comparison mic 1 and mic 2 from youtube

I'm not going to respond to say which mic I prefer, but I will offer my advice. You've posted several of these videos where you point the camera in some random direction and record audio. Why not set up an actual shot (sit down interview, etc) that would replicate how you would actually use the mics in a real shot? It is a lot easier to offer advice when critiquing real shots where we can see someone speaking, rather than staring at a corner of a room and having the cameraman speak.

You'll find that an on camera shotgun mic doesn't sound too bad and might even sound better than a lavalier when it is 3 inches away from the cameraman and he is doing the talking. However, an on camera shotgun will sound awful in most any other circumstance, so it would be improper to say "The on camera shotgun mic sounds better, so you should use it all the time over the lavalier"
 
They both sound different through my macbook pro and as the other poster said it is better to do a practical comparison rather than just a cold mic test.

As for quality it all depends what the definition of quality is, they have different frequency responses and in the context of this test they are irrelevant as a thinner sounding mic may suit the perspective of a certain shot rather than a voice over or a news report etc.

Two mic's at a fixed distance from the subject may sound one way in a test but different in another situation such as on the end of a boom or clipped to a persons chest as would be a lavalier.
 
The first clip was too "hot".
The second clip/mic was too far away. Not a valid test.
Could you not find someone who could read better?

It was very distracting listening to him struggle through the words.

What are you trying to prove here?
Both lav and shotgun are valid mic techniques.
They each have their place.
If there is no apparent point to this why are you bothering to post these samples?
 
when you say it was too hot, you mean the level of recording was too high ? or the lavalier was too near the mouth of the narrator ?
 
ok thanks. I know the narrator struggle with the words. It was only a test.
Shotgun and lavaliers have their place.

To record someone doing narrator like in my video. Lavalier or shotgun could be used ? Its a personal choice of which we prefer to use in this particular situation?
 
Record both and then chose the best in the edit once the narration is placed onto the final piece, if it is an interview for narration make sure you chose a quiet room with little reverb or ambience.
 
deleuze3 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mdNrh0g830&list=UUPgS3f6p-uk0Z0VglggDpPQ (1st mic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmliva4uSDY&index=1&list=UUPgS3f6p-uk0Z0VglggDpPQ (2nd mic)

I did it again. A narrator reading a text.
The 1st mic is a lavalier. The 2nd mic is a hypercardioid for interior.
The lavalier sounds better. Maybe the 2nd mic was too far away from the narrator..??

What do you guys think?
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How far away was the hyper - where did you put it - when you made the recording? The optimum working distance for a hyper is generally about 1/2 meter from the speaker's mouth. Correct placement would have been on a boom just out of frame at the top center, just in front of the narrator, pointed down at an angle towards his mouth.
 
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