Peter Perry
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Hi Dave,
I have heard nothing but good things about the Zoom. I went to NAB a few months ago and all the people that have used it raved about it. Haven’t used /heard it myself, but the people who were recommending it are real pros.
Peter -
Nevermind. I was looking under the wrong stylize.
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Hi Hugh,
Hmmmm….very surprising. The pre-amps on these boards are one of the main selling points.
Just curious, do you have the main outputs selected as mic level or line level?
Peter -
This discussion brings up one of my pet peeves. If circumstances require a lav, why do producers insist on hiding it? I can understand when the situation calls for it, when shooting a feature or something like that, but for an interview?
People aren’t stupid, they know that you have to use a mic. And most of the time, hiding the lav means compromising the sound quality. I can’t understnd why you would accept often less than ideal sound for the sake of hiding a mic. It seems to me to be a totally unneccessary compromise.
OK, that is the end of my rant. Please continue to talks amongst yoursevles. LOL
Peter -
Hi David,
What a loaded question!!
Some things you need to consider are:
Is the singer going to be stationary?
Next to or far away from the piano?
Are audience sightlines an issue?
How important is the piano sound? Are you looking for just a reference or do you need a nice stereo recording?
What is your budget?If the piano and singer are stationary in the center of the stage and sightlines are NOT and issue, google “ORTF recording”. There are many articles online on how to do this technique. You will record singer and piano in one stereo field. Your AT4050 alone won’t cut it, though.
If your piano is off to one side of the stage and the singer is going to be moving around the stage, I would put a wireless mic on her, and run the cable up the back of her neck, and hide the mic head just inside her hairline, and in the center of her forehead. That way, no matter where she goes or how she turns her head, her sound will be consistent.
Then I would take your 4050 and put it on a boom stand, and stick it about 5 ft. in front of the piano at piano level.
If that piano micing technique is a little too bush league, (and it is), then renting a couple of 414’s and spacing them inside the piano about 1/3 of the way in from each side and 2 feet above the strings is a better alternative. If you want better than that let us know, there are other techniques that are more time consuming and expensive to pull off.
If you go this route, consider having another mic (stereo?) on the lip of the stage or a little ways into the audience to capture some ambience because she will sound a little dry.
Let us know if you have any more questions.
I am sure everyone is going to chime in with their favorite techniques that will differ from these, just pick the ones that fit your budget and sound right to you. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
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Hi Tom,
I’m not Ty, but I’ll give this a shot.
If I understand your question correctly, what you want is to have split audio from your camera into FCP.
FCP should have way to either split the audio while capturing, or to do it once the stereo file is on the timeline. I know Premiere Pro does.
Maybe someone in here knows FCP ( I don’t). If not try posting this in the FCP forum.
As long as you have each mic sent to only one channel on your 302, you should be able to get split audio once in FCP.
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Hi Ed,
Go here:
https://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/mat_dev/frequencyfinder/Freqfinder-ew.aspThis will tell you what freqs are best in your area.
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Hi Dan,
You really haven’t given us enough info about your setup for us to be of much help.
I have not encountered this before, but I’m thinking maybe an upgrade to the latest version might help.
In any event, try Digidesigns forum here:
https://duc.digidesign.com
They have seen just about everything.
Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.
Peter -
Ooops…I forgot you said GL1 camera. You would need a mixer or a Beachtek DXA-4p also. The Beachtek is under $200.
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I agree. The Zoom units are nice little tools for getting ambient sounds and room tone, but your ME66 is better for dialogue…..providing you have a boom pole and someone who understands how to operate it. You can go right into your camera with it. You don’t need to buy anything else.
I know budgets are tight….we are all in that boat now, but if you want to try and sell your show, you should look into hiring someone for a day to show you how to use your tools.
Peter