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Posted by Ty Ford on 02/12/06 16:15
On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 08:42:02 -0500, Toby wrote
(in article <43ef3ad8$0$41511$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>):
>
> "Ty Ford" <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:grGdnVi8Wu8qn3PenZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@comcast.com...
>> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:04:04 -0500, Toby wrote
>> (in article <43edee8b$0$69614$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com>):
>>
>>>
>>> <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:19tE0xMyRL7DFw6j@movingvision.demon.co.uk...
>>>> In message <11up6l9boh80aff@corp.supernews.com>, Richard Crowley
>>>> <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> writes
>>>>> <mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote ...
>>>>>> Been making programmes for TV and all sorts for over twenty years and
>>>>>> I've found the short shotgun Sennheiser such as the 416, K3 ME80 and
>>>>>> K6
>>>>>> ME88 to be the most useful and broad spectrum mics ever used. Never
>>>>>> had
>>>>>> a problem using them indoors or any other environment, even for the
>>>>>> most
>>>>>> quality demanding broadcasters and quite frankly I quickly learned not
>>>>>> to invest my professional integrity in what they might say over at
>>>>>> r.a.m.p.s. Their World is far from definitive!!
>>>>>> -- John Lubran
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, Mr. Lubran, we all respect you. It should make no
>>>>> difference that the r.a.m.p.s people are listed in IMDB
>>>>> as credited with hundreds of high-profile productions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Whatever Richard, whatever.
>>>
>>> I've been doing this for 20 years, and the ME-80s and 416s have always
>>> worked just fine. Maybe not the best of all possible worlds, but they've
>>> never let me down--it's always been good enough for TV, even some fairly
>>> high-class docos.
>>>
>>> Toby
>>
>> For interiors?
>
> Inside and outside. Again, I stress that we are generally looking for
> intelligibility, not world-class feature-film sound. There is often no time
> to switch between mics when following a subject during her/his daily
> routine. We go with a general-purpose mic, and the 416 is usually what we
> use, although we used to go with the ME-80 + K3U power supply when the
> cameras didn't have phantom powering.
>
> That has been the case with every network for whom I have worked --CNN, CBS,
> NBC, ABC, Reuters, BBC, ARD, ZDF, et al. Nobody bothers with hypercardioids
> in the conditions we work under.
>
> Toby
Oh! News. That's different. That's not what we're talking about. News is run
n gun survival mode. When you aren't jammed by your news situation and
actually have time to set up properly, a hypercardioid for interiors (and by
interiors I'm talking about office and residential spaces) a hyper is an
audibly obvious winner.
Regards,
Ty Ford
-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com
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