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LittleEarthquakes

Someone I know is about to start making a web series, and I'm trying to help out a bit, so I'm here to ask a question or two...

they'll be using a widescreen HD camcorder...i've seen said camera once, but I can not for the life of me remember what it is...I think it's a panasonic though...it records to a card and does not have anyplace for mic in...no again I've only seen this once and have not actually played with it myself, but I'm going to assume that the on camera zoom mic will not do all that needs to be done, so i'm wondering...

what would be a good and inexpensive boom mic that would do the trick quite nicely? and what would be the best way to record the sound?
 
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LittleEarthquakes said:
what would be a good and inexpensive boom mic that would do the trick quite nicely? and what would be the best way to record the sound?
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http://www.sennheiserusa.com/newsite/
Sennheiser is the mic most used by professional sound recordists. They are expensive and worth it.
Check out the ME-66 and the ME-67. The MKH60 is the best if you can afford it.

http://www.audio-technica.com/
Audio-Technica is cheaper. Check out the AT835B. It’s a workable mic, a little muddy and not as
directional as it should be. The AT835ST is a good mic for the price, but it, too, sounds a bit muddy
- the vocals don’t sound crisp enough for me.

http://www.azdencorp.com/
I’ve never used Azden mic’s. They’re inexpensive and I don’t hear too many good things about them,
but if that's all you can afford it's MUCH better than using the camera mic.

Any recorder will record the audio.

Even though Sony stopped selling DAT, they are still used by a lot of location recordists. But HDR
(hard disc recorders) are gaining in popularity and use.

Roland makes the R-4 Pro - one of the best field recorders
available. With a price tag to match.

Fostex is a reliable brand - Check out
the FR2LE.

So is Marantz The CDR-420 is a HDR with a 20GB hard drive.
 
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Thank you for the info...I'll see what I can do to talk them into something...i'll be doing much of the editing for them and I don't want to shoot myself over nonexistant sound, but I am afraid the budget may do that to me because I haven't been told what the budget may include though I think there isn't one :( the scripts are good though, and it should be fun, so I'm hoping that I can talk a mic and a recorder in somehow.
 
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