Tascam DR-05 Review With Audio Recording - How To Add Or Change Music On YouTube Videos With YouTube Video Editor

Tascam DR-05 Review With Audio Recording


Hey guys, this is my review for the Tascam
DR-05. So all the audio you’re hearing right
now, as in this actual voiceover, is being
recorded by the actual unit. So I’m going
to start things off with a quick unboxing.
As you can see it’s a pretty normal box
â€" nothing special here. As I dig inside,
you’ll see two double AA batteries that
are included. That’s kind of a nice addition.
And the actual unit is crammed into this Styrofoam
packing, which I’ll just wrestle free from
the box. So, there’s the unit, and you also
get a mini USB cable, and a manual. I haven’t
bothered reading the manual yet. I don’t
think it’s really necessary. The device
is pretty easy to use, as I’ll show a bit
later. So the DR-05 is Tascam’s answer to
the Zoom H1. The H1 is a really popular recorder,
it only costs around a $100, and I think Tascam
just wanted to get in on the action. So here
it is, the Tascam DR-05. It sells for around
$100 and has many of the same features of
the Zoom H1. So I’ll just show you some
of the external features of the unit. This
is the side of course, it has a min USB port
and a micro SD slot. They give you this 2GB
card free with the unit. On the other side
it’s, yea, pretty sparse. You have this
hold switch and a line out
headphone
jack.
So moving on to the top of the unit, you can
see where you can plug in an external mic.
It’s just a mini-jack, so I don’t think
it’s that important, but, you know, it’s
nice to have incase you need it.
So I’m going to fire the unit up for the
first time. You’ve got to hold that power
button down for about 2-seconds for it to
boot. The actual boot is about 3-seconds.
So all-in-all it’s about 5-seconds to get
it going. I really like the screen. It’s
big enough to read, it’s backlit and it
shows a bunch of information. So I’m going
to start right away here. I hit the record
button, and it’s not actually recording,
it goes into a standby mode where you can
monitor the levels. So here I am snapping
my fingers, just making sure I’m not getting
any clipping. And when I’m ready, I hit
the record button again, and the timer starts
going and it’s actually recording. So if
I hit the record button once more, it goes
into a pause mode. And I hit it once more
and it’s back recording again. Real simple.
So, when it’s recording, if I want to adjust
the levels, if my audio source, let’s say,
is too quiet or too loud, I can hit the forward
and back buttons here, and, simply adjust
the levels in real time. If I hit the plus
and minus buttons, this will adjust the volume.
So if I’m listening to what I’m recording
with a pair of headphones, I can adjust the
volume with those controls all the time. So
to finalize this recording, you just hit the
stop button, and then the next time you record
it will start a new file.
So that’s basically how you use the unit.
Those are the essential controls for recording
and playback. Right now I’m just going to
show you how to delete a file. You hit the
quick button, then you hit the play button
to delete, and then once more to confirm.
It’s real easy to delete files right from
the main menu there. So now I’m going to
show some of the internal settings, so you
can adjust, for instance, if you want to record
in wave or mp3. You can see a variety of bitrates
it offers. It’s quite versatile. And when
it comes to recording in stereo or in mono,
I really like the fact that it handles mono
properly. So you’ll get audio coming out
of the left and right channels, but only one
channel will be original. And this can double
the amount of time you can record to your
SD memory card. So for something like this
voiceover I’m doing, I’m using mono, but
for something else, like if I’m recording
live music, I would of course be using stereo.
So here’s some playback settings. I don’t
think this folder, or this menu is very important,
but it does offer you a simply EQ. So if you
have a lot of files recorded to your memory
card, you can use the browser here, and sort
through all your recorded audio files and
also sub-folders.
The unit has a built-in speaker on the back,
that I’m showing you right now. You need
to enable it from the menu. And when it plays
back audio, it’s super quiet. It’s a very
low powered speaker. You need to hold it up
to your ear kind of like a telephone. But
it’s still better than having no speaker
at all. If you don’t have your headphones
or something, I suppose you could use that
speaker in a pinch. So now I’m just showing
some other menu options here. This is really
neat. This is the chromatic tuner. So if you
have a guitar, or you want to check the pitch
of your voice, you can just, you know, sing
into the microphone and it will show you what
key you’re in. And I was just whistling
there, and it works just fine. So the last
thing I want to show you is the system menu.
This is where you can adjust things like the
backlight and auto-shut off so you can save
some battery life. You can even tell the unit
what kind of batteries you’re using. And
the last thing here is the formatting. There’s
a quick format option, you know, let’s say
you’ve got to get rid of a whole bunch of
files at once. You can just hit that and it’ll
wipe your card. So when you’re in playback
mode, you can speed up or slow down what you’ve
recorded, which is kind of neat. And the last
thing I’m going to show you is how to mark
when you’re recording. You’ve just got
to hit that mark button. It’s as simple
as that, and it’ll drop a mark.
So I think that about concludes all the features
I want to show you. I’ve left some features
out, but those are the main ones that I think
you’ll be most interested in. Here I am
plugging in the device with the USB cord,
and as you’ll see it’ll give me two options
right away when I boot up. I can either use
the device normally, and have it powered through
USB, or I can go into storage mode and transfer
files off of the unit onto my computer.
So I really like this unit, if you can’t
tell, I’m pretty impressed by it. For a
$100, the build quality is very good, if feels
great in my hand, you can see it right there.
And you see all these buttons? They’re all
within range of my thumb. It’s just like
using a smartphone or an iPod. All the buttons
are on the face of the unit. You can see what’s
going on and use it really easily. As I’ve
shown you, the menus aren’t very deep or
complicated and the screen is very viewable.
On the back you have these little shock absorbers
so you can lay it down on a surface and not
touch it and hit record and it’ll do a great
job. As I was saying, with the design of the
unit, I really, really like it. It’s much
better than the Zoom H1. The H1 is small,
it’s lightweight and for some people that’s
what they need. But if those features aren’t
completely necessary, I would definitely get
the Tascam DR-05 just on build quality alone
and easy of use. Using the buttons on the
Zoom H1, they’re all on the spine of the
device (on the side) and I found it very difficult
to manipulate. But with the DR-05, after about
5 or 10 minutes with the device, I felt right
at home with it. Another thing that I like
was the big backlit screen of course and all
the information is there, it’s easy to access.
As for audio quality, obviously you’re hearing
my voice. I’m doing a mono recording right
now, and it should sound pretty clear to you,
but compared to the Zoom H1, I think they’re
very comparable. I think with either device
you’re going to be happy with the audio
quality that you get considering the price
point that they’re sold at. Now the Tascam
DR-05 has been shown to record a little better
from the low-end. A little more bass. So that
might be something to consider if you’re
looking at both units. So anyway, thanks for
checking out my review, and I’ll see you
next time!


