Since my #1 video of my Nim for Beginners video series i have been trying to resolve my audio issues, at first the volume and quality. Now all of that has been fixed and i have also lowered the volume of my obnoxiously loud mechanical keyboard, but still it remains at large (Don't ask me to fix the mouse clicking noise, because that's just insane). Some people have actually said they like keyboard typing noise, i am not sure if that's a tiny minority or not.
In order to fix this, in the past i have been suggested to record the ENTIRE video(code etc) beforehand and then talk over it. I tried that once and i just get lost on what i want to say at all, i spent almost an hour with almost nothing to show, so i switched back to what worked so far. Which is compiling the data with pointers and code, which most of the time then gets improvised upon.(BTW all of this including the mouse clicking can easily be fixed by a lavalier/clip/lapel mic or my a microphone arm. Sadly i currently have 0$ to spend on that. I have also been suggested a non-mechanical keyboard(which i have 1, i had 2 until recently), but it's a really cheap keyboard and when i tested the audio it barely made a difference and it made my typing just weird, you gotta get used to different keyboards.
So i came up with an idea to either lower the keyboard noise or completely remove it(depends on your feedback) by splitting every recording section i have pre-planned or i make up on the go(improvise) when recording into 2. The typing part and then the explaining part after it. Either of these options would make my life easier as well as the AUDIO quality better, because i would no longer need to both type and explain the code at the same time, or stop trying to quickly type the code so i can explain it while trying to remember what i am going to say/explain(BTW again, if i had a clip mic or a microphone arm, it would actually hurt my editing part of my videos, because due to the very loud mouse clicks and keyboard i know exactly in the audio wave forms when i am doing nothing, but that's a minor problem).
So now i would like your opinion on which option to go with for my future videos(probably not today's one):
OPTION 1: Pre record typing section and LOWER the volume of it and speed it up then after it's done, explain that code.
OPTION 2: Pre record typing section and MUTE the volume of it and speed it up then after it's done, explain that code.
OPTION 3: Completely skip the typing section and instead just cut to me talking/explaining the code after a small delay so it's not weird, (maybe with a nice transition... idk about this one) and then explain the code.
I am leaning towards Option 2, but Option 1 is also very much there. Option 3... sounds disorienting. Please help me with picking the right option of the ones i have listed, or with one of your own ideas.
Hi Kiloneie, maybe this is of any help:
Some time ago we had a visitor on the #nim IRC channel who came to us to vent about the sound quality of some of the NimConf videos. The good thing is that he did not only complain, but also came with some good advice, and offered to be contacted for any future questions regarding to sound quality on Nim Videos.
The logs of this discussion can be found here: https://irclogs.nim-lang.org/29-06-2020.html#11:40:57
He also left his contact details there for anyone interested in getting advice on this.
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For those not that good at watching youtube, there is also a book available: