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michelinaf86533298
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February 26, 2017
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recording audio with video

  • February 26, 2017
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Is there a way (or maybe even a different program to use) where we could record someone, both audio and visual,  using a condenser mic plugged into an audiobox usb with an xlr mic to a laptop and recording on a dslr camera?

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    ryclark
    ryclark
    Participating Frequently
    February 26, 2017

    Normally recording video expects the audio to be recorded onto the same device. This is necessary because the pictures and the sound have to be synchronised. Recording them separately can therefore cause problems with sync. However in these days of digital audio and video recording separately recorded parts of media can keep reasonably synchronised over short periods. So you may be OK depending on your recording devices to record for, say, up to 15 - 20 minutes. Even then you might have to make some adjustment when you edit the two together especially the longer the recoding becomes.

    So basically yes you may be able to get away recording the audio into a laptop using any audio recording software like Audition. However you must still record audio onto the video recording device, even using it's own built in mic, to act as a guide track for resyncing the audio and video together in your video editing software..

    Bob Howes
    Bob Howes
    Inspiring
    February 27, 2017

    Depending how portable you need to be, I do something very similar sometimes.  I found in the App store a bit of free software called "Digislate" which gives you an electronic version of an old film clapperboard.   As long as I record the picture of the slate along with the beep on both the built in camera mic and the higher quality computer recording, it's very easy to sync the two versions then and lock the computer audio to the camera pictures.

    The longest take I've recorded this was was about 15 minutes but the sync held fine for this long with no drift.  FYI, you can set the time read out in Audition to be in any of the normal video frame rates.  I have no idea if this helps but I always set it to match my camera.

    If you're looking for a more portable option, several companies do adaptors that plug into/onto your DSLR and will allow you to use your condenser mic directly into you camera.  I have no personal experience using these so can't recommend one but a Google search will find you a bunch of results.

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 27, 2017

    Looking at the original question, it seems that it's possible that the OP wants to be able to record both the pictures and sound on a laptop - making a backup at the same time as the original recording on the DSLR, as it were. Is this correct?

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