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Hi!

I have acquired a 247 square foot space to ply my burgeoning video/graphics
business from. I am trying to divide it into half video
editing/recording/graphics and half production space to shoot (very) small
scale productions.

You can view my diagram at:
http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img14&image=studio.gif

I am seeking advice with some of my concerns:

Audio:

I need help locating plans to build a small booth for recording voice overs
and wild lines. (Yes I do plan on buying the F. Alton Everest books.) I want
the booth to take up no more than 4' by 4'.

The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on two
sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of plaster. How
can I treat the space to record decent audio on my shotgun mike (Me66)?

I eventually want to make my workstation encloseable so I can turn up the
sound (Within reason.) when I feel like it. Has anyone done this? It
measures 3' deep x 4' wide x 7.5' tall.

***

Loft: I want to build a loft into the corner but I am not that handy. Are
there any prefab options that anyone knows of?

Backgrounds: I have a Photek background system. Now I am wondering if I
would be better of with a wall-mounted background system where I could pull
down whichever background I want, like a window shade. Does this exist.

Lock: What do you all know about a good lock to put on the door: I can't say
price is not a concern but I need to protect my equipment. Do any locks come
with insurance?

Security System: I think I might need one once I get insurance. Any
recommendations?

Insurance: I am in NYC. I want to insure my equipment against theft or
damage. I also want to protect myself in case a light falls on someone, etc.

Smoke machine: I want one! Where to buy, what to get? I don't want to spend
more than $125.

Dolly: I want to get smooth shots. What are my options? I already know about
wheelchairs and glidecams. What are the cheapest 'real' dollys?

By the way I need to save money, so if you have cheaper options, please let
me know!

What else have I missed or overlooked? I need all your advice. Thank You!

Videoken

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By the way, the quarter-moon in the top right of the diagram is the door,
and the bottom right and left corners are indented by 6 inches. The
indentations are depicted by two small boxes.

http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img14&image=studio.gif

Videoken


"videoken" <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> I have acquired a 247 square foot space to ply my burgeoning
video/graphics
> business from. I am trying to divide it into half video
> editing/recording/graphics and half production space to shoot (very) small
> scale productions.
>
> You can view my diagram at:
> http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img14&image=studio.gif
>
> I am seeking advice with some of my concerns:
>
> Audio:
>
> I need help locating plans to build a small booth for recording voice
overs
> and wild lines. (Yes I do plan on buying the F. Alton Everest books.) I
want
> the booth to take up no more than 4' by 4'.
>
> The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on two
> sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of plaster.
How
> can I treat the space to record decent audio on my shotgun mike (Me66)?
>
> I eventually want to make my workstation encloseable so I can turn up the
> sound (Within reason.) when I feel like it. Has anyone done this? It
> measures 3' deep x 4' wide x 7.5' tall.
>
> ***
>
> Loft: I want to build a loft into the corner but I am not that handy. Are
> there any prefab options that anyone knows of?
>
> Backgrounds: I have a Photek background system. Now I am wondering if I
> would be better of with a wall-mounted background system where I could
pull
> down whichever background I want, like a window shade. Does this exist.
>
> Lock: What do you all know about a good lock to put on the door: I can't
say
> price is not a concern but I need to protect my equipment. Do any locks
come
> with insurance?
>
> Security System: I think I might need one once I get insurance. Any
> recommendations?
>
> Insurance: I am in NYC. I want to insure my equipment against theft or
> damage. I also want to protect myself in case a light falls on someone,
etc.
>
> Smoke machine: I want one! Where to buy, what to get? I don't want to
spend
> more than $125.
>
> Dolly: I want to get smooth shots. What are my options? I already know
about
> wheelchairs and glidecams. What are the cheapest 'real' dollys?
>
> By the way I need to save money, so if you have cheaper options, please
let
> me know!
>
> What else have I missed or overlooked? I need all your advice. Thank You!
>
> Videoken
>
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> Remove all the q's to email me:
> qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq
>
>
>
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On 5/18/04 10:00 PM, in article sRBqc.48906$mX.17977044@twister.nyc.rr.com,
"videoken" <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have acquired a 247 square foot space to ply my burgeoning video/graphics
> business from. I am trying to divide it into half video
> editing/recording/graphics and half production space to shoot (very) small
> scale productions.......etc.

