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4. Microphone Accessories
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My Recommended Budget Audio Recording Setup
03:58 2Microphones for Video and Filmmakers
04:35 3Different Microphones and their uses
07:56 4Microphone Accessories
04:41 5Boom Operating Tips
03:21 6Microphone Accessories to Reduce Wind Noise
01:58 7Audio Interfaces and Examples
06:06 8Headphones and Monitors
01:46Room Treatment Tips
06:17 10Room Treatment Example
01:09 11My Recommended Audio Travel Gear
06:15 12Introduction to Audacity
00:45 13Audio Recording Setup in Audacity
03:49 14How to Record Audio in Audacity
02:54 15Playback, Zoom, Undo + Saving in Audacity
04:15 16How to Export Audio out of Audacity
03:37 17Audacity's Essential Audio Editing Tools
08:07 18Removing Silence, Splitting + Joining Clips
03:17 19Audacity's Essential Key Command or Keyboard Shortcuts
03:06 20Removing Background Noise Introduction
02:48 21Audacity's Noise Gate Effect
12:29 22Audacity's Noise Reduction Effect
11:15 23Introduction to Mixing and Processing Audio in Audacity
02:32 24A Brief Look at the Filter Curve or EQ Effect
10:35 25A Brief Look at Compression and the Normalize Effect
11:21 26Setting up an Effects Macro in Audacity
03:23 27Outboard Gear - The DBX 286s
05:26 28Thanks and Bye
00:12Lesson Info
Microphone Accessories
Hello and welcome to this lecture. We'll be going to be looking at some recommended microphone accessories. So if you have a microphone and an audio interface, you might want to consider getting some accessories for your microphone to help you improve the quality of your audio. This first accessory here it's kind of a all in one package is a mic stand, a shock mount and a pop shield. So this stand can be useful when recording audio on your desk. So for a podcast or even a voiceover and a shock mount helps reduce some vibrations, for example, bumps on the desk or movement of your feet and then we have a pop shield. So this is very useful for reducing some of the plosive sounds. So these are blasts of air that come from saying certain words. One thing to note is this does not come with a microphone. However, it's great for lightweight microphones such as the Sha sm 57 or the Sha sm 58. But if you want to use a bigger heavier microphone like this one here, the electro voice re 20 I don't ...
recommend this mic stand, this microphone stand package however, is great if you're a beginner as it really is a all in one device accessory, if you want to record podcasts or tutorials. And next is this what I'm speaking into right now, which is the more deluxe and far superior version of what I just showed you, this is a lot sturdier and allows you to move the microphone. However, it is a lot more expensive but it does allow you to hold much heavier microphones. I do recommend this for podcasts and voiceovers or if you want to record audio on your desk. These are excellent, but do cost a lot more than the first package that I showed you. So I'd only really recommend this if you want to take recording audio seriously if you're a beginner though, the first package is great for a lightweight microphone. If you're just starting out though, I do recommend spending the extra money on a better quality microphone than just a boom stand like this. Ok. And moving along, we have this desk stand here. This has a solid metal base and allows you to actually have much heavier microphones on this stand. This desk stand is quite heavy though, I don't recommend it for traveling, but it does allow you to hold much heavier mics such as this one, the electro voice re 20 can be useful for podcasts or any work in the studio where you want your microphone on the desk. Moving along here we have this large reflection filter. So this is great. If you have a room that has a lot of reflections and you want to make the room sound a lot better without actually treating the room, you can use a reflection filter like this. So this will reduce some of the reflections in the room. These can be quite expensive, but they can be great if you're using a certain type of microphone, such as a condenser microphone, which is more sensitive than a microphone like this, which is a dynamic microphone. But I'd only really recommend having a look at a reflection filter if you do have a room that doesn't sound the best and has a lot of reflections. I'd always recommend trying to find the best place to record audio. However, if it's not quite possible and you're still getting a lot of reflections, a reflection filter like this can be a great addition to your recording audio setup moving along. We have a pop shield here. So this can be very useful for reducing some of the close of sounds. So these are the blasts of air that you may get from speaking into the microphone. Certain microphones such as the sha sm 58 and also the electro voice re 20 do have a built in pop shield, but it can be great to double up to actually reduce some of those plosive sounds if you're using a condenser microphone rather than a dynamic microphone like these, I do recommend getting a pop shield as condenser microphones can be a lot more sensitive to blast of air. There are other types of pop shields as well such as this, which are made from a tight light material. So these basically do the same thing, but they're less durable. They are however less expensive than the metal pop shields. If you're on a budget though, or maybe even if you're traveling and you want to be lightweight, I do recommend getting one of these foam microphone covers which can help reduce some of those plosive sounds as well. They won't sound quite as good as a pop shield but can be better than not having a pop shield at all. So if you're recording outside and you're using a shotgun microphone, then I do recommend using a wind muffler. So these can be very useful for reducing any wind sound. There are other microphone accessories available. These are the main ones that I use. If you're just starting out, I do recommend getting this first accessory pack that I talked about. The stands, the shock mount and the Pop shield. But this will only really work with a more lightweight microphone. However, it's great for podcasts or tutorials or voiceovers and it is quite inexpensive. Also, there's a PDF attached to this lecture that has a list of all of this equipment. So thank you for watching this lecture. I hope you found it useful. And I hope you understand. Now, just some of the accessories you can use for microphones when recording audio.
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