Chamber005
Carbonite Member
Which is better for booming indoors?
NTG-3 or Oktava MK 012?
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The Oktava. Remember that a shotgun's pickup patters is not well suited to indoors. The exception is an interior setting that is (mostly) acoustically dead. A hypercardioid helps to reject the reflections that shotguns tend not to be able to avoid.
The NTG-3 is one of few shotguns that can perform indoors, but a hypercardioid is probably a better bet.
The NTG-3 is one of few shotguns that can perform indoors, but a hypercardioid is probably a better bet.
unclebob6958
Well-known member
More important than the choice of mic is the skill with which the mic is used.
The "bias" of those who respond to these questions on this forum - myself included - will always be to recommend a cardioid or hyper-cardioid for indoor usage as the people asking the question will almost always not have the technique/patience/budget to use a shotgun properly in an indoor setting.
The "bias" of those who respond to these questions on this forum - myself included - will always be to recommend a cardioid or hyper-cardioid for indoor usage as the people asking the question will almost always not have the technique/patience/budget to use a shotgun properly in an indoor setting.
Willis Chung
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what about ntg-2 [super-cardioid] for indoors, and ntg-3 for outdoors?
The NTG-2 is still a shotgun. "Supercardioid" only refers to the pattern of the capsule at the base of the mic. Add the interference tube, which is what makes a shotgun a shotgun, and you have a different response pattern.