For the algorithm 👊

How have I never seen anyone post a video about this? Thanks for helping us out, dude.

Awesome. Thank you!

Thank you for doing this video on video. I love your stuff. Short, to the point, and like a regular guy. (Not a “influencer”) Very much appreciated!

Thanks AMP, been wondering about this topic for ages and I find your video very helpful

Good video. I think shooting yourself in 4k for 1 hr is overkill unless you have big plans for your footage. 1080p will save you a ton of storage space and still be high quality. EDIT: you addressed this later in the video

Awesome video man, super helpful - much appreciated broski ✌️

(4:16) That shit killed me lmao, and yea for my videos I use my phone as the camera and as an audio input, use that to give me room noise and let my mic do most of the vocal work. Works wonders!

Good stuff… and pretty similar to my setup for recording gigs - a Tascam 4-track field recorder like your Zoom, and one or two phone cameras. A few additional observations (some of which you make, but have struggled with myself): 1) Phone camera audio has gotten surprisingly good. Not as good as a dedicated audio recorder, but it's surprisingly usable. 2) Most of these audio recorders have an auto-level that works pretty well, even if it errs on the side of really quiet… but again you can just normalize in post-production. (I always do a bit of EQ and compression as well.) 3) Don't trust batteries! I always have everything plugged in. 4) Clear space on your devices before the show! 5) Be careful where you put your tripod. I have a lot of video that is ruined by constant vibrations the tripod picked up from the floor or a wall it was up against. Regarding the 4-track field recorder, my band is 2 saxes, bass (me) and drums. I got really good results having the Tascam at the front of the stage with a built-in mic pointed at each sax player, and then I used the 2 XLR inputs, one DI from my bass amp, and the other to a Shure SM57 that I had on a mini stand on the floor under the snare drum. The built-in mics picked up enough of the cymbals, but having that mic on the floor, picking up mainly snare and kick, allowed me to adjust those levels in the final mix and get a surprisingly crisp drum sound. (I say this all in the past tense because I only bothered with this setup once… in February 2020. Our gigs got a lot more sporadic after that for some reason. But the results were good enough that we released it as a live album.)

Great crash course!

chAMP! Thanks, we needed this

13:54 My viewers have never not once cared about noise so it's better to shoot for details and fluidity/feel then worrying about noise.

I absolutely love the Zoom H4N! Completely swear by it and I use it a lot to archive both our own shows and other people's bands, in fact we recently did a live album using the microphones on it as the foundation for the sound. I really need to start using those XLRs on the back to get a copy of the mix directly from the soundboard instead of just relying on the mics though, it's only really just occured to me to do that over the past few days, hopefully next time we hit a well equipped venue I'll look into that as a possibility.

Love the bebop reference :)

Yep...saving this for future reference. Great video.

Great tips sir AMP

"I neeeeeeeed it...." 😂

I use three GoPros for filming my bands. I'd suggest trying 24 frames per second and set your shutter speed to 1/48. Max iso at 400 so you don't get a ton of noise as well.

Have you looked at Zoom livetrak or Tascam Model 16? You can multitrack record through the mixer onto an SD card directly.

Please come to Colorado and record one of my shows. 😂

HELL YEAH

Thanks for the tips on how to record any sort of gig! Do you think you can do a How to Sound Like Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance?

10:48 Yeah the only reason I use a DSLR at all after getting my smamsung S22 ultra is for the SD card port alone... Like it is that much nicer then having to use Google photos to get stuff off my camera espacly videos.... Though the S22 ultra beats it in every other catgory but cost... Then again the S22 has thusneds of dollars worth of equalvalent DSLR lens that don't natively fit on my Canon M50 MKII.

What do you think of the irig, for recording your in ear mix?

None of my business: Is LowEnd Lobster Ok ? No worries if U do not answer for privacy reasons. Appreciate Ur recording insights. All the best to U in 2024.