Canon HV20 with Sennheiser ew100 wireless mic: Video and ambient sound
M-Audio 24/96 with Beyerdynamic M58 mic: Interview recording.
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!).
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.
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Stephen,
What’s your technique to capturing ambient audio with the wireless?
-Jason
August 6th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
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.