recording binaural radio drama

[kingtut38]

Hi everybody,

I'm just starting to get into recording radio drama in binaural stereo and I had a few questions. I've done a little recording before, mostly simple acoustic guitar but audio drama seems to be an art unto itself.

First I'd like to know what people thought about the gear I was thinking about purchasing. I thought I would either go with the core sound HIB system with the DPA 4060's. I've heard really good things about them but since I don't plan on doing much location recording I was thinking about just some omnidirectional mics like a couple of RODE nt-2a's. I plan on making a dummy head as best as I can to seperate the mics (sort of a poor man's Fritz system)

Also, does anyone know of any technical books about audio drama recording. I've seen a couple but they seem to be more about the wriiting than the recording.

BTW This was all spurred on because I listened to a ZBS cd of a horror audio drama called "Sticks" recording in binaural stereo. It was simply the creepiest thing I've ever heard.

I did a few searches here and found alot of good information but no real opinions about audio drama in general. Sorry if this in the wrong place.


Anyone have any thoughts?


Thanks

Jon

[Brent Hahn]

This is more or less the right place -- the Post Production forum is probably righter, though.

Anyway, if you're doing multiple talent with 2 omnis in a head, the biggest factor is going to be the room. The actors will be pretty far away from the mics (compared to your typical VO-type setup) and if the room is at all live, it's gonna sound like they're in a giant tin can.

[kingtut38]

thanks for the reply. Do you see any benefit in using regular omni's over the dpa 4060 which are smaller and more specialized. I ask only because I really don't know what other people are using to do this. I'm assuming they're using smaller condenser's like that but I don't know. The larger mic's would have more uses in the future though.

[Brent Hahn]

Dunno. I've done tons of dialog work, commercials mostly, but never with a head.