Thank you for the comments @CyndieZ and @coolpinkone  - don't worry about it Toni, sometimes a planned take just doesn't work out!   Take your time and have another shot at it - looking forward to a later take !

And thanks for the posts there @intrepidgirl - now that's what I call reverb !   Well done !

Nicely done @~Rea !   Thanks for joining in the party !  

Yee haa !  

Cool, and thanks for the post @CyndieZ   to  from  

Well done ! ( It;s all OK, I was lying on the floor at the time, and it looked the right way up to me.... )

EDIT : OK - I meant to say - I sort of assume you posted from a mobile 'phone ?   Like with a quick link that lets you post a vid ( or whatever ) to various places ?  - Just guessing - if so - and you are NOT using any video editor software - then 0 IF the 'phone was "standing upright ( i.e portrait mode rather than "sideways-on" in landscape mode - then I kinda guess that, by default, that's how it would apper... BUT - I'm just guessing at that - I never post from mobile - and I could be completely wrong about how you did it anyway... LOL ) - but if you want to know more - just ask and explain what you did and how you recorded/captured it - we can sort it ! LOL )

@CyndieZ -

Yup - I do all my recording on a laptop, but I do not use the internal mic.    The internal mic tends to pick up fan noise and other stuff, besides, it not a great mic anyway for anything other than speech, like say on Skype.  Apart from other "hiss" and "fan noise" (when it clicks in), it can also sound garbled and "clippy" ( on my machine, and I don;t really know why - but other folks report the same )

I record stuff in various ways - for really, really, quick takes to post to YouTube ( and indeed, live on StreetJelly ) - I use my laptop / desktop with an external web-cam and external USB mic /  

The cam I use is one of the Logitech cameras ( I use both the Logitech C160 and the C270 on different machines - both are good - the C270 has more features like zoom and pan)

BUT - BUT - no - I don't rely on the camera's inbuilt mic - admittedly - yes - it WILL be better than the laptop or desktop in-built mic, but I use a separate studio USB mic - a Samson CO1U - it is a real nice device, great quality.   There are others around, equally good, like the Snowball, and others - they are all good...   The Samson was just my choice because I use a "normal" Samson (non usb) with phantom-power etc for other stuff I do..  So, it was just my mic of choice when I wanted something quck and easy to jump on to SJ - and just ended up using it for making these quick YT vids as well...

There IS no "best set-up" - but there are some simple steps ( and relatively cheaply in the greater scheme of things ) that you can do to get "good sound" ... LOL

That was just what I do, and why - others will have equally worthwhile opinions, I am sure !

EDIT : I meant to add- as regards video editing - I have no opinion whatsoever as regards 'phoneapps-  but here, on the laptop / desktop I use the NCH "VideoPad" editor  - does everything I need for now/   Picture-in-picture, overlays, green-screen, clipping, resizing, audio mixing ( OK, I often fall back to Audacity for audio mix ) - yup it costs few dollars - I forget - maybe 60 or 70 bucks - but I've used it for 5 years or so - never failed me....   I did try freeby video editors but - although they (largely... hmmm sort of) worked - I did have some real bad experiences of having spent 4 hours mixing, editing, adjusting things ( mix levels, video balance etc etc ) then it crashes-out...    I will not name them.... and I only mention the NCH software suite because it "works well for me" LOL !

Heyyy Boss ( @Fiddlerman ) we all know you've been real busy....  no need to apologize !

We have enough crazy folks here to keep these things running, don't worry !