> What else have I missed or overlooked?
> Videoken
>

The doctor man, the doctor. But you know that, don't you?
Naughty boy you!

Tsk, tsk.....

 

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videoken wrote:
> The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on
> two sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of
> plaster. How can I treat the space to record decent audio on my
> shotgun mike (Me66)?

http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/index.php

Regards
Jan Holm

 

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Karl Lohninger <midoil@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<BCD03BF7.1335A%midoil@comcast.net>...
> On 5/18/04 10:00 PM, in article sRBqc.48906$mX.17977044@twister.nyc.rr.com,
> "videoken" <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have acquired a 247 square foot space to ply my burgeoning video/graphics
> > business from. I am trying to divide it into half video
> > editing/recording/graphics and half production space to shoot (very) small
> > scale productions.......etc.
>
> > What else have I missed or overlooked?
> > Videoken
> >
>
> The doctor man, the doctor. But you know that, don't you?
> Naughty boy you!
>
> Tsk, tsk.....

I assume you mean The Doctor, the one who knows how to make
something bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

 

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> > The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on
> > two sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of
> > plaster. How can I treat the space to record decent audio on my
> > shotgun mike (Me66)?
>
> http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/index.php
>
> Regards
> Jan Holm

That is a great board! I also found www.homerecording.com through it. Thanks
a bunch! Any more like it?

Videoken

 

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> The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on
> two sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of
> plaster. How can I treat the space to record decent audio on my
> shotgun mike (Me66)?

Depends on your definition of "decent audio". Perhaps
I missed the explanation of what you are recording/shooting.
Also the explanation of why you seem to be committed to
using a shotgun indoors.

From lurking there for a couple of years, the consensus on
news:rec.arts.movies.produciton.sound appers to be that
genrally, a hypercardiod is preferable on interiors (especially
reverberant ones) over a shotgun. But then a wired or wire-
less lav may be best depending on circumstances.

Your new studio sounds like an ideal space for our industrial
choir to rehearse in. You aren't possibly in 97123 or 97124
are you?

 

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Check out Markertek (www.markertek.com), they sell all types of supplies:
soundproofing materials, portable sound booths, and yes, they even have a
fog machine for $130.

Ryan


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Public Access Director
Peters Township Community Television
McMurray, PA
www.geocities.com/ptct7/


"videoken" <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote in message
news:sRBqc.48906$mX.17977044@twister.nyc.rr.com...
> Hi!
>
> I have acquired a 247 square foot space to ply my burgeoning
video/graphics
> business from. I am trying to divide it into half video
> editing/recording/graphics and half production space to shoot (very) small
> scale productions.
>
> You can view my diagram at:
> http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img14&image=studio.gif
>
> I am seeking advice with some of my concerns:
>
> Audio:
>
> I need help locating plans to build a small booth for recording voice
overs
> and wild lines. (Yes I do plan on buying the F. Alton Everest books.) I
want
> the booth to take up no more than 4' by 4'.
>
> The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on two
> sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of plaster.
How
> can I treat the space to record decent audio on my shotgun mike (Me66)?
>
> I eventually want to make my workstation encloseable so I can turn up the
> sound (Within reason.) when I feel like it. Has anyone done this? It
> measures 3' deep x 4' wide x 7.5' tall.
>
> ***
>
> Loft: I want to build a loft into the corner but I am not that handy. Are
> there any prefab options that anyone knows of?
>
> Backgrounds: I have a Photek background system. Now I am wondering if I
> would be better of with a wall-mounted background system where I could
pull
> down whichever background I want, like a window shade. Does this exist.
>
> Lock: What do you all know about a good lock to put on the door: I can't
say
> price is not a concern but I need to protect my equipment. Do any locks
come
> with insurance?
>
> Security System: I think I might need one once I get insurance. Any
> recommendations?
>
> Insurance: I am in NYC. I want to insure my equipment against theft or
> damage. I also want to protect myself in case a light falls on someone,
etc.
>
> Smoke machine: I want one! Where to buy, what to get? I don't want to
spend
> more than $125.
>
> Dolly: I want to get smooth shots. What are my options? I already know
about
> wheelchairs and glidecams. What are the cheapest 'real' dollys?
>
> By the way I need to save money, so if you have cheaper options, please
let
> me know!
>
> What else have I missed or overlooked? I need all your advice. Thank You!
>
> Videoken
>
> --
> Remove all the q's to email me:
> qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq
>
>
>
>

