Cotty wrote:
On 22/12/11, Dario Bonazza, discombobulated, unleashed:
1 - I'd like a directional mic for recording at a concert, hopefully
getting
music instead of public noise.
Mate, I hate to say this but with a cheap and cheerful camera-mounted
3.5mm jack unbalanced mic, you are not going to get the sound you think
you are! I use a Sennheiser MKH-416 mic - one of the very best (if not
the best) directional microphones and when I am shooting at a concert,
the only way to get decent sound is to forget that and plug up to the
sound mixer's outputs! Usually they are very polite but sometimes you
get a Cory Waters to deal with -------> ;-)
Hi Cotty, lower lower... I don't expect to seriously cover a concert. I'm
only trying to get an average crappy recording of one song or two, such as
those you usually find on youtube. I'm not even there now...
However, I appreciate that you are simply wanting to record ambient
audio, so working within those limitations - and once you have got a mic
you are happy with (and hopefully Rob or Cory might be able to advise on
the impedance question you have elsewhere in this thread) then I would
make sure you sit well back and in the middle somewhere if the speakers
are either side of the stage. I suspect that because concerts like to
churn it out loud, and with no way of adjusting the input level
manually, let alone monitoring it, you will find the automatic gain
control in the camera - if indeed it has one - will be struggling to
compensate. In extreme cases you get a 'pumping' effect which, when
listened to later, will cause you to ram empty wine bottles in your ears
in despair! That's if you can make out the pumping music through the
mini-jack hum.
I see Rode Videomic Pro offers a +/- dB setting on the back, and they say:
The -10dB level attenuation (or PAD) is ideal for recording loud sound
sources, such as live music, motorsport, or interviews where the subject is
very close to the camera. The +20dB level boost is designed for use with
DSLR cameras such as the Canon 5DMkII, Canon 7D, Canon 1D, Canon 550D/T2i,
Canon 60D, Nikon D7000, Nikon D5100, Panasonic GH1 and Panasonic GH2. This
boost in the microphone output allows the user to reduce the camera's preamp
level (or mic-input level), effectively reducing the amount of noise
generated by the camera's comparatively low quality audio circuitry.
OK, without monitoring sound, I understand I'm not going to get good stuff,
but read below:
But be positive :-) Good luck!
That's it!
Dario
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