Sound for Video Session: Earthworks SR117 & Q&A

In this week's session, we'll have a look at and a listen to two new-ish products - the Earthworks SR117 handheld condenser microphone and the new RODE DS2 desktop microphone stand. The Earthworks SR117 was designed for live performance, much like the Shure SM58 and similar microphones, but is, instead, a condenser microphone. The DS2 is a newly designed desktop microphone stand from RODE which can hold microphones up to 900g. After that, we answer your sound for video questions.
If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses at school.learnlightandsound.com including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. We have a course on sound for live-streaming with the ATEM Mini, Introduction to Izotope RX for Dialogue Audio, and Mixing fundamentals in DaVinci Resolve Fairlight.
Gear I often use or that we mentioned in this episode. The links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, DVE Store, Waves, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases:
- Earthworks SR117 handheld condenser microphon - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/QRf0dO
- RODE DS2 desktop microphone stand - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/SUO1s
- Mackie DLZ Creator - B&H, Amazon geni.us/42KrX0
- Earthworks ETHOS microphone - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/8G8UdBB
- Sound Devies 888 field recorder/mixer - Trew, B&H, Sweetwater geni.us/zAryW4J
- Sound Devices MixPre II Series Recorders - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/O8e0
- Panasonic GH5 camera - B&H, Amazon geni.us/InspOl
- Teleprompter Ikan 17" high bright - B&H geni.us/RcuXD3
- Canon C200 Camera - B&H geni.us/9Zi4m4a
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 lens - B&H, Amazon geni.us/kZyU7e
- ATEM Mini Extreme & Extreme ISO - B&H, DVE Store, Amazon geni.us/b8my
- Allen & Heath SQ5 Digital Mixer - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/sRxFU90
- Rupert Neve Designs Shelford Channel, pre-amp, EQ, compressor - Sweetwater, B&H geni.us/9ZfE77
- Universal Audio 6176 channel strip pre-amp, EQ, compressor - B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon geni.us/505L55n
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Copyright 2023, Curtis Judd
00:00 Start
02:39 Beginning of stream
02:56 Agenda
03:53 All about the SR117
13:48 Drum test?!
21:21 On-axis frequency response
24:45 Today’s PTZ cam
26:30 All about the RODE DS2
36:54 Sound Devices 833 v. 888
42:29 How many sound blankets is too many?
46:09 Drum mic kit?
47:00 The art of hiding lav mics
48:21 Handling changing shotgun timbre
50:35 Dante use cases
51:15 Mini-XLR: uncommon but handy?
52:34 Headset mics?
54:48 DEITY Theos review?!
59:51 Best value audio interface?
1:01:48 More about the PTZ cam
1:02:29 End of stream

[@andrewp1513]

Boy…the 58 was disappointing after getting used to that earthworks sound. Also, I enjoyed all the camera angles. Nice to see how quick Dani was on the switching!

[@curtisjudd]

Haha! Funny how when you listen to two microphones back to back, they sound so different!

[@LukeForehand]

Mine sounds great but needs like 9db shelf around 9k and about 6db at 2k to get it any high end clarity.