Thank you for a very clear explanation about the set up. BTW these values and configuration are also valid if the G4 receiver is connected to a field recorder?
Thank you soooo much, I had no idea where to start even after reading the G4 instructions. You have just explained it so well, I feel more confident now. Will be recording yoga classes through a DSLR, so new need to try it for the first time today.
Adjusting your sensitivity levels on the transmitter depends on who your talent is, you need to set this while the person is miked up, it's not set and forget. If they have a loud booming voice you'll need to adjust accordingly. If your lav is mounted closer to their mouth, same deal. You also need to pay attention to the level meter on the transmitter pack to make sure it's not too hot.
Best ever tutorial. I am new at this. Would like to see how the hot shoe works, does it connect to camera and where is the best place to clip Transmitter on waist band in front or back for interviews.
Thank you! Recently my audios I have captured with my Sennheiser mics have turned out poorly. I implemented your tips and now they sound good again. I was certain it was me, user error, and I was right. Cheers
Interested that you use Mic and not Line input into your camera. I input into a Zoom F6 field recorder and find that Line gives me less noise than mic. Seems that it would be a Line level signal, coming out of the receiver, no? Another question, if I want to record into my F6, but the cameraman also wants to hear the lav feed, can I set up two receivers on the same frequency and have both of them receive what's being sent by the transmitter? Thanks - great video!
If the shotgun mic had the right connection to the transmitter, I'm sure you could. I don't know if I've seen that before, but I'm still new and learning. I've only seen XLR connections with shotgun mics.
You can; you would need a phantom powered preamp to take in the XLR signal from the boom mic, that then can send signal out via a 3.5mm jack into the transmitter pack. I would make sure your beltpack's input gain is set to as low as possible initially and then play with the input gain to dial it in just right.
So I'm guessing the mic's are omni directional? and if the sensitivity is up meaning -27? ...which sounds like "down" , then does the omni directional pattern increases I'm guessing also introducing more ambient noise. I plan on buying to sets of these so do both need to be on frequencies that are very apart from each other?
New Slate (sorry don't know your name) quick question - have my first interview shoot today & trying to make sure I have Senn lavs & zoomH4 all talking to each other (my camera is a Canon 5D MarkIV & I understand best to avoid audio in that camera (not great) so I'm going through the zoom instead. Any chance you have a tutorial on this or could help me out. I've been googling for a few hrs & no vid so far is a complete A to Z like this one is. Iget how to connect it, but still looking to get good audio levels (it's too low) & want to make sure I've done everything right. Happy to give you my cell but don't want to do it publicly. No worries if this is beyond your bandwidth.
I would ensure your levels on the beltpack's are set correctly, as in never peak, and have a strong signal, then plug in a set of good headphones into your Zoom and monitor/set your gain levels so they never clip and have a solid strong signal. At this point you will want to use the Zooms Line Out Jack and plug in the other end into your Canon's Mic In. Plug in your headphones into your Canon's Headphones jack and dial in the Input Gain again so it never peaks, yet has a good strong signal. This way you have clean signal across the board, starting from the mic/beltpack's down to the Zoom, then Canon. Your Zoom will record your individual channels high quality audio for post-production editing, and the camera will keep the summed up audio synced up with the video for refrence. When editing, you can sync your HQ Audio from the Zoom and the summed audio from the video, and replace the video audio with the Zoom audio. I have a very similar setup, and this is the best way to use this equipment. Good luck! Hopefully not too late.
Thanks so much for this; we are now getting great audio on our films! Do you know if we can plug the G4 mic transmitter straight into a Mac? We are also doing Zoom classes with a Logitech webcam. We wanted to get a better sound than we are getting from our Blue snowball mic so we tried using the G4 with a USB to 3.5mm Jack Audio Adapter, TRRS 4-pole Mic-Supported External USB Sound Card Stereo Aux Adapter - but it is not being recognised by the computer. ☹. Your expert advice would be much appreciated. Let us know if you need any help with yoga problems like lower back pain from carrying all that heavy equipment!
