Tony Connoly
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I’m beginning to understand: microphones are like lenses to a photographer: you can never have enough of them and they’re expensive. The only difference is that there are no zoom mics!
Seriously, I appreciate your insights. Looking at the polar response chart of the Rode NTG-2, it seems that off-axis it picks up more low-frequences than it ought to. Do you think that the high-pass filter would be useful in dampening the off-axis low frequences when the sound you’re recording doesn’t include very low frequencies(for example a woman’s voice)?
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I was wondering whether the NTG-2 was a good choice for both indoor and outdoor work. I had heard that it’s not as good indoors due to echo (although I would have thought a shotfun mic would help you avoid echos).
Is 2 feet a minimum? If I can get in closer, it’s not a good a idea?
Sorry to ask so many questions. I am trying things out myself, but any added wisdom helps too.
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What do you think of using Rode NTG-2 as a leaening tool and to record speech indoors and outdoors, both on video camera and off? Sometimes mic will be 2 feet from speaker, at other times 5 feet. Is there a better choice in that price range?
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I am talking just about the legs, not the head.
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I am toying with a few ideas:
(1) Mount Zoom H1 on camera and use Zoom’s stereo mics.
(2) Mount Rode Videomic on camera and plug into Zoom H1.
(3) Mount Rode Videomic on camera and plug into camera.(In my set up, the mic would not be in the hotshoe of the camera, but about 3 inches to the left on a flash bracket.)
If I get acceptable sound out of (3), that would be easiest. If not, I would go with (2). (1) is a last resort.
What do you think?
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It feels like a limitation to me, but I wasn’t compare to FCP.
Btw, even syncing one audio and video clip is kind if clunky because you end up with a Sequence rather than a clip. Clips are much easier for me to work with.
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That’s a pretty tough assignment Ty. There are so many variables…my recordings so far are…what’s the technical term? Kr~p! I can’t blame it on the H1’s mics.
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Thank you all for your input. This has been a great exercise to learn to work with PP. It sounds like there are a couple of ways to work with this. For now, I’ve decided to sync each video clip with the audio clip separately and save each combo of video + audio as a separate sequence. In the future, I might end up exporting each sequence into a new clip. Thanks for your help!
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I like to keep the audio running for a bunch of reasons. For example, say you’re taping a concert that’s longer than the time limit of your DSLR video. How else do you deal with that situation?
Since Premiere Pro has this limitation, would you recommend breaking up the WAV or MP3 files so that they correspond to the video? What’s the best Adobe Creative Suites tool for that?
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Ty, I just listened to “Look Ma I’m Flying”. It’s a beautiful recording.