Using ML with a RODE Videomic

[mikemcgrail]

Hi all,

Hoping you can help. I'm using ML for the first time and have recently bought a RODE Videomic. At the weekend, I'm going to be filming some short interviews with people at a whisky show. All pretty simple stuff, but there will be a lot of background noise, hence the mic. In terms of the setting with ML should they be the below in order to get the best results?

Input source - external stereo
Mic power - on
AGC - off

Will that make sure the RODE is the mic that is used by the camera?

Many thanks for any help!

Mike

[Malcolm Debono]

As long as input is set to external, you'll be recording from the Rode Videomic.

However, don't expect that you won't pickup any background noise just because it's a shotgun mic. Just watch out for sound reflections depending on your environment. Personally, I would opt for another mic which can be placed as close as possible to the person being interviewed. I have just finished filming some voxpops and I used a similar setup, and had the person asking questions hold a Zoom H1 with a windshield in front of the person being interviewed just out of frame, and sound was much better than that of my on-camera Rode ViMP.