TRRS Stands for tip, ring, ring, sleeve and compared to a standard TRS Jack (which is what the Transmitter has) it has a additional ring for the Mic signal. If you compare a normal TRS plug with let’s say your phone headset (trrs) you’ll notice the difference. I would go for a dedicated audio interface to plug the transmitter into because all the sound quality benefits you got with that Microphone system can get lost with a cheap converter. I would go for an Audient iD4 MKii, best bang for the buck.
I have the Ew 512 g4. I use it the Zoom f8n but for some reason I’m picking up a lot of room noise and wire ruffling. Do you have any suggestions for solving these issues
HELLO I BOUGHT A WIRELESS MIC SENNHEISER EW 112P G4 , I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SCI FI MOVIE FOR NETFLIX , WHAT KIND OF BOOM MIC AND ADAPTOR DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PROFESSIONAL SOUND ?
Transmitter and Receiver are connected. Receiver is connected to an iPhone 13. Unfortunately, the signal from the receiver to the iPhone does not work. There seems to be some incompatibility between the receiver and the iPhone. When recording using the iPhone, the iPhone mic records the audio instead of the EV G4. I can see that the receiver is receiving the signal from the transmitter, but it is not passing through to the iPhone. Result is video with audio recorded through the iPhone mic. Has anyone ever run into this problem?
Are you able to monitor what the AF and Sensitivity settings are doing live? Like as I change it, can I hear how it effects the sound if wearing monitoring headphones?
I got my G4 almost a year ago and every time I scan new list I only get 2 banks with only 1, sometimes 2, free and all the other 18 banks have 0 free regardless of where I am, even when I’m in an open space with no frequencies around. I always get hits when I go more than about 10 feet away from the receiver. I got the G4 brand new, do you think it’s defective from factory?
@Jacob's Detail I ended up sending it to the manufacturer and they said that frequencies 566 - 608 MHz where not supported in the area where I live. So they changed to frequency to 470 - 516 MHz. It is now able to find lots of free banks. I hope this helps.
I was testing w G3's and they kept dropping out even though my kids were about 20 feet away in the house. the frequency on them was at 530.800mhz and the other was at 537.700 and sensitivity at -9 on both sets....is the range taken up like you mentioned?
I don’t know about the g2 but the g3 and g4 I have sound identical. G4 just has more options for sensitivity and gain and a few other things I never use
The mic sensitivity, AF out levels, mixer or recorder input levels and output levels.. This is all mystery science without clear answers as far as I can tell. I've struggled for years to find a better system than "whatever sounds best and I think it should be" and still there's no clear answer as to where is best to get gains from and I think it depends a lot on each setup. At least your video makes mention and explains your own settings and reasoning behind.
No, each transmitter needs a receiver. There are receivers that handle multiple transmitters but price goes up of course. Basically like I did was buy 2 kits of these in the same group of frequencies in my case A1. This way I can have an interviewer and a talking head both mic'd up or multiple talent in a feature. Check out the MKE2 Gold lav. You want to make sure you have packs in the same range of frequencies otherwise you will get interference. Would be nice to have a cost effective receiver with multiple transmitters though right? :)
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Thank you for a very clear explanation about the set up. BTW these values and configuration are also valid if the G4 receiver is connected to a field recorder?
THIS is how all tutorial videos should be made!!!! Amazing job, thank you!!
You can pair by matching them up together direct line of site with the sensor next to the on/off button.
Thank you soooo much, I had no idea where to start even after reading the G4 instructions. You have just explained it so well, I feel more confident now. Will be recording yoga classes through a DSLR, so new need to try it for the first time today.
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Sir, this has more information than what my $3,000 tuition is giving me. Thank you so much!
Bro, thank you. I feel like so often people rush through these tutorials. But you speak in a very measured and clear way. Thank you.
