Questions about making a music video

[Phicksur]

Hello,

I am a Gaming YouTube-r. I have been wanting to get into doing some music videos using gameplay footage but I am unsure how to begin on the audio side. I have the lyrics written and I am mostly parodying other music so the music is pretty much what someone else wrote (I'll get licenses before it goes public). My questions relate to software, hardware, and location.

Assuming I have no experience in sound editing (besides some basics I do with my videos), what would be good tools to have in the software to use for this project. I am not asking which software suite to buy, but what kinds of tools to look for within the software I will be using. A bit of auto-tuning would be good, for those awkward notes, but I am unsure what else I should be looking into.

Also, I am looking for some reasonable music composition software with a wide variety of 'voices' and legal permission to make music using those voices. I have no experience here so I will listen to any and all advice on this matter.

Hardware side, I know my microphone is good, but not great. Here I am looking for specific hardware recommendations, specifically for PROBLEMS you have had to overcome while using the device you are recommending. Every device, once properly 'tuned', will work wonderfully, so I am more interested in which microphones are easiest to get to the useful state.

Last, I know that the room one does one's recordings in has an impact on the echo and background noise and I wish to diminish that. What sorts of rigs or sound control devices can I make (I am very handy) to help make the quality level of these recordings be the best possible.

Thank you for your time in reading all that and thank you even more if you take the time to respond with valuable data.

Phicksur

 

[Lanorc]

So you want to make a hardcore music video using ingame footage to make it.. well for sound, i would advice to look for the smalles sound proove room you got with as little echo as you can... grab you pc in there aswell with your mic. Now grab your ipod and hook it on headphones and make sure it doesnt leak sound as you only want to record your voice with your mic. then synq that together after. Now with then software you use to edit sound, just make it sound the way you want it too.

I just read your room is echoi... soooooo grab foam and put it around the mic like a C and the mic in the middle and the opening pointing to your face. C <-- you look at the opening hehe .

I think this sounds more and more confusing xD

 

[Phicksur]

Unfortunately, given your self-identification as a comedian and the manner in which you answered I am unsure if you are serious.

 

[Lanorc]

Unfortunately, given your self-identification as a comedian and the manner in which you answered I am unsure if you are serious.

?? I explained it bad, but i know what to do with sound... i do get equipment and then make sure it goes in bad shape for recording or sound.

You would wnat the foam thing around your mic because its stops Sound waves from hitting the mic again... AKA ECHO

Software with voices - Fruity loops, then get packs online but program costs 300 euro.

On mic setting, normally you do that with software like audacity because all prducer enhance there voices while making music... why do you think most artist sound not the same like when you rbuy there CD. and yet again, they enhance the mic for concerts also.

What you you want to look for is a " sound reducer " in your software and and equalizer and proper headphones so you can monitor the sound. normally headphones that go from 20 - 31 000 Hz

only because im comedian doesnt mean s**t from what i know

 

[Phicksur]

I apologize, it is just hard to read your posts. Allow me to try to interpret what I am reading.

1) Wrap the microphone in foam in a ¾ circle around the microphone, with your voice projecting into the ¼ that isn't covered to reduce noise pollution (echo).
2) Choose a small, sound-proof room to avoid outside noise interference. (I have heard to cover the walls in soft fabric to reduce echo inside the room as well, is this correct?)
3) You seem to recommend Audacity for use with the "sound reducer" features within the software.

Do you (or anyone) have any insights into specific microphone hardware? I currently use a headset for my videos (where I have wrapped the mic in foam, and it seems to work very well) but am considering 'stepping it up a notch' to see about some better gear. Most headphones are too small for my ears (I am a big guy) so that's a different purchase I will expect to make.