[Michelle Mizner]

Hi Jon, Were you ever able to figure this out? I am having the same issue.

Thanks
Michelle

[Michelle Mizner]

Thanks, Shane. I’ve read “moot point” elsewhere, but was still interested in the speed of USB 3.0 for editing. Esp now that LaCie has the card and driver to convert your MacBook Pro, etc. It was just a conversation I had at work.

[Michelle Mizner]

Hi, I’m wondering if the Firewire > USB answer remains true in regard to USB 3 too. Does USB 3 also travel in packets? Does Firewire 800 still perform better for video editing than USB 3?

Thanks!
Michelle

[Michelle Mizner]

Excellent. Thank you! That was exactly the information I was looking for on the interference/cancellation piece. And the links on the 3-to-1 rule were helpful. I have read about this before, but the diagrams and explanations you provided helped it to sink in.

If I go with boundary mics on the tables, I will get an 8 track recorder, per everyone’s suggestion. Thanks to each of you!

Another option some colleagues have provided is to just set up the H4N recorders (or something similar) on each table, and not even mess with the extra mics. Buy or rig a stand and place the recorders at each group’s table. So, I am considering this now as well.

[Michelle Mizner]

These are all great ideas, and I am taking each one into account. Thank you, thank you!!!

Michelle

[Michelle Mizner]

Really no apology necessary, Ty. I appreciate your honesty & experience. Just trying to bounce ideas around and maybe find a system that works.

Best,
Michelle

[Michelle Mizner]

Thanks for your input, Ty. With all due respect, I’ve actually done two camera demo shoots on my own before, in the same style I’m trying to convey here, and it worked.

The sound is what I’m asking for technical advisement around. I’m also just trying to be inventive/imaginative here, and think there’s potential for a system that will work.

So on that note, Does anyone have advisement or thoughts on this set up? Or recognize the potential for interference of mics? The thought process is based off of “conference room” style or “distance learning” recording, which Shure mics are crafted for. Certainly, you wouldn’t have a boom mic on hand for such purposes, but there are ways to record intelligible sound in a classroom.

[Michelle Mizner]

Hi Ty! Thanks for responding.

We won’t be using a boom because we need a way for one staff member to handle the shoot. I recognize that the quality of sound will be compromised, but as long as we can understand what the students are saying, that’s great.

The idea is to have the boundary mics on the table plugged into an XLR input on Zoom H4Ns, which will be stationed nearby. Will likely have 3-4 on hand. This is in addition to the XLR inputs available on the stationary camera.

I had considered using a mixing board for the mics, but want clean recordings for each group/table of students. Upon editing, I can cut between the different tracks as needed.

Are there any obvious (or less obvious) things I am overlooking here? Interference with each other, with the lav mic on the teacher, etc?

Thanks again!

[Michelle Mizner]

You should take the clip, duplicate it, and bring that into Cinema Tools and change the frame rate. Tutorial here: https://exposureroom.com/members/philipbloom/223ba8e8743e4319a4e34cdb44daa84d/

Hope that helps!