Tomorrow and Friday I'll be undertaking the project of recording a lot of little children. I just purchased a Studio Projects B1 for this purpose, and I received it this evening. I have many questions, having never owned or used a condenser mic before. My recording unit is simply the Boss BR-1180CD, into which I plug the B1 directly. (Yes, it does have phantom power.)
Questions...
1.) It sounds as though there's something loose inside the mic. Like a tiny screw shaking around in there? Is that normal?
2.) It says the mic comes with a shock mount, but it did not. Should I place anything under the mic stand, or just duct tape the feet of the children to the floor?
3.) It did come with a very large foam wind screen. Should I use that for recording a group of ten? (Total of 170 kids, but I"m only recording groups of ten at any one time.)
4.) Most important, how should I position the mic. How high, and how far away from the children?
5.) The room I'll be recording in is less than ideal. It's the school library, but one of the walls has a whole row of windows. There's carpeting on the floor, but even in my tiny room here, when I tried the mic, I had a very "tinny" sort of sound coming from the room. Any acoustical suggestions?
I'd better stop asking questions. I sure hope someone who has a B1 has time to respond this evening, since I need to record the children beginning first thing tomorrow morning.
Thanks very much.
Julia
Questions...
1.) It sounds as though there's something loose inside the mic. Like a tiny screw shaking around in there? Is that normal?
2.) It says the mic comes with a shock mount, but it did not. Should I place anything under the mic stand, or just duct tape the feet of the children to the floor?
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3.) It did come with a very large foam wind screen. Should I use that for recording a group of ten? (Total of 170 kids, but I"m only recording groups of ten at any one time.)
4.) Most important, how should I position the mic. How high, and how far away from the children?
5.) The room I'll be recording in is less than ideal. It's the school library, but one of the walls has a whole row of windows. There's carpeting on the floor, but even in my tiny room here, when I tried the mic, I had a very "tinny" sort of sound coming from the room. Any acoustical suggestions?
I'd better stop asking questions. I sure hope someone who has a B1 has time to respond this evening, since I need to record the children beginning first thing tomorrow morning.
Thanks very much.
Julia