I'm considering buying a microphone.
First of all, I can't afford a thousand-dollar mic. The local music shop has a couple of deals and I'd like to know if anyone has any thoughts on them.
This is what I'll use the mics for:
Voiceovers
Usually simple voiceovers. Maybe sometimes loud screaming stuff, maybe whispers. ADR, or just plain voiceovers.
Effects recording
I will probably be recording a lot of the sound effects for movies, including the occasional bit of foley, or crunching sounds, slurping sounds, stuff like that. A lot of what I do has fantasy or horror elements in it, as well as special and weird ambient sounds in rooms.
So...
One deal the local music store offers is the following mic for $100:
www.google.com/search
The other deal is a dual-mic pack for $80:
www.google.com/search
Suggestions? Observations? Recommendations?
First of all, I can't afford a thousand-dollar mic. The local music shop has a couple of deals and I'd like to know if anyone has any thoughts on them.
This is what I'll use the mics for:
Voiceovers
Usually simple voiceovers. Maybe sometimes loud screaming stuff, maybe whispers. ADR, or just plain voiceovers.
Effects recording
I will probably be recording a lot of the sound effects for movies, including the occasional bit of foley, or crunching sounds, slurping sounds, stuff like that. A lot of what I do has fantasy or horror elements in it, as well as special and weird ambient sounds in rooms.
So...
One deal the local music store offers is the following mic for $100:
www.google.com/search
The other deal is a dual-mic pack for $80:
www.google.com/search
Suggestions? Observations? Recommendations?
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Re: The Smell of Good Audio
Fri, July 27, 2007 - 11:45 AMWhat kind of mics do you folks use? -
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Re: The Smell of Good Audio
Sat, July 28, 2007 - 8:16 AMFor an affordable voiceover mic, consider the large diaphragm here:
www.carvin.com/products/single.php
I personally own this mic and I use it for voiceover and overhead recording of cymbals on my drum kit.
You will need away to convert the XLR to you input however. A mixingboard in front of your computer inputs should do the trick. -
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Re: The Smell of Good Audio
Sat, July 28, 2007 - 3:04 PMNice, and still not completely out of my range.
You would use a mic like this to record sound effects and foley, too?
I had a session with a pro voiceover actress last year and this was basically the sort of mic she used, but it didn't seem really "portable" or moveable. -
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Re: The Smell of Good Audio
Sat, August 18, 2007 - 10:49 AMI have nver done any foleing effects, but I would think you would want a PZM mic to capture an overall room sound, then use something like the large dighaphram to "focus" or "feature" the sound.
Just on a note, the Radio Shack PZM mic ($50.00) is actually the Crown PZM mic rejects. Any crown microphones that did not meet their frequency response specs were sold and repacked by Radio Shack. PZMs are great, especially if you can attac them to a large wall or door.
The portablilty of most mics can be overcome if you use a hard drive recorder that has phantom power built into it's inputs (like most do). Even though my Carvin mic came with a phantom power supply box, I never use it. I simply plug into my Yamaha AW16G. I have seen the AW16G going for as low as $300.00 on e-bay.
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