thank you. this was very helpful. have you tried the Rode NTG 3 as a boom mic? the NTG 3 is considerably more rifled than the AT4053B (from the photos i have seen) - perhaps making it harder to stay on the actors.
Hi, yes I have used it. It is a very different design than the AT but it's pickup pattern is not terribly difficult to work with relative to other shotgun microphones.
i have just managed to get hold of a secondhand NTG 3 and it does sound much richer and warmer than the AT mic, good though it is. we have not yet used the NTG3 in a boom situation but i hope we'll do that soon.
Julien, just to be clear: The NTG3 will likely serve better as an outdoor mic whereas the AT shines indoors given their differing design. I wouldn't so much think of them as one being better than the other, but for different purposes. Good luck!
thanks for this suggestion. i will definitely try my mics in interior and exterior scenes. i have also just discovered that i have an AT 897 bought in 2005 (and definitely not used for a decade), so i shall compare that with both the AT 877 and the NTG3.
Your Walla Track would have been sounded better if you have recorded it in stereo microphone,if u record it in mono you are layering this track with boom track which is also a mono track,if you have recorded walla in Stereo we can use MS equallizer to remove the frequencies which are fighting with our main dialogue by remove mid freq in the center & leaving the side information as it is,Also stereo walla track sound very realistic.
Hi Dinesh, do you have an example of a mono vs. M/S walla track where we can compare the difference? M/S recordings are more complicated, but I'm willing to be convinced with an example. :)
Thanks for your videos Curtis!
You're welcome and thanks for the feedback!
Again, I'm learning so much. Many thanks.
You're welcome and thanks for the feedback!
thank you. this was very helpful. have you tried the Rode NTG 3 as a boom mic? the NTG 3 is considerably more rifled than the AT4053B (from the photos i have seen) - perhaps making it harder to stay on the actors.
Hi, yes I have used it. It is a very different design than the AT but it's pickup pattern is not terribly difficult to work with relative to other shotgun microphones.
i have just managed to get hold of a secondhand NTG 3 and it does sound much richer and warmer than the AT mic, good though it is. we have not yet used the NTG3 in a boom situation but i hope we'll do that soon.
Julien, just to be clear: The NTG3 will likely serve better as an outdoor mic whereas the AT shines indoors given their differing design. I wouldn't so much think of them as one being better than the other, but for different purposes. Good luck!
thanks for this suggestion. i will definitely try my mics in interior and exterior scenes. i have also just discovered that i have an AT 897 bought in 2005 (and definitely not used for a decade), so i shall compare that with both the AT 877 and the NTG3.
Your Walla Track would have been sounded better if you have recorded it in stereo microphone,if u record it in mono you are layering this track with boom track which is also a mono track,if you have recorded walla in Stereo we can use MS equallizer to remove the frequencies which are fighting with our main dialogue by remove mid freq in the center & leaving the side information as it is,Also stereo walla track sound very realistic.
Hi Dinesh, do you have an example of a mono vs. M/S walla track where we can compare the difference? M/S recordings are more complicated, but I'm willing to be convinced with an example. :)
Check ur gmail,downmix that stereo track to mono...
Oh awesome...something NOT politics! Thanks, Curtis!
Haha! Yes, needed to get my mind off of the election. It was therapy to talk sound.