I understand why. No one likes to sound crappy. 😂 Those first two videos sounded even worse than I imagined. On one of them, if you listen through headphones you can actually hear a garbage truck outside my window.
Glad that you enjoyed it. They say necessity is the mother of all invention. It's true. I made the video because some of my students struggle to make decent sounding videos. So I killed two birds with one stone, so to speak. Before recording the video I watched a few different similar videos and everybody had high tech solutions. One suggested a microphone, I looked it up on Amazon and it was $250. Others required an audio interface which can be expensive. I thought no way. Yes, to make the highest quality phone video this isn't the answer. The answer is to make a separate recording using a DAW then match up and replace the original audio track. But that's way beyond what most people need.
Hi Doug very informative. I take lessons online and have to show my progress via video. I have always thought that my tone was horrible on the recording. Thank you for showing me why and how to correct it. Keep up the great work. Seems like it's been awhile since you did a video. Glad you're back.
I'm glad that you've enjoyed it. Actually, I've done a lot of videos over the past couple of months. This past month has been mainly older videos from my course. Before then I was doing a new video every week or two.
Thank you for doing this vid. I just set it like you described and got a 100% better phone recording. I’m using an IPHONE 13. Previously the sound always came out hollow and not at all what I was hearing in the room. Awesome info!!!
Glad you enjoyed it. Here's a funny fact about the SM57. I purchased my first one new from a local music store in the early 70s. It cost $129. Today, you buy the same mic new for $100. What inflation? It's amazing how some things cost so much more today than they did then and the price of these microphones has continued to drop.
I’m going to show my age here, it’s Doug Marks that started my path to using a computer for my music. Not sure the year, but It was his song writing VHS course and I bought Emagic Micro Logic !! Now it’s a full blown obsession on a Mac mini and Logic 😂 Thanx Doug !!🤘🤘👍👍🤓
Brilliant video. Thank you. I have only tried recording myself once, and the set up was just one more problem to contend with. My wife keeps asking me to record my playing for her, and this will help make me less self conscious of the recording process itself. I worry too much about my playing, adding to that tension just make me create more mistakes.
lol. That never ends. But I agree with your wife, record your playing. There's a good chance you won't like some of the things you hear but that gives you the opportunity to improve. When I'm feeling nervous about a recording, even if what I'm playing is only a couple of measures, I'll repeat it for at least fifteen minutes or at least until I've played it to my satisfaction. Then I edit out all the bad takes and I end up with something I can live with. After awhile the adrenalin subsides.
At 6:06, where you talk about channel 1 of the interface for the amp simulator, it sounds like Zoom allows use of an amp sim? I have never used Zoom - I usually use the iPhone video camera which as far as I know cannot be used with amp sims. I wouldn't mind seeing a separate tutorial on using the Zoom app as you discuss here. 👍🏻
Recording my guitar playing over backing tracks has become central to improvement. I have a similar setup with the Spark amp and iPhone that I learned from Doug.
Thanks for the video. Im already sub'd. I was wondering about this, but for a different reason. I want to record song ideas. I have been playing guitar since 1977 and consider myseof at least intermediate. I play by ear though and do need to learn more theory such as modes which really confuses me. Plus, I cant even read tab very well. 😂. I can hear a song though and figure it out pretty fast. ❤😂. I guess that is a plus. ❤😂. Be well and god speed sir. ❤ Regards from south central Indiana. USA. Tim..
I have a headphone jack adapter. It's a 4 pole 3.5mm the amp goes out of headphone jack to the mic in on phone headphone jack adapter and then out of the headphone out to another amp's input.
The guitar I'm playing was built for me as a gift by one of my students, Van Flowers. I need more students like that! It's an incredible instrument, I play it daily.
Hi Doug, I really enjoy your videos, this one included. Do you have any tips for recording acoustic guitar also? Very useful video. The audio on the videos I have recorded is poor, any tips are very welcome. Ps Happy New Year from the UK 👍😁
Happy New Year David. I don't have a video on recording acoustic guitar but it should be recorded with a condenser mic very close to the sound hole of the instrument. If you have a great sounding room a 2nd mic would be great to capture the room sound. Otherwise, use reverb to simulate a great sounding room.
My android & the android before it sound like crap recording guitar. tried it close, far, away, louder, quieter, nothing works, I upload it to youtube & listen, sounds like its understaer no matter what i do. Some android phones just have Suckey audio software & thats how it is. I can do the same recording my tascam, or my kodak sounds real & true & good . Phone just sucks. Android atleast.
