Re: Got $500 to spend....
 

Brock,

Have you received your recorder and mic? How do you like the results compared to your previous solution?

Hopefully, the results are good. :)

Re: Got $500 to spend....
 

I got everything and am very happy with the results so far. I am still getting used to syncing audio and video up and post, but that will come with experience. I appreciate all the advice you all gave for this. It meant a lot. I'm sure I will be asking a lot more questions soon!

Re: Got $500 to spend....
 

Excellent! Glad to hear that the advice and general information was helpful.

Regarding syncing, I always do it by hand. One tip is to look at the waveforms to get things close, especially looking at strong peaks. "P", "T", "K" and other hard consonants are especially good for visual alignment. For the final check, I mix in a bit of the camera sound and listen for phasing or delays. If you hear a discrete echo, it's not close enough. If it's a strongly filtered or phased sound, you can do a bit better. If the phase sound is subtle, that's good enough. If there is no phase sound, there are two possibilities: 1) you absolutely nailed it and should buy a lottery ticket, or b) you didn't actually mix the external and camera audio. :)

Enjoy!

Re: Got $500 to spend....
 

Great advice! Thanks!