range (unless you used a low sample rate and didn’t capture them). I’m almost always at 48kHz for production dialog, but also always at 96kHz and above for sound effects recording. Hope that helps!

[@Zegmaar_Bas]

Cool video! What do you think of clapper boards? I ordered a set that should arrive any day now :D

[@ralphbullis40]

Great. What mic do you use for the 'low level delicate recording' stuff? I'm thinking about getting serious about some outdoor ambient 'room tone' other than just wind in the trees and Cornell Bird call stock footage.

[@axk]

Hey Ralph! Awesome. If you’re serious, my favorite mics to use are a pair of Sennheiser 8040’s in Rycote modular wind kits (or Cyclones) into a Sound Devices recorder of some kind.

[@mercedeproductions5653]

Do you have any gear tips or set up tips for a beginner videographer trying to capture the best audio possible for a wedding?

[@oriffel]

helpful. thanks

[@Jacob_._Roberts]

I notice that a lot of KZbin videos have volume that goes from blaringly high to barely audible all within the same video. I even notice this in videos such as America Got Talent where the audio *_should_* be perfect • Alex, what is the academic training to do the kind of work you do?

[@axk]

There really aren’t many places that teach “real” workflows apart from the facilities that do the actual work, and if you’re not working/interning at one of those, it’s tough to find reputable and correct info. Which is why I started this channel! 😊

[@Jacob_._Roberts]

@@axk Thank you Alex.

[@berdij2510]

Great! I have Tascam DR 70-D and Sennheiser MKH 416 is that good enough for KZbin?

[@scoremoore4280]

Lol, that's overkill for you tube, but yes it way better than what people use, mkbhd used that for his reviews.

[@berdij2510]

@@scoremoore4280 what about tascam dr 70-D

[@axk]

Definitely more than you “need” for KZbin but that gear will get you great quality sound if you set it up correctly! Mic positioning and proper levels will be key.

[@berdij2510]

@@axk thanks for the feedback! Can you do a video about recording voices for video? I don’t think you have done before. For example your KZbin setup and recording process.. I know I have great mic but I feel like my sound recording is not good enough. This is one of our latest work: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5TSpKSnqZtraZY kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6rYen-sm82Ybsk It will be great to know your process! 🙏