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Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces

Lesson 10 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video Production

Tomas George

Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces

Lesson 10 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video Production

Tomas George

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Lesson Info

10. Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces

<b>In this lesson, you will learn about Tomas's recommended budget-level audio interfaces.</b>

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Introduction and Welcome to this Course

00:50
2

Listen to your Recording Environment

03:43
3

Room Treatment Tips

03:07
4

Dynamic vs Condenser Microphones

02:35
5

Recommended Pro-Level Microphones

02:55
6

Recommended Budget Level Mics

02:35
7

Microphone Audio Comparisons

05:53
8

What is an Audio Interface and How is it Useful

01:48
9

Recommended Pro-Level Audio Interfaces

01:35
10

Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces

01:46
11

My Thoughts on USB Microphones

00:45
12

Microphone Positioning and Accessories

04:09
13

Essential Microphone Polar Patterns

03:17
14

Recommended Monitors and Headphones

03:55
15

Other Audio Monitoring Tips

02:41
16

Introduction to Capturing Audio

00:18
17

Recommend Audio Recording Software and DAWs

06:28
18

A Quick Look at Some Handy Recorders

02:39
19

Audacity Introduction

00:45
20

Setting up to Record Audio in Audacity

03:49
21

How to Record Audio into Audacity

02:54
22

Other Features of Audacity - Playback, Zoom, Undo + Save

04:15
23

How to Export Audio out of Audacity

03:37
24

Essential Audio Editing Tools in Audacity

08:07
25

Removing Silence, Splitting + Joining Clips

03:17
26

Essential Key Command or Keyboard Shortcuts in Audacity

03:06
27

Removing Background Noise Introduction

02:48
28

How to use the Noise Gate Effect in Audacity

12:54
29

How to use the Noise Reduction Effect in Audacity

11:15
30

Mixing and Processing your Audio Introduction

02:32
31

A Quick Look at the Filter Curve or EQ Effect

10:35
32

A Quick Look at Compression and the Normalize Effect

11:21
33

How to set up an Effects Macro in Audacity

03:23
34

Adding Audio Effects to Audio Clips in Premiere Pro

06:06
35

Gain/Volume in Premiere Pro

03:36
36

Parametric EQ - Part 1 : An Overview of EQ and the Plugin

11:08
37

Parametric EQ - Part 2A : Mixing Examples

15:56
38

Parametric EQ - Part 2B : Mixing Examples - Example 2

11:31
39

Parametric EQ - Part 3 - More Settings + Features

05:14
40

Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 1: DeNoise

09:24
41

Noise Reduction in Premiere Pro - Part 2: DeReverb

06:25
42

Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 1: Introduction

02:47
43

Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 2: Threshold + Ratio

04:16
44

Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 3: Make up Gain

03:15
45

Audio Compression in Premiere Pro - Part 4: Attack and Release + 2nd Example

06:30
46

How to use a DeEsser Audio Effect in Premiere Pro

12:00
47

How to use the Hard Limiter Audio Effect in Premiere Pro

06:48
48

How to use an Audio Meter in Premiere Pro - Loudness Radar

08:28
49

Behind the Scenes of my Audio Recording Equipment

07:16
50

Thanks and Bye

00:12

Lesson Info

Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces

OK. So which budget audio interfaces do I recommend? The first one is the focus, right? Scarlett two I two. It's a very solid common audio interface. I'm sure you've probably seen it before. The only thing I don't like about it is if you put the gain on four, you can get a bit of hiss. So if you are using a dynamic microphone and you put the gain all the way up can be a little noisy. It's not as clean, for example, as this one, the APA G duet, but it's a good one. If you're starting off and you don't want to spend too much money, it's a good solid budget audio interface. But like I said, the preamp can be a little noisy if you crank the uh the game too high. The next one is a short X two U. This is a really small audio interface and this is really great if you want to be portable because it's so tiny, so portable and Shaw often sell it with the Shaw sm 58. So if you wanna be super portable, sure sm 58 Sure X two U pair them together. So that microphone and this audio interface can work...

really well. The only thing is again similar to the focus, right? Scarlett two I two because this is a bit more inexpensive. When you crank the gain on the preamp, you can get a bit of hiss. So if you are using uh dynamic microphone and you put the game on four, but you can get some hiss which isn't ideal. And I actually upgraded from this audio interface to this one here, which is the A G one to be fair. I'm not sure if I consider it a budget one. It is quite a lot more expensive than the short X two U. But it does have a really nice microphone preamp. It's just one input the Ale G one, the duet has two. But if I'm recording, say um a tutorial or a video, it's just me speaking. I will take the Apo G one cos it's much smaller than, than the Apo G duet. But if I'm doing a podcast or conversation with two people, I will take the uh duet. But this one a really nice preamp and really lightweight. So I recommend this if you wanna have high quality audio and you still want to be portable.

Class Materials

Bonus Materials

40._Audio_Examples_for_Noise_Reduction.zip
34._Audio_Examples_for_Premiere_Pro_Audio_Mixing.zip
30._Downloadable_Audio_Examples.zip

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