Topic: new taper

[Lundfish]

I am new to taping, but very focused. I have lots of taper friends, and they turned me on to this forum.

I would like to improve my audio. Happy with the video.

I usually videotape with my Iphone 16 pro at concerts, usually small with PA.

I am considering the newer Audigo mics as you can use 4 at a time and it syncs with the video on the iphone. Any experience with this system?

I may also have access to the soundboard. What is the least expensive way to access the soundboard feed and later use it with my iphone video? which software do you use to sync it?

Thanks.

Hank, Atlanta

[rocksuitcase]

I am new to taping, but very focused. I have lots of taper friends, and they turned me on to this forum.

I would like to improve my audio. Happy with the video.

I usually videotape with my Iphone 16 pro at concerts, usually small with PA.

I am considering the newer Audigo mics as you can use 4 at a time and it syncs with the video on the iphone. Any experience with this system?

I may also have access to the soundboard. What is the least expensive way to access the soundboard feed and later use it with my iphone video? which software do you use to sync it?

Thanks.

Hank, Atlanta

Dig it. Welcome.
I am not a video guy, so hopefully those guys will chime in on those questions.
I've also not headr of those mics.
But, one way many FOH guys share SBD with is if you always bring a flash drive with you. At least 32 GB iirc.
Others can also discuss the formatting of the USB drive.
Syncing that audio to the other deck/camera/iphone audio can be tricky, but certainly people do it.

[rhinowing]

Suggest getting a second device for audio, either a used iphone or dedicated audio recorder. There are plenty that support more than two channels

[kliked]

Suggest getting a second device for audio, either a used iphone or dedicated audio recorder. There are plenty that support more than two channels

I would second this. If your phone craps out for any reason, you lose both audio and video. A second recording device offers redundancy. I'm not familiar with these mics, but is there a reason you want four? Most of the time, people run multiple stereo pairs to take advantage of different pickup patterns. From a brief Google search, it seems these are fixed in a cardioid pattern. I also wasn't able to figure out what SPL they handle, which, depending on the type of music/PA, could be a problem.

[meltycrayon]

But, one way many FOH guys share SBD with is if you always bring a flash drive with you. At least 32 GB iirc.

Wait... I thought we were supposed to bring the FOH guy weed?

[rocksuitcase]

But, one way many FOH guys share SBD with is if you always bring a flash drive with you. At least 32 GB iirc.

Wait... I thought we were supposed to bring the FOH guy weed?

This is also correct.       

[morst]

One way to sync video is to bring the phone's original audio track into your DAW software and match it up with your stereo audio recording. Once you have it synced, you can replace the original audio with the better version.


Most recorders will drift in time from one another if you let it go long enough, but short segments might not require "squash" or "stretch" of sources. Longer ones probably will. I have typed up my instructions a number of times...
Here is an old blog post I made about syncing sources:
https://morst.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-is-follow-up-of-sorts-to-my-post.html

[Scooter123]

I am not sure why you would need four microphones.  Two is usually sufficient for an audience recording from a PA.  If you get a soundboard patch, then a multi-channel recorder would be best.