Mic Advice please

[Jay A. Kelley]

Guys I have been using an Audio Technia for most of my boom work.. It's a medium boom with a fairl narrow cone, don't remember the model # right now.

The problem is that lately I've been doing a lot of boom work for talking heads or studio type work, and the boom is held fairly clost to talent. (Less than 5 feet, sometimes 1 or 2.

The problem is the mic itself is clipping due to being too close to talent. So we move it back but then the sound is not what I want.

I need a boom mic with a little more tolerance, one that does not clip as much but still has a little direction to it.

Any brands and model numbers you can send my way?

Thanks

Jay

 

[Kevin Halverson]

Are you self powering the mic or running it from a phantom supply? Some mics have a bit lower (acoustical level) overload point when self powered. If you look at the resulting audio data, supply induced clipping is fairly obvious.

 

[10s]

you need a limiter.

 

[Jay A. Kelley]

The mic is not self powered.
Our mixer is NOT clipping, the MIC is clipping, as in the bladder in the mic

Jay

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

The Oktava MK-012 is an excellent hypercardiod mic that I rely on regularly for interviews.

 

[Jean Déraps]

Depending on your budget, you might want to check out the Schoeps CMIT 5U...it's supposed to be an exceptional mic.

http://mixonline.com/products/review/audio_schoeps_cmit_shotgun/

 

[Paul Hazlett]

the schoeps are great dialog mics, I have owned the mk4 for years the pattern is a little wider than shotgun for 2 person dialog or lots of of axis movement.

For shotguns anything from schoeps, sennnheiser, nuemann or sanken will be
the ticket, an expensive ticket in some cases, but worth the money.

You might want to look for a used sennheiser mkh 416 which was a workhorse in the industry for years and still sounds great.

 

[Hans von Sonntag]

The Schoeps does outperform the Sennheiser MKH 416, especially soundwise, IMHO.

Hans

 

[Andrew Madu]

1. Royer R-122V, SF-24
2. Sennheiser MKH30/40