Have a question please. I record orchestra concerts for my son. Which way do the mics face. If you are recording a concert do you have the LED facing you or toward the stage? If it is toward the stage how can you adjust the levels if you can't see the VU meter?
Wow. The recording on the D50 would be perfect for my acoustic Jazz trio (that I have no videos for). Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
@MattAaron09 Since I'm usually recording as a one-person team I haven't had a chance to mic the drumline up close. I did have the drumline director approach me about doing an instructional video, but that was just before the economy fell apart, so I've yet to pursue that.
As a general comment, for large ensembles the rule of thumb tends to be, at least when recording from a single point, to place the mic(s) at roughly the same distance as the width of ensemble.
Hard to describe the differences, I'm not an audio afficianado by any means. The on-cam mic sounded a bit more loose, open and captured more presence, while the D50 sounded more focused, almost like a studio-quality recording. A mix of both would probably sound nice. It's a toss-up for me.
@o7levi Most people including myself don't have a proper listening setup with d/a's, speakers etc that hold up. Not to mention the fact that youtube's compresses audio (same for both clips though). So it's pretty hard to tell the difference it you're not in a studio environment.
@mandolinroad Quite true. That's one of the reasons I posted the link to the vimeo version. There, at least, you can download the video as I uploaded it, if you have an account.
Presentation here is naturally imperfect, since the entire audio track was rendered to an AAC, 44.1KHz, 16-bit 256kbps audio stream. Hopefully though most of the character comes through here. Since I did NO processing of audio beyond what's stated, there is a degree of peaking in several places.
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Have a question please. I record orchestra concerts for my son. Which way do the mics face. If you are recording a concert do you have the LED facing you or toward the stage? If it is toward the stage how can you adjust the levels if you can't see the VU meter?
EnduringEagle 3 months ago
stunning machine, use it right and get stunning stereo results :-)
4stral1 11 months ago
Wow. The recording on the D50 would be perfect for my acoustic Jazz trio (that I have no videos for). Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
Sn4pDr4gon 1 year ago
Cool vid. Thanks.
DrakulaBambaataa 1 year ago
There is no comparison. You can't even hear the tom drums in the first one!
zep4life 1 year ago
Wow the D50 sounds much better. The caps and crowd noises are pushed to very periphery and the bass is much deeper. Listening on Blue Sky monitors
rtype909 1 year ago
@rtype909 Thanks for that insight!
ebbixx 1 year ago
@MattAaron09 Since I'm usually recording as a one-person team I haven't had a chance to mic the drumline up close. I did have the drumline director approach me about doing an instructional video, but that was just before the economy fell apart, so I've yet to pursue that.
As a general comment, for large ensembles the rule of thumb tends to be, at least when recording from a single point, to place the mic(s) at roughly the same distance as the width of ensemble.
ebbixx 1 year ago
Hard to describe the differences, I'm not an audio afficianado by any means. The on-cam mic sounded a bit more loose, open and captured more presence, while the D50 sounded more focused, almost like a studio-quality recording. A mix of both would probably sound nice. It's a toss-up for me.
o7levi 2 years ago
Thanks for the assessment!
ebbixx 2 years ago
@o7levi Most people including myself don't have a proper listening setup with d/a's, speakers etc that hold up. Not to mention the fact that youtube's compresses audio (same for both clips though). So it's pretty hard to tell the difference it you're not in a studio environment.
mandolinroad 1 year ago
@mandolinroad Quite true. That's one of the reasons I posted the link to the vimeo version. There, at least, you can download the video as I uploaded it, if you have an account.
ebbixx 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. This is the kind of test I needed to hear regarding external recorders. I'm impressed.
eyeonwashparish 3 years ago 3
Thanks for the props. ;)
ebbixx 3 years ago
I should add here that you'll get no *useful* comparison of the audio unless you view these examples in HD.
ebbixx 3 years ago
Nice samples. This is right up my alley as a video and audio guy. I've had my D50 for about 6 months now and love it.
stantheman1976 3 years ago
Presentation here is naturally imperfect, since the entire audio track was rendered to an AAC, 44.1KHz, 16-bit 256kbps audio stream. Hopefully though most of the character comes through here. Since I did NO processing of audio beyond what's stated, there is a degree of peaking in several places.
ebbixx 3 years ago