Advice: R0DE NTG2

[Marco Iannaccone]

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!

--
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(togliere 'FAKE' dall'indirizzo - remove 'FAKE' from the address)

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[Pekka Lampela]

In article <437f3d20$0$13270$4faf...@reader2.news.tin.it>,
Marco Iannaccone <FAKEci...@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.

Pekka Lampela

[Martin Harrington]

You better ask Oleg...he knows the answers to those questions

--
Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com

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[Oleg Kaizerman]

I call this mike -Australian punishment - you can buy it if you are in S&M
like Martin

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[Marco Iannaccone]

Oleg Kaizerman ha scritto:

> I call this mike -Australian punishment - you can buy it if you are in S&M
> like Martin

S&M?

[Martin Harrington]

No more confused than me...???

--
Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com

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[Eric Toline]

Re: Advice: R0DE NTG2

Group: rec.arts.movies.production.sound Date: Sun, Nov 20, 2005, 1:22pm
(EST+6) From: FAKEci...@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

S&M?<<<<<<<<<<<

Sadisim & Masochistic perhaps?

Eric

[Adam Dransfield]

I think that he is suggesting that the NTG1 may be of more use during sexual
acts then while sound recording.

"Martin Harrington" <len...@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message

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[Martin Harrington]

I didn't realise Oleg was a deviate as well..

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Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com

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[Oleg Kaizerman]

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

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[Marco Iannaccone]

Eric Toline ha scritto:

> S&M?<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> Sadisim & Masochistic perhaps?

Well, so... that's not a good mic?

[Adam Dransfield]

Marco, Oleg doesn't think its a good mic and you can't argue with an Ian
Dury fan.

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[Oleg Kaizerman]

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

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[Pekka Lampela]

In article <438189e6$0$27596$4faf...@reader1.news.tin.it>,
Marco Iannaccone <FAKEci...@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.

Pekka Lampela

[Oleg Kaizerman]

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....@sci.fi> wrote in message

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[Pekka Lampela]

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$5c3$1...@domitilla.aioe.org>,

[Oleg Kaizerman]

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

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[Martin Harrington]

Another possibility is that you tested ntg2 without battery, which has a
> spring in the battery compartment that makes a lot of noise.
>

That would make sense....

--
Martin Harrington
www.lendanear-sound.com

"Pekka Lampela" <pekka....@sci.fi> wrote in message

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>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.
>

[Oleg Kaizerman]

owned few :-)

<pandor...@charter.net> wrote in message
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>I bet I know one that sounds worse, Oleg. Ever heard the stock Sony PD
> mic?
>