Hi all, yes the noobs back!
Little less nooby, but never the less, still a noob
It will be almost a year since I started this thread and begun recording, in total panic, wow, don't know what I would have done without GS help! I don't write often but I do read a lot!
Anyhow, just wanted to update in case anyone might care, and also ask more questions, or you can just skip to the end as well
After that sitcom, I was on about at the beginning of the thread (which never got sold by the way, but made way for many more jobs after) I spent all year recording and in post, did some commercials, most of them boring smalltime local brands and a few big international brands. I have been shouted at, ripped off, insulted, forgotten at the site, hurt my back carrying gear (offline for a week), and even got my work sabotaged, yes sabotaged! Idiot video editor decided he would just "add more sounds to the ending" of the commercial I finished and finally went home, after days of sleep depravation. He thought, hey whats the big deal, how hard can it be right, it is just sound after all and I am a VIDEO editor!? Wrong! The commercial was aired the next day with a lip synch error(!!), and has been up circulating like that everyday since, my blood boils every time I see it, so embarrassing.
Anyhow it's all experience and I do not care and fortunately hold a pretty thick skin
I dont know how I will ever get into cinema by keep doing commercials, but I have to survive to soo nothing much I can do about it at this moment.
Sorry about the emo gibberish, back to the real issue now.
In 10 days I have to shoot a 4 episode web series for a major international brand. It is the most important job I got so far and the expectations are much higher.
I am unfortunately still on my MBPro and 003
yes lame, but with the addition of an Audient preamp, Euphonix MC Control, Sonnox plugins and hopefully some mics, which is what I want to ask about. After this job, I will hopefully be able to upgrade to a real recorder. I have been investing more on my home studio until now, because post is what I really want to do, but can't seem to get away from recording either!
Basically I want to be able to get the best sound possible for this particular job and I have a small pre-budget to spend on mics as well this time, as opposed to before when I had to just "make do" with whatever I could get my hands on, or was given.
We have 4 talents to record and it is set in a (yes again) large depot that has been turned into a set, with very high ceilings. I have got them to divide the place as much as possible with huge curtains to minimize the reverberation, it is still there but not nearly as bad. There is the occasional city noise, planes, mosques (very annoying), kids (even more annoying). The talent will also be fixed for each scene, so they dont move around the place too much.
What kind of micing would you recommend? I can rent 2 Senheisser lavs and will buy 2 more. I also have a Rhode NT1A (never used it before) and have access to a Boom mic. What would be the best possible option for this scenario?
What I had trouble with before, was that when there are more than 2-3 people it gets pretty hard to follow them with 1 boom, so maybe 2 booms and lavs for everybody? Also, is the Rhode worth setting up in the front for an overall wide angle, or is that plain stupid? As I do the post as well I always found that the Boom captures way too much ambiance and the Lavs are somewhat "muffled", layer them both with some noise suppression is OK, people are satisfied, but not exactly the quality I could be proud of myself. Is there another option where I could get something in between?
Thanks in advance and sorry about the huge post and the numerous questions, I hope someone can help
