Noiz2
Sound Ninja
Have you heard the audio from these boxes that "fix" the AGC? I have and the only thing it fixes is the pumping. You loose significant head room because your biassing your signal with low feq to overload the AGC and keep it peaked out. But my basic point is that when all is said and done the best you can hope for is about the quality you would get from one of those portable voice recorders. It's just not good. So spending much on "improving" it is really just a waste.
Different mics in different positions will have different issues.
A shotgun on a fixed mount probably trumps most things as just a bad idea. But a poorly boomed mic really trumps everything (the short example above was a decent mic in some kind of shock mount into the XLR's of a decent HD camera). The camera mounted mic solves those two issues. Now if you have a good boom operator who knows what they are doing and is monitoring, well... But that is a different thread with a different OP.
We can debate endlessly about getting better gear etc. Since it doesn't sound like the OP has the experience or the personnel to use those tools effectively, I think that at this time that is also a waste for him. But the lure of looking "professional" with a "big mic" and boxes and cable etc. is a strong draw. And I feel that is the way the OP is heading. Part of why I would be very interested in follow ups. I could be wrong. He might figure a great low impact way of making it all work and that would be a valuable resource to others. Or maybe he has all the problems I think he will and that would also be valuable info for people because right now we only have people speculating. They maybe informed speculations but they are not "been there this is what works".
Different mics in different positions will have different issues.
A shotgun on a fixed mount probably trumps most things as just a bad idea. But a poorly boomed mic really trumps everything (the short example above was a decent mic in some kind of shock mount into the XLR's of a decent HD camera). The camera mounted mic solves those two issues. Now if you have a good boom operator who knows what they are doing and is monitoring, well... But that is a different thread with a different OP.
We can debate endlessly about getting better gear etc. Since it doesn't sound like the OP has the experience or the personnel to use those tools effectively, I think that at this time that is also a waste for him. But the lure of looking "professional" with a "big mic" and boxes and cable etc. is a strong draw. And I feel that is the way the OP is heading. Part of why I would be very interested in follow ups. I could be wrong. He might figure a great low impact way of making it all work and that would be a valuable resource to others. Or maybe he has all the problems I think he will and that would also be valuable info for people because right now we only have people speculating. They maybe informed speculations but they are not "been there this is what works".