Of course, if you have further questions just come in for a demo.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
How To Setup And Use A Teleprompter
This week last week I was asked to fill in for a friend and help him do a short, but can't wait because the CEO only has 30 minutes available, corporate job while he was out of town. I'm not normally a corporate shooter, so I kind of scratched my head and said "OK" when he recommended that I rent a teleprompter. After calling the shop the staff offered to give me a rental tutorial on how to set it up. Now I'm passing that knowledge along to you. In the video below Dominque demonstrates how to setup and use a teleprompter.
Of course, if you have further questions just come in for a demo.
Of course, if you have further questions just come in for a demo.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Microphone Shoot-Out: Sennheiser ME66 versus Sennheiser MKH416 versus Trams TR50
Let the battle begin! Today I am going to demonstrate the difference in audio quality between the Sennheiser ME66 and MKH416 shotgun mics, as well as the Trams TR50 lav mic. I took all three microphones out of rental stock and went to visit Connie Terwilliger, a local voice over professional. I had her read a script with all three microphones recording at the same time. Also, all three microphones were plugged into my MOTU Traveler, so the recording pre-amps would be equivalent. The Trams TR50 was additionally run through a Lectrosonics wireless system, as you would expect on any professional set. No adjustments were made to the audio, not even volume. What you hear is exactly what we recorded (minus Vimeo's compression of course).
Conclusions? You certainly hear more low end and sibilance on the MKH416 than the ME66, which is expected for a microphone that costs twice as much. In my experience with the ME66 I always have to re-equalize it in post to make the audio sound "good" because straight out of the mic it sounds a slight bit thin and dull. The Trams mic is very popular with audio professionals because it's easy to hide in clothing. I haven't had any experience in post with Trams TR50 recorded audio, but from this demo it too sounds like a microphone that requires tweaking in post to sound "OK" - same as I've been told by full time audio people.
Hope this helps you select the right microphone for your production. If you want to know more information about any of these items please call the shop and we'll help the best we can.
Conclusions? You certainly hear more low end and sibilance on the MKH416 than the ME66, which is expected for a microphone that costs twice as much. In my experience with the ME66 I always have to re-equalize it in post to make the audio sound "good" because straight out of the mic it sounds a slight bit thin and dull. The Trams mic is very popular with audio professionals because it's easy to hide in clothing. I haven't had any experience in post with Trams TR50 recorded audio, but from this demo it too sounds like a microphone that requires tweaking in post to sound "OK" - same as I've been told by full time audio people.
Hope this helps you select the right microphone for your production. If you want to know more information about any of these items please call the shop and we'll help the best we can.
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