hello i recently bought a canon 5d mark 2 and i need a good microphone for it , i record loud hardcore Spanish punk bands , i wanted to know what mic or equipment can i get to get better audio for live gigs in bars and small venues if i am recording from a some what far distance like behind the crowd also for practice sessions where im closer?
help on microphone for my canon 5d mark 2
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Feeling a bit like this, Alcove? -->
Yup. My first impulse is to give a flip reply; you know, something like:
This is what you need:
The Zoom H4n is not really a very good unit; it's popular because it's cheap. If you want to shoot bands in bars and other venues you definitely need a decent audio recorder. You should be taking a feed directly off of the FOH (Front Of House) mixing console into your recorder. You then use the sound from the on-camera mic for sync. The Fostex FR2-LE or the Marantz PMD-661 are decent choices; the Tascam DR-100 is a (barely) passable micro-budget choice.
If this is your only gig I would recommend the Tascam DR-680 (eight channels/$780) or the Edirol/Roland R-44 (four channels/$1,000). You take a feed directly off of the FOH console and also a stereo mic mix, a blend of which makes for very nice small venue sound when mixing in audio post if the levels were properly set. You would want a stereo mic or a matched pair; you could even start out with something cheap like the CAD CM217 cardioid condensers, about $60 for a pair. The Rode NT5s come in matched pairs for about $430; really nice! With the DR-680 you could even get six sub-busses for further mixing in audio post (Drums, bass, guitars, keys, vox, bg vox) in addition to the stereo mic pair.
The FOH mix usually sounds horrible when taken as a stereo feed from the FOH mixboard. But, Alcove is right, it's a far better solution than setting up a mic in the back of the room...
I'd try to set it up to get each individual channel recorded so you can re-mix it later the way you want.
I'd try to set it up to get each individual channel recorded so you can re-mix it later the way you want.
It depends upon the room and the FOH engineer. I've gotten some brilliant board mixes over the years.
Then you still use a recorder with a stereo mic or stereo pair, and use the camera sound for sync as detailed in my previous post.
Yup. My first impulse is to give a flip reply; you know, something like:
This is what you need:
Oh, come on, Alcove-I'm shocked!
That's a rather cheap way to go! There's a version that's about 5 feet longer that that's worth the extra few thousand
