[Mark Leger]

ok ill admit yall had me reading up on that sd 702 but…..its just not in the cards right now budget-wise. i would love to say im buying it and the mixpre-d next year though :).

so for now im thinking that ill go with the tascam 680. should be a wonderful improvement over the h4n.

im sure my at803 lav mics should work well with this. so ill stick with those for now i guess.

so what would be 2 good mics to place out of frame for my talent to not have to use the lavs?

while on that subject, i also would like to start doing VO work with some of my clients since im upgrading my audio capabilities. have a spare room in the studio that i could make into a small audio booth. could i also use these mics for that aspect? or do you guys recommend a specific mic kit for this?

[Mark Leger]

thx for the response. the majority of the time in the studio it will be me and a couple sitting in front of a green screen. 90% of the videos will be this. the couple facing the main cam and speaking directly at the cam. occasionally they will face each other to crack a joke or something to that effect.

i had a guy use the studio and recorded a similar setup but it was just one guy talking for a video blog. he used my ntg2 mounted just above the guy out of frame but used his tascam (just emailed to asked which model it is). after his vid went up i noticed the audio sounded really good and he said he didnt do much with it and actually sent me the original raw file. i can hear the difference in quality between my h4n recordings and that file recorded with a tascam. i read around this forum and others and basically assumed that i can do better than the h4n for what im shooting and not spend a fortune.

im not completely opposed to using my lavs, or even upgrading to better ones. was just thinking it would be nice to have my talent just sit in their chairs (which are right on side each other) and just start talking without having to mic them up and put wires in shirts every single time.

is it recommended that i should have 2 mics, one on top of each of the interviewees?

[Mark Leger]

Yup thx much. Worked exactly as u said 🙂

[Mark Leger]

thanks for replies guys. yeah i would prefer to get an empty chassis and populate myself for more control and choice.

so im guessing with the ARC-4036ML sas would be for hot swap drives and sata would be for shut it all down then replace bad drive?