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Have you seen the price of wireless iPhone microphones?
Why Use Your Apple Watch as a Mic?
The Apple Watch Series 9 provides an incremental upgrade over its predecessor, the Apple Watch Series 8.
However, this doesnt make it a subpar wearable equipment by any means.
Rather, it means that an already impressive unit has been improved slightly.
Speaking of audio quality, theVoice Memos app on your Apple Watchrecordspassableaudio.
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Its not going to knock your socks off, but for spoken word, it sounds pretty good.
First, start recording video on your camera.
Now, position yourself in shot on the camera and clap clearly and loudly.
The Apple Watch Series 9 provides an incremental upgrade over its predecessor, the Apple Watch Series 8. However, this doesn’t make it a subpar wearable device by any means. Rather, it means that an already impressive device has been improved slightly. The Series 9 features a superior chip, a brighter display, and some exciting new features on the horizon.
This will help you (or your software) sync the clip later.
you might now conduct your interview or record your piece-to-camera.
When youre done, stop recording on both devices.
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Once you stop your audio recording, youll find the audio on your iPhone and possibly your Mac too.
The simplest way to sync your audio and video is to usethe best free video editor,DaVinci Resolve.
DaVinci Resolve will look at the audio and match your clips up.
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You should see a big spike near the start of your audio where you clapped.
Use this to help align your clips.
Lots of video editors have auto-align tools built in, likePremiere Pro.
Have a look through the support documents to figure out how to the tools.
Doing Lots of Recording?
In-camera microphones on an iPhone and Sony mirrorless camera were a letdown.
The Apple Watch provided far more usable results.
But this is by no means a substitute for a proper microphone.
If youre going to be doing a lot of recording, get ashotgun microphoneor wirelesslavalier microphoneinstead.
Alternatively, a separate audio recording gadget works well if youre happy to sync video and audio.
Why not combine this tip withour guide to better iPhone video?
