I’ve spent many hours behind this machine filming my documentary projects. The Tascam DR-40X is one great audio recording device. Tascam DR-40X This audio recorder has four-channel capabilities and XLR inputs-perfect for small indie productions. You can easily use the mic, coupled with a lav, to get solid interview audio, or use it on its own to capture elevated audio. Really, it’s the perfect balance of price and function for today’s filmmaker. If you’re going to start with any audio recorder, the Zoom H1n is a solid choice.
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Built specifically for documentarians, journalists, and podcasters, the small form factor captures professional high-quality WAV and MP3 files.
It can fit in your back pocket, and it’s perfect for the sound mixer/filmmaker on-the-go. The Zoom H1n Handy Recorder is a compact digital audio recorder.
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Portable Handheld Recorders Zoom H1n This compact digital recorder captures great sound and fits in your back pocket. Now, let’s check out some gear-portable handheld records first, and then a few multi-track recorders. I’d recommend attaching a microphone to your camera if you have an XLR input or just using the in-camera audio to help with synchronizing and remembering what your environment sounded like when you shot the video. However, it’s always a good idea to get some audio coverage, no matter what you’re shooting. If you’re shooting a music video or any type of video that will have music playing over it (or no dialogue whatsoever), you don’t need to bother buying a field recorder. Keeping the audio files separate from the video files will help the overall quality and post-production workflow. You’ll need a field recorder for any production location outside of a studio-such as a documentary, narrative film, short film, wedding, or corporate video-that requires you to capture any audio whatsoever.
When Do You Need a Field Recorder? Field recorders are vital when shooting outside of a controlled environment. Our friend Lewis McGregor has a video tutorial that covers the pros and cons of recording a microphone into a field recorder and directly into the camera. They can also mix multiple audio tracks from multiple on-set microphones, and some models can even act as a portable microphone.Īfter you pop in an SD card and press record on both the field recorder and camera, you get high-quality audio that you can sync up with your high-quality video, instead of the poor in-camera audio quality you’d get otherwise. These devices record audio independently of a camera. Let’s take a look at a few of them.Ī field recorder is a device allowing you to record audio out “in the field” on your video shoot. There are plenty of affordable options for filmmakers and videographers who don’t want to spend more than $1000 on a field recorder. These field recorders are usually left for production sound mixers working on bigger-budget film productions. Most filmmakers won’t need to spend big money on upper echelon recorders like those from Sound Devices. There are small handhelds, larger multi-channel recorders, and lots of different bells and whistles to choose from. Luckily, there’s a vast array of field recorder options out there. Let’s look at some of the best, most affordable options for videographers and filmmakers.Ĭapturing quality audio is crucial to any film or video production.
Field recorders are a must for any production.
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