Excellent tutorial. I am a videographer for a news organization, they threw these at us with no manual and said "use em". I found your post and your video is one of the best I have come across. No music, no distracting graphics, clear narration. Good Job. Thanks.
i cannot tell you how informative and coherent this video is! I just picked up 2 mic's to use on a shoot tomorrow, never used them before but feeling way more confident now. Thank you thank you!!!
Excellent. Thanks for doing what sennheiser doesn’t. Just picked up the 500 G4 set and the “manual” that comes with it is a joke. I wonder if they forgot to pack one. Just Pictogramm without description of what each feature does. Good luck to ya, that’s what Sennheiser packed in my box. At least now I understand how to set up and sync the frequencies. I’m still in the dark as to what to expect from the AF and RF bar graphs and how to adjust then.
Excellent overview! I've had these for many years and just needed a refresher which you provided nicely! Thank YOU - GREAT video and it's 7 years old? Quality lasts! Thumbs UP!
I've owned and used this mic for about ten years now, and it's only luck that has allowed me to get good audio. After watching this video I finally understand how this thing works!! Thanks for the super clear explanation, I really appreciate it!
Forget the rap music, I love the way you did it, clear, precise and points well covered, what a review! wish people learn to post non-noisy reviews or tutorials like yours! Thank you
Thank you for this tutorial. I am buying the G4 but I'm pretty sure that set-up will be similar. And thank you for not having any music or long drawn out title sequence in your video.
You obviously haven't done too many youtube tutorials, have you? You've broken 3 cardinal rules. 1) There's no rap music or speed metal (Rob Zombie also works) drowning out your narration. 2) The narration is clear and audible. 3) The tutorial is to-the-point and helpful. I know you can do better next time!
LMAO! Awesome comment slidetek. hats off. That guy's voice is great! Think I might just say screw buying a Sennheiser mic, and hire him to do my voice over work. 2 birds killed with one stone.
Thank you for a clear and concise 'How To Video'. It was easy to follow as I had both the Receiver and the Transmitter right in front of me the whole time. I have saved your tutorial for future reference. Many thanks!!
"Stand a better chance of a successful day" did I say you are the man! I thought audio was a no brainer till I didn't use my brain and got a hella hissing noise. shout out to post dudes
Thanks for this. Very well explained. I'm been tested on the set up of these tomorrow in my sound class and I have only done it once - mostly with someone helping me do it. 😊
Thanks a million! I was having the hardest time finding the "Sync" in the menu till you did it on the receiver. I was looking on the transmitter. Haha. Very pleased with the sound...great set up.
I look for this video every time I need to use these mics, which is not often. Which is why I need this video. I finally wrote down the instructions. It seems that a better place for the sensitivity would be on the receiver and NOT the transmitter, no? Assuming you can't stop the shot to walk over to the talent and adjust his transmitter......
I have a soft voice and i have the G3 but it sounds really bad, I'm unsure if i need to turn the transmitter up or the receiver? I would appreciate some advice!
Increase the transmitter's sensitivity and play with it to see what sounds good. Remember though that as you increase this you decrease your "headroom" which is the room between sounding good and feedback. You can tell when you are approaching feedback because it will start to sound metallic or tinny. I hope this helps!
I was thinking the same thing, when i went to a new location i had all kinds of noise coming through, was wondering if the two actors RF settings were too close??? and this would be why there was interference? could use some help quick on this tomorrow we shoot! Lol
This is an old question but I have had this unit for a couple of years now and I always reset it every time I turn it off. It is a habit which cannot only be a good thing.
You usually don't but you in particular should, because you shoot at long distances and the better the signal you get the farther you can be and get good sound.
Awesome tutorial! I have it for a quite long time and your tutorial help me to know some aspects that I didn't know. Thank you so much for sharing it! Gabriel Lehto
For a loud voice, when you say turn the sensitivity down, does that making the dB more negative or more positive (newbie question). Likewise, for a soft voice, do you make the dB number more negative or more positive?
I have two questions for you: 1) Can I have one transmitter going to two receivers? I speak and want my transmitter to go to the house sound system and to a camera or to my computer? 2) What do I need in order to have my Sennheiser EW100 recognized (plugged into) a MacBook Pro (running the latest Sierra) or even an iPad? What do I need to make this work? Fantastic tutorial, by the way.
You are describing Squelch as a noise gate which is wrong, Squelch is related to the signal strength, if the the signal is not high enough, it will mute the sound. So like in the video, you have to put it low to receive even the low signals, but maybe with sometimes little reception noises...
Something to look out for. When he selected 5 6 the green light went on. thats bad, hes picking up a signal from something and hes gonna get hits. if you're getting the green light when the TX is powered off find a different channel. Green light should be on when the transmitter is sending to it only...
Excellent audio and appreciate clear, up close visuals showing the buttons hit. In what ways does the set up on the G4 ew-100 differ from that of the G3? Please advise. Thank you.
dude, thank you so much! Was going crazy with the supplied instructions. Question: Do you set it to -30 when someone has a booming voice or do you set it at -30 for normal voices?