Adjusting your sensitivity levels on the transmitter depends on who your talent is, you need to set this while the person is miked up, it's not set and forget. If they have a loud booming voice you'll need to adjust accordingly. If your lav is mounted closer to their mouth, same deal. You also need to pay attention to the level meter on the transmitter pack to make sure it's not too hot.
Thanks. This was very helpful. Love to see a video on how to balance all the levels in the camera, microphone and receiver.
Thank you so much! This was so helpful and I feel much less lost now with all the settings.
this is super super helpful! very clear & slow enough that I could modify settings as you spoke. thank you!!
Best ever tutorial.
I am new at this. Would like to see how the hot shoe works, does it connect to camera and where is the best place to clip Transmitter on waist band in front or back for interviews.
Yes. I want to know as well.
Thank you! Recently my audios I have captured with my Sennheiser mics have turned out poorly. I implemented your tips and now they sound good again. I was certain it was me, user error, and I was right. Cheers
Interested that you use Mic and not Line input into your camera. I input into a Zoom F6 field recorder and find that Line gives me less noise than mic. Seems that it would be a Line level signal, coming out of the receiver, no? Another question, if I want to record into my F6, but the cameraman also wants to hear the lav feed, can I set up two receivers on the same frequency and have both of them receive what's being sent by the transmitter? Thanks - great video!
Appreciate this video! Im new to lav mics and this made it super easy to understand!
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Thank you!! So helpful and easy to follow along!
thanks for the video Saj. quick question, so this skips the syncing process of the audio and video?
Cool. G4 wireless info was great. Thanks.
It was very helpful for my first setup! Thank you!
Thank you for your video! Can you use this mic also with a speaker, not just a camera?
Such a great instructor. Thank you for this video!
Can you give us the link to that hardcase?
This video is very help to me about Sennheiser,, thank you
Hey, thanks for a very thorough review!! Can I also use a shotgun mic with the Sennheiser EW 112P G4?
If the shotgun mic had the right connection to the transmitter, I'm sure you could. I don't know if I've seen that before, but I'm still new and learning. I've only seen XLR connections with shotgun mics.
You can; you would need a phantom powered preamp to take in the XLR signal from the boom mic, that then can send signal out via a 3.5mm jack into the transmitter pack. I would make sure your beltpack's input gain is set to as low as possible initially and then play with the input gain to dial it in just right.
Where can I get a longer cable for the receiver? I bought a longer 3.5mm to XLR cable but it doesn't work with this receiver.
Thank you so much for this video - super helpful and answered all of my questions.
Hi
How to send the sound signal from sound recorder like sound device mixpre 10 to the cameras wireless not by cables?
Thanks mate. Very helpful!!!
Super direct and helpful. Thank you
Can you hook up the reciever to the mixer console and out to the speakers?
Yes you can, just make sure you don't have the mic too close infront of any speakers or it will feedback.
11:47 could you please share a link of where you got your case from?
Well done! Very clear and concise. Thank you.
So I'm guessing the mic's are omni directional? and if the sensitivity is up meaning -27? ...which sounds like "down" , then does the omni directional pattern increases I'm guessing also introducing more ambient noise.
I plan on buying to sets of these so do both need to be on frequencies that are very apart from each other?
Hello, do you have a link for the case you showed in the video , Thanks.
Hi, can you set up multiple mics on one receiver? Or do you need a receiver for each mic?
very helpful Tutorial. Thanks.
If im using multiple G4 units do they have to be on different frequencies?
Great video, thanks for posting. Very helpful, easy to understand.
New Slate (sorry don't know your name) quick question - have my first interview shoot today & trying to make sure I have Senn lavs & zoomH4 all talking to each other (my camera is a Canon 5D MarkIV & I understand best to avoid audio in that camera (not great) so I'm going through the zoom instead. Any chance you have a tutorial on this or could help me out. I've been googling for a few hrs & no vid so far is a complete A to Z like this one is. Iget how to connect it, but still looking to get good audio levels (it's too low) & want to make sure I've done everything right. Happy to give you my cell but don't want to do it publicly. No worries if this is beyond your bandwidth.
