[Ty Ford]

Not impossible, but difficult even though it is a capital.

I googled regina canada and professional video.

Here’s the link: https://tinyurl.com/y85mol29

Reach out to the video community up there and make some new friends.

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Phew! that’s a long way from anywhere helpful.

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Hello Stefan and welcome to the Cow Audio forum.

Good for you! You’re listening way deep into the track. Are you referring to the sound under the phrase “few facts?””

That’s really the only place i hear a disturbance. I’m not certain what it is. It COULD be lots of things; from a fricative artifact to some errant nearby noise to a weak RF interference to X.

Can you upload any sound that’s in the clear?

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Thanks, BV.

So noted

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I’ve already answered that question.

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Ryan,

If that is your experience, then you’ve been positioning the boom mic a lot farther away than you should.

At or about a distance of three feet, the discernible difference in quality of most boom mics is inaudible.

You normally want to be closer than that. With fairly low ambient noise, 1-2 feet is good about it.

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Technically and practcally, very much so.

The diaphragm of a boom mic is about 1/2″ (1.25cm). That’s about 10 times bigger than a lav diaphragm. In addition, the housing for the diaphragm, the capsule, has many engineering positives. Small diaphragms don’t swing (react to sound) anywhere near as much as the larger boom mic diaphragm. That means the lav’s output voltage, referred to as its sensitivity, is a lot lower than a boom mic.Because of this, lavs require more gain and with the gain comes noise.

Lavs are mostly omnidirectional. Boom mics are mostly super or hypercardioid. Lavs pretty much HAVE to be omni when worn that closely. There are directional (cardioid) lavs, but they’re only used on certain occasions. Lavs are subject to more placement problems. Even though they are omni, a simple head turn can be heard as a fall off of level. If you’re doing narrative work, you need to hide the lav and that can create clothing noise, loss of high frequencies and strange sound, if for example, the lave is placed under the chin in a tie knot or inside the front edge of a shirt collar.

There are other reasons but these’ll do.

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“Everyone seems to knee jerk the response that on camera mic mounting is not good. But, a more nuanced answer will take into account the distance and the environment in which you are using such a setup. Following those few simple guidelines above — with your personal experimentation for what’s acceptable sound to you — will show you that audio from a mic mounted on camera will often produce great results!”

Well, “Everyone” is an overstatement. What needs to be taken into account is that a good suspension mount is necessary to isolate the camera-mounted mic from the sound of moving finger in the event that the camera is not locked down. Camera operators must be careful not to make noises that the mic will pick up. Some cameras are noisier than others. You absolutely will hear camera and zoom motor noise with some cameras.

I do agree that 3-4 feet is about as far away as you can be with a camera-mounted microphone. Less if you’re in a noisy environment. While you might not agree that best practices is to get the mic as close as you can, your fight is with the laws of physics.

Camera-mounted mics are usually parallel to the ground. As long as there’s never anything behind what the mic is aimed at, you’ll be OK. If there’s direct or reflected noise behind what you’re aiming at, booming from above or below will cut your voice track out of the noise. Camera mounting won’t work unless you choose another angle.

I like an NTG-3 over the NTG-4. If you want to play with the big boys, you’ll need a Schoeps CMIT or MiniCMIT, DPA 4017 or Sennheiser MKH 416.

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Hello Ryan and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum.

No. Don’t do it. Figure out how to raise your game and find a good boomer.

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