Recent content by paulbland

I have a question about recording location sound. I understand the best way to record dialogue is to use a unidirectional condenser mic positioned as close to the actor's mouth as possible, to pick up the cleanest dialogue. My question is, what about all the other sounds around the room? the...

Hi, I have a question about sound recording. I tested out my new Zoom H4n recorder for the first time. I hooked it up to a boom mic, about 2 feet from the actor's mouth and set the levels. To get his voice hovering around -6 dB the levels of the zoom were pretty high, around 90. He was talking...