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Hi there, so recently I've really seriously got into filmmaking, i have a sweet camera and a mic for it as well and I was wondering does anyone have any tips on how to record seperate sounds for the film ie with a seperate mic and sound set or anything, any ideas?

You've asked a very open ended question. Can you be more specific about what you are trying to achieve?

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herobrawl
Hi there, so recently I've really seriously got into filmmaking, i have a sweet camera and a mic for it as well and I was wondering does anyone have any tips on how to record seperate sounds for the film ie with a seperate mic and sound set or anything, any ideas?

RHumphries is right...however these YouTube videos show some good prosumer gear...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpBzn69_DPU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOGKJ6mVkDU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETX_nBG9zvU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdKQ_IgOZ1s&NR=1

In general if you are going to plug into your video camera (1/8" jack) then the Rode Video mic or Stereo Video mic will be a step up. After that you will need XLR mics so a mic preamp like the Beachtek, JuicedLink or SoundDevices MixPre + mic + boom?

After that you are going to record audio separate from the camera...and this is probably a bad idea if you are stating out, opens a whole can of synchronization worms.

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herobrawl
Hi there, so recently I've really seriously got into filmmaking, i have a sweet camera and a mic for it as well and I was wondering does anyone have any tips on how to record seperate sounds for the film ie with a seperate mic and sound set or anything, any ideas?

After that you are going to record audio separate from the camera...and this is probably a bad idea if you are stating out, opens a whole can of synchronization worms.

Dual system sound requires (Or at least is achieved most easily with) 3 major things: A camera that supports SMPTE timecode, an audio recorder that supports SMPTE timecode, and a editing system that can consume the audio and video and sync it all up based on that timecode. All of those things add up to a pretty hefty initial cost for something that you're just getting into. I recommend getting involved with some projects that are already doing dual system sound to familiarize yourself with the process.

Once you get into dealing with post-production facilities that are re-purposing the video and audio for different media (Film, TV, etc), the process can become very... complex.