Best way to record some voiceover?

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Continue to use the camcorder and tape it to DV,
You’ll have a time-coded back-up that you can store,

[Craig Alan]

Yes. There are USB interfaces that allow you to plug in mics and there are USB mics that plug in directly. One advantage to recording on your cam is you have a visual reference of what was recorded. On the other hand, most camcorders do not have audio components as good as dedicated equipment.

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[eyecamiam] “On the other hand, most camcorders do not have audio components as good as dedicated equipment.”

Having been in this business for a few decades, I can tell you that the audio section in the cheapest digital camcorders is leaps and bounds better than the finest analog studio gear that used to be considered state-of-the-art.

Under 98% of “finished product” mixes, the camdorder audio will be just fine.

If you need better than that, you wouldn’t have a mic and studio facilities at your disposal at this end of the spectrum anyway.

That’s why, all things considered, the “record-to-camcorder” audio method is likely the better option.

[Scott Hatkow]

Hey again Kevin, also a little trick I use (I agree, use the cam) Figure out your dialogue and take your cam and mic and go sit in a car/truck/van in a closed garage. Automobiles have pretty good sound deadening built in and a closed garage adds to that. I haved used this technique many times and people have asked how I did it! Easy easy.