LOOKING TO BUY A SHOTGUN MIC

Posted on Jul 21, 2007 01:10 pm
fren hie29
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Member Since: Jul 13, 2007

Anybody can recommend a good boom mic I will be using it for onsite recording short film, documentaries etc...

I want to spend between $175 and $200 (ebay price ;)

I have a Behringer 1622 and planning to get a Ultra Q T1951 to warm up the sound and to cut off room noise .

Thanks

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Tadpui
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Since: Mar 14, 2003

Jul 21, 2007 01:44 pm

Oh man, I can feel Zek's excitement bubbling already. He'll be along shortly to recommend one :D

zekthedeadcow
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Jul 21, 2007 06:42 pm

- hehehe - sorry I fell asleep for a couple hours there...

The absolute minimum I can recommend is a Rode NTG1
cgi.ebay.com/RODE-NTG-1-S...1QQcmdZViewItem

$190 is a decent price

I use a Sennheiser ME66K6 and like it an awful lot...
cgi.ebay.com/Sennheiser-M...1QQcmdZViewItem
usually goes for $350-$500.

I'm assuming you're recording this to a computer... in which case I would STRONGLY suggest ditching the behringer stuff and get an Edirol FA-66... ... the thing has built in preamps and limiters and is VERY quiet... you also only need one preamp channel. An M-box would work too and is even less expensive I think...

SwitchbladeSound
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Since: Jun 28, 2007

Jul 21, 2007 08:39 pm

I too can recommend a Rode. I have an NTG 2 and have been super stoked on it. The NTG 2 can also take a AA battery, so if you're using it in the field, you don't necessarilly have to worry about having phantom power available.

fren hie29
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Since: Jul 13, 2007

Jul 21, 2007 11:36 pm

K thanks I will have a look I have an FA-66. I find having a mixer very helpfull as I can insert any outboard gear mostly parametric Q and have different mixes, like I sometimes Y the mic, chanel 1 with EQ and chanel 2 dry. then I can use the best of the 2.