How important is wireless

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ageyoun

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Hello,

I wanted to do interviews of people that may require me shooting from both indoors and out. All of the interviews will be pre-planed and will be with minimal movement of the subjects. Can I get away with a shotgun mic like to Rode NT or do I need a wireless? I can't afford to get both right now, so I was wondering which would be a better purchase. I was reading that another option would be to get an extra xlr cable with a desk stand so that you can place the mic closer to the people being interviewed. Would this be the better solution so I can stick with the shotgun, or will the wireless be the way to go?

Thanks,

John
 
The problem with Wireless is that the signal is "TOO" clean. Your signal does not relfect any of the room ambience (You can create it, but is a lot of work). I would stay wired as far as you can, there are situations where you don't have a choice but to go wireless, but try and avoid it.

Get a good Boom operator or read up about it.

Thanks,
Derrick
 
Too clean, Derrick? What about interference? It is hell. I guess you mean every lavalier sound would be too clean. I, for one, have nothing aggainst clean signal.

I would stick to a wired lavalier of good quality instead a low quality shotgun. For the price of the rode, you can buy a very good lavalier mic, use it wired in your intervies, and have the choice of upgrading it with a wireless receiver later or adding a quality shotgun to your arsenal. I've done a multitude of projects olny with my wired lavalier before I bought my shotgun. I've worked with rental me66 in the meantime, and have to say, my B6 did sound better than the me66 in every occasion, controlled, uncontrolled you name it. If constraining talend movement and frame size is not a concern, it is the cheapest alternative and will get you the most bang for the buck!
 
I hate wireless... it's a tool to get a job done that you can't easily do some other way. Think of it like a hammer... if you gotta' drive nails then you don't have much choice... but it's not a finesse tool.

A good mic wired and close beats the best mic in the world wireless.

I've had 3 Lectros and I just bought a Sennheiser G2 kit... and they all suck... more or less.

A $30 XLR cable beats a $1,000 wireless system... if you can handle the wires.

I doubt I'll buy another wireless set less then $1800 and up...

I put a lot into doing a bunch of audio for my zombie flick wirelessly... and the more I edit my footage the more I want to punt my new G2 into the trashcan.
 
Thanks for all the replies.

I guess I will be waiting to get a wireless only if needed. I thought the idea of a wired lavalier is a good one. Can you reccommend a good wired lavalier set up. Another thing was that I was connecting the new audio to a Panasonic AG-DVC 30 which does not come with a stock shotgun mic. If I were to get a wired lav it would be the only audio source I would have other than the stock mic which I hear is terrible. Would the Rode with longer XLR cables and a desktop stand be that much worse than a wired lav? I only ask due to my buget, and this way I would not need to purchase a shotgun later to go along with the wired lav.
 
its important if you dont have any other choice to go close enough with the boom , its less important if you can .
do you know the O*Henri story about the hair and the brush , now think what do you like to keep :-)
 
I don't know if the Rode would sound worse than a wired lav. From my experience, the Me66 did, even though it costs 3x more than the rode, but that might not mean anything. The great about wired lavs for "talking head interviews", is that it is easy to set up, and don't require extra crew. Besides, it is an extra stand you don't have to bring along. It's the approach I use most of the time, and with a discreet and good sounding lav as the B6 (It's unbeliveably small!), it is very elegant. The only problem is clothing noise, but you will get the hang of it and will fin out the best ways of clipping it to your talent...
 
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