How To Add Or Change Music On YouTube Videos With YouTube Video Editor


Hi this video is about How To Add Or Change
Music On your YouTube Videos
Using The YouTube Video Editor
Do you want to add a music track to one of
the videos on YouTube?
Do you you want to change the original audio
with an audio track from YouTube's
audio library?
Herman Drost DrostDesigns.com
Now you can add music to your video from the
library of approved tracks on
YouTube. The audio from an added track will
replace or overlap your clips’ original
audio by default.
Here are the steps to add a music track to
your video using the YouTube Video
Editor:
Google "YouTube Video Editor" or go to YouTube.com/editor
Here you'll see all the video uploads that
are on your channel
So I'm going to select a video drag this one
down here to "drag videos here"
Now I want to change the audio so I have music
in the background
I want to replace that music with some different
music
I click "drag audio here"
So I want to replace the music track with
a different audio track
You've got to come up here "search audio tracks"
I click on "Genre" and I can select from all
this list here
I'm going to choose "Acoustic"
Let's select "What's It To Ya"
Drag it down here
Notice the video clip here is 12 seconds long
I'm going to move this handle to 12 seconds
then let's play the music
It's a little loud so I reduce the volume
Bring it down a little bit more
Ok let's create the video
Click "create video"
It says "sit tight your video edits are about
10% done. Come back to this page in a
little while"
So I'll come back to that page in a little
while
Notice that you'll have a new video created
called "my edited video" and you can
edit that video while it's being processed.
So you can simply click on the pencil icon
Put a new title here, put a new description
then put in your tags, change the privacy
settings from unlisted to private while you
are optimizing your video
Click "save changes"
Once you've got your video fully optimiized
change it from private to public then
click "publish"
In this case we are going to leave it at private
Click "save changes"
Let's check the video
Here's my edited video
As you can hear the original music track has
been replaced by a new music track
And that's it!
Now you know how to add or change the music
on your YouTube videos with the
YouTube video editor. Keep in mind that you'll
be creating a new video.
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