Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces
Lesson 10 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
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Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces
Lesson 10 from: Audio Recording 101: Record Voice Audio for Video ProductionTomas George
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10. Recommended Budget-Level Audio Interfaces
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
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.
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