bjbj You wouldn t consider capturing video without using a viewfinder, so why would you
consider capturing audio without using headphones? I m Jennifer O Rourke. In today s tips and
tricks we ll tell you the best headphones to get and how best to use them for your video
and audio project. When considering your purchase for headphones
there are three different types of earpieces to research. There s circumaural, super aural,
and in-the-ear buds. Most audio professionals prefer the circumaural headphones. They usually
are large, thick, padded cushions that completely surround your ears. These are good if you
re the solo shooter and you don t have to have any contact with noise on the outside.
They re gonna mask your noise the best. Super headphones are typically more lightweight
and you use them with portable CD or MP3 players. Their earpads are made of replaceable cloth
or foam if they have some and it will deteriorate over time. They re usually very cheap. Many
people prefer the sound of the super aural headphones due to their open and transparent
nature. Sound will come from the outside which is good if you re working with a crew and
you need to hear what s going on around you. In-the-ear headphones or earbuds aren t ideal
for video production but they do offer an inexpensive and compact option for audio monitoring.
They re infinitely better than no monitoring at all. The trade-off here is sound quality.
With few exceptions earbuds offer comparatively poor sound quality lacking deep bass and high
clear frequencies but they are better than nothing. Audio professionals tend to use higher-end
headphones that usually have a quarter-inch phone jack. Most headphones that you get in
consumer stores though have an eighth-inch phone jack. If you have quarter-inch and you
re using a mixer you have a space right for it but if you re using eighth-inch you have
to use an adapter. The problem with using an adapter is you could have some concerns
with reliability issues. When using a field mixer your instinct may be to plug the headphones
into the mixer itself but don t. You really should plug it into the camera because you
want to listen to that very last sound that s going out to tape. Now let s look at some
of the reasons that you would use headphones. A simple one is just to know what the sound
is that s going into your microphone. You might not hear an airplane going overhead
or the distant hum of a lawnmower but you will hear them in your headphones. A second
reason to use headphones is just for monitoring mic placement. You may need to bring the microphone
up or down lower on your talent. You can t see that when you re using the meters and
if your talent moves their head they may be talking into the mic, the audio will change.
You won t see it also on the meter but you will hear it in the headphones. Another reason
for monitoring mic placement is if you re using a boom mic. If the boom operator has
the mic up too high or too low, or if he even tips the mic into a different direction you
re going to hear the sound change in the headphones but you won t see it happen on the meters.
When using headphones of course you re gonna be listening to what you re capturing but
also listen to the silence. Take a couple of moments and just listen to what s not there
and you may be surprised at what you capture. Try to break the habit of watching just the
meters in your camera, use headphones to prevent clipping, popping, grumble and distortion,
be cautious of high volume levels. Headphones allow you to catch bad audio connections,
dead batteries, clothing and wind noises you might otherwise miss. Headphones can find
the perfect microphone placement. During editing headphones will eliminate all the background
clutter on location. Another feature to consider when you re doing your research is the length
of the cable. For instance, this one is very, very short, which doesn t give me much tether
between my camera and myself if I need to move around but this one, however, is very
long; really, really long; really, really, really, really long which gives me lots of
space to wander around the studio. A new type of headphone that s available is something
that s called noise cancelling technology. This technology essentially is two small microphones
on the outside of each earpiece to pick up ambient noise then electronically invert the
wave form, making the outside noise 180 degrees out of phase with the signal, thus cancelling
out any ambient noise that you would hear around the cups or the headphone. It makes
it easier to hear exactly what s coming out of the camera and not get it mixed up with
the sounds that you re hearing off-camera, and one final tip about headphones; they don
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so why would you consider capturing audio without using headphones? I m Jennifer O Rourke.
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them for your t video and audio project. When considering your purchase for headphones there
are three different types of m earpieces to research. There s cir umaural, super aural,
and inr ear buds. Most audio professionals prefer the circum aural headphones. T ey usually
are large, thick, padded cushions that completely surround your ears. These are good if you
re the solo shooter and you don t have to have any contact with noise on the outside.e
They re gonna mask your noise the best. Super headphones are typ ically more lightweight
and you use them with portable CD or h MP3 players. Their earpads are made of replaceable
cloth or foam if they have some and it will deteriorate over time. They re usually very
cheap. Many peopl e prefer the sound e of the super aura l headphones due to their open
and transparent nature. Sound will come from the outside which is good if you re working
with a crew and you need to he what s going on around you. ear headphones or earbuds aren
t ideal for video production but th ey do offer an inexpensive and compact option for
audio monitoring. They re infinitely better than no monitoring at all. The trade off here
is sound quality. With few exceptions earbuds offer comparatively poor sound quality lacking
deep bass and high c lear frequencies but they are better than nothing. Audio professionals
tend to use higher end headphones that usually have a quarter inch t phone jack. Most headphones
that you get in consumer stores though have an eighth inch phone jack. If you have quar
inch and you re using a mixer you have a space right for it but if you re using eighth inch
you have to use an adapter. The problem with using an adapter is you could have some concerns
with reliability issues. When using a field mixer your instinct may be to plug the headphones
into the mixer itself but don t. You really should plug it into the camera because you
want to listen to that very last sound that s going out to tape. Now let s look at some
of the reasons that you would use headphones. A simple one is just to know what the sound
is that s going into your microphone. You might not hear an airplane going overhead
or the distant hum of a lawnmower but you will hear them in your headphones. A second
reason to use headphones is just for monitt oring mic placement. You may need t to bring
the microphone up or down lower on your talent. You can t see that when re using the meters
and if your talent moves their head the y may be talking into the mic, t he audio will
change. You won t see it also on the meter but you will hear it in the l headphones.
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