On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 07:51:44AM -0700, Paul DeShaw wrote: > Sorry this is a bit OT, I don't know whom else to ask. > I belong to a martial arts community which produces videos of guest > teachers when we host a seminar. We used to use a lavalier mic on the > teacher's chest. For reasons I don't understand, that practice was > stopped, and the mic was moved to the high ceiling rafter, where it picks > up the whole room. The result is that some of the most revered figures in > our art have had their words lost in the background noise. If I can't > convince those in charge to use the lavalier mic as it's designed to be > used, would a camera-mounted shotgun mic do better? Any suggestions as to > model? Any other suggestions for micing a moving subject 30 feet or so from > a wall-mounted camera? The 'pro' solution for such a scenario would be a wireless lavalier (being 'cabled' is probably not what you want while demonstrating martial arts), or a semi-gun on a boom. Semi-guns are the ones that are 35-45 cm long, price range $250..300. Even such a mic will not produce usable sound 30 ft from the speaker in typical gym acoustics, so you don't want it on the camera but closer. That means either a boom + operator, or someone sitting near the edge of the tatami holding and pointing it. If the speaker doesn't move too much you could also suspend it pointing down 30 degrees or so towards the speaker, but clear of the ceiling. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
