Post by benttop (Steve) on Aug 26, 2016 13:28:02 GMT -7
So in my job we have started producing both a Podcast and a Video Podcast. Because I've been attempting to record music for years, I was light years ahead of the other guys, despite them being half my age.
When the boss said he wanted to do the Podcast, I quickly generated a list of gear I thought could do the job - this is just corporate stuff in a basement meeting room, so I didn't think he'd go for it, but he immediately went out and bought everything I listed. Should have listed even better stuff I guess.
Anyway the Podcast is a huge success because I knew how to setup the post for broadcast compression. They were all dumbstruck. Which leads to the Video Podcast.
Now Video recording I don't have as much experience, so I've been learning along with the other guys. But in the area of audio, I wanted to get the audio separated from the video so we could post process it a bit and clean things up. When you're doing interviews of folks, there is always a LOT of background noises and hums, fluorescent lights getting into your cables and such.
So I've been learning about shotgun mics on boom poles and itty bitty portable battery powered recorders. All this leads up to me buying a shotgun mic for myself.
Got the Sennheiser MKE600 and a boom pole mount (already had a pole). Can't wait to try it, mainly because although our Videos have been well received, the audio has been pretty dicey to say the least.
Why did I buy a mic for a project at work? Well I have some projects of my own in mind, and what better way to get really good at it than to actually use your gear a lot? So I'll use it here at work until I'm happy (and they see the value in it) and then I have my education and the equipment and experience to go with it. And I'm sure they'll go buy one for our team. Or two.
When the boss said he wanted to do the Podcast, I quickly generated a list of gear I thought could do the job - this is just corporate stuff in a basement meeting room, so I didn't think he'd go for it, but he immediately went out and bought everything I listed. Should have listed even better stuff I guess.
Anyway the Podcast is a huge success because I knew how to setup the post for broadcast compression. They were all dumbstruck. Which leads to the Video Podcast.
Now Video recording I don't have as much experience, so I've been learning along with the other guys. But in the area of audio, I wanted to get the audio separated from the video so we could post process it a bit and clean things up. When you're doing interviews of folks, there is always a LOT of background noises and hums, fluorescent lights getting into your cables and such.
So I've been learning about shotgun mics on boom poles and itty bitty portable battery powered recorders. All this leads up to me buying a shotgun mic for myself.
Got the Sennheiser MKE600 and a boom pole mount (already had a pole). Can't wait to try it, mainly because although our Videos have been well received, the audio has been pretty dicey to say the least.
Why did I buy a mic for a project at work? Well I have some projects of my own in mind, and what better way to get really good at it than to actually use your gear a lot? So I'll use it here at work until I'm happy (and they see the value in it) and then I have my education and the equipment and experience to go with it. And I'm sure they'll go buy one for our team. Or two.