Lavalier Microphone for noisy environments?

Dumb-Ask · 14th May 2007

Hi there, what would you recommend for a cheep but still good sounding Lavalier Microphone to pick up a good signal in a noisy environment?

Cheers

philper · 14th May 2007

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Originally Posted by Dumb-Ask

Hi there, what would you recommend for a cheep but still good sounding Lavalier Microphone to pick up a good signal in a noisy environment?

Cheers

The cheapest would be to find the hypercard version of the old M150 lav mic that Lectrosonics used to sell with its wireless transmitters. Countryman (I think) still makes some directional lavs. You need to be very careful how you mount them,--headturns become a big issue. The edge you get with a directional lav orver an omni is pretty small, really.

Philip Perkins

Dumb-Ask · 15th May 2007

Thank you for the great advice Philip :-)

Drumhum · 18th May 2007

I agree that directional lavs don't really make a lot of difference when compared to omni. They are much more difficult to position and use in general and for that reason I'd personally always go for omni.

If its a noisy environment then try to get the mic as close as possible to the mouth.

Try mounting it on the talent's head: mounted in the hair like theatre folk do, on the brim of a cap or hardhat (I'm thinking industrial environment?). I've put a small lav on someone's eye-glasses before now and it worked very well (so long as they don't take them off without thinking!). If its on the head you don't need to worry about head movement!

Also take note of what mic you use as some mic's seem to reject "external sound" better than others. I'd recommend Sony ecm88's. Cos11's are not good in in this application. I don't know about countryman mics - they not very common in the UK.

Dumb-Ask · 18th May 2007

Great tips Drumhum, I'll definitely try them

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Dumb-Ask Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: brazil Posts: 188 Thread Starter	Thank you for the great advice Philip :-)

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Drumhum Gear maniac Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 176	I agree that directional lavs don't really make a lot of difference when compared to omni. They are much more difficult to position and use in general and for that reason I'd personally always go for omni. If its a noisy environment then try to get the mic as close as possible to the mouth. Try mounting it on the talent's head: mounted in the hair like theatre folk do, on the brim of a cap or hardhat (I'm thinking industrial environment?). I've put a small lav on someone's eye-glasses before now and it worked very well (so long as they don't take them off without thinking!). If its on the head you don't need to worry about head movement! Also take note of what mic you use as some mic's seem to reject "external sound" better than others. I'd recommend Sony ecm88's. Cos11's are not good in in this application. I don't know about countryman mics - they not very common in the UK.