I would ensure your levels on the beltpack's are set correctly, as in never peak, and have a strong signal, then plug in a set of good headphones into your Zoom and monitor/set your gain levels so they never clip and have a solid strong signal. At this point you will want to use the Zooms Line Out Jack and plug in the other end into your Canon's Mic In. Plug in your headphones into your Canon's Headphones jack and dial in the Input Gain again so it never peaks, yet has a good strong signal. This way you have clean signal across the board, starting from the mic/beltpack's down to the Zoom, then Canon. Your Zoom will record your individual channels high quality audio for post-production editing, and the camera will keep the summed up audio synced up with the video for refrence. When editing, you can sync your HQ Audio from the Zoom and the summed audio from the video, and replace the video audio with the Zoom audio. I have a very similar setup, and this is the best way to use this equipment. Good luck! Hopefully not too late.
Thanks so much for this; we are now getting great audio on our films! Do you know if we can plug the G4 mic transmitter straight into a Mac? We are also doing Zoom classes with a Logitech webcam. We wanted to get a better sound than we are getting from our Blue snowball mic so we tried using the G4 with a USB to 3.5mm Jack Audio Adapter, TRRS 4-pole Mic-Supported External USB Sound Card Stereo Aux Adapter - but it is not being recognised by the computer. ☹. Your expert advice would be much appreciated. Let us know if you need any help with yoga problems like lower back pain from carrying all that heavy equipment!
TRRS Stands for tip, ring, ring, sleeve and compared to a standard TRS Jack (which is what the Transmitter has) it has a additional ring for the Mic signal. If you compare a normal TRS plug with let’s say your phone headset (trrs) you’ll notice the difference. I would go for a dedicated audio interface to plug the transmitter into because all the sound quality benefits you got with that Microphone system can get lost with a cheap converter. I would go for an Audient iD4 MKii, best bang for the buck.
@@gutshisalamanca1191 Thanks for your help Daniel. Namaste. @yogawithlinandleo 🙏
Thanks! I needed this!
where can i get the shoe mount?
do you have a link to the carry case that fits the G4 wireless lav?
How do you set up two mics? Like if I have two people talking? Do I need two separate cameras? I only have one audio jack in my DSLR.
I work with an field recorder to record two separate audio signals in one device. For that I use a zoom H6
Would you able to listen what Sennheiser is recording via headphone jack on a DSLR?
Can i hook up the xlr reciever to my mixer console and out to the speakers?
I have the Ew 512 g4. I use it the Zoom f8n but for some reason I’m picking up a lot of room noise and wire ruffling. Do you have any suggestions for solving these issues
Hi, i don't understand why i have only mono signal going out of the receiver, can somebody help ? thank you
I am using the G4 with a dpa 4063 at af set to 0db and the transmitter at minus 18. Is this a good setting for acting?
can i use this with an iPhone 11 pro max??? thank you
HELLO I BOUGHT A WIRELESS MIC SENNHEISER EW 112P G4 , I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SCI FI MOVIE FOR NETFLIX , WHAT KIND OF BOOM MIC AND ADAPTOR DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR PROFESSIONAL SOUND ?
where's the link to the fast one?
ua-cam.com/video/DsZ5ERErkJk/v-deo.html
Awesome tutorial! Thanks!
Transmitter and Receiver are connected. Receiver is connected to an iPhone 13. Unfortunately, the signal from the receiver to the iPhone does not work. There seems to be some incompatibility between the receiver and the iPhone. When recording using the iPhone, the iPhone mic records the audio instead of the EV G4. I can see that the receiver is receiving the signal from the transmitter, but it is not passing through to the iPhone. Result is video with audio recorded through the iPhone mic. Has anyone ever run into this problem?
Are you able to monitor what the AF and Sensitivity settings are doing live? Like as I change it, can I hear how it effects the sound if wearing monitoring headphones?
