Video QuickTips

I have long urged videomakers to stay legal and not use copywritten music, but rather use royalty-free music in their videos. Some you pay for a license, others are free, provided you follow the author’s rules for use. i.e. credited a certain way etc.
One of the free sites I have suggested is Kevin MacLeod’s Incompetech.com. [...]

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If you are working on a Halloween video, a scary video, or just like good dramatic scary music have I found a deal for you! The TunePeddler is giving away free Halloween music, one tune a day for the month of October. All Royalty free, and free to use in your commercial or non-commercial [...]

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There have been floods of cheap video and audio gear from China for the past several years. That has created controversy in both fields. Are the more expensive, well known brands like Shure, Neumann, Electrovoice, Audio-Technica etc, always better than their Chinese knockoffs?
The Right Tool for the Job
A lot of it is subjective. Which microphone [...]

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Subtitling your video is a good idea for a number of reasons, not least of which is that it makes your work accessible to those who are deaf or hearing impaired. It can also help in noisy locations where sound may not be easily understood.
How do you do it? Episode 41 of Video QuickTips [...]

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We’re all striving, or at least should be, for better audio for our videos. If you’re recording a narration and don’t have a quiet space, take a walk out to the driveway and you will find a nice soundbooth. And while there you can record on a small digital recorder that can also be used [...]

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