Been working on a camera setup for an online-band, thought I’d throw in a pedal-cam just for fun.
I don’t want to touch my stationary pc that I use to record audio, after all my soundcard sits on a USB-port and I’m worried about latency, so I use my laptop with OBS-Studio to record the video, The laptop is mounted on a snare-stand, surprisingly steady.

The mic on my webcam is barely good enough to record my “silentstroke” kit, and it starts clipping if I hit the snare a bit too hard, so if I want to record with a decent sound, I have to mic it up, mix it and send the mixed-signal to my laptop. This is recorded with no eq, I just set base-levels and panned out the overhead:

https://youtu.be/HCkawShp0B0
https://peertube.wtf/w/38DeeKEW9p3tnmopJrNCwn

I know Youtube isn’t the greatest place in the world, but I’m having trouble finding a good alternative, seams like most of the Peertube sites no longer take new members.

I have some decent audio-recording equipment, and I feel like I got that part covered (for now at least), but I don’t really have any experience recording video, so I’m open for suggestions to improve my setup. I know the cameras aren’t super high quality, but I didn’t want to throw too many money after this, and the Logitech BRIO 100 seamed adequate, thou was surprised how poor the quality was compared to the camera on my relatively cheap Android phone.

What do you use to record drums videos?

Do you mix/edit after, or just record it all live? I can clearly see the advantage of mixing after recording, mostly because it’s a pain to make a good mix on your kit while sitting behind it, that have been my experience at least.

btw. I wasted a lot of time getting two cameras to work at the same time, turns out you can’t run two USB-cameras on the same USB-hub.

TLDR: How do you record videos?

Edit: added peertube.wtf link

  • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    I don’t record practice videos, unless propping a cell phone somewhere counts. I do share videos on peertube. Peertube.WTF is accepting new members IIRC. And basspistol will require you to join their matrix channel and ask, but shouldn’t be an issue.

      • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        BTW I think your current setup is perfectly serviceable. Especially considering your pedal cam is a small PIP in the end, quality shouldn’t matter that much.

        If you want to improve color rendering, these webcams usually need a good amount of light. So maybe add a lamp shining some light on your feet. Bonus points if you can set it at an angle from your webcam (like from behind you), so the shadows are filled but not completely gone.

        • wildflower@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          2·
          1 month ago

          Thanks. I guess there’s no way around having some artificial light anyway, it’s not often there’s that much natural light.