Topic: sound for video

[weroflu]

posting for a friend - video is not my thing.

i gave him my oscar sound mics and now we're trying to figure out the most economical way to record sound for videos. it looks like the quality wireless transmitters are over budget. we were thinking of using pocket recorders with timecode, but it looks like most of these recorders do not have timecode. are there any budget(y) recorders like the teac, roland, edirol, etc that do timecode? i think for dialogue the inbuilt  preamps are decent enough.

[Ultfris101]

Nothing in the budget range has timecode that I've seen. certainly nothing like a Sony M10 or Tascam DR-60D.

Very minute drift (as in clock differences) aren't nearly as apparent over periods of time when syncing video and audio as if you're syncing two audio sources.  Is it required that you have timecode on the recorder? Because if it's not, a program like Plural Eyes can do an amazing job syncing up video and audio just based on characteristics the two sources have in common. Timecode isn't necessarily required to do this.

So my recommendation would be to see if Plural Eyes can help bridge the gap here. I use it with Sony Vegas Pro to sync video from multiple cameras with my primary audio source and it's a life saver.

[Teen Wolf Blitzer]

Plural Eyes rules!  Best plugin I've ever bought.  Recommended!!

[willndmb]

As stated PE3 or if you have Final Cut Pro, mac has a synch built in and it is awesome but if you want even easier and low budget run line out directly to the camcorder, assuming it has an input jack

[BayTaynt3d]

Always record in 48. You can also always use the old fashioned way, slate the front and tail of each shot. Or just clap your hands on the video. Makes for easy manual sync in post generally speaking, but depends on what you are shooting. Plural eyes is good too, but you can still have drift if not time code locked, so sync head slate, then stretching the audio a tiny bit to sync the tail slate works great most of the time. A bit old school, but I use this for music and documentary interviews all the time to great success in low budge way.

[2manyrocks]

To my knowledge, the budget recorders with time code are the edirol r4 pro, tascam psh2, Roland r88, and sound devices 702t.  I think fostex used to make one.  New retail prices around $2000 USD.  Hence the reasons for the prior posts to use other recorders and sync manually or via software. 

Besides a slate, a dog clicker also works.