Affordable Professional Indoor Boom Microphone — Rycote SC-08

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Our courses on lighting and sound can be found at school.learnlightandsound.com! In this episode we have a look at and a listen to the Rycote SC-08 super-cardioid condenser microphone. Since my primary focus is recording dialogue sound, we’ll look at this for use as a boom microphone for video production. Overall, the Rycote is much more affordable compared to many of the other popular pro-level microphones with similar features. So how well does it compare? Could this be a good starter indoor boom mic for someone getting into professional location or production sound mixing? Let’s find out! If you’d like to learn how to make great dialogue audio for your film and video projects, please have a look at my courses including processing dialogue audio in Adobe Audition and DaVinci Resolve/Fairlight, recording sound, how to use the Zoom F4, F6, F8, and F8n, and how to get the most from the Sound Devices MixPre series of recorders. Our latest courses cover Sound for Live Streaming with the ATEM Mini and an Intro to Izotope RX. See https://school.learnlightandsound.com for more info! Support my work creating videos by donating at Ko-Fi.com: http://ko-fi.com/curtisjudd Gear used or mentioned in this episode (the links below are Amazon.com, B&H Photo, Sweetwater, or other affiliate links. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases): - Rycote SC08 super-cardioid condenser microphone — B&H https://geni.us/ffage - Sound Devices 888 Field Recorder — B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/zAryW4J Some of my other studio gear: - Sound Devices MixPre audio recorders — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/O8e0 - Sennheiser MKH50 microphone —  B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/iYb065 - Audio Technica AT4053b — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/at4053bCH - Sennheiser MKH8050 — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/mUcDk - Schoeps CMC 641 — B&H, Sweetwater https://geni.us/wi8r4 - Earthworks ETHOS microphone — B&H, Sweetwater, Amazon https://geni.us/8G8UdBB - Impact Turtle-Base C-Stands — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/8a8tt - Aputure LS 600x Pro Bicolor LED Light — Aputure, B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/EreRQa - Aputure Light Dome III Softbox — Aputure, B&H https://geni.us/AVHU1p - Amaran 300c RGBWW Single-Point LED Light — https://geni.us/uGkDX - Amaran Spotlight SE —  Aputure, B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/4DuyTz - Rosco Prismatic Glass Gobo in Cool Lavender — B&H https://geni.us/GWKt - Canon C70 Cinema Camera — B&H https://geni.us/ABYB - Canon RF 24-70 f/2.8 lens — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/qwsEs - Panasonic GH5 camera — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/InspOl - Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8 II lens — B&H, Amazon https://geni.us/gr47 The outro music for this episode is from Musicbed - “Dynamo” by Virgil Arles. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://geni.us/G7by Copyright 2024, Curtis Judd #rycote #boommic #supercardioid Index 00:00 Please buy my courses! 00:08 Disclosure 00:18 Recorded with Rycote SC-08 and Sound Devices 888 00:37 Who is this microphone for? 01:20 Audio samples Rycote, Sennheiser, Schoeps 02:25 Sibilance sample 02:31 Transient response sample 02:35 Directionality and off-axis coloration sample 03:17 Handling noise sample 03:28 Sound quality & frequency response 04:05 Handling noise 04:46 RF shielding and immunity 05:32 Transient results - key jangling 06:01 Self-noise 06:12 Max sound pressure level 06:33 What’s included? 07:01 Warranty and price 07:16 Off-axis coloration — bass on the back 08:28 No high pass filter or pad 08:39 versus Audio Technica AT4053b 09:47 My recommendation 10:41 Summary 10:53 Please buy my courses