Samson C02 Microphone for Indoor Dialogue Review: Affordable Super-Cardioid Microphone

Samson C02 Microphone Kit: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/294039-REG/Samson_SAC02_C02_Pencil_Condenser_Microphones.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/SAC02/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xSAC02

One of the best choices for recording indoor dialogue for film and video is a cardioid small diaphragm condenser microphone. I did some testing a couple of years ago comparing several and finally settled on the Audio Technica AT4053b, an approximately $600 USD hyper-cardioid microphone which has worked out very well for my projects.

Super-cardioid microphones tend to work very well when recording dialogue for video indoors, in reverberant rooms (echo), because they have a more natural response to sound that comes from off-axis. This is not the case with shotgun microphones.

However, many have asked whether there are any more affordable options. In this episode, we review the Samson C02 which comes as a kit of two super-cardioid small diaphragm condenser mics which you can use for recording indoor dialogue at a very affordable price.

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Gear mentioned in or used to record this episode:

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Tascam DR-60DmkII Audio Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/bG3oh

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1084690-REG/tascam_dr_60mkii_portable_recorder_for_dslr.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/TADR60DMKII/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xTADR60DMKII

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Tascam DR-70D Audio Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/LHWS

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1086798-REG/tascam_dr_70d_4_channel_audio_recording.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/TADR70D/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xTADR70D

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Zoom H5 Audio Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/WGBp

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1026852-REG/zoom_h5_handy_recorder.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/ZOH5/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xZOH5

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Zoom H6 Audio Recorder

Amazon: https://geni.us/1d7zP2

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_recorder.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/ZOH6/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xZOH6

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Panasonic GH4 Camera

Amazon: https://geni.us/PYWpY

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1028453-REG/panasonic_dmc_gh4kbody_lumix_dmc_gh4_mirrorless_micro.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/PADMCGH4B/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xPADMCGH4B

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Olympus 45mm f/1.8 Lens

Amazon: https://geni.us/PHuG

B&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/971404-REG/olympus_v311030bu000_m_45mm_f1_8_lens.html/BI/19904/KBID/12941/kw/OL4518B/DFF/d10-v2-t1-xOL4518B

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