Can you help me? I want to start a lets play series on my Mac, but I have no idea how to record video and audio. Can someone give me list of items I will need to record Minecraft and audio and make it into a YouTube video? I would like to spend less than $1000 for my gear. Thank you.
Haha, you don't need to spend anywhere near $1000.
If it's one of the recent Macs, the built in mic should suffice for now. Other than that all you need is screen capture software, which generally costs around $30-60.
There isn't much point spending $1000 right off the bat. If you decide you really like making videos and want to improve your channel even further, that would be the time to start thinking about getting a fancy microphone and $500 editing software.
I can't really recommend a specific OSx screen recorder. I don't have any experience with Macs.
I am a Mac user as well. I make a lot of videos last time (continuing later in june 2014). I use my built in mic and a screen recorder called "ScreenFlow" it costs me less than $100. (Excluding electricity bills :D)
If you're looking for a decent basic screen recorder, Mac OS comes with Quicktime Player, which in my experience is sufficient for pretty much all kinds of basic recording. On some computers (2012 Macbook pros and airs, i believe) the soundflower settings don't work properly, so you'll have to tinker around a bit with system preferences, but other than that, it's a very good recorder.
Of course, there are also other options available. When I'm not using Quicktime, I usually use Screenium or Camtasia Studio. I've also heard great things about iShowU HD, but I don't have it so I can't comment upon how well it runs.
If you want a mic, I'd suggest you first use the built-in mic. You may need to talk a little louder and lean a bit in for your voice to be picked up clearer though. If you're going to go for an external mic, try aiming for either a good cheap USB mic. I don't believe you need a pop filter to start out with as long as you are careful not to blow out the mic every time you say "P", but those things are cheap and very easy to make on your own, so you needn't worry about that for now.
As for editing, I'd say stick with iMovie for now. If you know how to use it properly (and work around some of its more cliche effects) it's actually quite a good video editor. There are lots of good tutorials online if you don't know how to use it.
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Hey, we run on a iMac as well and we use screenflow to record our gameplay and audio. We're really pleased with the results of screenflow (nice HD quality). We also use the built in mics on our iMacs as well to capture the voice. I'd definitely recommend using screenflow to capture both!
Best of luck and let us know what you do decide to use!
Here's one of our vids so you can see the quality we get from screenflow (Make sure to switch it to 1080p ).
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If it's one of the recent Macs, the built in mic should suffice for now. Other than that all you need is screen capture software, which generally costs around $30-60.
There isn't much point spending $1000 right off the bat. If you decide you really like making videos and want to improve your channel even further, that would be the time to start thinking about getting a fancy microphone and $500 editing software.
I can't really recommend a specific OSx screen recorder. I don't have any experience with Macs.
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Retired StaffOf course, there are also other options available. When I'm not using Quicktime, I usually use Screenium or Camtasia Studio. I've also heard great things about iShowU HD, but I don't have it so I can't comment upon how well it runs.
If you want a mic, I'd suggest you first use the built-in mic. You may need to talk a little louder and lean a bit in for your voice to be picked up clearer though. If you're going to go for an external mic, try aiming for either a good cheap USB mic. I don't believe you need a pop filter to start out with as long as you are careful not to blow out the mic every time you say "P", but those things are cheap and very easy to make on your own, so you needn't worry about that for now.
As for editing, I'd say stick with iMovie for now. If you know how to use it properly (and work around some of its more cliche effects) it's actually quite a good video editor. There are lots of good tutorials online if you don't know how to use it.
Best of luck on your let's play
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Best of luck and let us know what you do decide to use!
Here's one of our vids so you can see the quality we get from screenflow (Make sure to switch it to 1080p
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Use Soundflower and Garageband.