Audio for outdoor Musical performance

djkarn105

djkarn105

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I'm planning on doing a few projects that involve filming a band performing while moving around in an outdoor environment. (something like this: http://www.blogotheque.net/-Concerts-a-emporter-?lang=en)

and I'm trying to wrap my head around how to do the audio.

What I'm thinking is one wireless lav on each of four band members, two lavs going to the mic two going to an external recorder and we'll just make sure to tail slate.

here's where I can't figure how things should work.
Miking the two guitarists is easy but the drummer is going to carry a marching band snare drum and I'm not sure how to mike that.

Also, the other band members sing backup and could I mike them, have their transmitters all on one frequency and recorded to the same channel?
 
djkarn105 said:
I'm planning on doing a few projects that involve filming a band performing while moving around in an outdoor environment. (something like this: http://www.blogotheque.net/-Concerts-a-emporter-?lang=en)

and I'm trying to wrap my head around how to do the audio.

What I'm thinking is one wireless lav on each of four band members, two lavs going to the mic two going to an external recorder and we'll just make sure to tail slate.

here's where I can't figure how things should work.
Miking the two guitarists is easy but the drummer is going to carry a marching band snare drum and I'm not sure how to mike that.

Also, the other band members sing backup and could I mike them, have their transmitters all on one frequency and recorded to the same channel?
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Don't know about the other parts to your question but in regards to the last question ...absolutely not. Every mic needs its own transmitter and each transmitter must be on its own separate frequency. You'll need a receiver for each one. Trying to put more than one transmitter on the same frequency creates severe interference. If you have 4 mics, for example, you'll need 4 transmitters and 4 receivers. There are some dual-channel receivers on the market but that's merely packaging two receivers into the same box with some shared circuitry.
 
For the snare drum, you can clip on a dynamic cardioid like an SM57 to the edge of the and use one of the G2 plug on transmitters.

I don't suppose theres any chance that the band is playing through a PA that you could record a feed from?
 
Too bad, that would have made your life easy! With some experimentation, you may be able to find a sweet spot to mount a lav that would pick up a good balance of guitar and vocals. It probably wouldn't be good for the lead vocal, but it might work for the backing.
 
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