Here are some annoying things that I've come across in reviewers (and educators) videos. Next time you watch any YouTube video, see how many you can spot - a bit like playing "spot the yellow VW Beetle" when on the freeway. (Note: If I created a review or educational video, I'd probably be guilty of many of them).
Choppy edits - cutting out phrases or words that were wrong and re-inserting without any transitions.
Reminding us to subscribe and hit that bell - as if we didn't know how YouTube works
Greeting viewers in a Livestream - Hi Sally, Hi Fred, Glad to see you Joe, Nice One Harry.
Videos spliced together from segments recorded in the car, on the train, on the toilet, walking the dog, opening the back gate etc.
Background music while reviewing a sample library and have it still going while demoing the library.
Lengthy doodling when demoing a patch. Ok, we already know you're a composer.
Leaving an introductory splash screen for minutes rather than cutting it out after a livestream is uploaded.
Sitting through recordings where the host has not tested the audio - Can everyone hear me? Can everyone see me? Why isn't my keyboard working?
Watching the entire software install or DAW render progress bar rather doing a fast forward edit.
Poorly balanced audio. Usually voice is too loud and you can't hear the music (or vice versa).
A self deprecating host or one that gaslights the audience (Maybe this one is ok!)
Slipping in some sponsorship at the wrong places - leave it to the end.
Creating videos on banal topics - 10 things you can do with middle C.
Having to sit through a first look, a preview, a review and a "one year after" postview. If any blame is cast on the review, its status is suddenly changed to "first look".
Sitting through piano roll play-throughs (a bunch of horizontal lines travelling in time) rather than a score.
Unboxing videos - here is the warranty card, here is a bumper sticker, here is my credit card statement (Did I really spend that much?).
Reviewers/developers telling you how great their new library sounds but if you close your eyes it just sounds like a barrel organ with a bit of reverb and delay.
The presenters face too close to the camera. Even worse if they are wearing beer bottle strength glasses.
Spending more time and effort on the clickbait thumbnail than the video itself.
Any others?
Choppy edits - cutting out phrases or words that were wrong and re-inserting without any transitions.
Reminding us to subscribe and hit that bell - as if we didn't know how YouTube works
Greeting viewers in a Livestream - Hi Sally, Hi Fred, Glad to see you Joe, Nice One Harry.
Videos spliced together from segments recorded in the car, on the train, on the toilet, walking the dog, opening the back gate etc.
Background music while reviewing a sample library and have it still going while demoing the library.
Lengthy doodling when demoing a patch. Ok, we already know you're a composer.
Leaving an introductory splash screen for minutes rather than cutting it out after a livestream is uploaded.
Sitting through recordings where the host has not tested the audio - Can everyone hear me? Can everyone see me? Why isn't my keyboard working?
Watching the entire software install or DAW render progress bar rather doing a fast forward edit.
Poorly balanced audio. Usually voice is too loud and you can't hear the music (or vice versa).
A self deprecating host or one that gaslights the audience (Maybe this one is ok!)
Slipping in some sponsorship at the wrong places - leave it to the end.
Creating videos on banal topics - 10 things you can do with middle C.
Having to sit through a first look, a preview, a review and a "one year after" postview. If any blame is cast on the review, its status is suddenly changed to "first look".
Sitting through piano roll play-throughs (a bunch of horizontal lines travelling in time) rather than a score.
Unboxing videos - here is the warranty card, here is a bumper sticker, here is my credit card statement (Did I really spend that much?).
Reviewers/developers telling you how great their new library sounds but if you close your eyes it just sounds like a barrel organ with a bit of reverb and delay.
The presenters face too close to the camera. Even worse if they are wearing beer bottle strength glasses.
Spending more time and effort on the clickbait thumbnail than the video itself.
Any others?
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