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[RIDICULOUSLY URGENT] Anybody knowledgable in / knows a good site to find/compare film sound gear?
The title is by no means a hyperbole.. Shooting has already started, we have an h4n lent to us for 3 more days [something came up, we weren't expecting that] - also.. We're shooting in Beirut, Lebanon (my country of origin - otherwise i'm a student in Paris, relunctant to grow up.. And lose all the benefits that go with being a student in this city- well the withering remnants of those, thanks to the last extraterrestrial.. 'thing' we had for president before the current ... No-thing currently on the job.. Sorry.. I digress - with clenched teeth..)
Back to the situation - Beirut; for the purposes of this post = screwed up postal service, so we are dependent on two persons coming in from abroad (one from Dubai, the other from Paris), as they are the only ones that'll be here before we lose our current sound equipment. The budget's around 400 bucks - not a hard maximum, but close.. And now for the best - or worst; depending on you politics - part : we have 5 hours before we lose the dubai connection... So i was asked to spend the night finding what i can... (it's... Actually my wife's project, the shooting - actually it's a collaboration - she's half syrian - with 2 syrian filmmakers currently refugies, living in beirut..)
Any help / pointers / advice / ideas / crazy schemes / wise remarks (don't hold off, really!) would be greatly appreciated..
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Forgot to mention probably.. Filming mostly indoors and in bars, few scenes outside.. so far I found the H6N to be within our price range, but i'm trying to find out whether an option like a good audio interface that'd be cheaper than the H4/6N's, allowing for the rest of the money to be spent on a mic exists - and what'd be the smarter choice. The sound equipment purchased will serve for 2 more film shootings following this one.
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Thx! i've narrowed it down to the H6N, and the Tescam DR-40 and DR-60.. been comparing their specs for the last hour..
Do you need to capture interview audio? If so and they are set up interviews, a lav mic is perfect. If it's run and gun style interviews, a shotgun mic. The H6 will allow you to add one pretty easily though it may be just outside of your budget at that point. All of these little stereo mics will work fine but expect to hear a lot more environment in the final product than you're used to hearing in other interviews.
maybe www.taperssection.com ?
@syrupcore thanks for ur input - could you expand just a bit? Namely, would it be worth buying the machine at all if it is to use it just with the x/y and/or stereo mics that come on it in run and gun + bar/interview situations? Wouldn't it be more sensible then to buy something a little cheaper and buy one or two mics, or even rent them? The model i proposed, and found to be the best adapted for our needs - as a sort of small prod comp if you will (not quite, but those details have more to do with the screwy sectarian, corrupted government/tax system of the country than with anything that would relate to the kind of work we'll be conducting) - is the Tascam DR-60d, for many reasons, but other than the quality of sound and price, it's portability/usability (the way it can be mounted on a tripod, with the DSLR fixed to it, and the 2 metal rods that allow for a single camera guy (in further projects, when there won't be no dedicated sound guy) to wear/hang it by means of a strap in, and have it, LCD screen/controls conveniently facing upward, accessible while shooting. The only problem is the lack of integrated mics.. Which i am thinking - if one's to go that way, i.e., buy that sort of sound equipment, then it doesn't make sens to use it just with the little integrated mics outside a few particular situations / settings (like that of recording ambient / environment sound, or in quiet indoors setups...). Otherwise a lav mic (i proposed the rhodes one, because they also have an excellent recording app on the appstore with which we could easily use it) and a shotgun would be necessary to harness any real advantages in buying be it an H6 or a Tascam at all.. I'd be grateful if you could comment on that - for we will be using them mainly in the two settings you mention - bars (so basically noisy / crowded interview settings) and 'run and gun' situations .. Thx.
@cl516 thx, i'm going to take a look there now.
I can't really say as I've never used the H6 or the TR60 but it seems like the H6 has got the right ecosystem for a small production agency. Again, that's without hearing it but just from the specs and the availability/ease of integration.
Don't get my initial post wrong: you'll do fine with just the stereo mics on any of these little recorders - they're pretty amazing. But as-soon-as-you-can, you want some sort of highly directional mic for interviews - especially if you'll be conducting them in bars! With the stereo mic, you'll want to hand hold it and get it as close to the speaker as possible. That works but can create two problems: 1) Handling noise and 2) makes interviewees uncomfortable. For most interviewing scenarios, lav is best and camera mounted shotgun is second best (presuming the angles and distances work - otherwise a shotgun on a pole*).
* you can make a cheap boom pole out of a hollow broomstick, mic adapter and duct tape!
@syrupcore thanks very much. I have never tried these mics, or these models either (so i too am conjecturing from reading the specs, research, and a few past experinces on film sets.) We are going to reveive the h6 for testing (a friend just bought one in cairo for 400 something dollars) tomorrow. Gonna try it with different mics here and there. Thx again (for the boom idea too - love that!)
@TheMetaphysicalCrook wrap the whole boom in black duct tape (including attaching the mic clip). Easier to hold and fakes pro! I didn't do it in the one I made but pro booms are surrounded in soft black foam/rubber to make it easier to hold for a few hours. You might wrap the pole in a sheet or something first to soften it up.