How To Capture Sound + Audio Synchronization for Vlogging [Video]

Remember my first tip for vlogging?

This post is a continuation of that. Namely, capturing good sound and synchronizing it with the sound from your camera in your editing software. Audio being the core of your vlog, you have to get it right.

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I was desperate for a program that would import those GoPro MP4 files. It was January 2010.

I tried Pinnacle, I tried VirtualDub, I tried MPEG Streamclip, I tried Ulead, I tried Sony Vegas (wouldn't run on my old laptop), I tried Adobe Premiere (same thing - it required more hardware resources to run well) but none did it for me.

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I plugged the microphone into the Canon 5D Mark II camera and I started to talk about a very spicy subject: Why You Should Withhold Ejaculation During Sex.

And I keep talking for about 10 minutes, we call it a wrap and then we play the video on the camera to see how it looks.

Surprise!!! There was no sound. WTF?!