Video recording with stereo audio

Housecliche · 2015-01-21T15:53:48.000Z

How about a zoom handheld recorder? Even the cheapest one has stereo line in and doubles as a USB sound card and you can go into your iPad or iPhone with the relevant adapter.

http://www.zoom.co.jp/products/h1

If your budget can stretch up a bit, the more expensive models give you more inputs, swappable modules for mics, 1/4 inch inputs, etc.

http://www.gak.co.uk/en/zoom-h5-handy-recorder/99515?gclid=CJffuse5pcMCFcvJtAodCQYA9A

Works great, straight into most iOS video apps.

There are of course many other brand equivalents that will do the same job.

The beauty of this approach is that you get more than just a sound card plus extreme portability for little outlay compared to buying a cheap audio interface.

the_dreammer · 2015-01-21T15:58:24.000Z

I agree with Jc_selector: that zoomq3hd picked up cheap from ebay works like a charm.
works very good as field-recorder… nice and portable. has line-in and line-out.
(so you could put it between your octatrack and mixer… record your gigs…)

and gives nice video-files to work with… I just drop the recording results straight into reaper… I would use that ipad as touchcontroller/synthie thing… much better use for it, then crappy video-recorder… (hard to aim at something usefull and all that)

guga · 2015-01-21T18:53:59.000Z

i tried doing some recordings with tablets at first, but still had the line-in issue but the videos, although didn’t have a good quality, were good enough but i was always left with having to sync the audio with the video and most of the times i would spend hours trying to put even a short video together (without considering the various takes ).
now i use a screen capture software, an external USB camera and the audio line-in on the Mac, too many things perhaps for such a simple task but kind of works … it would definitely be better to just push one single button to get things done though…will need to check a USB mixer, never though about it

darenager · 2015-01-21T22:32:28.000Z

I answered a similar question on muffs:

"The Sony HDR MV-1 is pretty decent, got mine for £200, it can record the audio as wav or compressed, and it has good low light performance as well as a wide angle lens, which makes it ideal for studio gear videos.

It also has wifi so that you can start recording and view from iOS or android phone, ideal for overhead shots where you cannot see the screen.

Its by no means perfect but good for the money and gets the job done."

the_PMO · 2015-01-21T23:13:22.000Z

The app I use is called HEx(cam) HD. I’m pretty sure it was free when I got it. Like I said I never changed the settings anywhere and all I did was a couple test videos to make sure I was getting audio in and it all worked great. Any board with a USB out should work but the one I use is a Yorkville vgm14. I don’t think I’ve had any sync issues but honestly I just listen to the audio when I review it after. I’ve never seen anything glaringly wrong.

Vandamme · 2015-01-22T11:31:02.000Z

Thanks PMO!

Summary of the potential solutions so far:

To have your movies directly on your iphone/ipad:

Iphone with an app like Hex (cam)
Zoom H1/H5 or a USB mixer , e.g. Yorkville vgm14 or a Behringer already available for ~$50

All in on solution like Zoom Q3HD

the_dreammer · 2015-01-22T14:09:24.000Z

""Vandamme"":

Thanks PMO!

Summary of the potential solutions so far:

To have your movies directly on your iphone/ipad:

Iphone with an app like Hex (cam)

Zoom H1/H5 or a USB mixer , e.g. Yorkville vgm14 or a Behringer already available for ~$50

All in on solution like Zoom Q2HD

it might be a typo, but… just to be clear
the q2hd doesn’t have line-in… the q3hd does… almost got that wrong when I bought mine…

Vandamme · 2015-01-22T15:43:04.000Z

You are right! Thanks, editted the previous post…

Vandamme · 2015-01-23T19:15:38.000Z

Just found the cheapest solution, the Begringer UCA 222. Check this movie:

or this one

J_C_Selector · 2015-01-23T23:10:41.000Z

Check out the new zoom Q8 !

subq · 2015-01-24T05:02:11.000Z

I want a little 2x 1/4(TRS) to lightning (camera kit) cable or adapter.

I figure iphone6 video/audio (not speaker mic) is probably good enough for youtube.

Vandamme · 2015-01-25T01:01:04.000Z

A quick test with my UCA-222 plug and play with my Iphone and a video being uploaded to Youtube in a sec

rob_lee · 2015-01-25T01:12:22.000Z

I have been meaning to record some videos but this supposed top notch camera I bought recently “NIKON DS5300” only does 10 minute clips, what a joke lol.
Now I’m online gonna pull the trigger on that GO PRO HERO 4 BLACK, seems to record longer and will also do me for when I’m out on the bike.

Rob

the_dreammer · 2015-01-25T04:27:40.000Z

""rob_lee"":

I have been meaning to record some videos but this supposed top notch camera I bought recently “NIKON DS5300” only does 10 minute clips, what a joke lol.
Now I’m online gonna pull the trigger on that GO PRO HERO 4 BLACK, seems to record longer and will also do me for when I’m out on the bike.

Rob

That go pro hero 4 doesn’t have line-in… it has mic-in… as far as I know (could be wrong) that doesn’t work well.
you get shitty sounding audio… the mic on the thing itself records mono… (specs of website)

guga · 2015-01-25T15:00:06.000Z

…may be worth trying any USB interface that pops around,i tried with a cheap mccrypt usb thing i had forgotten of,well, it doesn’t work : audio doesn’t get recorded, but the video is silent,meaning that the iPad is not using its internal mic so definitely something going on there but the UCA-222 seems like a good and cheap solution (and works)

rob_lee · 2015-01-25T15:58:10.000Z

""the_dreammer"":

[quote=“rob_lee”]I have been meaning to record some videos but this supposed top notch camera I bought recently “NIKON DS5300” only does 10 minute clips, what a joke lol.
Now I’m online gonna pull the trigger on that GO PRO HERO 4 BLACK, seems to record longer and will also do me for when I’m out on the bike.

Rob

That go pro hero 4 doesn’t have line-in… it has mic-in… as far as I know (could be wrong) that doesn’t work well.
you get shitty sounding audio… the mic on the thing itself records mono… (specs of website)
[/quote]
I’ll check that out about the connections although i’m not concerned about sound from the camera I was just wanting something to do longer clips and then I’d just sync the video and audio on the mac.
Cheers
Rob

guga · 2015-01-27T22:08:33.000Z

just found this after realizing thomann is not selling the uca-222 anymore anyone tried it?

darenager · 2015-01-28T00:14:00.000Z

I used to use a Fostex AR4i on my iphone 4s, very good interface with 3 stereo or mono inputs, but the problem with using iphone or ipad for video (apart from the picture quality) is that once you go over a certain file size transferring to the computer becomes a pain, basically it won’t allow files over a certain size to be sent, I can’t remember the workaround but it was painful.

The Roland UA11 mk2 works with newer ipads and iphones, pretty good too.

So far though I’m really liking the Sony HDR MV1, built exactly for recording music video, and the line in is very good quality, also you get a free app to tweak the audio which works well. Also the low light performance blows most other stuff away, something which I thought the ipad and iphone were terrible at, very grainy.

mleaf · 2017-10-24T03:09:15.002Z

This thread is a little old, but I’ve been looking into this lately for doing little uploads to YouTube or Insta.

IK have this little dual-channel box out now, it goes to iOS or Mac or PC or whatever really. 2 channel, 1/4" jack or Mic input, 1/4" outs as well, as well as headphone output.

It’s called the Duo.

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/irigproduo/

Vandamme · 2017-10-25T01:44:56.442Z

This is also a nice solution for half the cost https://www.zoom-na.com/products/production-recording/audio-interfaces/zoom-u-22-handy-audio-interface