Microphone Straight

Microphone Straight
What do i use to record sound, if i buy a Shotgun Microphone?

Well, most people plug the microphone straight into the camcorder, but my camcorder sadly enough does not have a slot to plug it in.

And my question is what is a good recorder that can record the sound my microphone (that I'll soon buy after i can find a right recorder..) will capture.

I also do not want to pay a lot extra for a really nice built in microphone (EX: Voice recorders), but the best recorders i've found so far (which I've only looked at voice recorders) also have really nice microphones in them. Which is what i believe is making the recorder really expensive.
So i want to pay my money's worth and not pay for an extra small mic that i will not ever use.

I'm an aspiring Film maker, and I'm still learning as i go along. Thank you for your patience!

If you REALLY wnat your money's worth, then don't worry about the perceived "small mic that i will not ever use". Because you will.

There is no single best mic for recording audio for film/video.

Shotgun mics are common, as are lavalieres, condenser and Stereo Condenser mics.

You did not tell us which Shotgun Mic you are getting. Most of the good ones - in the mid-range (up to about $900) are mono mics and not stereo. Even if the capture device you use has a mono/stereo, with a mono mic, that merely puts the audio on the left and right tracks. You will also want to be able to capture ambient noise for your sound design - that means you will want the stereo separation and the field recorder's built-in stereo mics can do that (the mono shotgun mic cannot - unless you have two of them). Of course, you could always just use your camcorder's built-in mics to do that, but my guess is that being in a camcorder with no mic jack, they will be lower end and forced to use auto mic gain which can add hiss to low volume audio capture.

If you can afford a Sennheiser or Audio Technical stereo shotgun mic, then you should probably just upgrade the camcorder to one with mic jacks... preferably with Xlr Mic jacks (all camcorders with XLR audio-in connectors have manual audio control).

I would suggest the Zoom H4... If you are still convinced that you don't want the audio field recorder to have built-in mics, then one of the Fostex decks are about as close as I can get. Plan on sticker shock.

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