Microphone recommendation to capture background noises

iusedtoberich

iusedtoberich

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I'm looking for a mic to hang over the table on the light and capture the table and background noise. When I put the search into google, it thinks I want to "avoid" the background noise.

I want it to capture the player's talking while playing.

Anyone know for fact what mic I'm looking for? If so, please link it for me.

Thanks.
 
Omnidirectional mic possibly. No link provided. Brands Rode or DJLor maybe it is an I. I know nothing about mics, but my quick Google search brought these up. Both 5 star rating
 
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you want a condenser microphone (as upposed to dynamic mic.)
most condensers have the options to how they capture sound, an omnidirectional option is pretty basic option that is on most condensers.
Now it's all about the budget.
 
Consider boundary mics. The sound collector is a flat plane and however the acoustics work, produces no annoying phase shift - that garbled sound. Many dictation/conference mics use that design.
 
iusedtoberich said:
Thank you for the direction. I'm going to try this one for now:
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Way back before Radio Shack sank into the tar they had a cheap boundary mike which the gearhead mags recommended. Used it to capture guitar audio on dictation cassettes. Best sound I ever got on cassette. One thing, they work best on a flat surface - table or wall. I hung it off a 1.5' x 2' shelf type board and no problems. If they need to go on the lights - well you're the DIY guy here.

One thing, if you find you absolutely have to hang the thing, you can tape two of them back to back and have an issue free stereo mic. I kinda think though as long as the mic's in the room, you'll get the ambience you're looking for.
 
iusedtoberich said:
Thank you for the direction. I'm going to try this one for now:
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Something to consider:
When placing the mic right above the table, ambient sound will be much lower compared to the sound of hitting balls, especially hard shots and the break.
So if you adjust the recording gain to the ambient sound, the table sounds might get distorted and cut off.
If you adjust the gain to the break sound, the ambient sounds may be very low.

If you want good sound, you’ll need to connect the mic to a recording device that can capture sound at 32bit.
So make sure that your camera can do it. If not, you might need to get an external recorder and later sync the audio in post.
 
iusedtoberich said:
I do 99% all my shopping on Amazon, other than food. It’s the best thing that came out of the internet, imo.
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You bet. Price/service/return policy.... It's too good. They'll deliver a $3 item the next day. Prime for me. Follow up on the mic... keep B&H in mind...they will in no way ask if you are ready to order. I simply say thanks for your help and I'm still shopping.
 
GoldCrown said:
You bet. Price/service/return policy.... It's too good. They'll deliver a $3 item the next day. Prime for me. Follow up on the mic... keep B&H in mind...they will in no way ask if you are ready to order. I simply say thanks for your help and I'm still shopping.
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Worse then Walmart for the USA.
 
iusedtoberich said:
I do 99% all my shopping on Amazon, other than food. It’s the best thing that came out of the internet, imo.
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I agree. I sell my products on Amazon via FBA. I pocket about 60% of gross sales but I don’t have to deal with returns or logistics. It is perfect for side business people like me who don’t have lots of free time!
 
iusedtoberich said:
Were all the sounds coming from the mic on your neck? Including the balls? Or was the camera's mic also being used?
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all by mic on neck. Original camera sound were deleted and replaced using DaVinci Resolve.

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I use my smart phone to record and I could put Rode on that using SC 15 Usb-C cable but i listen music from my earpods It will affect connection and quality of recording.
So if i listen music I just put rode on comp and use OBS just to record mic. I think I try different way so i dont need replace sounds later.
Anyways if you use dedicated camera you can just plug Rode on that you should be automatically using good mic..
 
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