[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.

[Friedrich Popusismi]

Thanks for the info Peter. Much appreciated.

When you say “position each mic just out of shot NEXT to each other but pointing out over (triangle shape)”, you mean an ORTF or NOS setup placed above the speakers’ heads?

The “2 positions wider apart pointing in over” would be a form of a Spaced XY?

As my subjects will be static, my intent is to place the two shotgun mics on a stereo mic stand of some sort and place it on a static mic boom stand immediately above their heads just out of shot. I intend to record these two mono inputs separately (probably straight to my camera rather then Zoom H4n). As the video will go on their website I want it to be mono-proof hence the reason for this post.

Now, considering I will have two sources a meter apart and two shotgun microphones fixed above them, does a correct NOS or ORTF mic placement mean I will be able to record this without any phase cancellation issues?

How is this problem eliminated using lapels? Don’t they pick up sound from other sources in close proximity, for example the other speaker in my scenario?

[Friedrich Popusismi]

Thanks Sir for the detailed account of your mic placing technique and for at least naming the ingredients of your secret recipe. For us newbies this is all absolute gold.

Do you think that a two shotgun mic scenario could do a similar job? If yes, what stereo mic arrangement do you think would be the most appropriate (e.g. XY, ORTF, etc.)?

Thanks,
Friedrich

[Friedrich Popusismi]

The audio on that video is superb! Was this boomed by a boom operator or you used your locked down boom rig?

If you only used your locked down boom rig where exactly did you place the mic and how much above their heads?

I have a similar situation and I’m considering TWO shotguns (see my post here: https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/30/870720#870720 ).

Any help greatly appreciated.

[Friedrich Popusismi]

Hi Richard, yes it will be indoors in an office with ceiling, walls, desktops, etc.

As for using shotgun mics indoors: I’d be more then happy if I could capture with my two super-cardioid shotguns anything resembling the quality of audio in the video below, “boomed…not laved” by Mr Ty Ford.

Call me an audio philistine, but I’m fine with using my shotgun mic indoors…I now want to use two of them but I don’t know how. 🙂

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[Friedrich Popusismi]

Thanks John.

I can’t believe it was that simple. 🙂

Thanks again.

Cheers.

[Friedrich Popusismi]

Well, I do have QuickTime 7 Pro but regardless Vegas 11 only offers me 3Mbps max option to render QuickTime files.

A friend had ClipWrap on his laptop so I just rewrapped my HDV .m2t files into .mov and imported it into FCP7 without any issues. Literary a two minute job and a lossless video quality process.

Steve you claim that Vegas can indeed render full uncompressed QuickTime files, how? Let me just reiterate that my Vegas version is 11 not the latest 12. What is the procedure to render uncompressed HD QuickTime files?