Stu Holmes
September 5th, 2005, 04:26 PM
Hi all
Am considering doing a piece of a friend who competes in an Outdoor Go-Karting championship and for that, i'd like to get some in-kart audio of him driving during some races.
So i'd like all you knowledgeable folk's best advice on the audio setup you'd go for.
I am thinking something like this :
- wireless lav taped to inside of his helmet visor, with the transmitter attached to his belt. Me standing in the geometric centre of the kart track with camera (& audio receiver obviously). Kart track is about 1300mtrlong (track length) but obviouisly that's with all the twists and turns, so if i had to guess at the maximum distance he'd be at furthest point away during the lap (me standing in centre remember) , i'd guess it would be about 200metres. (i.e. a radius of about 200metres).
Possible issues/points:
1. range : is the Senn G2 or the Sony UWP-C1 going to have the range with new batteries ? I heard the Sony setup may have a bigger range. The track is pretty flat, so i'd have line-of-sight almost the whole time, with almost no obstructions at all in the way.
2. if you think the range won't be enough, then i may be forced to shoot one race whilst standing down one end of the circuit, get footage and audio from that, and then for next race go to the other end of the circuit to get footage and audio there, and mix them together in post.
3. karts are pretty bl00dy noisy2-stroke machines. (about 80mph max. !) But i think since the mic will be taped to inside of visor, the audio would be pretty ok ? it will obviously pick up engine noise from him and other machines nearby but also i'm gonna instruct him to do a bit of running commentary / expletives / whatever he likes during the race.
I am going to use a Rode Videomic for other footage of the action, when am not using the in-kart audio feed.
Also i need to get a reporters mic for pit-lane interviewing, before and after each race. (or i could just use the Videomic on-cam??). Suggestions for this also appreciated. I read that the RE050is v popular and the Senn MD46 also good.
This is definitely the most knowledgeable audio forum i've found on-line so looking forward to your comments / suggestions / advice.
thanks in advance.
Am considering doing a piece of a friend who competes in an Outdoor Go-Karting championship and for that, i'd like to get some in-kart audio of him driving during some races.
So i'd like all you knowledgeable folk's best advice on the audio setup you'd go for.
I am thinking something like this :
- wireless lav taped to inside of his helmet visor, with the transmitter attached to his belt. Me standing in the geometric centre of the kart track with camera (& audio receiver obviously). Kart track is about 1300mtrlong (track length) but obviouisly that's with all the twists and turns, so if i had to guess at the maximum distance he'd be at furthest point away during the lap (me standing in centre remember) , i'd guess it would be about 200metres. (i.e. a radius of about 200metres).
Possible issues/points:
1. range : is the Senn G2 or the Sony UWP-C1 going to have the range with new batteries ? I heard the Sony setup may have a bigger range. The track is pretty flat, so i'd have line-of-sight almost the whole time, with almost no obstructions at all in the way.
2. if you think the range won't be enough, then i may be forced to shoot one race whilst standing down one end of the circuit, get footage and audio from that, and then for next race go to the other end of the circuit to get footage and audio there, and mix them together in post.
3. karts are pretty bl00dy noisy2-stroke machines. (about 80mph max. !) But i think since the mic will be taped to inside of visor, the audio would be pretty ok ? it will obviously pick up engine noise from him and other machines nearby but also i'm gonna instruct him to do a bit of running commentary / expletives / whatever he likes during the race.
I am going to use a Rode Videomic for other footage of the action, when am not using the in-kart audio feed.
Also i need to get a reporters mic for pit-lane interviewing, before and after each race. (or i could just use the Videomic on-cam??). Suggestions for this also appreciated. I read that the RE050is v popular and the Senn MD46 also good.
This is definitely the most knowledgeable audio forum i've found on-line so looking forward to your comments / suggestions / advice.
thanks in advance.