What's best mic setup for VERY noisy conditions

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chuck_ferris

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I'll be taking delivery of a new DVX100A
in a few days. I'll be using it in VERY noisy conditions on busy city streets.
I'll be doing interviews in situations where a mic for me as well as a highly directional for the subject is essential.
I have a Senn MKE300 which has a mini plug which could be soldered to a XLR plug. Not very elegant.

I'm looking at a depleted bank acct. having bought the 100A.
What would be a good and 'reasonably' priced solution to my needs. High directivity is essential for the subjects and some
directivity for my mike as well (unidirectional lav?) would be useful.

Thanks,
Chuck
 
Re: What's best mic setup for VERY noisy condition

Re: What's best mic setup for VERY noisy condition

My ATR 55 has a mini plug as well. I just got a radio shack adapter to plug it into an XLR. That should work if I understand you correctly. I'm not familiar with the mic you mentioned, but if it has a pretty tight unidirectional range, you should be okay. I'd recommend some tests if you have the time.
 
Re: What's best mic setup for VERY noisy condition

Re: What's best mic setup for VERY noisy condition

If this is a designed shoot, ie the subject and people are planned, then an sound deadening material will help. Furniture quilts make great sound deadening device. Also if your going to use a lav, you can take gaffers tape and fold it like a paper football ( a triangler fold). Put the lav mic inside of it and tape it in the fold of your shirt or collar. This helps eliminate a great deal of the noise you'll get on the lav, which is going to be your worst enemy. If you have the directional mic on a boom pole, and an experienced boomer, he can turn the directional mic back and forth between the interviewer and interviewee. But if the boomer misses the mark your audio will sound "off" mic at best.

Good Luck
Gopher
 
Re: What's best mic setup for VERY noisy condition

Re: What's best mic setup for VERY noisy condition

Good point about the boom operator. I think you can get by with a shotgun, but if this is something where you won't want to miss any of the audio, lavs might be better. Then again, if you are "interviewing" people on the street, why not go hand held, and let somebody else work the camera?
 
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