Microphone for FCP4HD Voice over

[Troy E. parker]

Hey Kevin,

To get a VO into the powerbook you have a few options with a preferred route to avoid any ‘Computer’ mic’s (very low quality) and use a good XLR mic that has its signal converted via an external A/D device to a USB or Firewire compatible signal. You should also consider a small mixer, and a good set of headphones to get started.

Audio is really important, and starting off with the best you can get given budget / equipment contraints will only save much time and money in Post.

We are using a few different mic’s with the Shure KSM27 a good option for most VO work (solid performer in the under 400.00 range). A small Mackie or Beringher mixer is a good bet (we use the Mackie 1402-VLZ), and for a converter from XLR to USB A/D convert I have used a few in past including the DigiDesigns and mAudio units with decent results on both.

Hope this helps….mobile audio is always a difficulty, and the success of the audio tack can make or break a well cut documentary…

Troy

[Bryce Whiteside]

From Graeme Nattress’s post, I came across these great resources.
https://www.creativecow.net/forum/read_post.php?postid=111279913939672&forumid=8

The.Point
https://www.pfiggianimsc.com/blog/

PodcastignRig.com
https://www.podcastrigs.com/

Check the links to right of the screen at under the RSS button at PodcastignRig.com
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HTH,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

PowerBook 1.67 Ghz ATI 9700 128 MB 2 GB
Final Cut Pro HD
DVD Studio Pro 3
Motion

[Kevin J. railsback]

Troy, Thanks for the info.
I do have a Sennheiser ME-66 microphone.
I guess I just need something to plug it into.
Has anyone heard anything about this cable adaptor? GarageBand Microphone Cable from Griffin?
I also have a Samson Mixpad 4 that I’ve never really messed with. Don’t know if that’s any good or not.

I was just thinking with the optical audio plugin on the 17″ Powerbook there had to be a better way than doing it how I’d been doing it.
–==Kevin==–