Interview Microphone

[Argo22]

Hi All

Myself and a few friends are starting up a local sports podcast/live
webcast with local interviews in the field and in studio(basement). I
am learning abut microphones as i go a long and have acquired a few
from a few friends at little or no cost. I am now looking for a
relatively low cost microphone for A) outside interviews and b)
interviews in a noisy environment (eg. stadium). Just wondering if
anyone has any suggestions. I have heard good reviews on the RE50 and
635A from EV, but have never used them.

The microphones i have had given to me right now are:
2 x Sony ECM-50
Sony ECM-44B
Shure SM58

Thanks
Mark

[chris319]

Electro Voice sells a lot of RE50s to the TV news industry and the mic
is priced accordingly. The 635A is no great shakes sonically. Look
into the Shure SM63 and the Audio Technica AT8004.

[Ryan]

On Aug 20, 8:06*pm, chris319 > wrote:
> Electro Voice sells a lot of RE50s to the TV news industry and the mic
> is priced accordingly. The 635A is no great shakes sonically. Look
> into the Shure SM63 and the Audio Technica AT8004.

Yes, RE50s are great! I second that!

[LAB]

Sennheiser e835 is a cheap but very good microphone: very low handling
noise and high output level (sensitivity). It has no proximity effect, then
it has the same LF response at different distances from the mouth: if a
recorded interview have different levels between two speakers, applying a
simple compressor you get the same sound.

Gian

[Scott Dorsey]

In article >,
Ryan > wrote:
>On Aug 20, 8:06=A0pm, chris319 > wrote:
>> Electro Voice sells a lot of RE50s to the TV news industry and the mic
>> is priced accordingly. The 635A is no great shakes sonically. Look
>> into the Shure SM63 and the Audio Technica AT8004.
>
>Yes, RE50s are great! I second that!

The RE-50 is a 635A with internal shock mounting so there is less handling
noise. Both the RE-50 and the 635A sell very cheaply on the used market.

The SM63 sounds very similar. The Beyer equivalent is more omnidirectional
and has a little more top end extension, but it's also a lot more money.

The RE-55 was spectacular and had a very clean and open top end, but it
was discontinued a long time ago and you can't find them used at reasonable
prices.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Scott Dorsey]

In article >, LAB > wrote:
> Sennheiser e835 is a cheap but very good microphone: very low handling
>noise and high output level (sensitivity). It has no proximity effect, then
>it has the same LF response at different distances from the mouth: if a
>recorded interview have different levels between two speakers, applying a
>simple compressor you get the same sound.

Hmm... that's interesting. The e835 is sold as a PA mike, and it's just
a terrible PA mike because the pickup pattern is so outrageously wide.
The lack of proximity effect is a normal side-effect of the pattern; the
wider the pattern, the less proximity.

The e835 really IS almost an omni mike, and I always considered that to be
a horrible disadvantage. But it might actually work okay as an interview
mike, because of the wide pattern. I will have to try it.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."