Too many videos suffer from bad sound. Common symptoms include distant, tinny voices surrounded by ambient noise--appliances, air conditioners and even passing traffic. Another warning sign: when it's time to play back your tapes, you have to turn the TV volume level up annoyingly high to hear your audio.
If...
Remember the last time you went to a movie and you heard the actors on the right side of the screen--and their
voices came from the same side? Or you saw a monster stomp from one side of the screen to the other, and the
sound of the footsteps...
More and more these days, consumer videomakers are doing more than just shooting footage--they're
editing. But when it comes time to purchase the gear to do this, they find themselves in a bewildering maze
of acronyms and hyphens: LANC, Control-M, RS-422, VISCA.
"What's an editing protocol?" you ask the dealer,...
All but a very few camcorders and VCRs can record audio signals along with video; that's pretty common
knowledge. But do all camcorders record audio in the same place and in the same way on every tape? Well,
not quite.
Knowing where and how your audio tracks record will help...
The Wireless Way
Nady 551 VR Wireless Microphone System
Nady Systems Inc.
6701 Bay Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
($1000)
Nady has long held a reputation for supplying quality wireless microphone transmitters and
receivers to professionals and consumers alike. Nady's 551 VR offers a system put together
specifically for camcorder users of all levels.
The Nady 551...
Black Button Blues
Why does the consumer have to put up with these solid black units? I don't mind the black cases but why
can't we have different colored buttons for the operations? Before I retired I used Sony BVW-65 and 70s.
They have a gray case with a solid...
Admit it. You've been drooling over those sexy computer video ads, the ones that claim to make your PC
do everything but hold the camera. The only problem is that most of the ads contain enough digital techno-
babble to make your brain short-circuit. Just what does it take to...
Where's the Hi8?
In response to the December '94 letter regarding Mr. Hankwitz trying to locate Hi8 tapes in
Southern Wisconsin: he claims that it took a dozen phone calls to locate a dealer that could supply him with tapes. Well, I know Wisconsin isn't exactly New York City but...
If you've planned an interview for an upcoming video project, you've probably thought about more than just what
questions to ask. Perhaps you've wondered where to stage the interview, or how to arrange the lighting.
But have you thought about the audio? Pay careful attention to recording it well, because...
Q. I recently shot a wedding and at one point I stopped the camera, rewound the tape and checked my
footage. I was dismayed to find the scenes mostly blanked out with snow. If I scanned the tape in reverse,
the image was there without the snow.
My question does...
