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The challenges of recording audio

The challenges of recording audio

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The challenges of recording audio

- Hi, my name's Rich Harrington. - And I'm Robbie Carman. - And this week, we're going to talk about a challenge a lot of folks face. You may be using a smartphone, an action camera, maybe something like an Osmo, and the truth is, well let's just say it like it is, Rob. The audio kinda sucks. - Yeah, it's not very good at all, and so we're here this week at the Mount Vernon Recreation Center and Sports Complex here in Alexandria, Virginia. There's an ice rink behind us, and we've spent the better part of this morning filming some figure skaters doing some amazing things with their bodies that I could only hope to do one of these days. So it was a perfect place that we wanna maybe put in to place some of these smaller cameras, like the DJI OSMO, like a GoPro, or even something like an iPhone. And you hit the nail right on the head, Rich. By default, these cameras, when they have a mic built-in, at best, it's like a little tiny pinprick right on the front. So often times they're not the…

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