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Father of three trying to embarrass the hell out of my kids with my gear.
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Thanks, Matt. I'll keep this in mind.
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I'm well into the realm of adapter-this-adapter-that. If I need some sort of external leveler, I'll have to pull that in later.
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Yes, the camera's mic input is mini-TRS. The Sennheiser receivers send their output to the same type of connector. Dan's idea is to have his tech guy build a 'Y'-shaped cable to feed one receiver to the left channel, the other to the right channel. As a test of his idea, Dan used a similar splitter that took two XLR connectors down to a 1/8" plug. He then connected a mic to each of the XLR connectors and did a sound check on the camcorder. This is the kind of good stuff that happens only by going in to the store. He'll make sure it works before billing me.
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Thanks for all the positive advice, guys. I went over to PSS at lunch. They're 8 minutes from my office. Dan Izen is a fantastic guy. I walked in, told him exactly what I needed to do, but that I did not know what I needed in gear. He pulled a Sennheiser G3 set off the shelf and said I should start with that. The same set which I had added to my B&H wish list. I was feeling comfortable already. He's going to order the Sennheiser handheld kit and have his tech guy fabricate a 'Y' splitter. He took the time to explore what I needed to do. Turns out, I don't need a mixer. I'm going to use a 'Y' splitter to pull in the lav mic on one channel and the handheld on the other. I can sum to mono later. He's going to hold off on the sale until we do a test of all the equipment together. Getting the right help from an in-person interview is indeed the only way to go. I got to learn a few terms, some techniques, and look at the accessories on the wall to give me even more ideas on what to do next.
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When I finally get all my gear, I don't want to have enough equipment to get paid gigs. Even crappy paid gigs. I just want to bring the audio quality up enough that viewers don't get distracted. I don't know enough to have an intelligent conversation with anyone in a sound store. Sharman, I'm guess you're talking about "Professional Sound Services" on South Salcedo? I'm at $1500 on-line with B&H, so I guess for that amount of money, not knowing what I'm doing, I'm best going in there. $1500 is where I'm topping out in pain. I'd rather not have them say "Oh, but you can't get anywhere for less than $3000". $1500 is not my introductory budget, it's the "what the hell did I just do" budget.
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The Sennheiser G3 wireless lav kit at B&H: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/618739-REG/Sennheiser_EW112PG3_A_ew_112_p_G3_Camera.html The Sennheiser G3 wireless handheld kit at B&H: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/618747-REG/Sennheiser_EW135PG3_A_ew_135_p_G3_Camera.html The Rolls MX124 4-channel mixer at B&H: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/294571-REG/Rolls_MX124_MX124_Portable_4_Channel.html The Sennheiser G3 ENG kit at B&H that confuses me because I think it lacks a second receiver: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/618735-REG/Sennheiser_EW_100_ENG_G3_A_Evolution_G3_100_Series.html
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I'm the "documentarian" for our garden club. Used to shoot just photos of guest speakers, I now want video. I have a Canon Vixia HF G10, but like anything, if I want to get the speaker, I'll need a mic. Since we do hands-on work in our field (sometimes IN a field), I'm looking at a wirelessa lav mic kit. Second, I'd like the presenter to also take questions from the audience, so now I need a handheld mic. Third, I have a Rode shotgun mic that I use for my children's school performances, I can use this for background. Lav, handheld, stereo shotgun: that's 4 channels. Budget: $500 $1000 $1500 (firm) This is MY mad money and I'm at the level of pain and doubting my sanity at this point. Turns out, anything kit below $600 has just enough detractors to tell me that I need at least a Sennheiser G3 set-up. Some reviews even point to the Sennheisers specifically. Here's where I am (at B&H): Sennheiser ew 112-p G3 Camera Mount Wireless Microphone System with ME2 Lavalier Mic - A (516-558 MHz): This gets me a Lav Mic, a transmitter and a receiver. Sennheiser ew 135-p G3 Camera Mount Wireless Microphone System with 835 Handheld Mic - A (516-558 MHz): This gets me a handheld mic with a built-in transmitter, and a reciever. Rolls MX124 Portable 4 Channel Stereo Mixer Converters for the 1/8" plugs to go into the XLR inputs of the mixer. Questions: 1) Did I do okay with my shopping list? 2) B&H sells Sennheiser ENG kits with one receiver, a lav + transmitter, and a handheld XLR transmitter plug. That's two transmitters with only one receiver. Am I missing something? Wouldn't this just result in a pile of crappy clipping of the handheld plug and the lav are transmitting on the same frequency? I'd need to buy another receiver and a mixer if I wanted to use both sound sources with such a kit. Right? I'll post links to all the products in question in a reply.
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