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indoor budget foley microphone suggestion
Started June 30th, 2020 · 13 replies · Latest reply by deleted_user_1089955 2 years, 4 months ago
hi everyone,
This is my first post here, have been a long lurker tho!
I am a motion designer and i need/use freesound. it's simply awesome, so big thanks to the creators and artists here 
Now, i want try my hand on creating my own sounds. (i have zero knowledge about science of sound) - also i do not mind failing at it.
so the first question (as in the title)
BUDGET:
>what microphone should i get? I was googling around most of them are 200 USD plus, (would be great if i can get something within 100 USD all inclusive - if this would only get me hopeless mic - i can increase my budget a little higher)
RECORDING CONDITIONS:
> oh i am located in europe) I will be recording in my home. if i close the windows its fairly quiet... (unless someone starts a drill or his car ofcourse)
thanks in advance
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well you dont need to spend masses on a microphone.
perhaps something like this?
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Regarding recording, the best situation is to remove reflections, you can do this using 'gobo' which are basically made of absorptive material like for example wool.
There was a great episode on Graham Norton recently where they went "remotely" to an actors house and covered how he was using his bedroom to record in
Perhaps hanging duvet and blanket to cover plaster walls and wooden doors ( ie hard reflective surfaces ) can reduce coloration of sound.
hope that helps a little.
I’m can recomand microphones fro line audio
OM1 omnidirektional and CM3(or CM4) witch are
Wide cardioid directioal. I’m using an love them.
Heres a dicuss about line audios microphone CM3.
With a zoom h1n you have a great recorder too for under 100 euro
klankbeeld wrote:
With a zoom h1n you have a great recorder too for under 100 euro
DEFINITELY!
A good starting mic.
The Zoom H1 is a mic/recorder, records onto an SD memory card.
I think the latest version can also work as a USB mic, directly into your computer.
AlienXXX wrote:klankbeeld wrote:
With a zoom h1n you have a great recorder too for under 100 euroDEFINITELY!
A good starting mic.
The Zoom H1 is a mic/recorder, records onto an SD memory card.
I think the latest version can also work as a USB mic, directly into your computer.
I like my H1
If outdoors you need a wind shield.
eardeer wrote:
The RØDE NT1-A is a great sounding and versatile lower budget mic, as well.
I second that.
Also consider that great deals can be had on return/B-stock mics.
A multi-pattern condenser microphone is useful because you can cater the mic's pickup pattern suit to what you are recording. For instance, if you want to record direct footsteps or a refrigerator door closing, you can select a directional pattern and point the mic at the sound source. If you want to record footsteps as they walk across a room or the entire hum of a refrigerator with the sound coming across the entirety of the whole unit, you might choose a wider pattern. Alternatively to this would be two mics, such as using the onboard mics from a handheld recorder (which are usually omni) as well as having the option of plugging a directional mic into it when wanting a closed pattern. The loudness a mic can handle (SPL's) may or may not matter too much depending if you have an intent to record very loud sounds, like drums, close-up fireworks, that sort of thing.
I've used a cheap lav mic ($5) and a Blue Snowflake (got on sale for $15) to make almost all of my freesounds. Granted those were in-studio recordings rather than on-location ones. But, if you have a laptop as part of your setup, or record anything at the PC, you'll probably get a lot of value out of those.
I also can recommend Bertom Denoiser and Terrywest Relife for denoising and clipped peak restoration respectively (they're both free VSTs).