Multimedia triathlon
July 19th, 2008
I used my full compliment of multimedia gear while covering the Xterra Hammerman Triathlon this morning:
I ended up spending too much time on the finished project trying to balance the audio levels between the tape and the M-Audio but I prefer that to shooting a lame stand up (probably a habit I should break — but not yet!).
Here’s the final video:
Stephen,
What’s your technique to capturing ambient audio with the wireless?
-Jason
Jason,
To capture sound for the bikes I clipped the mic to a shrub right next to the trail but I also clip the mic to myself if I know I have to follow the action. It’s not a great solution (beware of sniffles and talking to yourself) but the built-in HV20 mic is pretty poor and I’m not totally happy with our shotgun (even before the clip broke last week).
A nice thing about our setup: the Sennheiser receiver plugs into the M-Audio mini-jack, which can be very useful.