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So I have a canon powershot sx530 and it has no external mic 3.5 jack. I want to go to pax east and record some stuff like Linus does. The built in audio of couse cant pick up that. Got any suggestions?

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Drill a hole in the camera and install a mic port.

 

Get an external recorder and plug the mic in.

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Drill a hole in the camera and install a mic port.

 

Get an external recorder and plug the mic in.

How would that work?

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I think you can just have an external recorder then just record everything you want. The tricky part is syncing the audio file with the video file in post.

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I think you can just have an external recorder then just record everything you want. The tricky part is syncing the audio file with the video file in post.

 Yeah that might be a problem

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How would that work?

 

Well you buy one of these

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Take one of these

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and one of these

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And put them all together.

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Well you buy one of these

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Take one of these

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and one of these

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And put them all together.

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I think you can just have an external recorder then just record everything you want. The tricky part is syncing the audio file with the video file in post.

 

 

 Yeah that might be a problem

 

People have been successfully doing this with a bit of time and effort, so don't be lazy and put some muscle into it.

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Yeah that might be a problem

It's not too hard. You just need some patience, time, and a bit of experience.

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It's not too hard. You just need some patience, time, and a bit of experience.

I know. Now im thinking of installing one

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and then you edit it into the video in post processing

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I think you can just have an external recorder then just record everything you want. The tricky part is syncing the audio file with the video file in post.

If you're recording it, you can take it into windows movie maker (or any other video editing program) and add the sound track in separately. Movie Maker makes it a really simple process to get it synced and there's plenty of online tutorials to get started. You may also just be able to tweak the sound from the camera enough in there to make it marginally acceptable as well (way easier, but you have to be able to pick up at least some of the audio on the camera).

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In my experience syncing external audio with a video's internal audio is a a 60-second affair. All you need to do is zoom in with the internal audio track parallel to the external audio track and match a peak. Doesn't have to be a big peak, either, just the normal kind you get in speech. Then listen with both audio tracks on and confirm that the two tracks together sound like a single track.

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In my experience syncing external audio with a video's internal audio is a a 60-second affair. All you need to do is zoom in with the internal audio track parallel to the external audio track and match a peak. Doesn't have to be a big peak, either, just the normal kind you get in speech. Then listen with both audio tracks on and confirm that the two tracks together sound like a single track.

I saw a program called dreamsync and it sincs the audio for you its $200 is there any free ones?

 
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I saw a program called dreamsync and it sincs the audio for you its $200 is there any free ones?

 

 

Nah, a syncing program is not necessary. What I described I do in a typical video editor such as Sony Vegas/Sony Movie Studio. I don't get why people have trouble with syncing. 

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Nah, a syncing program is necessary. What I described I do in a typical video editor such as Sony Vegas/Sony Movie Studio. I don't get why people have trouble with syncing. 

I own Sony Vegas myself. I was just seeing if there was an easier alternative.

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I own Sony Vegas myself. I was just seeing if there was an easier alternative.

Well, can you describe what you do to sync the audio? Do you use the original audio track as a reference point, or are you using the video as a reference point? 

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Well, can you describe what you do to sync the audio? Do you use the original audio track as a reference point, or are you using the video as a reference point? 

What I do is start recording from the camera wait a couple seconds and turn on the mic and start talking and i cut out the begining

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When you are recording, before you do what you are aiming to do, clap so you get a spik in audio levels on both the cameras built in mic and the dedicated mic. This spike can then be used to sync the audio and video when being edited and all you need to do then is lock the audio clip to the vid and cut out the unneeded bit in the beginning where you clap.

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When you are recording, before you do what you are aiming to do, clap so you get a spik in audio levels on both the cameras built in mic and the dedicated mic. This spike can then be used to sync the audio and video when being edited and all you need to do then is lock the audio clip to the vid and cut out the unneeded bit in the beginning where you clap.

WOW! Thats not a bad idea...

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WOW! Thats not a bad idea...

its what professionals do.

 

These things are used for a reason :P

 

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which one is that?

idk some random image from google

its a handheld audio recorder

you can record to a SD card so it doesnt need to be connected to any cameras

then just sync it to the video with a video editor

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Only plebs need claps :P

 

 

HOW TO SYNC AUDIO IN SONY VEGAS

 

STEP 1: Import your audio file

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Step 2: zoom near the start of the sound for the external audio file

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Step 3: Right click and "Trim start" before the actual start of the audio

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Step 4: Drag the external audio until it seems to match up with the internal audio

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Step 5: Zoom in even more at a peak. I zoomed in at the start of the second bundle of peaks. Notice that the lineup wasn't perfect.

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Step 6: Line it up so it's perfect

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Voila. You now have perfectly synced audio that can play simultaneously without phase cancellation. All in less than two minutes. Now, what was so hard about that?

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