Field Recording Tips: Record Better Sound Effects and Avoid Common Mistakes

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In this video, I'll be sharing some field recording tips so can go out and record better sound effects while avoiding common mistakes.
There's a lot to learn when it comes to field recording: What mics to use, when to use them, how to position them, how close/far should you be from the source, how to get clean and quiet recordings, etc.
Over the past few years, I've learned a lot about recording sound effects...some things through trial and error, and others I've learned from professionals in the field.
In this video, I'd like to share tips for recording sound effects so you can avoid mistakes I've made and jump straight to recording better sounds.
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00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Field Recording Equipment: What to use and when to use it
04:51 - How to prepare for your field recording session
08:26 - Tips for recording sound effects
12:14 - Labelling your recordings
14:11 - Misc tips
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@europeanambience 11 ай бұрын

Omnidirectional Mics in XY and ORTF doesn´t make sense. You use cardioid microphones in XY and ORTF Setup. For Omnis just spaced AB

@daviddumaisaudio 10 ай бұрын

Yes. I was mistaken about the position of omnidirectional microphones. Fortunately, it doesn’t really affect the recording, at least from what I understand and what I have noticed.

@europeanambience 10 ай бұрын

@@daviddumaisaudio Yes it doesn´t really effect the recording because it doesn´t really matter in which direction they are pointing (at least to a certain degree). The only negative thing you could say is that they are not spaced out enough to create a good stereo image. But if the Recording sounds good it doesn´t matter, how it was recorded right?

@OzExpeditions Ай бұрын

@@europeanambiencewhat would you recommend for spacing?

@ChristopherGronlund 11 ай бұрын

A great way to begin a new workweek. Always appreciate all you share, David...and how detailed you get.

@lancelot5192 12 күн бұрын

great information thanks

@baroquer 9 ай бұрын

Man, you can TALK Are you high on Speed? :D Blink twice if you're kidnapped xD

@briankehew579 5 ай бұрын

Yes, a gentle request to Slow Down. It's hard to follow. Great info though!!

@Blazincannon. 4 ай бұрын

@@briankehew579 It was hard to follow but I don’t think he can help that. I slowed the video to 0.75x in settings and it worked great.

@jakubsz86 10 ай бұрын

Great info for a start. Thank you

@Mandisa_intuitively 5 ай бұрын

Thank uou for this detailed explanation 😊

@Liron.Luminol 8 ай бұрын

Tnx bro❤

@floraphonic 11 ай бұрын

great video

@edjefferson9175 2 ай бұрын

If you want to record in stereo and mono at the same time go with mid/side microphone. Then you can decide later. Try positioning your omni mics 180 degrees opposed about the width of your head. Works like our ears. Captures left-right-front-back-up-down. While reviewing a recording I actually turned to see what was behind me. With only 2 mics.

@douglascarrphotography 2 ай бұрын

Hi Dave I'm defiantly not an expert as I only learned about field recording 5 days ago and bought my H1 Essential 3 days ago but maybe you should get the Zoom M3 mic as it can film in both Stereo and Mono and you can even change from one to the other in post after you've recorded pretty awesome mic from what I can see and have learned in 5 days about sound and recording

@DAOE_Audio 11 ай бұрын

Great video David! I was wondering what stand/holder you are using between your f6 and microphone setup? Looks like a great run and gun setup.

@daviddumaisaudio 10 ай бұрын

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@DAOE_Audio 10 ай бұрын

@@daviddumaisaudio thanks!!

@stephanethomas2186 10 ай бұрын

Finding the right input level can be tricky too, so if it's possible, yes, do multiple takes, I'll add at difcerent levels.

@DashGlitch 11 ай бұрын

Great one, thanks

@DashGlitch 11 ай бұрын

btw I noticed some clicks similar to what I got with resolve with the youtube render preset, but if I just render out with the default the clicks weren't there - I hope that helps if you're even using resolve :)

@daviddumaisaudio 10 ай бұрын

@@DashGlitch Strange that there are clicks. I do use Resolve, but not the KZfaq preset. Do you find they show up at a particular place for you or are they random clicks?

