From the course: Video Gear: Audio
Unlock this course with a free trial
Join today to access over 22,500 courses taught by industry experts.
Attaching a lavalier mic
From the course: Video Gear: Audio
Attaching a lavalier mic
- Now Rich shotguns are great especially as you said sort of a running gun situation 'cause getting sort of a reach in to the room. But you know, they still have a problem with the fact that they're not really on the person. So you're going to hear a lot of the room, sort of crowd noise or whatever the situation you might find yourself in. That's why there's a better solution, for especially things like interviews and things of that nature, and that's just a lav mic. - Yeah, and there's all sorts of budget lav mics out there. You know, lav short for lavalier. This is a little tiny one that just attaches, it's a bit directional, you can bend it. And is this really just designed to get slipped through someone's button hole. But I have others that I've used as well that come with clamps, super simple. Basically stereo plug like for our headphones. And then you just get an extension cable to run it longer. - Yeah and this is unique because a traditional lav is going to work with either…