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Benefits of using a wireless mic
From the course: Video Gear: Audio
Benefits of using a wireless mic
Hey there, I'm Robbie Carman and welcome back to another episode of video gear weekly. This week we have a special guest here with us. This is Cheryl Ottenritter, hello Cheryl how are you? - Hi Robbie, I'm fine. - Cheryl is an audio mixer, sound designer, and kind of knower of most things audio. I know when I have an audio question I'm always going to Cheryl to say 'Hey Cheryl, how does this work in the world of audio?' Because my background of course is as a colorist, so I'm pretty good with picture but when it comes to audio sometimes I get a little confused, a little iffy. We have Cheryl on set this week to talk a little bit about sort of a technology and sort of a microphone use, and that is using a wireless lav. Now Cheryl wireless lavs are really popular, aren't they? - Absolutely, we're using one now. - It's true, we are using them right now to record. A wireless lavalier microphone of course allows you to cut the wires and have a lav mic on a subject. That's really important…