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Small mic to be used close to speaker
I’m looking for a small, budget friendly mic with a medium width, forgiving pickup pattern (hyper maybe?) that can be held by a speaker or placed on a table near the interviewee. I already have a Rode NTG-2, so this would be a complement to it.
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Tony,
where?
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To be used for informal on-location interviews, indoors in sound-forgiving locations (lots of furniture and carpeting). I’m just finding the NTG-2 to be difficult to keep pointed in the right direction all the time, so I want to try something different, even if it means the mic will show up on camera.
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nah, won’t work. The secret to good interview audio is a close mic with a tight pattern.
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I’m looking for a “small mic to be used close to speaker”. Which part won’t work: “small” or “close”? Thanks.
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Is the mic going to be placed on a stand or handled by an interviewer?
Is the person speaking standing in one spot or moving around?
What’s your budget?
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I was thinking of the Shure SM57-LC. Will this pick up delicate sounds, or does the person have to have a voice that carries?
I have no budget in the sense that this is on my nickel. Every penny I don’t spend I keep.
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The Shure SM63 is more like the interview mics you see newscasters use; about the same price as the SM-57. Also the Electro Voice 635A and the Audio Technica AT8004L in the same price range. They are all omnis so should be fairly forgiving directionally. I’ve never used any of them, so only anecdotal info on my part.
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Bob,
What would you recommend for an informal interview (besides a lav, which is the subject for another discussion)? Let’s say in the $100-200 price range, unless everything in that range is terrrrrible.
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But you still haven’t answered my questions.
Is the mic going to be placed on a stand or handled by an interviewer?
Is the person speaking standing in one spot or moving around?
What’s your budget?
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I thought I said $100-200, but maybe I forgot to hit send.
I wasn’t planning on buying a separate mic for handholding and one for putting on a table and one for moving around unles you tell me that’s the way to do it. I guess if there is a mic you can hold and walk around with, that’s the one I’d want because I assume you can also put that one on a table, but I’d like to know what the drawbacks would be.
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