How to record high quality videos from my webcam?

How to record good quality audio while shooting videos (for singing)?

• Hello. i have canon t2i and i recently bought zoom h1 sd studio recorder for better sound... i have korg d888 ... 4 good quality speakers and the microphones akg perception 120 studio....., shure cable mic and akg WMS45 Perception Wireless Mic vocal set. I tried to use them for better sound i mean to record myself singing live (when i sing live with the mics the sound is bright loud and beautiful but when i try to record i dont have the same result) but i was dissapointed by the sound quality result. i saw some videos on youtubbe which have a very good quality sound ... like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYuCEYfe6LM can you help me and advice me how to succeed a quality audio like the video or better with the equipment that i have...? please help me if you know .. i have spent a lot of money to buy the equipment and im really dissapointed. please give me some serious advices. thank u

• Answer:

  its most likely the sound is disapointing not because of the hardware that you have but because of the way you are using it or because of software. try to use software such as Logic Pro which works on Mac, Garageband which comes free with all mac's, mixcraft on Windows or Cubase. These softwares have great microphone presets that will enable the best sound you can achieve with your equipment. When recording vocals try to ensure that you are not peaking the software (making the audio levels go into red) because this will distort the recording, you want to be about 7 inches away from the microphone. Always have all audio coming through headphones when recording, as you can see the girl in the video has them on and she will be listening to a mix of her vocals and the piano as not to get any spill in the recording from studio monitors. i hope this helps but if you have any questions just messege me on my youtube page and i will answer: http://www.youtube.com/user/MarcusHobbsOfficial?feature=mhee good luck :) my music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpbvq5MAOJg&context=C3b02868ADOEgsToPDskLbr54dA1Shq6N5lSXdM5Uf