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October 26th, 2006, 01:12 PM | #1 |
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What is the best way to use two different mics?
I will be shooting a bedroom scene. I have access to an AT4033 for a day in addition to the AT4073a that I used through the rest of the movie. What use should I put the former to? How should I position it? It is a cardiod.
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I agree with Steve. Unless the bedroom is chock full of curtains, carpet and pillows, which is certainly possible, then I don't think you'd be able to get the 4033 close enough to be truly effective and keep it out of the shots.
On the other hand if this environment is acoustically very soft and the characters aren't yelling at each other, then your 4073 will be great. If the bedroom is harder, especially if the characters are using louder voices, then neither mic is going to be that pleasing or easy to use. Do you have any other alternatives to use if this room is full of hard surfaces? And tell us more about the bedroom and the specifics of the scene and how it will be acted and shot. |
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Thanks for the input, team. I actually shot the scene last night (it went well). I converted the dining room, which has a hardwood floor, into a bedroom. I put the studio mic on its stand (it was actually an AT4040) and used it for "back-up". Monitoring the audio levels, I noticed that the AT4040 picked up much less noise. In other words, when the actors were not talking, the AT4073a recording something, but the AT4040 went quiet. I should note that the dining room is situated next to a busy street. Isn't the conclusion that the AT4040 a more appropriate mic to use under these circumstances? (I don't doubt that there may be other mics more suited to this environment that both of these.)
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Thanks, Steve. Which one do you think would be more susceptible to off-axis coloration (due to reflections, of course)?
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The best way to avoid the interfering noise from the street is to cover the windows, etc, with sound absorbing blankets and then get the mics close enough to the talent that you don't need to run up the gain to hear them clearly. There is nothing that will substititute for getting the mics close-in and nothing that will do as good a job at getting high-quality sound.
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