From the course: Video Production: Location Audio Recording

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Tracing the signal from talent to recorder

Tracing the signal from talent to recorder

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Tracing the signal from talent to recorder

When it comes to video and production problems, if there is a problem during production on set, I would guess that there's a 80% or greater chance that it's an audio problem. Audio is notorious for slowing things down, because it can be complicated with all the different switches and things we need to check. So what I want to go through right now, is a quick scenario that I use for audio troubleshooting anytime there is a problem. So, if you're not getting a signal, or something's coming in too low or too high, I recommend that you start by checking with the source. And working all the way through the audio chain to the camera. The reason I often say that your audio is more important than your video, is not because it's more important storytelling-wise. But because there are many more potential points of failure that you need to pay attention to. If just one switch or button is wrong, you might end up with no audio at all or really bad audio. So we want to make sure that we check all…

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