@DashGlitch 10 ай бұрын

@@daviddumaisaudio I'll watch through again and see if I can find the timestamp, it's not often I think once or twice in the video

@DashGlitch 10 ай бұрын

@@daviddumaisaudio 7:12 the reason I said it is it reminded me of the sound I had a few times when using that preset, anyway I hope you can figure that out, great video btw, that part about testing the recording first is so obvious but so many times I have been caught out.

@daviddumaisaudio 10 ай бұрын

@@DashGlitch Huh, I went back into my resolve project and it isn’t there so it’s definitely coming from export. Thanks for the heads up. I’ll have to look into it.

@lookingforsounds 11 ай бұрын

Good advice David. It's amazing how many recordings I ruined because of my breathing or silly stuff like handling or cable noise. Also be very aware of the clothes you're wearing before you go out. I also screwed up a few recordings because of the rain jacket I had on, or Nylon hiking shorts/pants that made rustling noises whenever I moved. All part of the learning process though.

@stephanethomas2186 10 ай бұрын

😊 One of the first thing realised when I started recording shits: damned I have to hold my breath, I hope I'll never need to record something too long!

@stephanethomas2186 10 ай бұрын

It's where a good directionnal mic helps, I suppose...

@fkesfjsedfdsj 11 ай бұрын

Where can I check the projects you have worked on (preferably highly involved, like whole sound design for a game)?

@daviddumaisaudio 10 ай бұрын

@JonathanWachoru 11 ай бұрын

Hello David! Great ideas shared there but I think you do a big mistake mounting omnidirectionnal mics in XY... because they are omnidirectional, only the space between them will create a stereo image (the delay between the 2 mic) so only AB makes sense for this kind of pattern. 2 Omni mics in XY means you will record 2 time exactly the same thing. Just an advice, if you want to do XY, use cardio mic! ;)

@daviddumaisaudio 10 ай бұрын

Yes, you are right. I think spacing them further apart would be more beneficial than where the mics are pointing. I’ll be experimenting with that more. Thanks for the tip!

@JazzInATinCan 10 ай бұрын

@@daviddumaisaudio I've been using omni mics with space between them for close up single source and it bombs. But XY makes little sense

@h.s.7797 5 ай бұрын

In fact, your omnis are not that omnidirectional as you had wished. That's why your XY experiments resulted in something stereo.

@stephanethomas2186 10 ай бұрын

Mixing L and R channel often produce awful results. I find that selecting one of the channel is better. Of course this iq something to taake into account if you only has sterro micq but wants a mono track for final result. Sadly, many recorde mix both channels but only has the internal pair of mics. The distortion is obvious if you record a voice in a room with a good amount of reverb and the mics are at one meter (even less) of the source.

@svvancouver3307 3 ай бұрын

Are you speaking so hyper fast so you have less to edit?

@pywidem5823 11 ай бұрын

Why do you mount omnidirectional mics with an angle? That should not do something significantly different to mounting them straight

@DashGlitch 11 ай бұрын

If the mics are pointing in the same direction, they are likely to pick up a very similar source and thus negate the need for a stereo pair ;)

@pywidem5823 11 ай бұрын

@@DashGlitch well, no, cause they‘re omnidirectional. With omnidirectional mics the angle doesn’t matter, cause they’re omnidirectional. They don’t pick up what’s in front of them but rather everything all around

@DashGlitch 11 ай бұрын

@@pywidem5823 Regardless of their polar patern, the incoming phase will be the same if they are in the same direction and thus the recording will be very similar. If they are at an angle, their phase will be offset by 90 and closer to a natural stereo image.

@europeanambience 11 ай бұрын

@@pywidem5823 agree Omnis in XY doesn´t make sense. you use cardioid microphones for XY. Maybe he should study more about polar patterns

@daviddumaisaudio 10 ай бұрын

Yes, you’re right. I think spacing them further apart would be more beneficial than where the mics are pointing.

@pgfrank2351 Ай бұрын

slow down please. This seems intended for people getting into field recording like myself and your losing me real quick with the fast talk and technical lingo many of us probably dont have a full grasp of yet specially if we are here for a beginners type video.