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if i were to buy a seperate sound capture device to try doing that to try and get better sound what should i look for in the device?

do you mean with the camcorder itself i'll always get bad sound or even with the addtional device?

i was wondering when recording things like raves whats the best place to be to get the audio up front or away from it i've always done away from it but the audios almost always been bad bad enough that any improvement is just marginal. basiclly trying to see if the location matters or its just the c...

i did that it did cause volume to be lower and i looked at the Specturm and noticed diffrences so i'm pretty sure thats it
but i used scotch tape not masking

i think its the in the small hole below the first one by where the flash would go off

kozikowski wrote:
tape over the microphone or heavy wool socks or anything to keep the performance sound field away from the camera.

Koz

question what kind of tape? i know where the mic is now so i can cover it or is it better to try external mic with the camera?

its a Vivitar 4100 4 MP Camera

thing is i dont know where my cameras mic is its not external so covering it would be hard unless i covered entire camera

in some cases yes you were on the mark other times no for example one time for whatever reason the clip had bits of silence in it somehow despite the other two videos of same event came out fine, another had like a wrapping sound if it helps i can post some of the clips that i've gotten with my came...

i dont use a pro level camera mostly because i didnt see the point in paying that much money for a camera that would only be used at these events which only happen a couple times a year hence why i asked how to avoid noise