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Rv!
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject:
Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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Hi all,
I have a low scale recording to do in the next few days. It's to be as
invisible.
The destination is a show for the local community radio channel which I'm
involved with.
The media will be Minidisk. The mikes will be very simple electret types
to keep visibility down. My plan is as follows...
1 channel will be a generic electret mike, it sound quite clean and clear
however
it is an Omni, so might pick up a bit of room noise and atmospherics.
Second channel will be a cardiod electret lapel mike.
I plan to put them together on a small stand a few feet in front of the
vocalist/reader
and post edit the sound to get a blend of clean audio (cardoid) and room
(omni.)
The sound will be balanced to suit. My main concern is the dB balance of the
two mikes.
Anyone any other ideas for this type of event, remembering the system has to
be
subtle on stage and that the system will have to user attention once set up.
Duration
will be about an hour.
Thanks,
Rv!
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TimPerry
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject:
Re: Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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"Rv!" <Rv@no.way.invalid> wrote in message news:4351305a$1@nntp.onyx.net...
| Quote: | Hi all,
I have a low scale recording to do in the next few days. It's to be as
invisible.
The destination is a show for the local community radio channel which I'm
involved with.
The media will be Minidisk. The mikes will be very simple electret types
to keep visibility down. My plan is as follows...
1 channel will be a generic electret mike, it sound quite clean and clear
however
it is an Omni, so might pick up a bit of room noise and atmospherics.
Second channel will be a cardiod electret lapel mike.
I plan to put them together on a small stand a few feet in front of the
vocalist/reader
and post edit the sound to get a blend of clean audio (cardoid) and room
(omni.)
The sound will be balanced to suit. My main concern is the dB balance of
the
two mikes.
Anyone any other ideas for this type of event, remembering the system has
to
be
subtle on stage and that the system will have to user attention once set
up.
Duration
will be about an hour.
Thanks,
Rv!
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use one (1) broadcast quality mic 4 to 6 inches from the readers mouth.
use a RE-20 if available. if anyone complains just say "what microphone?" |
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Rv!
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:23 pm Post subject:
Re: Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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| Quote: | use one (1) broadcast quality mic 4 to 6 inches from the readers mouth.
use a RE-20 if available. if anyone complains just say "what microphone?"
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Not particularly invisible, but I like the style! :) |
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Mike
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:
Re: Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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| Quote: | I have a low scale recording to do in the next few days. It's
to be as invisible. The destination is a show for the local
community radio channel which I'm involved with.
The media will be Minidisk. The mikes will be very simple
electret types to keep visibility down. My plan is as follows...
1 channel will be a generic electret mike, it sound quite clean
and clear however it is an Omni, so might pick up a bit of
room noise and atmospherics.
Second channel will be a cardiod electret lapel mike.
I plan to put them together on a small stand a few feet in front
of the vocalist/reader and post edit the sound to get a blend
of clean audio (cardoid) and room (omni.) The sound will be
balanced to suit. My main concern is the dB balance of the two mikes.
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Put the lapel mic on the reader's lapel... The db and time difference
can be easily delt with in post without too much trouble.
Mike Borkhuis |
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TimPerry
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject:
Re: Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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"Rv!" <Rv@no.way.invalid> wrote in message news:43513b0b$1@nntp.onyx.net...
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use one (1) broadcast quality mic 4 to 6 inches from the readers mouth.
use a RE-20 if available. if anyone complains just say "what
microphone?"
Not particularly invisible, but I like the style! :)
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refer to speeches made by the president of the united states (any prez) and
say "don't you think they would make HIS mics invisible if they could?" |
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Phillip
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Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject:
Re: Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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"Rv!" <Rv@no.way.invalid> wrote in message news:4351305a$1@nntp.onyx.net...
| Quote: | Hi all,
I have a low scale recording to do in the next few days. It's to be as
invisible.
The destination is a show for the local community radio channel which I'm
involved with.
The media will be Minidisk. The mikes will be very simple electret types
to keep visibility down. My plan is as follows...
1 channel will be a generic electret mike, it sound quite clean and clear
however
it is an Omni, so might pick up a bit of room noise and atmospherics.
Second channel will be a cardiod electret lapel mike.
I plan to put them together on a small stand a few feet in front of the
vocalist/reader
and post edit the sound to get a blend of clean audio (cardoid) and room
(omni.)
The sound will be balanced to suit. My main concern is the dB balance of
the two mikes.
Anyone any other ideas for this type of event, remembering the system has
to be
subtle on stage and that the system will have to user attention once set
up. Duration
will be about an hour.
Thanks,
Rv!
How about an sm57 out front and a countryman headset |
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Arny Krueger
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:43 am Post subject:
Re: Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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"Rv!" <Rv@no.way.invalid> wrote in message
news:4351305a$1@nntp.onyx.net
| Quote: | Anyone any other ideas for this type of event,
remembering the system has to be
subtle on stage and that the system will have to user
attention once set up. Duration
will be about an hour.
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Given my choice of mics, I'd use a Countryman E6 in place of
the lapel mic, and a Berhinger ECM 8000 omni for the ambient
sound mic. |
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Jason Lavoie
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject:
Re: Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:52:52 +0100, "Rv!" <Rv@no.way.invalid> wrote:
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"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@
Given my choice of mics, I'd use a Countryman E6 in place of the lapel
mic, and a Berhinger ECM 8000 omni for the ambient sound mic.
Nice mikes but I don't have any and the budget is non-existant.
The Countryman would be a good idea for the direct mike as
nothing can beat a good very close mike, however fitting a headset
or lapel mike is out of the question in this situation.
I think I'm going to have to run with the plan I had, getting the mikes
as close as sensible without offending anyone. The advantage I have
here is if it sounds crap we just dump it; We're under no obligation to
anyone for this. I've just heard that there are now a few other events we
wish to cover at this book/reading festival. These will be at different
venues
around the area and mostly non-amplified.
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that's the key. you need to base your approach on how imperative it is
to get a good recording.
Jason |
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Phildo
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject:
Re: Recording a book reading, in a church hall. |
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"TimPerry" <timperry@noaspamadelphia.net> wrote in message
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"Rv!" <Rv@no.way.invalid> wrote in message
news:43513b0b$1@nntp.onyx.net...
use one (1) broadcast quality mic 4 to 6 inches from the readers mouth.
use a RE-20 if available. if anyone complains just say "what
microphone?"
Not particularly invisible, but I like the style! :)
refer to speeches made by the president of the united states (any prez)
and
say "don't you think they would make HIS mics invisible if they could?"
I know one may to make it invisible given that he talks out of that orifice |
anyway !!! ;-)
Phildo |
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