How to Record a Wedding | Audio Tips for Wedding Filmmakers

In this episode of Sound 101, Andrew takes us through all the essential tips for recording wedding audio. These audio tips for wedding filmmakers will teach you how to record a wedding and ensure that you have usable audio that captures vows and cheers and everything else! Wedding videographer tips usually cover the visual side of the production but recording audio at a wedding can be tricky, despite being very important.

Andrew shows us how to mic a groom, how to mic an officiant, how to mic a bride, and how to record audio at a wedding reception. Wedding ceremony audio is usually easier than wedding reception audio but they both present difficult aspects. Wedding audio setup doesn't have to be the hardest part of your day. Recording audio at weddings can be second nature after you use these audio tips.

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0:00 Intro
0:22 How to record a wedding ceremony?
0:49 Wedding ceremony audio techniques
1:01 How to mic a groom?
3:51 How to mic an officiant?
6:37 How to mic a bride?
9:20 Wedding audio mic test
9:37 How to record a wedding reception?
9:48 Wedding reception audio techniques
14:03 Recap of how to record wedding audio

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[OniqueMusic]

There is no channel like golden!!!! Practicality over theoretically

[ScottParrWeddings]

Fantastic video! As wedding DJ/MC, let’s have a chat the week before the wedding to make sure I know how you need to plug into my system. XLR, 1/4”, mono, stereo, etc. The day of you’ll then have everything you need to make sure you capture it all!

[VictorMunoz-zmyy]

You really simulate a wedding to show us audio, cool

[westfilmswedding]

What is the clipper you used on the speakers with the zoom H1n?

[ElBoyoElectronico]

As always, thank you so much for those videos. They are a huge ressource!

[Justin_Allen]

One note. Many DJ's either do not allow for "photography" vendors to patch into their mixer, or want to charge the vendor / bride extra money to allow for it. This is more common as DJ's are now moving into the video side of the wedding business as well.

[JBearwa]

This is FANTASTIC info!! Can you add the links to the items used. Like straps, ursa foamies and minimounts, tape used etc.

[brandondavis]

Does anyone know what the name of the flex arm is?

[Rickydbaby]

I've been using the xlr output of the speaker right into my zoom h1 mic in on full auto level. Seems to work great.

[matticulousmedia]

When is this BP-TRX going to be available?

[ramymelhem]

Great video. Quick question: my H4N has not been recording through the 1/2 inputs at the bottom. Neither the XLR nor the 1/4 inch cables have worked. The XY mics on the top though are fine. I've adjusted my input levels and even had the DJ try to adjust his levels and I still get no signal. Any ideas as to what the issue may be? I used the RCA out, headphone jack output, and the XLR output on the soundboard and nothing registers.

[mygconsultingyou]

Great info! Can you do a follow up on how sync/use all the different recordings?

[Rickydbaby]

when you have the grrom perform a test to set audio levels, what levels do you like to see on the peaking -6, -12... or do you leave the recorder on auto level?

[anyuisbjoern]

What kind of limiter do you use? And how do you set the input levels? Can you get more detailed on it?

[lighthackerslimited]

Damn.. now need to redo my wedding 18 years since we did it the 1st time..
Then with bad audio!

SERIOUS QUESTION ANDREW!!!
Can I trade in my 2 x BPTX units for your new BPTRX units?
I LOVE how my HDTX records iso as well as transmits, so would be SO GOOD for a trade-up scheme for your connect customers. Due to the 1 year long lockdown here in the UK, my kit hasn't been used.. EVER !
So is mint as the day it arrived?

[LEVIJmusic]

I'm a wedding DJ considering using Deity Mics for Ceremony Audio. Do you have content or video about this? Thank you!!

[DJBessVA]

Any tops for not losing connection between the lav mic and transmitter? I placed a lav transmitter under a grooms jacket AND vest. They were standing about 60 feet away and instantly noticed that my bars dropped down to 1. I knew we werent going to get any sound and I was correct. Luckily we had a handheld for the officiant that was used as a backup. The sytem was a Shure SLXD4.

[martinsadedamola]

THANKS FOR THIS...How do you do this if timecode is a necessity for your wedding film?
also, dresses now are quite tight on the brides and will bulge out if placed on the tigh of the bride. Do you have a solution for this?

[mariamolina]

Thank you for your video tutorial. Amazing! I do have a question

[madlovellc]

Would love to see how we can hook up each person and get signal through a speaker as well? Is that possible?