rec.arts.movies.production.sound

On Aug 25, 11:09 am, drawingpe...@ wrote:
> Hello all -
>
> I have a question about the system i am planning to take on a
> documentary film shoot in Guinea, West Africa in October. The film
> itself will be a lot of interviews, landscapes, group shots, and a LOT
> of music and arts, cultural ceremony / ritual practices. The "crew"
> will consist of two main members - one for video and one for audio. We
> will have two other people along who will be able to help with simple
> things, but for the most part, the two of us are responsible. We will
> be shooting with the Panasonic DVX-100. The shoot will be 30 days for
> roughly 2-4 hours a day/
>
> As I am handling the audio portion of the project, I have so far
> purchased a few mics (Sennheiser EW-112 Wireless Lav kit, Sennheiser
> MKE-44P Stereo Cardioid, Audio Technica AT-4073 Shotgun) as well as
> the Tascam HD-P2 recorder. The audio quality is very important to us,
> especially as music figures to play a very prominent role in the
> film.
>
> After running some tests and getting all our equipment together, I've
> come to the realization that the Tascam cannot generate timecode, nor
> can the DVX-100 output timecode. This is looking like it's going to be
> a problem for us in post, to put it mildly. Originally, the idea with
> the recorder was that I would be given greater latitude to roam freely
> recording audio without having to be constantly tethered to the
> camera. However, if i am going to be sacrificing the timecode in
> editing, it's definitely not worth it to me. I know i can get a slate
> that will generate timecode and jam sync it to the camera, but that's
> puts our budget up a bit and makes me think i probably should have
> just bought a Sound Devices module in the first place. Now I'm
> thinking i should maybe just ditch the idea of a recorder at all, and
> run from a mixer straight to the camera. Will this make my audio
> suffer that much? If this is the way to go, any mixer models that the
> cognoscenti here would recommend unconditionally?
>
> Any recommendations are very appreciated, and my apologies for the
> seemingly elementary questions. I am still learning my way around
> sound production for video.
>
> - Simon

Direct to camera get the the MixPre if you need 3 channels then the
302

TC recorder

get a 702T and sell the HDP2 recorder