audio equipment used in remote filming

[jagdpanther]

Hi guys, I was wondering if you could answer a question for me

As most of you know, during most professional filming (ie; Films/documentaries etc) seperate equipment is used to record sound

I was wondering what equipment it is that said sound recordists utilise (not the big gofer on a stick)

Where can it be sourced and generally how much?

Thanks for any help

[tonyvid]

"Parrot of doom" is your man for this one - in my early days on 16mm it was a Nagra 4.2 reel/reel but now I suppose a digital version of the same. I only shoot video now so no more syncing and stuff to do, the Nagra is in my garage now for a later day as it is such a loverly piece of kit I can't bring myself to part with it!

[jagdpanther]

jagdpanther said:

Edited for amusing typo <img src="www.pistonheads.com/include/images/hehe.gif">

What was the typo?????

tonyvid said:

"Parrot of doom" is your man for this one - in my early days on 16mm it was a Nagra 4.2 reel/reel but now I suppose a digital version of the same. I only shoot video now so no more syncing and stuff to do, the Nagra is in my garage now for a later day as it is such a loverly piece of kit I can't bring myself to part with it!

Thanks for the info tonyvid......

P.O.D. Are you about?

[neil_cardiff]

jagdpanther said:

jagdpanther said: Edited for amusing typo <img src="www.pistonheads.com/include/images/hehe.gif"> What was the typo?????

You'd titled the thread 'Audi Equipment used in Remote Filming'

[ErnestM]

As luck (bad) would have it, I am investigating cheap ways to do this. I tried out a new bullet cam with integrated microphone recently. While the video came out spectacular (new Sony CCD based 400+ lines of resolution - great kit) the audio sounded like two whales humping.

I'm thinking of some miniature stereo recorders with clip on microphones and then using some sort of marker to help synch later (which is why, I assume, filmmakers use the clapboard marker thingy <-technical term)

I will report back if I find a solution.

ErnestM

[jagdpanther]

Thanks Ernest...what Im looking for is some form of cheap digital audio recording system so I can record interviews and such and dub them over footage at a later day, hence the need to be digital!

[meeja]

jagdpanther said:

Where can it be sourced and generally how much?

As others have said... POD is your man for this.

One word of caution though..... you get what you pay for in this field, and decent quality audio recordings don't come cheap I'm afraid.

I have recently bought a new handheld and boom mountable shotgun mic, complete with windjammer and raincover.

Set me back the best part of £800.

[ErnestM]

jagdpanther said:

Thanks Ernest...what Im looking for is some form of cheap digital audio recording system so I can record interviews and such and dub them over footage at a later day, hence the need to be digital!

Bearing in mind Meeja's comments, and that my solution is probably not going to be Hollywood quality, I am thinking about trying one of these:


Sony ICD-MX20

Actually, that's not quite true. I am probably going to use 2. One for two rear channels, one for two front channels and then extract a centre and lf channel.

Keep in mind, however, that to me the most important thing is size and ease of use as I am just trying to replace the crap integrated microphone on my bullet cam.

ErnestM