I'd Like Good Sound For My Movies!

[Gyro]

I have a little dinky JVC mini dv camera which I don't think has an external mic port. What is the best possible way to use a microphone, and what kind? Are there any types of microphones that record individually, like without using the camera to plug into?

[Adam]

You could get a DAT recorder and then bring the video and audio back together in the edit.

[2nd_Recon]

Well, if you could find just a straight digital recording device that will let you import audio into your comp as a .wav or otherwise, you could overlay that into your footage in post, but I have no idea about any specific device that would fill the bill... i will have to think about this further

[foxwood]

You could probably rent a boom mic that records independantly of the cam, and then record the audio while filming, but besure to bring a slate board along, so that at the begening of each take you get that nice loud sound spike to match up all of your audio, it will be a pain in the a** to do though.

[Gyro]

This is really what I had in mind, but does any body know of a boom mic digital recorder to purchase?

[foxwood]

goggle it man, they are going to be expensive though. You should also look into just renting one.

[I3lade203]

Yeah. Renting one would be ideal, mabye 100$ a day or something.

[movie_freak2]

Same problem. They should of added the dang mic inports. But, I'd say a mini disc recorder. Maybe a Sony MZ-NH1 Hi-MD recorder. Expensive though

[Truggy]

$100 bucks a day? wow thats a cr** load of mula...wouldnt really be worth it to me...

[joe]

if you know someone with a camera with a mic input, you could just shoot it with both cameras and use the 2nd camera primarily for audio. youd still have to get a mic though.

[santi]

I use pole made of telescope painting pole (about 5$) and cheap directional microphone Yoga (about 50$) plugged into camera. Quality is good for my needs right now although I could use a sound mixer.

[ipon70]

You can try what we have been playing with and that is a Portable minidisk recorder, and use a shotgun mic. The recorder is light enough you can just tape it to the boom of your setup and go.


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[wildabeast009]

Still be aware though of recording speeds. I would recomend a MP3 player because it's all digital. If you record with two different recording speeds, the lip sync will be off. Way off.

[OutcastJiob]

You guys are making this too complicated!

Here's the rig we've got. A stereo mic on an improvised boom, plugged into a laptop. You just need a clapper to sync the video and audio up in post. If you have a laptop, I'd say this is the way to go--easy and cheap, not to mention excellent quality.

[BagBoysProductions]

You should buy A nice Condenser/Zoom mike that hooks up to your camera. I have one and it sounds great. And you can build a boom mount for it too.

[Gyro]

I have a little dinky JVC mini dv camera which I don't think has an external mic port.

[U.S.Amateurfilmaker]

My advice: better sound = new camcorder. In the long run it would be well worth the investment to get a new camera with a mic input rather than struggling with external sound sources, some of which may be more expensive than the camera itself.