berniebeaudry Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I'm sub mixing effects mics for Crashed Ice. 24 Crown PCCs and a collection of stereo and mono shotgun mics on cameras along the course. I had great coverage all down the course and things were sounding great till the PA fired up. Trying to get the skate sounds to stick out in spite of the PA. Urging them to turn down the PA some but I still need to get those skate sounds to pop out. Any ideas? I'm sub grouping all the mics and have them divided along the track. I'm keeping the groups that aren't active down but I have the two zones near the PA that are masked too much by the PA. I'm on a Yamaha M7CLV3. Bernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berniebeaudry Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Its on today at 3pm central on Fox. The event drew 140,000 people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg sextro Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Guessing this is too little too late: but eq is probably about your only option. That or maybe triggering some like sfx files! I would also guess microphone selection is the only other solution yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berniebeaudry Posted January 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks Greg. Yes, EQ was my only real option. I shaped the high end a little better and took out some more of the low end. The PCCs sounded great without the PA blaring. They did reduce the PA level in my two problem areas but with so many people surrounding the track and pounding the boards as the skaters passed it was tricky. I tried to get more from the camera mics along the track as they had stereo shotguns on them and were a little more isolated. The director and producer were happy and my A1 was good with it too so it worked out. If you watch it let me know what you think. BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Lots of directional mics down by the ice pointing where you want them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berniebeaudry Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Here's link to the championship race on Saturday: http://www.redbullcrashedice.com/en_INT/video/final-run-saint-paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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