SCARLET and SCRATCH SOUND

[J Taylor]

I do a lot of work where having scratch audio from the scarlet would be really useful. The best option I've seen is a modded rode mic, but I would like something smaller.

What's the smallest, cheapest, best set-up you've found for getting audio on scarlet?

 

[Domenic Barbero]

so you want useable audio or just a scratch track mic? if you want useable audio get the a Box from wooden camera and run whatever youd like. or you can get the olympus button mic. I really like it for easy scratch stuff

 

[Domenic Barbero]

http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-14503...8&qid=1343411999&sr=8-1&keywords=olympus+me51

 

[Mike Garrick]

Hey Dominic

Dont you get the SUBTLE NOISE OF THE FAN contaminating the scratch track, being so close to the fan intake.

Also I assume you run this mic with phantom power or is 48V ?

 

[Kwan Khan]

What's the smallest, cheapest, best set-up you've found for getting audio on scarlet?

Check following thread;
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?43919-RED-DSMC-button-mics

 

[Domenic Barbero]

two options, during record the fan noise isnt bad at all. Also it comes with a 3 ft cable extender so i put the mic at the front of my 15mm rods. Then its right out front with no pollution. And its self powered. plug in and away you go.

 

[francisco santos]

with the olympus you dont need to mod it correct? I just ordered it being I do mainly music video that seems like a great option!!!

 

[Domenic Barbero]

I do mostly music videos as well, hence my reason for getting it. Just be careful. its a little flimsy. But works for having a useable track to sync with. and super duper light weight

 

[Paramon Ivanovich]

i got two of them, if you set fan at 30-35 for record you can hardly hear it, the one that Dominic posted link to is a better mike, but it was getting on my way all the time,

 

[Mike P.]

Paramon, what firmware are you running and what are you setting the Scarlet's/Epic's audio to (unbalanced, balanced, phantom power, non-phantom power, etc.). I've asked before but didn't get a clear as to whether the ME-52W works... I've heard mixed things that it does work and then others who could not get it working (apparently there are "fake" ME-52Ws, maybe that's why some don't work.)

So, just to confirm, the Olympus ME-52W works with Scarlet, right?

 

[Paramon Ivanovich]

i am running 3.3, you set the audio to Ch 1/2 cam analog, unbalanced, and i think phantom power hasn't been implemented yet, i got mine from ebay, but they work OK

 

[Mike P.]

i am running 3.3, you set the audio to Ch 1/2 cam analog, unbalanced, and i think phantom power hasn't been implemented yet, i got mine from ebay, but they work OK

Yeah, I was looking at eBay ones (they're less than $20 shipped.) And, yes, phantom power has been enabled since like fw3.0 or something... maybe earlier; there have been two official firmwares released since it has been enabled.

Anyway, that's excellent, thanks for the heads up.

 

[Marc Wielage]

I think the best scratch audio you can get would be a wireless feed from an experienced sound mixer, capturing the audio separately, using high quality microphones placed very close to the actors. A microphone on the camera records the area around the camera.

 

[Karl Krings]

hey guys...using this with newset beta firmware...it works.
http://www.amazon.de/Olympus-N22727...LVHO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343473289&sr=8-1

unbalanced on input1 +35 feeding with a active preamp and a beyerdynamic mce86 / very nice super clean sound!
unbalanced on input2 +35 withe the olympus. this mic has a cable and a clamp to set it on top of scarlet or at your mattebox.

if you wanna know more ask...i come from "sound" 8work years just editing and recording )

 

[Mike P.]

Just thought I'd give you guys an update: Got an Olympus ME-52w, and it's pretty damn quiet/whiney/noisy... On top of that it picks up a steady stream of audio from the fan. It barely registers when I talk (you can hear it, but the meter doesn't really change from the fluctuations introduced by the fan) and is realistically only useful for hearing a clap-board.