Do lavaliers pick up less echo or reverb indoors?

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k2director

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I have to do a lot of indoor filming/recording of talking head interviews, and often work in rooms with wood floors, or bare walls. Recently, I recorded interviews with a new AKG Ck93 indoor mic, and although it was a foot away from my subjects (just under frame), I was a little surprised at how much 'reverb' or echo the mic picked up.

Then, I recently watched Walter Graff's new lighting DVD (http://www.bluesky-web.com/dvd1headshot.htm) and noticed that he was operating in a hardwood environment with a lavalier attached, and the sound was good and there was generally no echo or reverb.

So it made me wonder: are lavaliers less likely to pick up reverb / echo? If so, then I might have to rethink using my AKG mounted to a mic stand, and invest in a lavalier system instead.

This is all new to me, any help appreciated!
 
do you sure he didn't used cardioid (directional) lavalier microphone ?

1 foot over frame is about 2 feet from the source , the lavalier which placed under chin is about third of that so has about 6-8 db more pressure ( not to mention people usually looking down and throwing the air(so it might be even less ) .
the lavalier is also blocked from one side by the body .
it might be that your 93 was not properly pointed as well .
but yes in some consertanses , the close omny lav may be better for gain before feed back ( the reverb from the walls) then hyper cardioid .
what iam trying to say , you still have the same reverb but it masked by high direct sound .
 
The simple answer is. yes.

Lavs. will pick up less echo and ambient sound then any out of the frame condenser mic.

Danny.

(Hi Oleg, Are you OK with enough Matzot or Pitas for Pesach ?)
 
that's to simple answer
as there is no one frame ,one room or one light for everything.
there is no one answer
the hyper from bellow in close /medium frame will give you better sound and less reverb then omny lavalier which attached 20 cm under chin
and the cs-3 from sanken will be even better :-)
you also can implement the low cut on the 300 to cut everything below 75 to help cut low fq rumble


and no ,i dont eat s.h.i.t:-)
 
why do you posing your self :-)
or you are dealing the Seder this year
 
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ExileOnTheMainStreet said:
why do you posing your self :-)
or you are dealing the Seder this year
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I am doing the seder again this year. Every year I am the person who leads it because I am the only one who can read Hebrew. I think I'm expecting about 11-16 people, but if it is anything like last year, my seder lasts about 12 minutes :) I do the short short short version: 4 Questions, Plagues, Story, V'ahavta, Blessings, Eat...

On topic, yeah, lavs work really well :)

-Jeremy
 
Hey all, thanks for the responses. I'm going to tweak my AKG ck/93 a bit, but also try out a Senn EW100 that a friend can loan me, thanks!
 
careful you dont get confused between the abilities of a lav, and the abilities of a wireless system. if the ew100 you getting comes with original mic, your akg will kill it. if its not the g2 kit, well, even if it is, your akg will prob kill it.
 
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