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[Jay Laville]

Hi guys I have a Rode NTG-1 for my xh-a1, but Im looking to buy a wireless microphone for interview work, can anyone tell me how exactly this works and how you would configure with an xh-a1, is phantom powered or does it run of its own battery and a good brand to buy. Sorry for such a noob question

 

[Scott F]

Check these out right here. They will get you a nice sound at an affordable price. (Assuming you want lavaliers, you said interview work) Works great with the A1.

You live in London? Make sure you get the right RF Carrier Frequency Range. I don't know if that is an issue regarding shared frequencies where you live.

Now if you have a Rode or similar shotgun mic, you could run that in one XLR channel, and your lav in the other. So you could use one for your main channel and one as a backup and the sound would be split.

 

[ChrisDTV]

Yes the Sennheiser Evolution series are good for the price - I have two with my G1 and they work great. NB: the original G1 and A1 cameras don't have the best audio setup - their mic and line levels are certainly not the best. When using the radio mic on the A1 you should have it set to Line input, but you'll probably have to crank the audio up pretty high before you get a decent signal level.

NB: make sure you switch the phantom power off before attaching these mics as this can damage them.

Chris D

 

[Moseph]

Shouldn't they just be able to reject the phantom power? I've heard that if its an at all decent microphone that doesn't require phantom power, it will have some sort of circuitry that just sends it back. I mean there's obviously no reason to run phantom power with these things, I'm not sure if it will break the receiver if you do it accidentally.

 

[smithy]

Personally, I use boom mike and place it out of site on a small stand facing the subject and also use a lectrosonic lav as a backup source. I power both of these phantomed using my mackie mixer with one channel dedicated for each mike. I found the boom mike to be more natural sounding over the lav. I prefer to use the mackie as my main source vs the canon's because I can control my levels more effectively on a mixer. In addition I could also use a third output on the mackie that will record on my portable DAT for backup in case something goes wrong in the camera. You should also do a audio slate before you record anyways so you would know what your recording at all times.