Rode video mic Vs Rode Stereo video mic

C2V said:
you have discovered through your shoot at the hotel.
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Probably the only way I could have solved that audio problem would have been to tie into house mixing board and get a wireless signal to my camera which would have changed the camera/mic scenario.
 
ROCKMORE said:
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Clients paying for HD picture this month / All
Clients paying for audio this month / None

It's still a business so everything has to be paid for in order of priority.
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I would bet that "clients paying for audio" are actually "All" as well, they just aren't articulating it out loud as a priority. Sound is so pervasive that its presence is assumed as a given and no one but the pros responsible for capturing it actually thinks about it very much - they just assume high quality sound will be there along with the pictures. But screw it up and you'll start losing clients fast because their reasons for hiring you to have the video made in the first place will no longer be fulfilled, the message that motivates the video being made will no longer be communicated. OTOH, if you deliver SD video instead of HD they probably won't even be the wiser. For better or worse, the popular mass media - studio films and network broadcast - sets the bar with the general public for minimum acceptable technical quality and one falls short of that standard at one's peril.
 
Steve House said:
I would bet that "clients paying for audio"
studio films and network broadcast - sets the bar with the general public for minimum acceptable technical quality and one falls short of that standard at one's peril.
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Agreed. I rent a Sony EX3 with an audio package when my client is paying for it.

Most of my commercial projects are mos with studio recorded V/O and music. That's why I say the clients aren't paying for audio, it's because in many cases we don't record audio at all.
 
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ROCKMORE said:
Probably the only way I could have solved that audio problem would have been to tie into house mixing board and get a wireless signal to my camera which would have changed the camera/mic scenario.
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I've gone so far as planting a wireless pack with lav on a podium. Rather than trying to tie into a sub-par hotel conference room sound system, this gives me a direct pickup of any keynoters/lecturers over which I have complete control.
 
C2V said:
I've gone so far as planting a wireless pack with lav on a podium. Rather than trying to tie into a sub-par hotel conference room sound system, this gives me a direct pickup of any keynoters/lecturers over which I have complete control.
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Many of the speakers were heads of state. In this case it would not have been permitted to put anything on the podium because there were security guidelines.
The podium mic fed into a 24 track mixing board, so to tap directly into that would have probably been a much better result than recording what came out of the PA speakers on a mic from where I was positioned in the hall.
What would be the best equipment to send a wireless signal from a mixing board to the camera?
 
I have used the Sennheiser G3 plug-on transmitter to great effect. Until the 31st Tapeworks in Texas is selling the Senn Ge system for 450.00 (normally 600.00) that the larger package with the plug-on transmitter for 600.00 (normally 800.00) I just took an XLR out of the PA, attached my in-line attenuator to pad down the signal from Lne to Mic, then captured the audio in my camera through the receiver. Totally simple and it sounded great. In a pinch you could put a mic on a boom and get it as close to a speaker as possible.

Here's the message from Scott at Tapeworks. I'd call him and see what he can do. Even if you need to ship it overseas, the money you save on this deal is so great it won't matter. I have never seen sennheiser wireless at this good of a price.

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Chadfish said:
I have used the Sennheiser G3 plug-on transmitter to great effect.
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That's great to know. For how often I get caught in a situation like this (which I hope never again) I can locate transmitter rentals here to cover it next time I need it.
 
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