From the course: Video Production: Location Audio Recording

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Setting up to record a musical performance

Setting up to record a musical performance

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Setting up to record a musical performance

So now I just want to talk about a couple of different strategies that you can use to record any live musical or other stage performance. First off, we'll talk about plugging in. One of the easiest ways to get quality audio from a live musical event is to simply plug into the pre-existing audio system that they already have. More often than not, there's a musical performance in the venue, they already have microphones and audio equipment and even audio engineer there. And in the best case scenarios, I'm able to show up with nothing more than a couple of feet of XLR cable or maybe 20 to 60 feet of XLR cable. And plug in to their sound system and run it to my camera and all I have to do is make sure that the level of signal that I'm getting is appropriate for my camera. So if it's mic or line I want to make sure I switch accordingly. And sometimes I may occasionally have to make an adjustment. So a mixer really comes in handy for cleaning up those signals as well as using your camera's…

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