SOUND ENGINEER'S ADVICE WANTED

[ROADRUNNER3]

I've been asked to provide some audio samples to go with photographic imagery, which will involve recording engine sounds from vhicles as diverse as Historic F1 and pre-war supercharged Bentley.

I'd very much appreciate some advice - what equipment is recommended for broadcast quality, and should I hire a professional or possibly even have a go myself ?

Thanks in advance,

Tim

ETA

Sorry no sigatures allowed.

Edited by Big Al. on Monday 26th October 21:44

[hman]

ROADRUNNER3 said:

I'd very much appreciate some advice - what equipment is recommended for broadcast quality, and should I hire a professional or possibly even have a go myself ?

Don't muck about, hire a pro who has all the necessary know how and equipment.

Your ears aren't trained to pick up everything that a decent sound engineer will.

[Simpo Two]

I think the proper tool is a Sennheiser 416, but stand to be corrected. GetCarter will know.

[Super Slo Mo]

As has been mentioned, you'll not be aware of the detail that a 'golden eared' soundie will pick up.

There are plenty of good broadcast experiened sound engineers around in the London area, if you need some assistance finding one, PM me and I'll give you some phone numbers.

[GetCarter]

Yep I'd go with that. Decent recording equipment is expensive and you need to know how to use it, where to put mics, what mics to use etc.

[JustinP1]

ROADRUNNER3 said:

I've been asked to provide some audio samples to go with photographic imagery, which will involve recording engine sounds from vhicles as diverse as Historic F1 and pre-war supercharged Bentley.

I'd very much appreciate some advice - what equipment is recommended for broadcast quality, and should I hire a professional or possibly even have a go myself ?

Thanks in advance,

Tim

ETA

Sorry no sigatures allowed.

Edited by Big Al. on Monday 26th October 21:44

We do location recording of acoustic music more than sounds but the process is still the same.

Where you say it is for 'broadcast', is the sound quality paramount to the project, or is it merely to 'get it done'?

With a bit of skill and some luck, with a Mac or PC laptop you could spend a few hundred quid on a recording interface with microphone preamps and a passable microphone, and get something to 'get by'.

However, if you are looking at getting a proper job done it would probably not cost much more.

Where are you based, and what is the scope of the project?

[ROADRUNNER3]

Thanks for the advice chaps - I've found a sound engineer with his own equipment who, coincidentally, has worked with this channel before. I'll keep you posted...