 

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"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
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> > The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on
> > two sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of
> > plaster. How can I treat the space to record decent audio on my
> > shotgun mike (Me66)?
>
> Depends on your definition of "decent audio". Perhaps
> I missed the explanation of what you are recording/shooting.
> Also the explanation of why you seem to be committed to
> using a shotgun indoors.

SOunds like the advice is: Don't use a shotgun mike. I see. Well, my next
option is my sm58. I hope that will do.
>
> From lurking there for a couple of years, the consensus on
> news:rec.arts.movies.produciton.sound appers to be that
> genrally, a hypercardiod is preferable on interiors (especially
> reverberant ones) over a shotgun. But then a wired or wire-
> less lav may be best depending on circumstances.

I am looking into lav mikes. How much will it cost to set up say 2 or 3
decent lav mikes? Would it preferable to be wireless? I have a
>
> Your new studio sounds like an ideal space for our industrial
> choir to rehearse in. You aren't possibly in 97123 or 97124
> are you?

If you like sound reflection my space is the shizz-nizz! But I am in NYC
your area code sounds like Hollywood! (90210)

Videoken

 

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"videoken"wrote ...
> SOunds like the advice is: Don't use a shotgun mike. I see.
> Well, my next option is my sm58. I hope that will do.

Please don't take any of this as gospel. Absent any explanation
of WHAT you are recording, these are only general guidelines.
An SM58 may be perfect, OTOH, it may be the worst possible
choice. Audio recording is at least as much art as it is science.

> I am looking into lav mikes. How much will it cost to set up
> say 2 or 3 decent lav mikes? Would it preferable to be wireless?
> I have a

[remainder of sentence lost in the ether?]

It seems to me like you are approaching this whole thing
backwards. What are you recording? What is the overall
budget? No way to answer your questions in a vacuum.

Lavs can run from well under $50 (wired cheapo Rat Shack,
etc.) to well over $5000 (digital wireless, etc.) each.

> If you like sound reflection my space is the shizz-nizz! But I am
> in NYC your area code sounds like Hollywood! (90210)

California occupies ZIPs 90000 (Los Angeles metro) through
96999 (rural northern counties). 97000 and beyond are the
Northwest, Hawaii, and Alaska. I am in Portland, (or actually
Hillsboro) Oregon 97123.

 

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videoken <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote:
>"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
>news:10aojm6j63j7hb7@corp.supernews.com...
>> > The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on
>> > two sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of
>> > plaster. How can I treat the space to record decent audio on my
>> > shotgun mike (Me66)?
>>
>> Depends on your definition of "decent audio". Perhaps
>> I missed the explanation of what you are recording/shooting.
>> Also the explanation of why you seem to be committed to
>> using a shotgun indoors.
>
>SOunds like the advice is: Don't use a shotgun mike. I see. Well, my next
>option is my sm58. I hope that will do.

You need to rent an appropriate mike kit.