Yea you can
Sorry if this has been asked. Do the Transmitter and Receiver keep their settings or do you need to reset them every time?
They keep them
Very nice..easy instructions!!
Thank you!!
You didn't include the quicker video in your description!
I was looking for that too.
me too!
I got my G4 almost a year ago and every time I scan new list I only get 2 banks with only 1, sometimes 2, free and all the other 18 banks have 0 free regardless of where I am, even when I’m in an open space with no frequencies around. I always get hits when I go more than about 10 feet away from the receiver. I got the G4 brand new, do you think it’s defective from factory?
@Jacob's Detail I ended up sending it to the manufacturer and they said that frequencies 566 - 608 MHz where not supported in the area where I live. So they changed to frequency to 470 - 516 MHz. It is now able to find lots of free banks. I hope this helps.
@Jacob's Detail Nop. I just paid shipping to them. And they paid shipping back to me :)
Thanks man !
I was testing w G3's and they kept dropping out even though my kids were about 20 feet away in the house. the frequency on them was at 530.800mhz and the other was at 537.700 and sensitivity at -9 on both sets....is the range taken up like you mentioned?
You might have purchased the wrong band. It’s based on physical location. Check with the retailer you purchased from.
Excellent, thank you!
If I were to purchase a g2 or g3 unit using the mke-2 microphone is there a sacrifice in sound? What are the major differences compared with the g4?
I don’t know about the g2 but the g3 and g4 I have sound identical. G4 just has more options for sensitivity and gain and a few other things I never use
Do you recommend the g4 over sony uwp?
The mic sensitivity, AF out levels, mixer or recorder input levels and output levels.. This is all mystery science without clear answers as far as I can tell. I've struggled for years to find a better system than "whatever sounds best and I think it should be" and still there's no clear answer as to where is best to get gains from and I think it depends a lot on each setup. At least your video makes mention and explains your own settings and reasoning behind.
The video says there's a fast setup video in the description but there's no video kinked in the description.
Thank you!
Sweet! Good info.
Thanks for this video!!!!!!
I hate when people tell you to click the link in the description and then they forget to add the link to the description
Where’s the link to the fast tutorial????
How to Setup Sennheiser G3 & G4 Wireless Lavalier (Quick Overview) ua-cam.com/video/DsZ5ERErkJk/v-deo.html
I notice a lot of floornoise in your video. That’s what I don’t want in my video’s. How do you get rid of that? 🤔🤔🤔
Just work the sensitivity setting to your liking.
What about squelch?
Thank you :))))))
brilliant very helpfull
Can you use two transmitters on one receiver frequency?
No, each transmitter needs a receiver. There are receivers that handle multiple transmitters but price goes up of course. Basically like I did was buy 2 kits of these in the same group of frequencies in my case A1. This way I can have an interviewer and a talking head both mic'd up or multiple talent in a feature. Check out the MKE2 Gold lav. You want to make sure you have packs in the same range of frequencies otherwise you will get interference. Would be nice to have a cost effective receiver with multiple transmitters though right? :)
Why Call Me Lord Lord - excellent information, partner! Thanks so much for the valuable insite!
Is it possible to use it with computer? I don't want to use it with the camera, can I use it on windows?
I’ve never tried that, but it does come with an eighth inch cable that can plug into a computer.
yeah i plugged an old g2 receiver into a mixer with xlr, works great
Thanks a lot
Transmitter -27
Receiver -18
Is AF 0db with minus 18 on the transmitter bad?
Sennheiser G4 Wireless Lavalier work on G3 Receptor???
Awesome ! some people know how to teach , and some people don't know how to teach. . . . . . you know how to teach. Thanks.
Short video here ua-cam.com/video/DsZ5ERErkJk/v-deo.html
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Can we talk sir
G4
damn dude go slower... unbelievable
Thank you so much for this video! Excellent, clear explanations, exactly the info I needed
Thank you!!