Sam Mallery
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What model of shotgun mic are you using? What is it plugging into?
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Not really. Could you carefully record something on an iPhone and have NBC broadcast it on the evening news? Yes, but it’s not the way to go for good portable audio recording. Is the camera on the iPhone good enough for a professional photographer? Should that photographer sell their other cameras and only use the iPhone?
I would use a good portable recorder. Many people use the Zoom H2 because it’s pretty decent, and it’s also one of the cheapest options. I’m looking into buying an Edirol EDR09HR for myself.
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If there is a lot of video shot, and a lot of audio recorded in the studio, the biggest problem will likely be figuring out what audio belongs with what video. Once you figure out what audio belongs with what video, you have to line them up manually in the timeline so it looks natural.
Once you have the audio and video lined up, you have to keep an eye out for drift. No matter if both recordings are done digitally, the audio and video can still drift. Basically, you will notice that if you have everything lined up properly, after a while you may notice that the audio and video are no longer synced. It starts to look like a poorly dubbed Kung Fu movie. You just have to go back on the timeline and figure out where the audio and video start to drift. When you find that point, you have to make a cut in the audio and move it maually so that it’s in sync again.
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Thanks Shane.
You gotta wonder, what is Apple thinking by sending out every Mac laptop iMovie, while only one model of laptop is properly outfitted for capturing video? Well, we know what they’re thinking. Dollar signs.
This is really troublesome. The 17″ is just too big and expensive. They never made a 15″ Unibody with both an Expresscard and an anti-glare screen.
What problems arise from capturing video to your internal drive?
Would it be such a big deal if I moved the footage to an external drive once it was captured?
I’m not so crazy about the idea of daisy chaining. It just seems like you could exceed the of bandwidth of the FW bus pretty easily.
I’m fairly certain that the moment a 13″ MacBook Pro is available with an anti-glare screen option, that I will buy right then and there. I need to make this work. Thanks!
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The next time this happens with the Sennheiser G2, you can try turning off the pilot tone in the system. The pilot tone turns off the audio when it detects interference. The thinking behind it is that you would rather hear silence than hear static. You never know, you could have turned off the pilot tone and perhaps there may not have been static there at all.
I always pack a wired option in any given situation.
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I agree with Ty. The headphones you came up with aren’t the way to go.
On the slightly cheaper end, I think Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones do a nice job of noise isolation, while still giving you an accurate response. HD280’s cost $90.
On the fancy end, Beyerdynamic DT 770 M headphones are really sweet. You put them on and you feel like you’re about to mix live sound at an arena. They cost $209.
The already mentioned Remote Audio HN-7506 are the ultimate. Aviator sunglasses are a must when using these.
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I bought the AT4053 because I couldn’t afford the Schoeps. For indoor booming work, I love it. It sounds very natural. I will likely buy another 4053 in the future to have a back-up, and I may buy a pair of cardioid capsules to use them for stereo recording + music production.
Also, if it’s not too late, you may want to consider the 4073 shotgun from Audio Technica. It’s a great sounding mic that will match the 4053 a little better. If you already bought the Rode, it’s no biggie. That’s a nice mic too.
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Again, you have the option of using the Beachtek DXA6:
https://www.beachtek.com/dxa6a.html
This model supplies phantom power to the ME66. In a sense, you would still need to feed this Beachtek the occasional battery, but if you’re worried about the battery dieing in the middle of a wedding, you could have a battery in your ME66, and if it dies, you can turn on the phantom power in the Beachtek.
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The only way to get a true stereo image in sound is with two microphones (with the exception of stereo microphones – which are essentially two microphones built into one). Don’t let this deter you from getting a Beachtek. The factors to consider are if you want to use professional mics with XLR connections with your camera, and if you want to use more than one mic. Having the ability to plug line-level sources into a camera can be handy too.
For recording loud noises, you wouldn’t use the line-level switch. You could use the level knobs on the Beachtek to drop the signal low enough to record loud sounds.
I bought a Beachtek box over 5 years ago. Even though I have a nice mixer now (a Sound Devices 302) – I still find a use for my Beachtek on occasion.