I have an iPhone and it makes a great recording. I have cameras that I use that aren't professional and make hideous sounding recordings... the audio is extremely compressed which brings up all the background noise. So, when I record the video I also record my guitar directly into the DAW. I drag the video on to the timeline of my video editing program, drag in the audio from my DAW and visually sync the tracks then mute the crappy sounding audio. That's how to make a great sounding video.
@@DougMarks trying to sync video n audio very very hard for me. syou do one take asnd line out the audio to the daw .. i really need to learn how to sync. just annoyed because up to 4 years ago, i lean the phone aganst something several feet from the speaker, jam a 3 minute video and listen back and it sounds good.......... bu the last 3 phones ive had, sounds like an old 70s cassette thats been played to death, exttremly low quality. just on the last 3 phones. the phones before it did good. makes me think something in the software has changed.
Try recording it as I explained here. Sometimes you can find settings for the microphone that can help out. If all else fails record the video and audio separately as I explained in a previous post. It's really important to find some way to make good recordings.
@DougMarks To me these small condenser mics on these phones just don't capture that oomph in the room unless you use some really good bassy headphones - I'll definitely try these tips and see if that doesn't improve things.
This is great. I'd also love to know how to do it when you DO have an audio interface and a DAW. Especially if you want multiple camera angles for making videos twice as cool.
I watch all these new guys on youtube and no one has ever explained this. Cheers.
Same here. I’ve never heard anyone explain this.
I understand why. No one likes to sound crappy. 😂 Those first two videos sounded even worse than I imagined. On one of them, if you listen through headphones you can actually hear a garbage truck outside my window.
If you have a Spark amp, the app had a built-in feature to record a video of yourself playing.
Thank you very much for covering a neglected sector of playing.
Glad that you enjoyed it. They say necessity is the mother of all invention. It's true. I made the video because some of my students struggle to make decent sounding videos. So I killed two birds with one stone, so to speak. Before recording the video I watched a few different similar videos and everybody had high tech solutions. One suggested a microphone, I looked it up on Amazon and it was $250. Others required an audio interface which can be expensive. I thought no way. Yes, to make the highest quality phone video this isn't the answer. The answer is to make a separate recording using a DAW then match up and replace the original audio track. But that's way beyond what most people need.
Thanks Doug! This is gold!
You're welcome. I'm glad that you found it helpful.
Very helpful thanks a million, happy new year 🎉.
You're welcome. Happy New Year to you too.
Great video....thanks for all of them...there awesome
You're welcome and thanks for the great comment. That's what keeps me motivated.
@@DougMarks You bet buddy
Hi Doug very informative. I take lessons online and have to show my progress via video. I have always thought that my tone was horrible on the recording. Thank you for showing me why and how to correct it. Keep up the great work. Seems like it's been awhile since you did a video. Glad you're back.
I'm glad that you've enjoyed it. Actually, I've done a lot of videos over the past couple of months. This past month has been mainly older videos from my course. Before then I was doing a new video every week or two.
@@DougMarks for some reason I was getting notified. I will hit the bell again
Thank you for doing this vid. I just set it like you described and got a 100% better phone recording. I’m using an IPHONE 13. Previously the sound always came out hollow and not at all what I was hearing in the room. Awesome info!!!
Thanks. While I was recording these videos I was a little surprised by the difference. Actually, I was surprised by how bad the first couple were.
Thanks Doug👍 This was explained very well and now I know what microphone to buy.😀
Glad you enjoyed it. Here's a funny fact about the SM57. I purchased my first one new from a local music store in the early 70s. It cost $129. Today, you buy the same mic new for $100. What inflation? It's amazing how some things cost so much more today than they did then and the price of these microphones has continued to drop.
@ That is just craziness😜
when you try to think how that is possible🤷♂️. Good for me and my pocketbook though 😀
I’m going to show my age here, it’s Doug Marks that started my path to using a computer for my music. Not sure the year, but It was his song writing VHS course and I bought Emagic Micro Logic !! Now it’s a full blown obsession on a Mac mini and Logic 😂 Thanx Doug !!🤘🤘👍👍🤓
You're welcome. I created the song writing course in 1995, thirty years ago. That's crazy. Glad it set you on the right path.
Great and informative video
Thanks. I'm glad that you found it helpful.
Brilliant video. Thank you. I have only tried recording myself once, and the set up was just one more problem to contend with. My wife keeps asking me to record my playing for her, and this will help make me less self conscious of the recording process itself. I worry too much about my playing, adding to that tension just make me create more mistakes.
