Mic Placement for Video Interviews

[Ty Ford]

Hello again Freidrich,

The secret sauce is approximately using 1-3 dB of gain reduction 2:1 ratio with compression followed by 1-3 dB gain reduction limiting. Fairly fast attack times moderate release times. Put this in the master stereo buss.

Keeping two booms phase correlated can be very tricky especially if both are moving. Using two booms, depending on how far apart they might need to be, how reflective the space is, I would record each on a separate channel and sort it out in post. Get room tone for each boom in every situation, even if the booms go to a different part of the same room.

I might (or might not) also use an automixer.

Regards,

Ty Ford
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[Friedrich Popusismi]

Thanks for the secret sauce…will definitely “add” it to my next video.

As for my two shotgun scenario, I would greatly appreciate if you contribute your answer to the following thread instead (just so the information is grouped under one umbrella):

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/30/870720#870720

Well it will be a static situation, much alike the one in your video above: two people talking behind a desk. For a more detailed description of my “intentions” see this post.

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/30/870720#870732

Once again, thanks Ty.