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RogerBansemer

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    St. Augustine, Florida
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    My wife Sarah and I film and produce a PBS television series called "Painting and Travel with Roger and Sarah Bansemer. Besides that, I'm a full time artist.
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  1. Well, I don't know how this got so far off track. I simply asked if there was one lav mike that might be better in eliminating ambient noise. That's it. Now I'm having comments like the one above that say "thats all your show really is, an advertisement". How rude. I'm out of here...
  2. I appreciate your comments and I know everyone is trying to inform me. It's appreciated. I've already taken advice, ordered that book etc. But there are a few things. It's not that I do not want to pay anyone for advice to help in a set up. I don't know anyone and I have in the past spent lots and lots of money on people that knew less than me with the assurance that they knew everything there was to know and ended up with nothing. And it's not that we've set ourselves up for failure. We've done over 60 shows all of which I think are pretty darn good. They all have to pass a technical evaluation by PBS which they have. Even though I've said that I'm not technical in this field which I'm not doesn't mean that we're out there with an iPhone trying to film a show. That's not the case. I think everyone has problems with mics and I try and learn what I can all the time. It's forums like this that really help. Really my only question that got this started was as you said, controlling the external enviornment and that isn't always possible. I simply thought having brought this up on the Vegas forum that there was some type of mic that would be superior to what I have that I didn't know about. I'm impressed with all the comments and help here. It's really great to have so many people chime in. Thanks everyone but it's a bit unfair to label us as "fast and cheap" and that we "guarantee mediocre sound" in the way we are working. It's just not so. Man... that makes me feel really bad. Almost sorry I asked the questions.
  3. Here's how it works with PBS. Unless you're doing some big show like NOVA or such, PBS does NOT pay for shows. What the producer gets is one minute of air time at the beginning and end of each show that he or she can sell and keep whatever they get for that air time. A sponser has to have that spot on all 13 episodes and is limited to 15 second spot. So you can sell 4 spots at 15 seconds or more spots at less than 15 seconds. If you are clever enough to not only film and produce a show but also have the talent for going out and selling, then you can make out. Most don't. We've gotten a few sponsors but it's been minimal and we can manage it because we do all the work and don't have to pay an editor $300 an hour. (which some get by the way or more) We do the show because we want to and love doing it and aren't in it for the money. I know that sounds strange to most.
  4. Thanks for those suggestions. I have on occassion used my shotgun mike near me mounted on my easel along with my lav mike only to find that the audio was almost identical. I have been on the lookout for a long time to try and get some hands on help and although we've had some, everyone seems to so far to have not been of much help and most want to mostly impress me with stories about how I need to have a sound man at each shoot, etc just to take care of sound. Unfotrunately, PBS pays nothing for shows. That's right, nothing. So hiring people to follow us around isn't an option either and we've managed pretty well. I'm just always on the hunt to make things better and easier. I am looking forward to getting that book.
  5. I'm ordering that book. Now. Thanks everyone for all this great information and help.
  6. I will check those out... Thanks. I hope they don't get too technical. Since it's just the two of us in the field and travel in a small RV, we can't deal with extra equipment. We really have to go with plugging in the XLR's to the camera and going for it. I am on camera most of the time. My wife has on the headphones and can alert me to wind noise, etc but anything more technical for her is out of the question other than just monitor my audio. So keeping it simple is important.
  7. What I have now are: Sennheiser EW11 2P G2 lavalier - omni directional - Frequency C (whatever that means) Sennheiser ME 104 capsule - cardiod Frequency B The cardiod works best in the field. Is this a pretty good choice? Sorry to be so dumb on this stuff.
  8. I just took a quick look at them and some say they are good for distances under 19" (50cm). So what is the difference in them than what I am using now as my lav is now only about 6 to 8 inches from my mouth by my throat. Are those mics different in some way? I'm green at this audio stuff despite the fact we've produced over 60 TV shows. It's amazing I've gotten through any of this as we have no one else who does any of the audio/video/editing, etc.
  9. Thanks for that bit of knowledge. That clears that up and a good explaination.
  10. Thanks for all these replys. To answer a few of the questions... I do a lot of head turns during our show but a compressor helps and also I use a program in post called "vocal rider" which evens out things nicely. I also rely on iZotpe quite a bit which is wonderful. I'm not up to speed on any technical jargon or terms so forgive me. I'm naturally soft spoken and keeping up volume on my voice for an hour isn't possible as the program is very conversational so the padded mic (not even sure what that is) probably won't work. I do place the mic close to my throat as possible but wearing a head set type mic wouldn't work as I don't want it to show near my face. On B&H Camera they have a DPA Microphone - 4061 omnidirectional miniature low-sensivity mike. Is that something that would fit the bill? The low sensitivity thing is what I was told would work best in my case. There must be a realistic soloution to this because I watch weathermen in hurricanes standing in surf and I can't hear the waves and reporters on busy street corners and I can barely hear the semi that rolls by. I know they are using hand held mics but isn't there something compatable with a lav? I'm really stumped on this and have been for a long time.. Thanks Roger
  11. I'm new to the forum but glad to find it thanks to someone over at the Sony Vegas forum. My wife Sarah and I film and produce a PBS television series called Painting and Travel. We shoot on location and often auto traffic, etc is a problem as I'm doing one of my paintings on camera. I need to use a lavalier mike and we have two. One omni directional and one lavalier. Both sennheisser. I recently was told that an "un-sensitive" mike is what I need. I was not familiar with this term. Can anyone begin to clarify this and give me some suggestions as to what we might use. I didn't know it but apparently the mics come rated as -20db, -40db, etc. I'd sure like to get a mic that will suit us better so we won't constantly have to deal with so much post audio trying to get rid of unwanted sounds. Thanks Roger www.paintingandtravel.com
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