Basic question: 2 mics or 1 for seated interview?

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Bisson820 said:
kinda like a shotgun too witht he sides like that.
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Yeah I see the resemblance. It's all part of the head basket chamber design.

Google up the SM7b and take a look at one without the foam screen off. It looks like some industrial water/solvent filter.
 
OP's final decision! (for now)

After hours of perusing on many forums, I've made a decision:

Zoom H1 with splitter and two ATR-3350 lavs. Very low tech, and $150 for the entire rig. But I tested last night with great results.

My guess is I will evolve/upgrade as I figure out what I need. For now, just going to do some informal oral histories and give CDs to my interviewees......
 
listener said:
After hours of perusing on many forums, I've made a decision:

Zoom H1 with splitter and two ATR-3350 lavs. Very low tech, and $150 for the entire rig. But I tested last night with great results.

My guess is I will evolve/upgrade as I figure out what I need. For now, just going to do some informal oral histories and give CDs to my interviewees......
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Like I said...

Technically that's a tie clip/lapel mic. A lav hangs on a string around the user's neck. But that's nit picking.

Note that they are omnidirectional. As long as you maintain some distance between the two parties, there's not too much background noise and you're not amplifying them in a PA system they'll be great. At some point you may want to upgrade to cardioid pattern mics if you are getting too much bleed (phasey sound or background noise) or if you want to use them with a PA.
 
listener said:
After hours of perusing on many forums, I've made a decision:

Zoom H1 with splitter and two ATR-3350 lavs. Very low tech, and $150 for the entire rig. But I tested last night with great results.

My guess is I will evolve/upgrade as I figure out what I need. For now, just going to do some informal oral histories and give CDs to my interviewees......
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bouldersoundguy said:
Like I said...

Technically that's a tie clip/lapel mic. A lav hangs on a string around the user's neck. But that's nit picking.

Note that they are omnidirectional. As long as you maintain some distance between the two parties, there's not too much background noise and you're not amplifying them in a PA system they'll be great. At some point you may want to upgrade to cardioid pattern mics if you are getting too much bleed (phasey sound or background noise) or if you want to use them with a PA.
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I'm a bit late to chime in, but I shoot a fair amount of boring interview video for a living. (Not saying yours will be boring, just saying the format is similar!) I use a pair of lapel mics into the left and right of a Zoom, then drop the card into my computer for editing and then mix it to mono. Looks like you've figured the same thing out. It'll work great for you!
 
Coolieo! Just be sure and save before shutting down the zoom or all will be lost.
 
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