Mic. Just for vo
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It's not as simple as just a mic. What do you have in the way of an audio interface? Do we have to budget for that as well? You have to get the sound from the mic into your computer.
If you are talking about a VO mic, just a VO mic and nothing but a VO mic in the $300 range, and you have everything else that you need (stand, shock-mount, pop-filter, mic pre, audio interface) here's a selection:
Audio-Technica AT4040 - $300
Audix CX112 - $300
sE Electronics sE2200a - $300
Rode NT1000 - $330
Blue Microphones Bluebird - $300
AKG C3000 - $250
The mic alone is not enough, you need to work on your mic technique.
If you are talking about a VO mic, just a VO mic and nothing but a VO mic in the $300 range, and you have everything else that you need (stand, shock-mount, pop-filter, mic pre, audio interface) here's a selection:
Audio-Technica AT4040 - $300
Audix CX112 - $300
sE Electronics sE2200a - $300
Rode NT1000 - $330
Blue Microphones Bluebird - $300
AKG C3000 - $250
The mic alone is not enough, you need to work on your mic technique.
I would then need to invest in the list you stated I gather if the sound was to be 'perfect'.
Let me see if this is what I need the following for:
Stand so I can stand up to the mic and read
Shock mount - not sure. Perhaps if something hits the mic??
Pop Filter - a filter between mouth and mic?
Mic Pre - don't know.
Audio interface - don't know.
Can you advice on what they are for and how they make a difference in the final product?
Thanks.
K
Let me see if this is what I need the following for:
Stand so I can stand up to the mic and read
Shock mount - not sure. Perhaps if something hits the mic??
Pop Filter - a filter between mouth and mic?
Mic Pre - don't know.
Audio interface - don't know.
Can you advice on what they are for and how they make a difference in the final product?
Thanks.
K
Okay...
The audio interface takes analog audio signal and translates it into digital ones and zeros and the reverse, turns digital audio ones and zeros into analog signal so you can hear it. (A/D-D/A converters.)
The preamp processes the signal - supplies phantom power, adjusts volume and in some cases has EQ.
The mic is your primary signal translator; it takes sounds traveling through the air and translates them into electrical impulses. You need to get the mic close to whatever is generating the sound - the human voice, a musical instrument, etc. You place it on a stand. The stand, however, can transmit all kinds of unwanted artifacts like bumps, etc. so you need a shock-mount to isolate the mic from these unwanted noises. (Example - I got a VO with a weird hum. Turns out that the mic was on a stand without a shock-mount, and the stand was on the same surface as the computer. The mic was picking up the hum from the computer transmitted through the desk and the stand.)
A KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) solution is a podcaster kit - a mic with internal shock-mounting or the stand has the shock-mount, and a very basic USB interface which is internal to the mic as is the basic preamp.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/417297-REG/B_H_Photo_Podcasting_Package_for_Mac.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/417298-REG/B_H_Photo_Podcasting_Package_for_Windows.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/752512-REG/Blue_YETI_PRO_Yeti_Pro_USB.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/829490-REG/Blue__Yeti_THX_Certified_USB_Condenser.html
Just keep in mind that this is all one of these kits is good for - you can't use it on the set, and it would be difficult to use for Foley and other sound FX work.
The audio interface takes analog audio signal and translates it into digital ones and zeros and the reverse, turns digital audio ones and zeros into analog signal so you can hear it. (A/D-D/A converters.)
The preamp processes the signal - supplies phantom power, adjusts volume and in some cases has EQ.
The mic is your primary signal translator; it takes sounds traveling through the air and translates them into electrical impulses. You need to get the mic close to whatever is generating the sound - the human voice, a musical instrument, etc. You place it on a stand. The stand, however, can transmit all kinds of unwanted artifacts like bumps, etc. so you need a shock-mount to isolate the mic from these unwanted noises. (Example - I got a VO with a weird hum. Turns out that the mic was on a stand without a shock-mount, and the stand was on the same surface as the computer. The mic was picking up the hum from the computer transmitted through the desk and the stand.)
A KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) solution is a podcaster kit - a mic with internal shock-mounting or the stand has the shock-mount, and a very basic USB interface which is internal to the mic as is the basic preamp.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/417297-REG/B_H_Photo_Podcasting_Package_for_Mac.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/417298-REG/B_H_Photo_Podcasting_Package_for_Windows.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/752512-REG/Blue_YETI_PRO_Yeti_Pro_USB.html
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/829490-REG/Blue__Yeti_THX_Certified_USB_Condenser.html
Just keep in mind that this is all one of these kits is good for - you can't use it on the set, and it would be difficult to use for Foley and other sound FX work.