How does one best record a "clap" sound for synchronizing video audio tracks with a Studio One audio track?
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:30 am
Every see a video of one person playing all the parts of a song with him or her self? That's what I'm trying to do. Rhythm guitar, vocal, harmony vocal, solo guitar, bass guitar, rhythm mandolin, mandolin solo, drums. Of course I want to replace the audio from the cameras with a Studio One mix.
If I record the "precount" clicks from the monitor speakers into the camera microphone all this is pretty straightforward. In the video editor I can align all the video clips with each other and also with the Studio One audio track. Thanks to the metronome it looks like all the instruments are playing in time. In theory I can do everything I need.
In practice, four measures of precount click are far too few. I need to start the camera, turn on the lights, start the audio recording, video record the "clap" or "click" sound over the monitor speakers, turn off the monitor volume, swivel over to the microphones without clobbering the microphones, re-adjust the microphone positions, gain my composure, and still leave a few seconds of quiet time. I can't do it.
I could make this better by triggering the audio record using a USB foot switch and manually turning up the monitor volume at the very end of the recording. I don't think the video editor cares if the clicks or "clap" sounds are at the end of the song.
Has anyone found a better way to record audio for one of these videos? A better way to let the camera hear the metronome outside of the audio track without me having to remember to turn the volume knob? A way to have a longer precount so I can have a more peaceful start to the video?
I don't think the metronome is quite the right way to go. I've done a ton of experimenting and most of my crazy ideas don't work (for good reasons I believe.) Maybe an audio clip that aligns somehow with the metronome?
If I record the "precount" clicks from the monitor speakers into the camera microphone all this is pretty straightforward. In the video editor I can align all the video clips with each other and also with the Studio One audio track. Thanks to the metronome it looks like all the instruments are playing in time. In theory I can do everything I need.
In practice, four measures of precount click are far too few. I need to start the camera, turn on the lights, start the audio recording, video record the "clap" or "click" sound over the monitor speakers, turn off the monitor volume, swivel over to the microphones without clobbering the microphones, re-adjust the microphone positions, gain my composure, and still leave a few seconds of quiet time. I can't do it.
I could make this better by triggering the audio record using a USB foot switch and manually turning up the monitor volume at the very end of the recording. I don't think the video editor cares if the clicks or "clap" sounds are at the end of the song.
Has anyone found a better way to record audio for one of these videos? A better way to let the camera hear the metronome outside of the audio track without me having to remember to turn the volume knob? A way to have a longer precount so I can have a more peaceful start to the video?
I don't think the metronome is quite the right way to go. I've done a ton of experimenting and most of my crazy ideas don't work (for good reasons I believe.) Maybe an audio clip that aligns somehow with the metronome?