Indoor recording solutions? at DVinfo.net

Shidan Saberi · July 3rd, 2011, 09:34 AM

What do you use to record indoor dialogue and sounds?

I used a rode ntg 2 yesterday. The voice sounded fine but I also picked up a unwanted reverb.

I will be purchasing a lavalier Sennheiser Ew 112p G3. It would be interesting to see what results i get.

But i would love to know how others handle the downsides of indoor situations.

Thanks!

Steve House · July 3rd, 2011, 12:51 PM

The general rule of thumb is a shotgun for outdoor, non-reflective, scenarios and a small diaphram hypercardioid "pencil mic" for interiors or reflective environments. Because of the way interference tube / line gradient mics (the typical shotgun) achieve their directivity they are not particuarly well behaved when there is a high proportion of indirect reflected sound hitting the mic along with the desired direct sound coming from the subject. Hypers use a different physical princple to achive their directivity and are not as seriously degraded by reverberent sound mixing with the desired direct sound. They can be almost as directional as a 'gun but are much better behaved. Typical examples might be the AKG Blue Line SE300/CK93, AKG ULS Series C480B/CK63, Audio Technica AT4053b, or if you want to go top-shelf and have a top-shelf budget to match, the Schoeps CMC641. Another widely favoured mic that serves well both indoors and out in the Sanken CS3 - looks like a shotgun but uses a different acoustic principle.

Rick Reineke · July 3rd, 2011, 12:58 PM

"The downsides of indoor situations"
-- Lots of variables, but in general, avoid interference-tube shotguns.

July 3rd, 2011, 09:34 AM	#1
Shidan Saberi New Boot Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 10	Indoor recording solutions? What do you use to record indoor dialogue and sounds? I used a rode ntg 2 yesterday. The voice sounded fine but I also picked up a unwanted reverb. I will be purchasing a lavalier Sennheiser Ew 112p G3. It would be interesting to see what results i get. But i would love to know how others handle the downsides of indoor situations. Thanks!

July 3rd, 2011, 12:51 PM	#2
Steve House Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,742	Re: Indoor recording solutions? The general rule of thumb is a shotgun for outdoor, non-reflective, scenarios and a small diaphram hypercardioid "pencil mic" for interiors or reflective environments. Because of the way interference tube / line gradient mics (the typical shotgun) achieve their directivity they are not particuarly well behaved when there is a high proportion of indirect reflected sound hitting the mic along with the desired direct sound coming from the subject. Hypers use a different physical princple to achive their directivity and are not as seriously degraded by reverberent sound mixing with the desired direct sound. They can be almost as directional as a 'gun but are much better behaved. Typical examples might be the AKG Blue Line SE300/CK93, AKG ULS Series C480B/CK63, Audio Technica AT4053b, or if you want to go top-shelf and have a top-shelf budget to match, the Schoeps CMC641. Another widely favoured mic that serves well both indoors and out in the Sanken CS3 - looks like a shotgun but uses a different acoustic principle. __________________ Good news, Cousins! This week's chocolate ration is 15 grams!

July 3rd, 2011, 12:58 PM	#3
Rick Reineke Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New York Posts: 2,039	Re: Indoor recording solutions? "The downsides of indoor situations" -- Lots of variables, but in general, avoid interference-tube shotguns.