I used, with satisfaction, a R0DE Videomic, on a Canon XM2/GL2, and on a Sony HD-FX1, always connecting it directly using the minijack plug, and using it both with a mic boom and mounted directly on the camera mount.
I'm thinking of buying a better mic, to be used with dialogues in short movies (and, why not, also for recording some audio effects), and think, after reading some reviews and heard some test file, a goog choice could be R0DE NTG2.
What do you think about it? I need it for both indoor and outdoor shooting, with and without the windcover, and using a mic boom, but also directly on the camera.
At least at the beginning, I'd use it with a XLR->JACK (unbalanced), slitting the mono signal to the two channels of the camera, setting them to different levels (one for higher signal/noize, the other in case the first one gets distorted), using the AA battery for the pre-amplifier.
In the future, it would be really useful for me having the possibility of using XLR balanced connection, and Phantom power, so... I think this mic could be a good buy for the present, but also a good buy for the future...
What do you think?
Any good alernative, with similar price?
Thanx!
-- Marco Iannaccone - FAKEcinema...@email.it (togliere 'FAKE' dall'indirizzo - remove 'FAKE' from the address)
> I used, with satisfaction, a R0DE Videomic, on a Canon XM2/GL2, and on a > Sony HD-FX1, always connecting it directly using the minijack plug, and > using it both with a mic boom and mounted directly on the camera mount.
> I'm thinking of buying a better mic, to be used with dialogues in short > movies (and, why not, also for recording some audio effects), and think, > after reading some reviews and heard some test file, a goog choice could > be R0DE NTG2.
> What do you think about it? > I need it for both indoor and outdoor shooting, with and without the > windcover, and using a mic boom, but also directly on the camera.
> At least at the beginning, I'd use it with a XLR->JACK (unbalanced), > slitting the mono signal to the two channels of the camera, setting them > to different levels (one for higher signal/noize, the other in case the > first one gets distorted), using the AA battery for the pre-amplifier.
> In the future, it would be really useful for me having the possibility > of using XLR balanced connection, and Phantom power, so... I think this > mic could be a good buy for the present, but also a good buy for the > future...
> What do you think?
> Any good alernative, with similar price?
I don?t thin there is. Other similar mics cost about twice as mych. I have tested it against most shotgun mics I normally use, and it compares well even with the old sennheiser mkh416.
> In article <437f3d20$0$13270$4fafb...@reader2.news.tin.it>, > Marco Iannaccone <FAKEcinema...@email.it> wrote:
>> I used, with satisfaction, a R0DE Videomic, on a Canon XM2/GL2, and on a >> Sony HD-FX1, always connecting it directly using the minijack plug, and >> using it both with a mic boom and mounted directly on the camera mount.
>> I'm thinking of buying a better mic, to be used with dialogues in short >> movies (and, why not, also for recording some audio effects), and think, >> after reading some reviews and heard some test file, a goog choice could >> be R0DE NTG2.
>> What do you think about it? >> I need it for both indoor and outdoor shooting, with and without the >> windcover, and using a mic boom, but also directly on the camera.
>> At least at the beginning, I'd use it with a XLR->JACK (unbalanced), >> slitting the mono signal to the two channels of the camera, setting them >> to different levels (one for higher signal/noize, the other in case the >> first one gets distorted), using the AA battery for the pre-amplifier.
>> In the future, it would be really useful for me having the possibility >> of using XLR balanced connection, and Phantom power, so... I think this >> mic could be a good buy for the present, but also a good buy for the >> future...
>> What do you think?
>> Any good alernative, with similar price? > I don?t thin there is. Other similar mics cost about twice as mych. I > have tested it against most shotgun mics I normally use, and it compares > well even with the old sennheiser mkh416.
>>> I used, with satisfaction, a R0DE Videomic, on a Canon XM2/GL2, and on a >>> Sony HD-FX1, always connecting it directly using the minijack plug, and >>> using it both with a mic boom and mounted directly on the camera mount.
>>> I'm thinking of buying a better mic, to be used with dialogues in short >>> movies (and, why not, also for recording some audio effects), and think, >>> after reading some reviews and heard some test file, a goog choice could >>> be R0DE NTG2.
>>> What do you think about it? >>> I need it for both indoor and outdoor shooting, with and without the >>> windcover, and using a mic boom, but also directly on the camera.
>>> At least at the beginning, I'd use it with a XLR->JACK (unbalanced), >>> slitting the mono signal to the two channels of the camera, setting them >>> to different levels (one for higher signal/noize, the other in case the >>> first one gets distorted), using the AA battery for the pre-amplifier.
>>> In the future, it would be really useful for me having the possibility >>> of using XLR balanced connection, and Phantom power, so... I think this >>> mic could be a good buy for the present, but also a good buy for the >>> future...
>>> What do you think?
>>> Any good alernative, with similar price? >> I don?t thin there is. Other similar mics cost about twice as mych. I >> have tested it against most shotgun mics I normally use, and it compares >> well even with the old sennheiser mkh416.
