YoungArts video recording question

tracyvp
Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:49:45 +0000

So, I should probably post this in the Music forum but I don’t know anyone over there, and you all are family so I’m asking here.

For those of you who have submitted for Popular Voice in addition to MT, the instructions are different than for MT. For MT it specifically states that you are to just use the microphone on the camera. But for Popular Voice it says, "Use a good quality microphone and check for balance and blend. Make sure the level of your piano accompaniment doesn’t overpower your voice on the tape."

So, without going into a recording studio, how have you all done that? Do you just borrow a microphone and plug it into the video camera, or do you set up speakers, or what? Or do you all just do it in a recording studio? Any advice is greatly appreciated!