Wedding Audio - Opinions Needed! « Videomaker Community Forums

EarlC
Moderator

Jaimie seems to become more evident and relevant the longer your audio segments run. For anything a half-hour or less I've not had seriously noticeable drift from the H2s and I use them mercilessly ;-) I now (though that might be politically incorrect) refer to my pack of H2s as my "audio bombs" in that I can virtually place them anywhere, set them and forget them and know I have a GREAT selection of good quality redundant audio reinforcement.

Posted 1 year ago #
doublehamm
Member

Well my 7 year old broke into my camera case early Saturday morning and removed my SDHC cards from my H2s for use in his own video camera (who can blame him? - he wants to be like dad!). I didn't realize this until at the ceremony site. I do checklists the night before an event, but apparently I need to do them as I load up the Explorer in the morning. Anyhow, that said, I was not able to try the hardwired method last weekend, and luckily I did not NEED my H2s too badly. I just finished 9 weddings in a row, and this will be a much needed weekend off, but I will try this again next weekend.

Another question - I use an EV handheld mic for my friend/family messages. I absolutely LOVE this microphone, as I can sit right in the middle of a loud reception hall and pick up whoever is speaking loud and clear. The problem is I run this with a 50ft XLR cable ( I know I could go shorter, but still would be the same result here), and way too often I have had close calls with inebriated guests running around my camera. I am looking for a wireless solution here - and would like to use the same microphone I know I can trust.

Has anyone used the Azden 111XT? It seems to plug directly into any XLR microphone turning it into wireless. My experience with Azden in the past has not been a pleasant one. My first Lav mic was an Azden and after about 30 ft. it started hisssing humming and popping. The 111XT would be used in very short range though, so I would hope it would be better? I do use a Sony UWP-V1 Lav mic system, and I know there was a handheld mic somewhere that was suppose to be compatible with it, but I cannot find it. Then again, I do not have experience with that microphone either and would not know how well it would perform as an interview mic.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Adam

Posted 1 year ago #
dadkins131
Member

This has been a hugely helpful thread! Can someone give me advice on using the Zoom's for recording the speeches at the reception? Let's assume I don't have a place to pocket the zoom on the maid of honor, how could I use the zoom to capture this speech? What kind of quality would I be getting?

Posted 9 months ago #
vid-e-o-man
Member

I haven't had the occasion to try this yet but from what I have read from other posters, placing the H2 in the 'sweet spot' in front of the speakers that the DJ is using to broadcast the speeches should give you good audio to sync with your video in post or to hard wire to your camcorder's input (if this is possible with the location). The output of the H2 is line out so make sure that your camcorder can handle this as input. Perhaps mounting the H2 to a tripod to get it in the right spot (always monitor with headphones). The H2 has front and back microphones built in so this should give you the speech (from the DJ's speakers in the front mics and the crowd response picked up by the back or vice versa). The front mics have a narrower pick up pattern. Maybe others will chime in with details about the 'sweet spot' or anything related to this. Keep shooting.

Posted 9 months ago #
todd pauls
Member

I like the sony PCM D50. it's about $450 and totally pro

Posted 9 months ago #