My YouTube Audio Workflow: Get Quality Sound for Your Videos

In this episode, we run through my workflow for recording sound for my YouTube videos from start to finish - production to post production.

More detailed videos on the various steps:
YouTube Video Workflow -    • My YouTube Video Workflow: Review and Tuto...  
Boom camera-top shotgun mic from a microphone stand -    • Better Sound: How to Boom Your Camera Shot...  
EQ -    • EQ for Dialogue Audio: Make Your Voice Sou...  
Compress and loudness normalize -    • Understanding How to Loudness Normalize Yo...  
Loudness vs Volume -    • Volume vs Loudness - LUFS & LKFS for Measu...  

Free Sound Only plugin from Alex4D to create audio crossfades - https://blog.alex4d.com/2011/07/11/fc...

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at https://school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest course is Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini.

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Gear used or mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVEStore, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

Producer’s Choice Sound Blankets - http://vocalboothtogo.com
Audio Technica AT875R shotgun microphone - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/1zFDS5
Sound Devices MixPre series recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, DVEStore, Amazon https://geni.us/O8e0
ZOOM F series recorders - B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/V7TGkw
Tascam DR-60DmkII budget recorder - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/fdBt
Sound Devices 888 - B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/zAryW4J
Impact C-stand - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/8a8tt
Boom pole - Amazon https://geni.us/Aih1opX
Boom pole clip, to hold the boom pole in the c-stand - Amazon https://geni.us/8jAgAst
Aputure COB120d II for the key light - Aputure, B&H, DVE Store, Amazon https://geni.us/deg3
Aputure Nova P300C for the b-roll - Aputure, B&H, DVE Store https://geni.us/TFVUy
Amaran 100D for the background light - Aputure, B&H, DVE Store, Amazon https://geni.us/A3HByXB
Aputure Spotlight Mount for the pattern on the back wall - Aputure, B&H, DVE Store, Amazon https://geni.us/kfAj
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon https://geni.us/uK8UqB
Signa EF 24-70 f/2.8 DG OS ART lens - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/bhOWVlW

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Copyright 2021, Curtis Judd

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Index:
00:00 Start
00:15 Summary
00:25 Sound Blankets
01:27 BMic & Boom Pole & C-stand
01:44 Budget Boom options
02:02 Get Microphone Close
02:22 Audio recorded separate from camera
02:50 Budget Tascam
03:27 Post workflow
04:19 Isotope RX for processing
04:32 EQ
04:43 Denoise or Dialogue Isolate
05:08 De-reverb
05:26 Breath control
06:19 Loudness Normalize
06:29 Compression
06:46 Final Cut Pro
06:56 Sync audio to video
07:03 Crossfade cuts
07:44 Please buy my courses