[Roy W. Rising[_2_]]

"Richard Crowley" wrote:
"Ron Capik" wrote ...
Strangely enough I just saw on the Today Show what looked
like two short shotguns and another (maybe shotgun) mic'
(hidden in a blimp) being used on a 12 man vocal ensemble,
Chanticleer. Then too, it was live TV and not a recording or
PA situation.

Might be worth noting that the mic's were well under
12 feet away and it was a studio situation.

It is *TV sound*. Since when was that a standard for ANY
kind of quality (or even best method)? The choice and placement
of the mics was likely dictated by the (video) director who didn't
want any visible hardware in his camera angles. Audio ALWAYS
takes a back-seat in live television.

I have had to make those kinds of trade-off decisions myself, but
getting good sound always trumped getting good video. You can
sell CDs with good sound and no video, but DVDs with nice pictures
and lousy sound (or no sound) aren't as popular for some reason.

I say this about TV sound: "When movies added sound, a new department was
formed to nurture it. That department exists to this day. When radio
added pictures, sound already was perfected and needed no further
attention." And I made a very good living paying it no attention. ;-)

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~ Roy
"If you notice the sound, it's wrong!"