>> From lurking there for a couple of years, the consensus on
>> news:rec.arts.movies.produciton.sound appers to be that
>> genrally, a hypercardiod is preferable on interiors (especially
>> reverberant ones) over a shotgun. But then a wired or wire-
>> less lav may be best depending on circumstances.
>
>I am looking into lav mikes. How much will it cost to set up say 2 or 3
>decent lav mikes? Would it preferable to be wireless? I have a

Well, most folks use lav mikes with wireless packs, but there's no reason
you can't use wired lav mikes. They are sometimes your only salvation
dealing with bright rooms, although you can also rent a blanket kit from
your local film rental outfit.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

 

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> > SOunds like the advice is: Don't use a shotgun mike. I see.
> > Well, my next option is my sm58. I hope that will do.
>
> Please don't take any of this as gospel. Absent any explanation
> of WHAT you are recording, these are only general guidelines.
> An SM58 may be perfect, OTOH, it may be the worst possible
> choice. Audio recording is at least as much art as it is science.

This would be for recording live dialogue, like an interview or a talking
head shot.

> > I am looking into lav mikes. How much will it cost to set up
> > say 2 or 3 decent lav mikes? Would it preferable to be wireless?
> > I have a
>
> [remainder of sentence lost in the ether?]

Damned if I can remember what I meant to say. ;-)

>
> It seems to me like you are approaching this whole thing
> backwards. What are you recording? What is the overall
> budget? No way to answer your questions in a vacuum.

I would be recording people talking. Perhaps on a very small set or in front
of a backdrop.
>
> Lavs can run from well under $50 (wired cheapo Rat Shack,
> etc.) to well over $5000 (digital wireless, etc.) each.

I don't have a budget in mind, because I am not very well educated on mikes
and audio in general. I am trying my best to learn. All I can say is that I
have the ME66 and an SM58, so I want it to be professional, but I cannot
afford anything near the best. More likely, 'pro-sumer' level or as I like
to think of it, The worst of the best!

>
> > If you like sound reflection my space is the shizz-nizz! But I am
> > in NYC your area code sounds like Hollywood! (90210)
>
> California occupies ZIPs 90000 (Los Angeles metro) through
> 96999 (rural northern counties). 97000 and beyond are the
> Northwest, Hawaii, and Alaska. I am in Portland, (or actually
> Hillsboro) Oregon 97123.

No Kidding? My lady friend is from Portland! I have been out there a couple
of times. Nice place.

Thanks for all you help.

Videoken

 

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"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote in message
news:c8icfb$nm$1@panix2.panix.com...
> videoken <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote:
> >"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley7@xprt.net> wrote in message
> >news:10aojm6j63j7hb7@corp.supernews.com...
> >> > The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on
> >> > two sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of
> >> > plaster. How can I treat the space to record decent audio on my
> >> > shotgun mike (Me66)?
> >>
> >> Depends on your definition of "decent audio". Perhaps
> >> I missed the explanation of what you are recording/shooting.
> >> Also the explanation of why you seem to be committed to
> >> using a shotgun indoors.

I'm not commited at all. My understanding is that a shotgun mike (Especially
a short one like the ME66.) Is good for recording live audio when you don't
have your subject 'miked up' with a lav or speaking directly into a mike. I
don't have a lav setup right now but I am shopping around.

> >
> >SOunds like the advice is: Don't use a shotgun mike. I see. Well, my next
> >option is my sm58. I hope that will do.
>
> You need to rent an appropriate mike kit.

The question is how many rentals until I could have bought the actual mike
kit? I'm the type of guy who like to own the basic neccesities.

>
> >> From lurking there for a couple of years, the consensus on
> >> news:rec.arts.movies.produciton.sound appers to be that
> >> genrally, a hypercardiod is preferable on interiors (especially
> >> reverberant ones) over a shotgun. But then a wired or wire-
> >> less lav may be best depending on circumstances.
> >
> >I am looking into lav mikes. How much will it cost to set up say 2 or 3
> >decent lav mikes? Would it preferable to be wireless? I have a
>
> Well, most folks use lav mikes with wireless packs, but there's no reason
> you can't use wired lav mikes. They are sometimes your only salvation
> dealing with bright rooms, although you can also rent a blanket kit from
> your local film rental outfit.

