Music or bubbles in Videos?

[ShallowDiverDave]

I have seen/heard a lot of scuba videos with some "interesting" music in the background. I was curious what your opinion is on music in scuba videos? Music vs. bubbles? I personally prefer the almost naturally rythmic sound of the bubbles (maybe the bubbles are boring for some). However, my underwater experiences are primarily intended for peace and tranquility so maybe this has something to do with it (of course music can be peaceful as well). For some reason I feel like something is totally missing if it's music in the background, anyone else get the same feeling? Thanks!

 

[JDog]

Both.

It depends on what story the videographer is trying to tell you.

 

[PerfectD3]

I prefer Mr bubbles

 

[CuriousRambler]

Admittedly I haven't watched a ton of underwater videos, but I'm not sure I've ever seen any where you can hear bubbles. Most of them the mic is inside the housing on the camera so you either hear nothing or whatever they patch into it. The music would have to go with the video, and some are better left silent (or the small bit of natural water-lapping you hear at the surface through the housing, etc)

 

[Mike Veitch]

a couple of bubbles here and there is ok.... but for the whole video? that would drive me insane...

 

[diversteve]

Both,

Typically the music is louder on my stuff but the bubbles/other sounds are in the background. I've had people tell me they like it better that way than just music. I'd never have bubbles only - personal preference I guess.

btw, my housing has an external mic so I pick up animal sounds, bubbles, sometimes dpv whine and other sounds. I recently had a reef shark rub across the front of my housing, you can hear his skin scrape across the mic. I hope to get Humpbacks singing someday. Or dolphins chattering.

 

[Bobby_M]

I don't have an external mic, but my cam picks up a ton of external sound including bubbles and regulator noises. I've recently stripped out the audio track of one of my dives and used Cool Edit to take out some of the DV cam's motor noises. I call this my "scuba sounds no noise" file. I insert this on my commentary track in Video Studio and then add music as well. Usually the music overpowers the bubbles in some parts, but in this example it comes through:

https://www.suebob.com/video/kissingfish.wmv

Bobby

 

[thomjinx]

Most of the time I mix a balance of both music and bubbles, but with the relative balance changing depending on what is going on in the video. Since my mic picks up the noise of the cam switch sometimes, I use an edited and cleaned up bubble track when I want bubbles.

Thomjinx

 

[Barracuda2]

I always have a mixture of both, the music being dominate. I feel that the bubble track adds to the viewer actually being in the scene. It's like a traveling scene of a boat on its way to the dive site; without the sound of the motor in the background with music or with voiceover seems like something is missing. My $.02

 

[LiteHedded]

I like the bubbles