[Nicholas Canavan]

Thanks Eric for the response..

I have registered with JWsoundgroup and will post up a message looking for sound operators…

Do you have any idea what the going rate may be to hire a person to record sound for an indie doco…either a daily rate or hourly?

Just trying to get an idea what sort of money i should offer, and considering it is on a somewhat limited budget.

Thanks again.

[Nicholas Canavan]

thanks ty for your response.

Since i currently have only 1 mic, i guess its less likely i will use multi-tracks. However i have been thinking about wireless lav mics..as well as the shotgun rode ntg2 for recording.

[Nicholas Canavan]

Al, what is the main reason that the zoom lacks in situations getting feeds from sound boards? Just overall quality? distortion?

So you would normally use a mixer in between the board and your recorder just to get a better overall sound?

[Nicholas Canavan]

Hi Ty, most likely just the 1, since i am using just the 1 input from my rode ntg2 mic, xlr input.

Possibly use 2 when getting a live feed from a desk at a live music show..as it could be a left and right xlr ins to the recording device.

When or in what situations would call for more inputs? just out of curiosity?

[Nicholas Canavan]

Hi Al

I have been working with a girlfriend of mine for the last few years..

She started with little experience, but over time has learnt the basics of recording and knows the marantz well. I now call her my sound recordist…not a pro, but she is doing pretty well with alot of practice.

Yes the mic is a Rode NTG2, xlr input into the marantz.

I will have a look at the tascam and edirol too…

I have read the link you gave, though it is very technical i think i can understand the gist of it. Basically it is saying that a hot signal going into the zoom h4n even with the zoom turned down will still distort? (sorry for my lack of knowledge here)..

I am a little worried, as my doco is filming a hip-hop artist, and when he does live shows, i need to get a feed from the live desk into my audio recorder for a recording of the show. (the marantz was a nightmare for this).

[Nicholas Canavan]

thanks for the replies guys..

i am looking into the g-raid drives etc, but seems there isn’t many options or places to buy here in Melbourne Australia.

Is there any problem with using the drive for windows xp and mac? any known problems there?

thanks again for the responses.

[Nicholas Canavan]

Hi guys,
John, Dennis, Michael and anyone who gave input on helping me, just wanted to say thank you for your help.

The church choir that i filmed was done the other day, and i was quite happy with how it turned out. I did a few quick interviews afterward too which were good too.

Just wanted to give a big thanks to each of you guys for your help. It was invaluable the advice that you gave.

I notice more and more in my filming experiences (especially for the doco im shooting) is that the practicality of things/events/people often trumps technical aspects. I found myself rushing to not waste peoples time who waited to be interviewed etc, compromised somewhat on my power (electricity) needs for the sake of musicians/ other people involved etc etc.

I guess i’m just saying that there are so many elements to trying to make decent movies of any sort, and alot of experience to get things as right as they can be.

Thanks again guys for the help.

Nick.

[Nicholas Canavan]

Thanks again John,

Living in Melbourne, Australia so im guessing probably not too close to you..checked the mandy.com however and found one place that i hadn’t yet seen that may be applicable.

Looking through their catalogue though i can’t see speedrail anywhere and am wondering if its just called something different etc here??
Does it have any other names?

[Nicholas Canavan]

Thanks again John,

Ok, i did think the truss was overkill at the time, it looked like something used for massive lighting events. I will enquire about the speedrail (is it basically just a long metal pole? Does it have any attachments etc?). Sorry for my ignorance on the subject, but it seems that some places i have been to aren’t equipped with the stuff mentioned on here..if i can get my hands on that and stay with the original plan of hanging 3 or 4 lights evenly on the speedrail i will do it that way.
If not, what you recommended (Like a 2k baby junior with thin diffusion like Opal on one side) is this the actual name of the light? Is it similar to a fresnel light etc?

Thanks again for your continued help,
Nick.

[Nicholas Canavan]

Hi alan,

Thanks for the response. I’m no expert on lighting, just learning..
Could you explain in a little more detail how the white silk diffusion will work best and how.

Much appreciated..

Nick.