I'm just starting to make woodworking videos. I don't have the luxury of "treating" the space with dampening panels, so I'm struggling with echo problems. Do more expensive shotgun mics do a better job of isolating direct sound from the sound bouncing around the room? I have an audio-technical AT897 and a Sarmonic wireless with lapel mic. The latter gives me better sound, but neither does a good job of reducing echo. Would a better mic solve most of my problem?
Hi there! Thanks for your comment and bringing your problem to my attention. So, there would be a difference in sound quality based on whether you're using the more expensive microphone or not, but most of the echo problem comes down to the environment you're recording in. Audio waves are bouncing off the walls when you're speaking and moving around, which a shotgun mic can only do so much to cut that sound completely. I would suggest putting a "deadcat" over your microphone to drown out the access noise you don't want in your recording. It's not going to completely remove the echo sound, but it'll make it more subtle. I recently uploaded a video explaining what a deadcat is and what its intentions are for. Hope this helps!
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I'm just starting to make woodworking videos. I don't have the luxury of "treating" the space with dampening panels, so I'm struggling with echo problems. Do more expensive shotgun mics do a better job of isolating direct sound from the sound bouncing around the room? I have an audio-technical AT897 and a Sarmonic wireless with lapel mic. The latter gives me better sound, but neither does a good job of reducing echo. Would a better mic solve most of my problem?
Hi there! Thanks for your comment and bringing your problem to my attention. So, there would be a difference in sound quality based on whether you're using the more expensive microphone or not, but most of the echo problem comes down to the environment you're recording in. Audio waves are bouncing off the walls when you're speaking and moving around, which a shotgun mic can only do so much to cut that sound completely.
I would suggest putting a "deadcat" over your microphone to drown out the access noise you don't want in your recording. It's not going to completely remove the echo sound, but it'll make it more subtle.
I recently uploaded a video explaining what a deadcat is and what its intentions are for. Hope this helps!