Canon XL2 Audio Recording
Have you ever needed to record a voice over for a documentary but can never afford the studio space and get good quality audio? This article is about how to get good voice over audio quality in your own home without spending large amounts of money at a studio, yet achieving similar results.
I'm using a Rode NTG-2 microphone for my voice overs, I plugged it into the CH.1 input in the XL2 and 1394 firewire coming out from the XL2 into the computer's firewire port. I used Sony Vegas 7.0 to capture the data. You don't need a tape to record your voice, the audio and video is automatically captured into the hard drive via firewire once you hit the capture button in Vegas. This was very useful because I didn't have to spend time capturing the tape. I can just hit record and save it onto the hard drive.
As you may already know that when you pronounce the "P"s there is a pop sound in the microphone, to eliminate this, I attached a cloth in front of the microphone to block the wind that was forcefully going in. I was also wearing headphones to listen to myself.
In terms of the environment in which I was recording, I closed all the doors and unplug all appliances that were making a humming noise. You can also take an extra step and build a temporary foam surrounding. Stay tuned for an video sample of the documentary!
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