Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones
Lesson 4 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones
Lesson 4 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
Lesson Info
4. Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones
Lessons
Introduction and Welcome to this Course
00:50 2Listen to your Recording Environment
03:43 3Room Treatment Tips
03:07 4Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones
02:35 5Recommended Pro-Level Microphones
02:55 6Recommended Budget Level Mics
02:35 7Microphone Audio Comparisons
05:53 8What is an Audio Interface and How is it Useful
01:48Recommended Pro-Level Audio Interfaces
01:35 10Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces
01:46 11My Thoughts on USB Microphones
00:45 12Microphone Positioning and Accessories
04:09 13Essential Microphone Polar Patterns
03:17 14Recommended Monitors and Headphones
03:55 15Other Audio Monitoring Tips
02:41 16Introduction to Capturing Audio
00:18 17Recommend Audio Recording Software and DAWs
06:28 18A Quick Look at Some Handy Recorders
02:39 19Audacity Introduction
00:45 20Setting up to Record Audio in Audacity
03:49 21How to Record Audio into Audacity
02:54 22Other Features of Audacity - Playback, Zoom, Undo + Save
04:15 23How to Export Audio out of Audacity
03:37 24Essential Audio Editing Tools in Audacity
08:07 25Removing Silence, Splitting + Joining Clips
03:17 26Essential Key Command or Keyboard Shortcuts in Audacity
03:06 27Removing Background Noise Introduction
02:48 28How to use the Noise Gate Effect in Audacity
12:54 29How to use the Noise Reduction Effect in Audacity
11:15 30Mixing and Processing your Audio Introduction
02:32 31A Quick Look at the Filter Curve or EQ Effect
10:35 32A Quick Look at Compression and the Normalize Effect
11:21 33How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity
03:23 34Adding Audio Effects to Audio Clips in Premiere Pro
06:06 35Gain/Volume in Premiere Pro
03:36 36Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin
11:08 37Parametric EQ - Part 2A : Mixing Examples
15:56 38Parametric EQ - Part 2B : Mixing Examples - Example 2
11:31 39Parametric EQ - Part 3 - More Settings + Features
05:14 40Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 1: DeNoise
09:24 41Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 2: DeReverb
06:25 42Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 1: Introduction
02:47 43Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 2: Threshold + Ratio
04:16 44Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 3: Make up Gain
03:15 45Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 4: Attack and Release + 2nd Example
06:30 46How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
12:00 47How to use the Hard Limiter Audio Effect in Premiere Pro
06:48 48How to use an Audio Meter in Premiere Pro - Loudness Radar
08:28 49Behind the Scenes of my Audio Recording Equipment
07:16 50Thanks and Bye
00:12Lesson Info
Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones
OK. So now we're going to look at microphones and finding the right microphone for you for recording audio. So we have two microphones we're gonna look at the first one is a dynamic microphone. So these microphones generally are more inexpensive and they're very durable. Which means if you drop them, probably not gonna break, I don't ever recommend dropping a microphone, but they are very tough durable. And these microphones really are great and bad sounding rooms because they're not as sensitive as the other type of microphone. They pick up a smaller polar pattern. So for example, this microphone here is a dynamic microphone, it picks up a small pattern around it rather than a more sensitive microphone. A condenser microphone, a dynamic microphone is great really if you have an untreated room and that way you don't have to worry about picking up too much of the room sound because it's not quite sensitive but being not as sensitive means, it doesn't pick up some of the the higher tones...
of the voice, it can sound a bit nicer with the other type of microphone, which is a condenser microphone. So if you hear any pro level recordings then normally be using a condenser microphone because it's more sensitive. It picks up the higher range of the voice, some nicer tones, nicer clarity a lot of the time. But these microphones as they're more sensitive, they pick up more of the the room around them so they pick up more of the room sounds. So if you're an untreated room, I don't recommend using a condenser microphone. One microphone. I hear all the time is a blue Yeti which is a fine microphone. It's OK. But I hear people in untreated room use this condenser microphone and it always picks up the big room sound and I really don't recommend using a condenser microphone unless you've treated your room. So just be careful of that, they are more sensitive as well and they're generally, yeah, are a bit more fragile than dynamic microphones. And condenser microphones also need Phantom power. So an additional 48 volts. But if you have an audio interface, it should have a little buttons that says plus 48 V or Phantom power, which you need to turn on if you're using a condenser microphone. So you need to think really, where are you gonna be recording? Are you gonna be treating your room? Are you gonna be treating your room effectively? If you are, then maybe you can consider a condenser microphone. However, if you have a lot of outside noise, if you have airplanes go past or if you have the neighbors uh having barbecues all the time. Well, loads loads of things you can't control. Then maybe you want a dynamic microphone, then maybe it won't pick up some of that outside sound as much as a condenser microphone. But if you have a really well treated room, it's not very noisy. You don't have much ambient sound. Then I recommend having a look at condenser microphones.
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