Normally my big band (and a load of other ensembles) would do a Christmas concert but with ongoing Covid stuff the powers that be have decided to live stream a session on Facebook instead.
This is planned to be someone roaming through various rooms where the 20 or so different ensembles are playing.
The easiest and worst sounding option is just an iPhone - but what easily portable options are there that actually sound good?
I've got an Audient ID4 which is USB C bus powered and can power a condenser mic but iPhones aren't USB C, and it's not really portable enough for 1 person to be holding it all. And a condenser might be too sensitive when walking and chatting.
Any ideas?
I've got no idea of the budget (It's a charity) but I'm sure they'll be able to throw a couple of hundred at it if they want to do this sort of thing regularly.
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They are £200.
It has two phantom powered XLR's so you can actually use any microphone you like but also has two onboard XY microphones that sound great.
The advantage is here that you can choose between using any microphone with an XLR connection in some situations or the onboard microphone in others.
Will mount to a camera or a microphone stand.
To get better you will have to get into Sound Devices field recorders which are spendy and bulky,
https://zoomcorp.com/en/gb/handheld-recorders/handheld-recorders/h5/
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https://speakerimpedance.co.uk/?act=two_parallel&page=calculator
Hopefully it will be an improvement to the regular internal mic.
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Online reviews seem to be a bit mixed about whether the mic is better than the inbuilt or not. Perhaps that difference comes down to those who are using with MOTIV and those who are not.