To start the year off right, I got a new absolutely essential device (special thanks to Eric Green for advice - I’m sorry I haven’t written back since then!) that should help me out somewhat with the sound issue - a shotgun microphone… The new microphone will let me get much better recording of what’s happening within the vicinity of the project itself (instead of the cheapo computer mic I used before, which was much better than the on-cam mic, but not by much…) This project, the first time I ran a project test in the 2005 season was only set up to test the mic… I got an Audio-Technica mic and a mixer, which gave me good sound, but the price of the whole thing seemed a little steep… to test the setup out (to see if the mic was really worth what I paid for it), I set up this sample test (using the piece of cardboard to protect the mic) and let the recorder run… The video is ALL on the wrong white balance setting, the project day isn’t really that exciting… It’s all a test of the mic - and the mic didn’t fail me! But… man is it expensive! “Man! I wish there was a mic with a 1/8″ jack that I could use that wouldn’t need a mixer…! But what mic could that be…” I would find that out in a few weeks… but for now…

 

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