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Brian Car
March 23, 2018 at 3:17 pm in reply to: Mic stand with boom arm?

Thanks Eric! Appreciate it.
Brian Car
February 5, 2018 at 8:04 pm in reply to: Bag for C300 mark ii?

Thanks!!
Brian Car
February 15, 2017 at 5:24 pm in reply to: Earclip microphones for podcasting?

I noticed both headworn mics you linked are omnidirectional. Wouldn’t cardioid or unidirectional always be preferable in this situation? Trying to isolate the voices as much as possible on individual channels.

Thanks SO much for your help!
Brian Car
February 9, 2017 at 8:47 pm in reply to: Earclip microphones for podcasting?

As I Google around, I’m increasingly puzzled by how little there is out there. For anyone doing audio-only podcasting, headworn mics seem like a no brainer to me.
Brian Car
February 9, 2017 at 8:36 pm in reply to: Earclip microphones for podcasting?

Thanks for another great post, Richard! I appreciate your thoughts on condenser mics. Will definitely rethink that.

Have you proved that an ordinary clip-on mic is not adequate in your typical acoustic environments?

That has generally been my experience. For interviews, I often use two mics: A lav “Sennheiser ME 2 Omnidirectional Condenser Lav” and a “Audio-Technica AT897” boom mic. I almost always end up using the boom in the edit. It just sounds a lot cleaner and picks up less echo.

In your opinion, is there any reason for me not to go with a headworn mic? The closer you can get the mic to the mouth, the better. So I figure a headworn cardioid mic would be ideal for a audio-only podcast.

Thanks again.
Brian Car
February 8, 2017 at 5:39 pm in reply to: Earclip microphones for podcasting?

Thanks for taking the time to reply and include links, Richard!

I appreciate the PRO 92cW recommendation, but it’s a condenser, and I think a dynamic mic will suit my needs better since background noise will be a concern most of the time. I’ll be recording in various conference rooms and offices (probably echoy) all over campus.

So, I’m currently at Shure WH20XLR: https://www.amazon.com/Shure-WH20XLR-Dynamic-Headset-Microphone/dp/B0001DBZNM . Thoughts?
Brian Car
February 6, 2017 at 10:20 pm in reply to: Earclip microphones for podcasting?

Thanks so much for the reply, Bruce! “Earset,” hmmm. I’ll search around!

I do have lavs, but I since I will likely be dealing with less-than-ideal noise environments (traffic, etc), I’d like to get the mic as close to their mouth as possible. I’ve actually considered using moleskin to stick lavs to their cheeks, but that would be awkward and uncomfortable. I also find that most lavs don’t do well in echoy rooms. I really want to try to get as close to radio-talk-show level quality as I can.

Thanks again!
Brian Car
April 28, 2016 at 4:46 pm in reply to: MTS video problem: Interview video cuts off, footage missing

Think I found the solution, though I don’t fully understand it:

The first file “00000.mts” got renamed. I changed it back, and viola… I can now view the full interview. The reason I didn’t think that was the issue was that I had the same problem with the backup file in Google Drive, which was never renamed. I don’t understand why the backup file had the same issue. But I’m glad it’s fixed.
Brian Car
December 22, 2012 at 8:23 am in reply to: PP5.5 very slow on brand new iMac

Usually the internal harddrive on my iMac. Sometimes from an external harddrive via firewire 800.

Thanks for the post!
Brian Car
December 19, 2012 at 3:11 pm in reply to: PP5.5 very slow on brand new iMac

Interesting. How do I manually set a graphics card?

If you mean “Preferences > Memory,” 9GB are reserved for PP6, and 3GB for other applications.

Thank you so much!

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