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Broadcast Mic recommendations
Hello,
I work for a network affiliate and am in need of a quality Broadcast Mic for our studio. We generally only have one talent on camera at a time but there are times when we have 2. All recommendations are appreciated!
Thank you!Larry
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[Larry Richards] “I work for a network affiliate and am in need of a quality Broadcast Mic for our studio.”
Define “broadcast mic” if you would. Are you talking about a lavalier or something else? If it’s lavs you’re talking about, the main local news stations in my market all seem to be using Tram tr50s. Like they have for at least 30 years now it seems. Still looks fine and sounds great.
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A boom mic. I want to get away from using lav’s.
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[Larry Richards] “A boom mic.”
Well, the usual suspects tend to be the same ones used in dialog recording. Those typically being hypers like the Sennheiser MKH 50 or 8050 and the Schoeps CMC6 mk 41 (perhaps the best sounding mic for dialog, but that often becomes a religious argument). If your studio is big enough that it doesn’t present any close surfaces (walls, ceiling) that can give you rapid reflections that make an interference tube comb filter, you could go the shotgun route, with Sennheiser MHK 60 or 8060, the Schoeps CMITs (there’s even a CMIT 5u in “chroma green” so you can key it out), the Sanken CS-3e, Neumann KMR 82i, etc. Just beware of the rear lobe on a shotgun; usually not a problem if it’s pointing up and you have sufficiently high ceilings like you should on a studio sound stage. Just don’t point the rear lobe at a light in the lighting grid to avoid picking up any odd pops and hums.
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This is excellent information. Thanks so much for taking the time!
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