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Making sure you have good audio

Making sure you have good audio

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Making sure you have good audio

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(fingers snap) - Ah, that's better. As I was saying, making sure you have good quality audio is super important when shooting video. After all, half of video is sound. And sound can be more important than you think. Surprisingly viewers are more likely to be okay with low quality visuals rather than sound. In fact, bad sound can even trick a viewer's brain into thinking the visuals are bad too. Even when they aren't. (transition whooshes) (text whooshes) - Huh? - When I said get Sriracha at the store, this is not what I meant. - Oh. (transition whooshes) (text whooshes) - Huh? - When I said get Sriracha at the store, this is not what I meant. - Oh. (transition whooshes) - So it's super important to make sure you have a decent microphone. And don't just use the built in one in your camera. Now, which microphone you choose depends on what exactly you're shooting, But there's basically two…

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