Single vs. Double System
Recording professional audio directly into the camera. Answer:
What is Single System Recording?
The professional three-pin circular plugs used for high-quality audio.
Answer: What are XLR inputs?
The tutorial says you should NEVER record raw audio in this compressed format.
Answer: What is MP3?
The microphone that comes built-in to the camera.
Answer: What is an internal, or "crappy" microphone?
These are created during shooting to make matching tracks easier later. Answer: What are sync points?
Answer: What are sync points?
Recording audio on a separate device from the video.
Answer: What is Double System Recording?
The specific type of mic students often try to mount on top of their DSLRs to record audio from 6-8 ft' away.
Answer: What is a shotgun mic
Two high-quality, uncompressed file formats for audio.
Answer: What are WAV and AIFF?
This term means a microphone picks up sound from all directions at once.
Answer: What is omnidirectional?
A simple physical action used to create a visible and audible sync point.
Answer: What is a clap (or snap)?
The extra step required in post-production when using an external recorder. (not auto)
Answer: What is manually syncing audio and video?
If you plug a mic into THIS camera port, you can’t hear what you’re recording.
Answer: What is the headphone input?
The standard "bit" setting recommended for most uses in these Tascam recorders.
Answer: What is 16-bit?
The main reason internal mics sound bad for interviews.
Answer: What is the camera is too far away from the subject?
The professional "board" used at the start of a movie take to help with syncing.
Answer: What is a clapper slate?
The type of camera that takes great video but has poor internal audio inputs.
Answer: What is a DSLR?
True or False: A major benefit of external recorders is that you can connect multiple microphones.
Answer:True
The recommended sample rate (in kHz) for recording.
Answer: What is 44.1 kHz?
Besides the subject's voice, internal mics also pick up this.
Answer: What is all the sounds around the camera (background noise)?
The stage of filmmaking where you match the separate audio and video files.
Answer: What is post-production (or editing)?
When the sound and the picture match up perfectly in real time. The audio and video are... What?
Answer: What is "In Sync"?
The action of listening to your audio while it is being recorded.
Answer: What is monitoring?
The setting that records each sound source on its own individual channel.
Answer: What is Mono?
When audio and video are disconnected by a few milliseconds., they are:
Answer: What is "Out of Sync"?
To sync manually, you must look at the video and do this to the audio. A
nswer: What is listen?