Recording A Kitchen Tools

[Justin RockWell]

Alright, I need to record a small environment (moving kitchen dishes around as I'm talking at the same time, or that's how I'd like to record it)

The dishes will be on 1 table and I only have 1 mic.

What would be the best way to go about recording this for the best sound and "realness"??

I've never recorded an environment before, so this why I'm asking, I don't want to just jump in, do something, and it sounds like crap.

[peterwild]

I use for "moving ambience" my sony D1. I have one wav file Index of /sonyd1 (its BIG, 24.5 MB! ) at 44.1kHz/24 bit, if you like to hear sony ... there some kitchen noises ( first open window, close it, open refrigerator, move some things, close it, open tap, move some dishes, go to toilet and flush water closet( I don't know right term...) open tap, close it and two pressing of water spray) sorry my english..

[Cosmic Closet]

In a small room, one mic pointed at you talking should definitely also pick up the sound of dishes; porcelain against porcelain is usually pretty loud.

But the key thing here is: do you want 'natural' i.e 'off-mic' sounding kitchen noises, or do they need to be as clear as your speech (you didn't say what the purpose was)?

If you have the possibility, track the voice separately, and then lay in the movement of plates, et. cetera (script it if necessary)
That way you get crisp sound from both elements, and you can edit/balance them afterwards.

But one mic (omni/cardiod) should give you acceptable results. If nothing else, just test it and see what it sounds like.

Best,
Claus.

[Justin RockWell]

Thanks guys...