Don't Delete Videos, Why Use Mics in Frame, and More (BSP-383)

Thanks for featuring my comment about lav mics as an option for non-mic people, who would otherwise be using a far-away webcam. I am stunned by the revelation that you use a headset at work! Not that headsets can't sound good, but...for a guy who has a thousand mics, that's a shocker. I do use an SM7B (and an earbud) for work calls. Or I did until recently, as I am now experimenting with an overhead (but on-camera) AT875R short shotgun, for a bit more desktop clearance and elbow room. For me, using an over-the-top mic in a Teams meeting is bringing some fun to the job. Also I am often on-camera, and I enjoy being that guy who always has that insane looking microphone. Maybe for you, since using mics is almost a second job, wearing a simple headset is a welcome break. Thanks for all you do.

I listen with headphone, so I definitely prefer the studio mics. I don't care if mic is in the frame, whether it is podcaster or singer or youtuber. What is distracting is poor audio. Thanks and keep up the good work.

When it comes to lavs, working in the videography/media space we use them mainly whenever presenters move around and that's about it. If they don't want to move around we'll usually use a PGA SM58 as it's a great microphone and we rarely use mics like the quadcast/podmic unless if we are doing a voiceover.

Interesting tips and information on the YouTube technicalities behind deleting YouTube videos. Though not deleted, all of your first one hundred podcasts got 'privated', many of which contained very useful information (the first fifteen got this treatment much earlier on, but that was due to irrelevancy). Some of my favourites and the ones I found containing especially useful information include "BSP-015: Multi Channel Networks and YouTube Channel Growth", "BSP-018: How to Start a Podcast", "BSP-021: New Pebble Watches", "BSP-028: What Inspired Me to YouTube", as well as the "Big Trouble in Little Microphone" video going into several Chinese brands selling the same rebranding microphones. Regardless, thank you for your very informative podcasts that are also often entertaining.

Congrats to 10 000 subs! 🎉🪅🎈 Well done, my friend👏🏻☺️

Excellent reasons as to why the mic is in frame! I think there's a fourth reasons, too. They want to be seen as authentic/they don't want to conform to what's industry standard. Having the mic in frame or even holding the mic while talking makes you feel relatable and authentic. It's also fun. They're purposefully not doing what the industry standard is: hide the mic. It's a philosophical choice. The mic is in frame in my videos because I'm recording in an untreated room. Keeping it close to my mouth helps keep the quality up and reduces reverb as much as possible. Then I throw some de-reverb on the audio to get rid of 80% of it so it sounds cleeeean.

What surprises me most about the advice not to delete YouTube videos is, I would have thought that YouTube has an active interest in freeing up storage space. So, Todd B.'s advice should actually be frowned upon by YouTube, and basically he should not comment on that 🤔 On the other hand, if storage IS a concern, then I commend Todd for being so user-oriented and focusing on the user's best interest, and thank YouTube for looking out for us, as well ✊🏻👌🏻😊

Pretty standard primary key match on a database side me thinks. Pretty processor intensive way of making joins for categorization on the user side. No level of “imperfection” is acceptable since you can never cover all bases of what medium the end user is going to consume on. Always do our best and master the final audio before rendering the video. When you do it right you don’t have to worry! 😊 Is everyone skilled enough to do this on their own. Probably not. Can everyone learn the basics to make things work? Yeah… Unless youre live streaming… Room tone is your friend. Lav mics love getting a healthy dose of air on the eq and cuts in the boxy frequencies (300-700ish). The room tone is used to train the spectral denoising. One of the greatest. Discoveries ive made in a long time is sonnible smart gate. Holy crap! Shaved hours off editing time for just about any spoken word project (audio or video). So worth it!

Thank you for the podcast! I do love my lavs (em272 capsules in cheap Chinese housings) for the embient sound recordings! A pair of these are really cheap, but provide insane sensitivity! And I mean INSANE! I use zoom h1n with a pair of these and when im on 7-8 gain I can hear so much happening in the forest, while the self noise is very very low, practically unnoticeable! For the spoken word they do sound a bit weird indoors, but if you have a proper wind protection on them and turn the gain aaaaall the way down+ place them nicely near your mouth it sounds pretty bearable.(I do prefer my sm58 and sm48 for the matter tho)

Great lesson today, my mic sensei!

I've also heard that deleting your whole channel will drastically affect the view counter... but who knows with youtube 🙃

i still don't understand why bandrew still has 10k subs when he is a very good content creator

I like seeing the mic in frame. It’s like seeing a musician playing their instrument.

Enjoyed this podcast episode. I think a large diaphragm microphone in the video makes it look and sound more professional. As long as it`s not blocking the face.

thanks for the don't delete tip.

Happy Easter!

Well that's annoying. I hate keeping videos around cluttering things up but I wind up with videos I don't want around any more because they are kind of obsolete. Also a goofy choice on their side of things since the waste in storage must be incredible.

Danke!

I've been considering the type of microphone you have on your head where it sticks out along your chin. I assume it's a type of lav mic, for use with a kitchen stream or where I build things on my desk so that me moving around won't affect how my microphone picks up my sound like a stationary microphone would, and it's stuck to my face, not on a shirt or anything, so there will most likely be less noise from that.

Ok, small 'woop', but a woop none the less. Bandrew and me use the same table mat.