What mic, recorder etc for live music recording on a tram.

Fluoro

Fluoro

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Hey I'm doing videos of bands live on trams in Melbourne and we are about to buy a sound kit. Here's the type of thing we are doing:


For this recording we had a Roland R-26 Recorder, Sennheiser G3 Wireless system with a Sanken Cos-11 and a Video Mic.

These were all borrowed and so we are buying our own kit. The sound guy has come up with this list:

Zoom H6
Rode Nt4
Beyerdynamic dt770 pro headphones
Rode Blimp
Sennheiser G3 System
Sanken Cos-11

The idea is that we can only have one guy on the tram taking care of audio. The idea is to lav the singer and use the nt4 for the rest of the band. The Tram is really noisy with traffic noise etc.

Any thoughts appreciated.
 
No one has any thoughts? I'm wondering what use a blimp is as there's no wind and not much movement of the mic?
 
No need for a zepplin (blimp) in a situation like that. It will only add bulk to the mic and reduce the amount of working headroom you'll have outside the frame. A good, foam windscreen covered by a dead cat (fur cover) should be all the protection you need, and that's really only to protect the mic from "wind" created by swinging a boom.

This is a challenging situation as far as audio is concerned. Lavs on all the musicians, multi-tracked to something like the DR-680, would give you a little more to work with in post. A boomed mic (cardioid or hypercardiod) can also give you some pretty good results if aimed properly (and if the musicians know how to mix themselves acoustically... an art that's fading fast).
 
Thanks! What about the stereo mic he wants? Is that going to work better than a cardioid or hyper cardioid? Anyone have an opinion on that?
 
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