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Best Methods for Clean Audio in an Interview?
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Hello M&A Friends, I need some help.
So I am going out to shoot an interview tomorrow for a documentary I am working on, for the second time. The first time around, my lavaliere battery died before I could start shooting, so I had to use a Rode shotgun. It didn't go so well. I ended up with a fuck ton of background noise, and the master level with music ended up around -12 db, and my goal was -3 to -6. So my question is:
How can I minimize background hiss/hum/ambience while using a lavaliere clipped to a shirt? I have heard that auto gain control makes the hiss bad, but that turning it off can screw up the audio by clipping it all over the place because it doesn't adapt to varying levels of speech. I want as little background noise as possible without clipping her voice or making it too quiet. I will be able to reduce it some with audition, but I want to shoot it right.
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Forgot to mention, I'm shooting with a Canon 60D and either a nifty fifty or an 18-135, depending on lighting conditions.
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I'm definitely no audio expert, but I always just use a lav hooked up to my Tascam, and use the Dual record mode, so that I have a back up file with lower gain in case there is some clipping. Not sure if the recorder you are using has this feature, but its always gotten me results that I'm happy with.
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A cardioid lavalier might help.
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I don't have access to one of those remotes or a dual recording mode.. But would you recommend using auto gain to prevent clipping, then use adaptive noise reduction with the hiss in post, or record with low gain levels to begin with?
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