Field recorder and/or field mixer?

[James Harrison]

I understand, in your opinion would an oktava 012 be a nice second mic for my sennheiser 416 (lavs soon to follow)?

[Curt Goodwin]

Hello

I’m shooting a documentary and need some advice on audio. I need to capture quality sound on a budget. I’m shooting interviews and I’ll also be doing some field recording, specifically someone running, crowd noise and some sound bites from people on the fly. I’m using a canon 1dx and also the 5d mark 3. I found a Shure FP 33 for 600$. Will that work for me? And what’s a decent mic to use on a boom? Would appreciate the advice. Thanks!!

[Ty Ford]

Hello Curt and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

I see you hijacked this thread. In the future please start a new thread. It makes things easier to follow.

You have two DSLRs. DSLRs in general are notoriously bad for audio. You have chosen an OK mixer but getting your audio to something decent to record while running.

It sounds to me like you may be in over your head here and, if you want good audio (not budget or useless audio) you might consider hiring a competent sound person rather than risking a disaster.

Where are you ?

Regards,

Ty Ford
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[Curt Goodwin]

Hello,

Sorry, i’m new to this forum. But thanks for responding. We have access to the 2 cameras but don’t necessarily use them both at the same time. In fact, it’s rare that we will, given our needs. We definitely don’t have a budget to hire anyone to do sound. I know what you are saying about DSLR sound quality. In the past I have used a beachtek and a boom mic for interviews and the sound was very good. Perhaps that is good enough?? But we are contemplating taking our sound needs up a notch by dedicating sound to a separate recording device/mixer/person, so as not to overburden ourselves with having to handle sound through the camera while we shoot. Also, WE won’t be running, our subject will be and we’d either like to record him as he passes. We may possibly attempt to record during the length of some tracking shots with a dolly and glide track, but we are more concerned with getting good audio during filming and during interviews, and I was curious as to the quality of the mixer I mentioned, or if there are any better ones out there. Your thoughts. Thanks TY.