Tips on getting good sound production?

[Vamp]

Sound plays a big role in the professionalism of a movie... I have a 20 gig MP3 Player which I can connect to the Audio Out of my Camera and record with astonishing clarity and no background hum, which is great! Although I havn't used it in a proper movie yet because it's been out of commision till I get it fixed, but anyways, what other inexpensive tips are there that don't need any other microphones? Adobe Audition tips? When editing should I take all the one channel, mono sound from my camera and copy +paste it into the other channel so that one channel isn't just a low buzz?

Any editing tips with sound? Obviously sound continuity is a big thing because it's distracting when sound jumps between cuts, so obviously I should record a few minutes of background sound for each scene and place it as a basis for the sound of a scene... Any other tips?

[mark_essex_87]

If you have an audio editor such as Wavelab you will be able to tweak the audio in any way possible with VST/DX plugins etc. Just export from Premiere and Import to Wavelab, and reverse the process to bring it back in.

Do a low-cut to remove low buzz, and a hi-cut to remove and hissing, that for a start should make it sound alot better. Also, I'm not sure if film's use compression for audio? - It may make it sound a lot better (no overly-loud, or too quiet) sounds.

[reflexive_cinematics]

Just make sure when your recording , your using the correct type of mic and getting your levels up there. Don't hit the limit though when recording digitally, because it will clip. Getting the most signal to noise is the most important. Good idea for sound is enhance what you can and replace what you need to.

[U.S.Amateurfilmaker]

Yeah, a lot better to record sound that's a little low and to raise the volume a little than sound that tops the audio meter. As far as an mp3 player, i wouldn't go that route simply because some devices will go out of sync after a while. However, since the audio is being recorded onto the tape as well as sort of a backup, I guess it doesn't matter.

As far as mics, I have an $80 sony condenser mic that works great, and records extremely clean audio. Your cam mic may work just finre, but I had to get the external mic because my cam has an exteremly loud motor hum.

[drumtracks]

You can run your audio through an Expander to lower your noise floor to reduce or eliminate hum or hiss during the editing process.