Group: rec.arts.movies.production.sound Date: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 1:22pm (EST+6) From: FAKEcinema...@email.it (Marco Iannaccone) Oleg Kaizerman ha scritto: I call this mike -Australian punishment - you can buy it if you are in S&M like Martin
> "Marco Iannaccone" <FAKEcinema...@email.it> wrote in message > news:43806a96$0$27596$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it... >> Oleg Kaizerman ha scritto: >>> I call this mike -Australian punishment - you can buy it if you are in >>> S&M like Martin
>> S&M?
>> -- >> Marco Iannaccone - FAKEcinema...@email.it >> (togliere 'FAKE' dall'indirizzo - remove 'FAKE' from the address)
>> "Marco Iannaccone" <FAKEcinema...@email.it> wrote in message >> news:43806a96$0$27596$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it... >>> Oleg Kaizerman ha scritto: >>>> I call this mike -Australian punishment - you can buy it if you are in >>>> S&M like Martin
>>> S&M?
>>> -- >>> Marco Iannaccone - FAKEcinema...@email.it >>> (togliere 'FAKE' dall'indirizzo - remove 'FAKE' from the address)
Martin i see you are are more kinky then i thought i will sudgest you do it with Ian Durys HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK in the backround :-)
In the deserts of Sudan And the gardens of Japan From Milan to Yucat?n Every womans, every man
Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me! Hit me! Je t'adore, ich liebe dich Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me slowly, hit me quick Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
In the wilds of Borneo And the vineyards of Bordeaux Eskimo, Arapaho Move their body to and fro
Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me! Hit me! Das ist gut, c'est fantastique Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me with your rhythm stick It's nice to be a lunatic Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me! Hit me! Hit ..... me!
In the dock of Tiger Bay On the road to Mandalay From Bombay to Santa F? O'er the hills and far away
Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me! Hit me! C'est si bon, um, ist es nicht Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me with your rhythm stick Two fat persons, click, click, click Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Ow! Hit me!Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me!
the best usage i see for that mike is been extension for brushes to clean toilets - the ntg2 even can carry soap inside the battery compartment every sound house need one to clean the shit
"Martin Harrington" <len...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> "Adam Dransfield" <a...@REMOVEsplashaudio.co.nz> wrote in message > news:438166f3$1@clear.net.nz... >>I think that he is suggesting that the NTG1 may be of more use during >>sexual acts then while sound recording.
>>> "Marco Iannaccone" <FAKEcinema...@email.it> wrote in message >>> news:43806a96$0$27596$4fafbaef@reader1.news.tin.it... >>>> Oleg Kaizerman ha scritto: >>>>> I call this mike -Australian punishment - you can buy it if you are in >>>>> S&M like Martin
>>>> S&M?
>>>> -- >>>> Marco Iannaccone - FAKEcinema...@email.it >>>> (togliere 'FAKE' dall'indirizzo - remove 'FAKE' from the address)
i think is the one of the best rock shows i sow in 82 in Tel Aviv :-) rest his soul and yes if you have few bucks more and phantom available , the AT 4073 is much superior mike
-- Oleg Kaizerman(gebe) Hollyland
"Adam Dransfield" <a...@REMOVEsplashaudio.co.nz> wrote in message
In article <438189e6$0$27596$4fafb...@reader1.news.tin.it>, Marco Iannaccone <FAKEcinema...@email.it> wrote:
> Eric Toline ha scritto:
> > S&M?<<<<<<<<<<<
> > Sadisim & Masochistic perhaps?
> Well, so... that's not a good mic?
Do not mind these comedians. They, just like me, have bought very expensive mikes and are pissed off when new inexpensive gear appears to the market. There are quite a few of us that are astonished of the quality of Rode NTG 1/2. They compare well with MKH 60 and MKH 416 which I have used for years.
There are many mikes that perform well enough for film and tv-work to be called "good" but for the price of NTG 1/2 it is hard to find equal.
Its not a price issue at all , the mike sound worst then almost every mike I have or had - the only one that is equal to it is me 66 that I also think is peas of shit and as you know iam the first for cheap tricks if it worth the cost -this one is not - especially not sound wise , - and if you find this is good substitute for your mkh - good for you the only good use I found is for the short version to sit on the camera - as long there is a sound its good enough and it performers quit well behind the French flag :-)
-- Oleg Kaizerman (gebe) Hollyland
"Pekka Lampela" <pekka.lamp...@sci.fi> wrote in message
> In article <438189e6$0$27596$4fafb...@reader1.news.tin.it>, > Marco Iannaccone <FAKEcinema...@email.it> wrote:
>> Eric Toline ha scritto:
>> > S&M?<<<<<<<<<<<
>> > Sadisim & Masochistic perhaps?
>> Well, so... that's not a good mic?
