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\f0\fs38 \cf0 welcome back everybody I'm ray from the podcasters studio doing a mic test
and review and today we're looking at the rode NTG-1 microphone that I have mounted
here to the boom pole you can see and It Is just out of shot so In this shot here you
can't see It but when we go over to this shot you can see how Its mounted and setup for
this particular shoot and I have camera one which Is a canon 60d and camera two which
Is a canon t2i and the Rode Is running Into the Zoom H4n which Is sitting on the floor
so I can see the levels and It's recording what you are hearing right now this Is actually
the sound from the rode NTG-1 and you can see that I have It positioned just above my
head but pointing down towards my chest so Its getting the best sound passing over my
mouth hitting my chest where you get that nice low end and Its rejecting sound from
the sides and there's no sound coming from the ceiling. If I had the camera or If I had
the microphone mounted to the top of the camera then It would be facing In an horizontal position
Instead of the vertical position that Its In now and If there was noise behind It It
would be picking that up a little bit. this Is a directional condenser microphone is how
Rode labels It and It has a nice pick up pattern so one of the advantages of using a microphone
like this Is that Its rejecting sound from the sides and picking up mostly what's In
front of the microphone now It does matter how close you are to the microphone and that's
one of the reasons for using a mic like this It allows you to get the microphone close
to the talent of whoever Is talking on camera without there being any microphones In the
shot you can see I don't have on any kind of lavaliere microphone and you can't see
the microphone In this shot because It's boomed just over my head so one of the advantages
Is that the microphone Is close Its picking up great audio as you can hear and In a situation
like I have here where It's just me shooting a talking head of myself demonstrating the
microphone I can mount It Into a permanent position and as long as I stay here It's fine
If I move off axis If I come over here a little bit the sound Is going to change and you can
hear that so it's very directional and it picks up what right in front of It and It
helps to be close to to the microphone or else you'll pick up more room tone for instance
If I step back from out of my seat then you can see I'm over here the microphone is going
to sound much different it's not picking me up as loud the levels aren't the same you
can hear more of the room tone and it's just going to sound different so you get that quality
sound from getting right in front on the microphone and the rode NTG-1 is a great affordable option
for getting the microphone off the camera and near your talent now if you have someone
who can hold a boom pole for you so if we took off this boom here which it's not made
for being a boom pole but just In this example you see boom poles guys hod It In the movies
right they get the microphone close to the talent and If you have two people on camera
talking the person can move the microphone back and forth and pick up both the people
and move with them as they're going along In the scene now this Is also great or If
you are on a conference floor and a directional microphone Is great because Its going to reject
a lot of the sound around It and focus the pick up pattern Is going to focus what Its
hearing on who the microphone Is pointed at and how Its close to so If you're going around
on a conference floor doing Interviews then someone can be holding the microphone and
they can be focusing that right on the person who Is speaking at the time and moving It
towards the Interviewer and the person who Is speaking or the Interviewer can have on
their own microphone since the Interviewer Is going to be listening or outputting audio
the whole time their microphone Is easy to set them up with a microphone like a lav and
leave It there and not worry about It but If you are going around on a conference center
floor or any situation that Is dynamic where you are coming up on several people different
people every few seconds you don't want to have to keep miking these people up so this
makes It a very mobile option now If we had It mounted tot the camera then It would be
further away from me and just like the microphone on the camera which you're hearing right now
I'm actually demonstrating the sound coming out o the canon 60d and you can hear a significant
difference from when we were using the rode NTG-1 and you can see the Importance of having
the microphone close to whoever Is talking and thats one of the reasons onboard mics
are not as good theres many reason this Is also a very high quality microphone so some
of the features that are nice about this microphone Is Its an all metal construction give It a
little tap there hopefully not too annoying and Its built really well and It might be
the lightest microphone I've ever handled so attached to a camera If you're going o
t put It on your camera and walk around the show floor or wherever and walk around outside
Its going to be very light and not add much weight so another advantage In something like
a DSLR setup or any camera setup that you have multiple things mounted to your camera
one of the disadvantages might be to this microphone Is It doesn't have a battery that
you can Insert Into the microphone to have It work on Its own It does require phantom
power so In a DSLR setup like I'm using here thats requiring me using something like a
zoom h4n which this mic Is plugged Into the h4n provides that 48 volt phantom power. so
the NTG-1 bills Itself a s broadcast sound quality microphone and I think I would have
to agree with that the microphone sounds wonderful from what I've heard on It and Its going to
give you that quality sound that an onboard microphone or a cheaper microphone Isn't going
to give you and again as I mentioned It gives you the flexibility to move around but then
you might need someone to help you boom the mic or hold the mic for you or If It's attached
to the top of your camera then you're going to want to be as close as you can without
ruining the shot Its has low handling noise so If you're using the microphone and you
touch It or your moving It around right now Its on s hock mount you're not going to hear
the movements when I make that It has low handling noise If you're to use It handheld
or you were to adjust the microphone Its going to be less likely to hear that In real time
It comes with a wind shield a stand mount and zip pouch Include so the zip pouch Is
nice It helps protect the mic In transport the wind filter or wind shield I best for
really really light wind If you're going to be outside at all us that If you're going
to be In the a stronger wind you're going to need a more significant wind sock something
like the rode WS-6. that the NTG-1 by rode for about 250 dollars you get really quality
sound. the ability to not have a battery In It and have It power Itself Is a disadvantage
for me but you can take a look at the NTG-2 by rode If thats a problem that allows you
to add one double a battery and supply the microphone with power. check the link In this
videos description for links to all the gear used In this video Including the rode NTG-1.
Ill see ya next time. }