Why is that important? Why does it matter? Well, here’s the reason why, when you were recording in different sessions, let’s say that you sit down to record and you record about five videos, and then the next day you record five videos again. If your microphone is a different distance from your mouth to the microphone, you’re gonna notice a difference in sound level. Why? Because the distance between your mouth and the microphone is going to be at a different distance. Right? So if you’re closer to the microphone, you’re going to get one sound. If you’re farther away from the microphone, you’re going to get a different sound. And if you were to listen to playing it back, you might notice between one video to the next video that the voice level is actually different.
Now, does it really matter? I guess it doesn’t really matter if it’s very nominal and you can’t hear the difference. But once you start charging $2000, $4000 or $5000 for a course, that’s when it does matter. You really should make sure that you have accurate distance between your mouth and the microphone when you’re recording your video. So how do you make sure that the distance is the same each consistent time that you are recording?
Well, first of all, what you need to do is actually ensure that you have either a stand or a microphone boom arm. A boom arm is essentially a metal frame, I guess, it allows you to actually hook up your microphone to the arm and allows it to be either clamped on your desk, or sometimes it will be able to clamp to any other type of surface so that it will be consistently in one area between your mouth and the microphone. Another thing to do is consider purchasing a stand. You can normally purchase a stand as an accessory on Amazon. They’re pretty affordable there.
When you’re doing the podcast recording, what you want to do is, again three, the third thing you want to do is actually ensure that the background noise levels are down. So, what do I mean by background noise? I mean, if your dog is out there hanging out with you, you might want to actually make sure that the dog is in a different room. If you have young children in the background, or if you even have the AC on, the noise in the background can be very, very distracting. And so what you want to do is you want to make sure you’re in a very quiet setting in the room. Make sure if you have family members or anyone else present in the house, you ensure and communicate that they need to keep their voices down, especially when it comes to your recording time.
It’s very hard. I know, especially if you’re working from home to ensure that you have quality audio, but trust me, when you actually play back the audio, you want it to sound crisp, clear and professional. And to do that, you need to make sure you have all the equipment together. You have prepared what you were going to say, and you will also practice beforehand.
So keeping all of that in mind, I know that there’s so much that goes into recording videos. I want to also share with you that it is important to know that it’s fine if you make a mistake. It’s fine if you’re still working on this on your own and you make a few videos and it really didn’t go according to plan.