My kids are great clarinet players in a great program at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School.
Last October the Halloween concert video was truly awful. Could barely tell there were people, sound was terrible
I really didn't know much about it , but I volunteered to do the Christmas concert because I couldn't take another awful video. Well that went much better. I had 3 so-so cameras going and had okay sound. Went from iMovie to Final Cut Pro over a 4 day period.
Okay, so now I have some idea about video. Did more research, got better cameras, better audio. In March better still.
By May I had graduated to AT2020 XLR mics and a separate TASCAM DR-40 recorder on suggestion of a friend of mine in the Advertising industry. Holy crap what an improvement.
Then wanted more control. Bought a DP-008ex. Mistake. Not really what I wanted but I suppose would work as a recorder , but not really made for that.
Fast forward to last month. Let's check out mixers for the next time, maybe get a better idea about levels. Started with a Pyle PMX-U88BT running into the TASCAM. Figured it out. Ooh, nice, I could see doing that. Perfect. I'll stop now.
Fast forward to this week. Was looking at Mixer/Recorders. Looked at the DP-24SD. Perfect. Except 500 bucks a little silly for me. But then I found a great condition one for 200 bucks. Oh heck I'll get it. Started watching the youtube videos. Phil is great, though could probably re-shoot in higher definition. I still thought I'd struggle with the Mixdown and Master but really I figured out all the basics this afternoon in about an hour. Pretty excited to try it out!
Last October the Halloween concert video was truly awful. Could barely tell there were people, sound was terrible
I really didn't know much about it , but I volunteered to do the Christmas concert because I couldn't take another awful video. Well that went much better. I had 3 so-so cameras going and had okay sound. Went from iMovie to Final Cut Pro over a 4 day period.
Okay, so now I have some idea about video. Did more research, got better cameras, better audio. In March better still.
By May I had graduated to AT2020 XLR mics and a separate TASCAM DR-40 recorder on suggestion of a friend of mine in the Advertising industry. Holy crap what an improvement.
Then wanted more control. Bought a DP-008ex. Mistake. Not really what I wanted but I suppose would work as a recorder , but not really made for that.
Fast forward to last month. Let's check out mixers for the next time, maybe get a better idea about levels. Started with a Pyle PMX-U88BT running into the TASCAM. Figured it out. Ooh, nice, I could see doing that. Perfect. I'll stop now.
Fast forward to this week. Was looking at Mixer/Recorders. Looked at the DP-24SD. Perfect. Except 500 bucks a little silly for me. But then I found a great condition one for 200 bucks. Oh heck I'll get it. Started watching the youtube videos. Phil is great, though could probably re-shoot in higher definition. I still thought I'd struggle with the Mixdown and Master but really I figured out all the basics this afternoon in about an hour. Pretty excited to try it out!