> Do not mind these comedians. They, just like me, have bought very > expensive mikes and are pissed off when new inexpensive gear appears to > the market. There are quite a few of us that are astonished of the > quality of Rode NTG 1/2. They compare well with MKH 60 and MKH 416 which > I have used for years.
> There are many mikes that perform well enough for film and tv-work to be > called "good" but for the price of NTG 1/2 it is hard to find equal.
I understand. If You think me 66 is "peas of shit" I think we discuss of "apples and oranges". I did quite a lot of "blind" comparisons with my colleagues in film mixing studio and I do not dare call them deaf. I dare say that me 66 is quite a useful mike, but costs twice as much as ntg1/2.
Another possibility is that you tested ntg2 without battery, which has a spring in the battery compartment that makes a lot of noise.
Pekka Lampela
In article <dlsbqa$5c...@domitilla.aioe.org>, "Oleg Kaizerman" <kaize...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Its not a price issue at all , the mike sound worst then almost every mike I > have or had - the only one that is equal to it is me 66 that I also think is > peas of shit > and as you know iam the first for cheap tricks if it worth the cost -this > one is not > - especially not sound wise , - and if you find this is good substitute for > your mkh - good for you > the only good use I found is for the short version to sit on the camera - > as long there is a sound its good enough and it performers quit well behind > the French flag :-)
> > Do not mind these comedians. They, just like me, have bought very > > expensive mikes and are pissed off when new inexpensive gear appears to > > the market. There are quite a few of us that are astonished of the > > quality of Rode NTG 1/2. They compare well with MKH 60 and MKH 416 which > > I have used for years.
> > There are many mikes that perform well enough for film and tv-work to be > > called "good" but for the price of NTG 1/2 it is hard to find equal.
I checked the ntg-1 and 2 and 1 which does not have anything inside and still it sounds peas of shit :-) maybe your friends need to check the accuracy of their monitoring I have mixed quit allot of small quartets and trios with par of schoepses while had reference of 5 $ monitor to check if it pass the mono tv at home , for that matter the schoepses where pure waist .
-- Oleg Kaizerman (gebe) Hollyland
"Pekka Lampela" <pekka.lamp...@sci.fi> wrote in message
>I understand. If You think me 66 is "peas of shit" I think we discuss of > "apples and oranges". I did quite a lot of "blind" comparisons with my > colleagues in film mixing studio and I do not dare call them deaf. I > dare say that me 66 is quite a useful mike, but costs twice as much as > ntg1/2.
> Another possibility is that you tested ntg2 without battery, which has a > spring in the battery compartment that makes a lot of noise.
> Pekka Lampela
> In article <dlsbqa$5c...@domitilla.aioe.org>, > "Oleg Kaizerman" <kaize...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Its not a price issue at all , the mike sound worst then almost every >> mike I >> have or had - the only one that is equal to it is me 66 that I also think >> is >> peas of shit >> and as you know iam the first for cheap tricks if it worth the cost -this >> one is not >> - especially not sound wise , - and if you find this is good substitute >> for >> your mkh - good for you >> the only good use I found is for the short version to sit on the >> camera - >> as long there is a sound its good enough and it performers quit well >> behind >> the French flag :-)
>> > Do not mind these comedians. They, just like me, have bought very >> > expensive mikes and are pissed off when new inexpensive gear appears to >> > the market. There are quite a few of us that are astonished of the >> > quality of Rode NTG 1/2. They compare well with MKH 60 and MKH 416 >> > which >> > I have used for years.
>> > There are many mikes that perform well enough for film and tv-work to >> > be >> > called "good" but for the price of NTG 1/2 it is hard to find equal.
>I understand. If You think me 66 is "peas of shit" I think we discuss of > "apples and oranges". I did quite a lot of "blind" comparisons with my > colleagues in film mixing studio and I do not dare call them deaf. I > dare say that me 66 is quite a useful mike, but costs twice as much as > ntg1/2.
>> Pekka Lampela
> In article <dlsbqa$5c...@domitilla.aioe.org>, > "Oleg Kaizerman" <kaize...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Its not a price issue at all , the mike sound worst then almost every >> mike I >> have or had - the only one that is equal to it is me 66 that I also think >> is >> peas of shit >> and as you know iam the first for cheap tricks if it worth the cost -this >> one is not >> - especially not sound wise , - and if you find this is good substitute >> for >> your mkh - good for you >> the only good use I found is for the short version to sit on the >> camera - >> as long there is a sound its good enough and it performers quit well >> behind >> the French flag :-)
>> > Do not mind these comedians. They, just like me, have bought very >> > expensive mikes and are pissed off when new inexpensive gear appears to >> > the market. There are quite a few of us that are astonished of the >> > quality of Rode NTG 1/2. They compare well with MKH 60 and MKH 416 >> > which >> > I have used for years.
>> > There are many mikes that perform well enough for film and tv-work to >> > be >> > called "good" but for the price of NTG 1/2 it is hard to find equal.
