The Phonocut is an analog vinyl lathe which makes vinyl records and costs $1100. The machine cuts 10 inch vinyl records with 10 to 15 minutes of stereo analog audio on each side. The lathe can also cut 7 inch records. The blank records will cost about $10 each, but...
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Photoshop For Audio
Two years ago Adobe demonstrated a program that can edit speech just like you can edit text, but it can also add new speech. The program is called VoCo. It ingests speech, breaks it down to basic elements and then creates new words and sentences from scratch. So you...
85% of Facebook Video is Viewed Without Sound
Every day some 8 Billion videos are viewed on Facebook, but most of them are viewed silently. As you probably know, video on Facebook plays automatically, but the sound is off by default. And most people really do not want to turn the sound on. So if you're trying to...
Transferring Audio with Audacity
If you record or mix audio, you need to know about this free program. This program is to audio what VLC is to video. It is cross platform. And it has all the power you'd want. It won't burn CDs, but does just about everything else. This open-source application is...
Turn Down Those Loud TV Commercials
The FCC regulated the volume of commercials in 2011, but it didn't really work. Loud TV commercials still rule the tube. Now FCC is trying again. They've updated the algorithm which measures volume with the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (Calm) Act....
$200 Sony Wireless Bluetooth Microphone ECM-W1M
The Sony ECMW1M Wireless Microphone uses Bluetooth technology to make a wireless connection to your camera. It attaches thought a proprietary Sony multi-interface shoe. This is not compatible with all cameras, even Sony cameras so the first thing to do is to check...
Audio For Video Refresher
One of the principles of good audio recording is to bring the microphone close to the source. That's why audio usually sounds bad when recorded from a smart phone or an on-board camera mic. The mic is simply too far away to record good audio. A lavaliere mic attached...
Rode’s Videomic Shotgun Perfect For DSLRs
by David Rennie Trinity Wedding Cinema Since switching to DSLR one thing I have been slow (too slow) at adding is a shotgun mic to make up for the pathetic audio that the built in mic on my beloved Canon SLR's captures. Anyone using a DSLR knows what I am talking...
Zoom H6 – First 6 Track Portable Audio Recorder
For years the Zoom H4n 4-track recorder has been the ideal audio recorder for a variety of reasons: It could augment or replace the audio recorded on DSLRs. It was a lot less expensive and hassle-prone than wireless mics. Instead of mixing different live sources, it...
A Short Course in Wedding Audio
by Doug Graham This is an expanded version of a post originally made in the Video University Wedding Video Forum. It's a very basic look at the practical requirements for audio during a wedding shoot, plus a bit about what to do with your audio during the edit. Ed...
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