Sound for Video Session: Choosing a microphone with Audio Buff and Matt Ruff
In this week's session, we're joined by Audio Buff and Matt Ruff to talk about how to choose the right microphone for various situations. Audio Buff and Matt both have experience in front of house mixing so we'll pick their brains on what they've learned about choosing microphones!
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at https://school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
Mackie DLZ Creator XS adaptive audio mixer — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/6lDtu69
Mackie DLZ Creator adaptive audio mixer (the original, bigger one) — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/42KrX0
Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/8G8UdBB
Allen & Heath SQ5 digital mixing board — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/sRxFU90
Sound Devices 888 field recorder/mixer with Dante — B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/zAryW4J
Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/O8e0
Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/InspOl
Teleprompter Ikan 17" high bright — B&H https://geni.us/RcuXD3
Canon C200 Camera - B&H https://geni.us/9Zi4m4a
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/kZyU7e
ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon https://geni.us/b8my
Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H https://geni.us/9ZfE77
Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/505L55n
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00:00 Start
02:40 Beginning of stream
02:48 Today’s guests of honor!
04:01 The Big Q: Choosing Mics?!
04:37 Audio Buff’s approach
09:25 Matt’s approach
11:35 Audio Buff’s setup
26:06 Micing pianos
39:48 Studio mic for live situations…?
44:42 Audio Buff’s mixing board
47:25 Running digital mixers like analog mixers
55:07 Micing choirs
1:08:53 End of stream