What is a ''bright" room?

Videoken

 

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videoken <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote:
>"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote in message
>
>I'm not commited at all. My understanding is that a shotgun mike (Especially
>a short one like the ME66.) Is good for recording live audio when you don't
>have your subject 'miked up' with a lav or speaking directly into a mike. I
>don't have a lav setup right now but I am shopping around.

A shotgun mike is a specific tool for dealing with some acoustical
problems. In a live room it can be a real nightmare, but it can allow you
to pull a mike back farther in some applications than you can with a
hypercard.

>> >SOunds like the advice is: Don't use a shotgun mike. I see. Well, my next
>> >option is my sm58. I hope that will do.
>>
>> You need to rent an appropriate mike kit.
>
>The question is how many rentals until I could have bought the actual mike
>kit? I'm the type of guy who like to own the basic neccesities.

You need to rent a kit so that you can get a sense of what is really
necessary and why. A kit will contain a good hypercardioid, a boom, a
pistol grip mount, shock mounts and windscreens, a shotgun, a few lav mikes,
and a field mixer. Figure about $5k worth of equipment for entry-level stuff
with no wireless kit.

How much of that kit do you absolutely need for the work you're doing?
I dunno. So rent the kit and see.

>> >> From lurking there for a couple of years, the consensus on
>> >> news:rec.arts.movies.produciton.sound appers to be that
>> >> genrally, a hypercardiod is preferable on interiors (especially
>> >> reverberant ones) over a shotgun. But then a wired or wire-
>> >> less lav may be best depending on circumstances.
>> >
>> >I am looking into lav mikes. How much will it cost to set up say 2 or 3
>> >decent lav mikes? Would it preferable to be wireless? I have a
>>
>> Well, most folks use lav mikes with wireless packs, but there's no reason
>> you can't use wired lav mikes. They are sometimes your only salvation
>> dealing with bright rooms, although you can also rent a blanket kit from
>> your local film rental outfit.
>
>What is a ''bright" room?

A room that is very reflective at high frequencies. When you clap your
hands and hear the sound come back to you, you hear a lot of high frequency
reverb. Most likely you also hear discrete echoes, which means you're
really in trouble.

You might want to actually hire a sound guy, come to think of it.
--scott

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"Ryan Boni" <impliedi@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Check out Markertek (www.markertek.com), they sell all types of supplies:
> soundproofing materials, portable sound booths, and yes, they even have a
> fog machine for $130.

Thanks dude.

Videoken

 

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Wow, I'll bet your head's spinning after some of the feedback you've
received.

One problem, as you may have learned, is that without a really good
discription of what your goals are, it's difficult to give you really
good advice. But, as you've noticed, that doesn't stop most of us from
trying.

For example, when you say, you will be recording a couple of people
talking, do you mean like in a scene in an independent film or like in a
talk show? There's a HUGE difference. Each situation has important
requirements.

I differ from many here in that the ME66 might well be your best choice
when one factors in "relativity to budget." If your entire budget for
everything you need is two grand then you shure(sic.) won't benefit from
spending it all on one microphone. You'll be standing on a street
corner with a Schoeps in one hand and a tin cup in the other. There are
ways to use an ME66, even in a relatively small room, and still get
usable professional sound. That takes us to the remainder of my reply
-- which, quite frankly, is the most important part...

A good many of the people here could walk into the room you're thinking
about using and give you more than an hour's worth of detailed feedback
without ever bringing up the subject of "what new gear should I buy?"

