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Best microphone to use with the dragon

Ben Thurlow

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Need some advice in the market to get a new microphone, what would be the best microphone that gives you best quality sound with the Red Epic Dragon.
 
Ben Thurlow said:
Need some advice in the market to get a new microphone, what would be the best microphone that gives you best quality sound with the Red Epic Dragon.
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You need a good mic preamp that has mic/line level output to take advantage of the Cmit. The Epic preamps are bad... (and the Weapon's are worst). Using a CMIT on this type of camera is overkill. I'll go with a Sennheiser MK60 (wich is also overkill for that preamp...).

On the Weapon I would use the Sennheiser MKE400. But I shoot double-system recording.
 
James Falco said:
I don't want to get in a bran war here, but RODE is among some of the lowest quality microphones on the market. I would not recommend it to someone asking what the best microphone is. ; )
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Now I could certainly be wrong, but I think you are missing the intent of the OP. The OP put a qualifier on the "best mic" ask, where he stipulated " that gives you best quality sound with the Red Epic Dragon". This leads me to believe that the OP is not just looking for what is generally considered to be the best quality mic but rather which mic is best when paired up with RED Epic Dragon given that the camera has terrible pre-amps. I agree with Patrick that putting a CMIT on Epic is a bad idea due to the pre-amps that it has. Just putting a $5,000 mic on there doesn't fix the preamp problem nor would you be properly utilizing the full potential of the mic you suggested. If the OP hasn't invested into something like the Mini Papi then I might suggest looking into an option like that for the pre-amp solution, and then you can debate about which mic is best to connect to it.

I'd also recommend the OP describe what environments he typically works in and will be using the rig in because that could also influence the recommendations he recieves.
 
^^

Is RED Epic Dragon's mic pre worth a mic at all?

If yes, then why not the CMIT...
 
Šabović Adis;1766710 said:
^^

Is RED Epic Dragon's mic pre worth a mic at all?

If yes, then why not the CMIT...

The best camera will be Red Epic too if it does it.
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'Cause on this forum it's the best cheap mic :)
 
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If the original poster is talking about a DSMC1 Epic, then I certainly beg to disagree with those who say that the internal mic preamps are incapable of delivering high-quality audio. We have used those preamps (on our DSMC1 Scarlet Dragon) on all of our features to great effect using either a feed from our SD 788T or in using a Sennheiser 416 mounted on the camera (which, if you are reasonably close to your subject, sounds terrific). Yes, we record double-system, but honestly I seldom edit to the 788T's files since the audio inside the camera is clearly of sufficient quality and syncing is perfect. (Aside: We own a CMIT5-u, two CMC641s, and a whole passel of high-end lavaliers.)

If should also be noted that in an earlier post here on REDUser, I specifically asked how many people actually use the audio from their DSMC1 camera as the primary audio track for their cinematic projects from time to time. Bottom line? Almost everyone.

As is always true with sound, it is the placement of the mic that really matters. What preamp you are using is almost irrelevant.

Stephen
 
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