I certainly enjoyed the video.  The video-in-video shots I appreciated as two angles of what was happening helped see exactly what was going on. 

I've seen many phone audio amplifier projects and the common discovery was that you couldn't predict the effect until it was done and you tried it.  Had a student make one for tiktok vertical videos he liked to watch, as well a music he liked to listen to.  The phone stood on end with speakers down.  The stand had an internal circuitous path that got wider until it flared open at the front.  Much like a trumpet, and it certainly sounded louder with phone in place that the phone alone sounded.  CNC cut in two halves that hid the internal path when screwed together.  Discussions included "tuning, shortening or lengthening" the path to find the best results.   Time was limited though so he only made one. 

Good point, Ed.  I might try that next time I shoot video.

 

Generally, in my videos anyway, I show everything so it's usually good to go to the end.  Or do what my best friend does - play it at 1.5X speed! LOL!

 

And I can't help you if you had it muted... 

 

Edit - just realized I have done that and shown in videos to take off of and add to a stack showing the cut pieces.  Look at my video that is right now titled Light production run - plaques.  It's somewhere around the 2 minute mark.

Edited February 4, 20233 yr by difalkner

8 minutes ago, 4DThinker said:

I certainly enjoyed the video.  The video-in-video shots I appreciated as two angles of what was happening helped see exactly what was going on. 

I've seen many phone audio amplifier projects and the common discovery was that you couldn't predict the effect until it was done and you tried it.  Had a student make one for tiktok vertical videos he liked to watch, as well a music he liked to listen to.  The phone stood on end with speakers down.  The stand had an internal circuitous path that got wider until it flared open at the front.  Much like a trumpet, and it certainly sounded louder with phone in place that the phone alone sounded.  CNC cut in two halves that hid the internal path when screwed together.  Discussions included "tuning, shortening or lengthening" the path to find the best results.   Time was limited though so he only made one. 

Neat process and glad you watched the video!  The two angles are fun to do and I try to make it informative rather than a gimmick.

 

My build was more of 'how can I use exotic woods to build something for her birthday' and this was the result. 

 

For her it didn't really matter if it made the sound better, it's just that I thought enough of her needs to build something.  THAT it made the sound better is a bonus!

 

And since I'm firmly in the corner of 'video should only be landscape/widescreen', and not portrait, this holds the phone in the proper landscape orientation for watching videos.  We have, after all, widescreen monitors, widescreen TV's, movies are shot in widescreen/landscape, our eyes are left and right not up and down, etc.  Portrait video is just plain wrong. Ok, off my soapbox (for now). 

Edited February 4, 20233 yr by difalkner