It's easy to spot a newbie (and I'm not meaning offense by this -- we
were all newbies once), that's the first question they ask, "what should
I buy?" I will go out on a limb and tell you that the best advice you
will have received in this entire thread is the single sentence in the
next paragraph. Read it over and over again until it is emblazoned in
your brain:

"The solution to most problems is knowledge."

Your first acquisition should not be gear -- either purchased or rental
-- it should be knowledge.

A journey of a thousand miles starts from where you are. In my opinion,
your initial purchase should be Jay Rose's book. The exact title
escapes me (I should know, I've purchased something like three copies --
"makes a great stocking stuffer"). Go to www.dplay.com for more info on
the book. Buy it. Study it. Buy a second copy and you'll get twice as
much knowledge (okay, that was a joke -- or was it...).

Oh, and one last bit of advice: "Only listen to advice that empowers you."

Good luck.

John B., Indy



videoken wrote:
> "Ryan Boni" <impliedi@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
>>Check out Markertek (www.markertek.com), they sell all types of supplies:
>>soundproofing materials, portable sound booths, and yes, they even have a
>>fog machine for $130.
>
>
> Thanks dude.
>
> Videoken
>
>
>

 

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"videoken" wrote ...
> This would be for recording live dialogue, like an interview
> or a talking head shot.

If you had a gun to my head and I were forced to give an
answer, I would recommend you to go down to Rat Shack
and buy 1 or 2 of their 33-3013 "Hands-Free Tie-Clip
Omnidirectional Electret" mics. (US$25 each)

Unless there is other information you haven't revealed,
you are VERY frequently [I resisted using even stronger
terms!] better off with a body mic on a talking head or
interview shot than with any kind of distant mic. Especially
in bad acoustics, and especially if you don't have the
experience (and CREW) to properly wield a boom mic.

If body mics are used by professionals who do this several
times a day in much better acoustics, and with comparatively
unlimited budgets, it seems foolish to try something so much
more risky and with so little expected benefit vs effort.

It is nearly impossible to find ANY talk show on TV that
DOESN'T use body mics, whether wired or wireless. Of
course, some have mics sitting on the host's desk, but they
are essentially "historic" and only for show. Dunno whether
The Tonight Show even still has a boom mic/operator here
in the 21st century.

I am speaking from ~20 years of experience as a low-
budget video producer. It would appear that the real pros
on news:rec.arts.movies.production.sound are biting their
lips and avoiding this conversation.

 

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start here
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=53
thep lace you are now, is 2 steps after

--
Oleg Kaizerman (gebe) Hollyland

"videoken" <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote in message
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>
> "Ryan Boni" <impliedi@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:dNWqc.437$6K6.206@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...
> > Check out Markertek (www.markertek.com), they sell all types of
supplies:
> > soundproofing materials, portable sound booths, and yes, they even have
a
> > fog machine for $130.
>
> Thanks dude.
>
> Videoken
>
>
>

 

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"videoken" wrote ...

> I am seeking advice with some of my concerns:

> Dolly: I want to get smooth shots. What are my options? I already know about
> wheelchairs and glidecams. What are the cheapest 'real' dollys?

Dolly Parton is the cheapest Dolly I'm aware of...

> By the way I need to save money, so if you have cheaper options, please let
> me know!

Just buy the wig

 

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other boards - this one has an acoustic design forum:

http://www.recording.org

"videoken" <qqqqqqqchekken_u_outqqqqqqq@yahoo.comqqqqqqq> wrote in message news:<MWKqc.130651$WA4.63936@twister.nyc.rr.com>...
> > > The location is pretty echoey. It has parquet floors, brick wall on
> > > two sides, drywall on the others. The ceilings are high and made of
> > > plaster. How can I treat the space to record decent audio on my
> > > shotgun mike (Me66)?
> >
> > http://www.johnlsayers.com/phpBB2/index.php
> >
> > Regards
> > Jan Holm
>
> That is a great board! I also found www.homerecording.com through it. Thanks
> a bunch! Any more like it?
>
> Videoken