Nord User Forum

[Pismo]

How do I hook up the nord electro when making a YouTube video ?
I heard some videos that sound like a professional studio.
I want to be able to share dome music via YouTube with my family and friends but
I have just a open mic to the room. It's frustrating me not to know such a simple audio trick.

Anyone ?

[Johannes]

You should definitively record the Electro directly int your PC. Depends very much on what kind of Soundcard/Audio IO you got.
Even if you only have the built-in Standard Audio IO, you can still get decent quality by connecting e.g., the headphone out using a stereo jack cable with an adaptor to a 3.5mm/ 1/8in jack plug to plug it into the Line IN on your soundcard, then just record in your video or record separately e.g., in Audacity and using your video from the camera, exchange the original audio track with the clean one from audacity.
So firstly, the question would be (1) what camera are you using, or just still images + sound?, (2) which audio interface do you got, (3) any video editing software you are using? Based on that I could recommend you the best workflow.
But its definitively doable and you will get some professional-sounding vids IMHO!
Cheers
Johannes

[PianoManChuc]

Use the line outs from your Nord into the line ins of your soundcard to record the audio. Save into a separate audio file. When finished, read in your video from your camcorder. Use a program to match up the video and audio of both (audio that you record, video that you read in). The video that you read in will have audio with it. Match up the two audio's (the audio that goes with the video and the audio you recorded separately, then delete or mute the audio from the video). Voila!!
I wouldn't use headphone out from the Nord though, that's only going to distort going into a line in. Make sure you use line out's. The quality of the audio will be as good as the quality of your soundcard's A/D converters.
For an example of what it can sound like, check out any of the videos on my channel... they're all made the way I described above: www.youtube.com/user/PianomanChuck

[Pismo]

I was using the built in camera via a application called Photo Booth on the apple computer.
Until I can figure out a better way on the MacBook I am just stuck getting this lowfi audio.

I also used a flip video camera which is just as bad.

[PianoManChuc]

It sounds like you're still thinking along the lines of video/audio being recorded from the same device (camcorder). You'll have to get used to the idea that your camcorder is for VIDEO ONLY, and that audio is recorded at the same time but SEPERATELY from the camcorder (via the method I explained earlier). That's the only way to get the excellent sound quality you expressed a desire for.

[Pismo]

I understand that now but not sure how to achieve it with the equipment that I have and use.

[Johannes]

Hi Pismo,
I would say it is definitively doable, but requires some more knowledge about your exact configuration.
As far as I understood you use
1) the built in webcam to record video?? FINE!
2) connect the Line OUT of the Nord to the Line/Mic IN of your Mac (depends a bit on what exact computer you got, MacBook, iBook, iMac,...)
3) E.g., download Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_mac) and start recording.
The start the video and hopefully at the end you will end up with a video with crappy sound and an audio file with the nice sound only from your Nord.
Then the only thing you need to do is to combine the two and get them synched. I guess something like iMovie will do the trick. Or use AviDeMux http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/download.html

It is not exactly straightforward I know (have been struggling quite some time with a similar task), but doable.

[Hanon_CTS]

I understand that now but not sure how to achieve it with the equipment that I have and use.

Hello Pismo,
which MacBook do you have? Does it have a 1/8" Mic/ Line In jack?
Cheers, Hanon