Xica_da_Silva
February 10th, 2009, 09:34 PM
Hi Ubuntu Community,
I'm looking to purchase my very first camcorder, and am wondering if anyone here can recommend a particular one that would work for me?
Here's my situation: I play acoustic guitar and sometimes sing while I'm playing. I would like to be able to tape myself playing and singing and maybe even upload those videos onto YouTube(oh no, just what we need!)at some point. I've got a webcam on my laptop but the sound and video quality is not so great...I'm wondering if getting a video cam with 2 microphone jacks is desirable or even possible(separate channels for voice and guitar while doing both at the same time), and if the sound quality would be better enhanced by using microphones or does sound quality have more to do with using an video/audio editing application after the fact(or a combination of both)? I don't need pro-level tools but something reasonable for a budget-minded person. Any musicians out there who have a video cam that they already have been using and would recommend??? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Note: I'm posting here instead of the other help areas because I don't want to be confused with someone whose computer is about to slide down a sinkhole in 5 minutes and needs immediate attention.
I'm looking to purchase my very first camcorder, and am wondering if anyone here can recommend a particular one that would work for me?
Here's my situation: I play acoustic guitar and sometimes sing while I'm playing. I would like to be able to tape myself playing and singing and maybe even upload those videos onto YouTube(oh no, just what we need!)at some point. I've got a webcam on my laptop but the sound and video quality is not so great...I'm wondering if getting a video cam with 2 microphone jacks is desirable or even possible(separate channels for voice and guitar while doing both at the same time), and if the sound quality would be better enhanced by using microphones or does sound quality have more to do with using an video/audio editing application after the fact(or a combination of both)? I don't need pro-level tools but something reasonable for a budget-minded person. Any musicians out there who have a video cam that they already have been using and would recommend??? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Note: I'm posting here instead of the other help areas because I don't want to be confused with someone whose computer is about to slide down a sinkhole in 5 minutes and needs immediate attention.