Sound for Video Session: Pro vs Consumer Gear & Q&A @LearnLightAndSoundSessions
Sound for Video Session: Pro vs Consumer Gear & Q&A  @LearnLightAndSoundSessions
Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this week's Sound for Video Session, let's talk about the differences between pro and consumer level audio gear (hint, it is actually more of a continuum and some gear is NOT purely consumer or pro). But let's also talk about when it is important to work with pro gear and when it probably isn't as important.

If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.

Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:

- Mackie DLZ Creator XS adaptive audio mixer — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/6lDtu69
- Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one) — B&H, Amazon geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Allen & Heath SQ5 digital mixing board — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Sound Devices 888 field recorder/mixer with Dante — B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Teleprompter Ikan 17" high bright — B&H geni.us/RcuXD3
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/505L55n

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Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd

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Sound for Video Session: Pro vs Consumer Gear & Q&A

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