Daniel Knight
March 8th, 2005, 10:38 AM
Agh. I feel like my head is going to explode trying to figure all this out.
The situation: I’m purchasing an FX1 shortly, and will also be spending some money on improving its audio. From what I understand I need to buy two things… a mic, and some sort of XLR converter. The mic question is the easy one, so I’ll ask that first.
The Mic: I’ll primarily be using the camera to shoot independent movies, so I’ll need something that I can boom in. Would a shotgun mic be ideal for this type of situation? If so – I’m probably looking at getting the Rode NTG-2… but if someone could explain to me the difference between that mic and the NTG-1 – that would be fantastic. If there are suggestions for other mics around the same price – they are also welcome.
The XLR Converter: From what I understand I’ll need some sort of converter to run a half way decent mic – and that what I should be looking at is something like a Beachtek DXA-4P. Or would I be better off getting the DXA-6 because it has phantom power. How important is phantom power?
I know these are pretty noobie questions – but I haven’t been able to find an idiots guide to audio yet. So I’d be grateful for an advice I can get. :)
The situation: I’m purchasing an FX1 shortly, and will also be spending some money on improving its audio. From what I understand I need to buy two things… a mic, and some sort of XLR converter. The mic question is the easy one, so I’ll ask that first.
The Mic: I’ll primarily be using the camera to shoot independent movies, so I’ll need something that I can boom in. Would a shotgun mic be ideal for this type of situation? If so – I’m probably looking at getting the Rode NTG-2… but if someone could explain to me the difference between that mic and the NTG-1 – that would be fantastic. If there are suggestions for other mics around the same price – they are also welcome.
The XLR Converter: From what I understand I’ll need some sort of converter to run a half way decent mic – and that what I should be looking at is something like a Beachtek DXA-4P. Or would I be better off getting the DXA-6 because it has phantom power. How important is phantom power?
I know these are pretty noobie questions – but I haven’t been able to find an idiots guide to audio yet. So I’d be grateful for an advice I can get. :)