Hi!
I just splurged money I saved for a year and now coming in the mail as I write this is a Zoom q8 camera $400 plus $50 with 2 yr Square Trade damage protection, Zoom LBC-1 battery charger $35, Zoom AD-17 AC to DC adapter $19, Zoom BT-03 battery $23, SanDisk 128GB Extreme Pro Memory Card $40, SanDisk UHS-I SD Card Reader $22 (because my old business grade Hewlett Packard Elite 8000 micro-desktop with 3.0Ghz CPU, and 8GB RAM, 2.0 USB port, I bought used... doesn't have a card reader), also on the order is a Magnus VT-300 Video Tripod $80. The grand total was $716 with tax, basic shipping FedEx ground is free. All is from B&H Photo in NYC, and successfully boycotted Amazon that has been horrible to their employees...
With all that said, does it seem my technology will do a good job?
My goal is to post videos of my original and cover music on YouTube to see if it is very well received or not. I was going to do this by playing in coffeehouses for the first time only now suddenly with CoVid19, I can't play in coffeehouses, something I was just going to start trying out when the virus hit. I hope for nice quality videos and will use two large diaphragm condenser mics via the q8 camera in hopes my audio is as good as it can be due to what I have. The other expense (besides a "synchronization license" for one cover song), is good editing software.
I guess they call video editing "mastering", right?
I feel to put my best foot forward in presenting my music to the masses is to have the best quality I can get on a low budget, and with the best yet most user friendly software. I'd spend $200 on good user friendly editing software. I'm not at all tech savvy, so user friendliness means a lot to me too and best quality I can get. I heard about Vegas. There's a lot of others out there some might know about.
Is it always true that purchased editing software is better than the free editing software?
At first all I plan to do is create a slight reverb and just post a cover song in hopes to attract viewers to my original music that I'll later post. At first I'll do the minimum video difficulty and have just a shot of myself. Later, besides presenting only a boring shot of me playing my guitar (I'm also not much to look at ha), is to add in maybe country scenes or relevant clips in synch with my lyrics, or maybe use a green screen and have scenes behind me as I play. All I plan to video is just myself playing guitar, singing, and also sometimes with a harmonica.
What editing software, free and compared to purchased software, would be best to use?
How much do the different brands cost too if you might know?
Thanks for any advice, and about my equipment. I am grateful to all!
Carpe Diem!
Winfred
I just splurged money I saved for a year and now coming in the mail as I write this is a Zoom q8 camera $400 plus $50 with 2 yr Square Trade damage protection, Zoom LBC-1 battery charger $35, Zoom AD-17 AC to DC adapter $19, Zoom BT-03 battery $23, SanDisk 128GB Extreme Pro Memory Card $40, SanDisk UHS-I SD Card Reader $22 (because my old business grade Hewlett Packard Elite 8000 micro-desktop with 3.0Ghz CPU, and 8GB RAM, 2.0 USB port, I bought used... doesn't have a card reader), also on the order is a Magnus VT-300 Video Tripod $80. The grand total was $716 with tax, basic shipping FedEx ground is free. All is from B&H Photo in NYC, and successfully boycotted Amazon that has been horrible to their employees...
With all that said, does it seem my technology will do a good job?
My goal is to post videos of my original and cover music on YouTube to see if it is very well received or not. I was going to do this by playing in coffeehouses for the first time only now suddenly with CoVid19, I can't play in coffeehouses, something I was just going to start trying out when the virus hit. I hope for nice quality videos and will use two large diaphragm condenser mics via the q8 camera in hopes my audio is as good as it can be due to what I have. The other expense (besides a "synchronization license" for one cover song), is good editing software.
I guess they call video editing "mastering", right?
I feel to put my best foot forward in presenting my music to the masses is to have the best quality I can get on a low budget, and with the best yet most user friendly software. I'd spend $200 on good user friendly editing software. I'm not at all tech savvy, so user friendliness means a lot to me too and best quality I can get. I heard about Vegas. There's a lot of others out there some might know about.
Is it always true that purchased editing software is better than the free editing software?
At first all I plan to do is create a slight reverb and just post a cover song in hopes to attract viewers to my original music that I'll later post. At first I'll do the minimum video difficulty and have just a shot of myself. Later, besides presenting only a boring shot of me playing my guitar (I'm also not much to look at ha), is to add in maybe country scenes or relevant clips in synch with my lyrics, or maybe use a green screen and have scenes behind me as I play. All I plan to video is just myself playing guitar, singing, and also sometimes with a harmonica.
What editing software, free and compared to purchased software, would be best to use?
How much do the different brands cost too if you might know?
Thanks for any advice, and about my equipment. I am grateful to all!
Carpe Diem!
Winfred