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Posted by Richard Crowley on 05/29/07 20:24
"les" wrote ...
> Nothing, absolutely Nothing works as well as a closely placed, hidden
> microphone
> for high quality audio. The use of laser mics, and parabolic mics for
> surveillance
> is a far cry from the beautiful quality a well placed simple microphone
> can
> offer.
> As you see, the farther you move from the source, the trickier it becomes
> to
> gather useful audio. (and avoid background clutter and distortion)
> Listen the the above pros.
A $10 mic on your collar will likely perform better than a $1000 mic
that is 10 feet away. Save yourself a lot of money and grief and forget
the "shotgun" solution.
If you want a second opinion, you can go over to the film/video sound
newsgroup news:rec.arts.movies.production.sound and ask them.
They will tell you the same thing. Use a clip-on mic if you don't have
an experienced boom operator. And use a wired mic unless you can
budget at least $500 for a wireless that isn't a plastic toy. (They would
likely say at least $1500 for a non-toy wireless).
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