Probably a redundant statement to make to a guy who has been teaching for decades >.
lol. That never ends. But I agree with your wife, record your playing. There's a good chance you won't like some of the things you hear but that gives you the opportunity to improve. When I'm feeling nervous about a recording, even if what I'm playing is only a couple of measures, I'll repeat it for at least fifteen minutes or at least until I've played it to my satisfaction. Then I edit out all the bad takes and I end up with something I can live with. After awhile the adrenalin subsides.
This guy could be Joe Walsh look alike !
At 6:06, where you talk about channel 1 of the interface for the amp simulator, it sounds like Zoom allows use of an amp sim? I have never used Zoom - I usually use the iPhone video camera which as far as I know cannot be used with amp sims. I wouldn't mind seeing a separate tutorial on using the Zoom app as you discuss here. 👍🏻
Recording my guitar playing over backing tracks has become central to improvement. I have a similar setup with the Spark amp and iPhone that I learned from Doug.
Hey Steve. Yes, your videos have been very good lately but you had to work to get to where you're at.
Thanks for the video. Im already sub'd.
I was wondering about this, but for a different reason. I want to record song ideas. I have been playing guitar since 1977 and consider myseof at least intermediate. I play by ear though and do need to learn more theory such as modes which really confuses me. Plus, I cant even read tab very well. 😂. I can hear a song though and figure it out pretty fast. ❤😂. I guess that is a plus. ❤😂.
Be well and god speed sir. ❤
Regards from south central Indiana. USA.
Tim..
This video should help you. It's great to create short videos of your ideas that not only sound good but show exactly what you're playing.
I have a headphone jack adapter. It's a 4 pole 3.5mm the amp goes out of headphone jack to the mic in on phone headphone jack adapter and then out of the headphone out to another amp's input.
Yes, that would be a great way to do it. For this video I was trying to keep it as simple as possible.
Interesting
Thanks
Anybody know what kind of guitar Doug is playing in this video?
The guitar I'm playing was built for me as a gift by one of my students, Van Flowers. I need more students like that! It's an incredible instrument, I play it daily.
Hi Doug, I really enjoy your videos, this one included. Do you have any tips for recording acoustic guitar also? Very useful video. The audio on the videos I have recorded is poor, any tips are very welcome. Ps Happy New Year from the UK 👍😁
Happy New Year David. I don't have a video on recording acoustic guitar but it should be recorded with a condenser mic very close to the sound hole of the instrument. If you have a great sounding room a 2nd mic would be great to capture the room sound. Otherwise, use reverb to simulate a great sounding room.
@DougMarks Cheers Doug. Many thanks for your reply 👍
@@DougMarks This brings up the question of how much of the room should have egg shape foam on the walls for better sound.
My android & the android before it sound like crap recording guitar. tried it close, far, away, louder, quieter, nothing works, I upload it to youtube & listen, sounds like its understaer no matter what i do. Some android phones just have Suckey audio software & thats how it is. I can do the same recording my tascam, or my kodak sounds real & true & good . Phone just sucks. Android atleast.
I have an iPhone and it makes a great recording. I have cameras that I use that aren't professional and make hideous sounding recordings... the audio is extremely compressed which brings up all the background noise. So, when I record the video I also record my guitar directly into the DAW. I drag the video on to the timeline of my video editing program, drag in the audio from my DAW and visually sync the tracks then mute the crappy sounding audio. That's how to make a great sounding video.
@@DougMarks trying to sync video n audio very very hard for me. syou do one take asnd line out the audio to the daw .. i really need to learn how to sync. just annoyed because up to 4 years ago, i lean the phone aganst something several feet from the speaker, jam a 3 minute video and listen back and it sounds good.......... bu the last 3 phones ive had, sounds like an old 70s cassette thats been played to death, exttremly low quality. just on the last 3 phones. the phones before it did good. makes me think something in the software has changed.
This is why I don't record videos - the crappy condenser mic on these cheap Samson phones are horrible 😖
Try recording it as I explained here. Sometimes you can find settings for the microphone that can help out. If all else fails record the video and audio separately as I explained in a previous post. It's really important to find some way to make good recordings.
@DougMarks To me these small condenser mics on these phones just don't capture that oomph in the room unless you use some really good bassy headphones - I'll definitely try these tips and see if that doesn't improve things.
This is great. I'd also love to know how to do it when you DO have an audio interface and a DAW. Especially if you want multiple camera angles for making videos twice as cool.
I understand. But that's way beyond the scope of this video. This one is focused on making great sounding phone videos.
@@DougMarks Thank you. Of course I know that. I meant in a follow up :) Thank you for this video though.