A reminder not to buy wireless products with frequencies solely in the 700 block; it's going up for auction February '08 and heaven knows what'll be done with the 700 range by Google or the like.
Jan On Jan 30, 2008 9:25 PM, Brian Richardson - WhatTheCast? < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dina P. wrote: > > Richard brought up a point about using two mics at once into the same > camcorder and frequencies. > How can I use two mics at the same time then? > Anybody that does > this on a podcast, > > how do you deal with that? > > > > I do this all the time on my videocamera, but I bought my wireless kit > with this in mind. > > Two approaches ... > > 1. Buy a wireless mic kit that has a dual-channel receiver and two > wireless mic transmitters. This is not cheap ($600 and up for a kit, my > Azden kit cost $800 but I consider it a worthwhile business investment). > The receiver will put out stereo audio on an 1/8" cable that attaches to > your camera's mic input jack (left is channel A, right is channel B ... > assuming your camera has a stereo mic input). Each transmitter can be > tuned to a separate frequency, and the receiver can be tuned to match. > > 2. You have two wireless microphones with two separate > transmitter/receiver pairs. Each transmitter/receiver pair is tuned to a > unique frequency (either pre-set or configurable, depending on how much > you spent on the kit). You then run the two wireless receivers into a > 1/8" Y adapter attached to your camera's mic input ... again the idea is > to get one on the left channel and on the right. > > Option #1 is more flexible, easier to handle and (of course) potentially > more expensive than Option #2. Option #2 gets you into more funky > adapters and the weight of an extra receiver, but might be cheaper given > the number of entry level single-channel wireless mic kits on the market. > > -- > Brian Richardson > - http://siliconchef.com > - http://dragoncontv.com > - http://whatthecast.com > - http://www.3chip.com > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://feeds.feedburner.com/diaryofafauxjournalist - RSS http://fauxpress.blogspot.com aim=janofsound air=862.571.5334 skype=janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
