What lavalier mic set-up should I use for for my MixPre-6 II?
Good Morning / Good Afternoon / Good Evening.
I'm new to both this subreddit and sound recording, and I've been self-funding my start up kit to finally get away from my Zoom H4N / Boom doom days. This has been a very, very humbling process and has exposed massive gaps in my knowledge (timecode, frequency licenses, XLR <> 3.5mm issues) which university has not addressed.
I would be extremely grateful for anybody who can point me in a direction for what to do about lavs. I have a MixPre-6 II, and a Rode NTG5 kit with all the appropriate cables and cases. I have a budget of around £500-£750 for a lav set up, but will go above that to permanently own good transmitters, receivers, and mics. I know this sounds a weak excuse, but as a newbie looking from the outside in to the sheer volume of different lav set ups I am struggling to know what to get.
I'm leaning torwards Sennheiser EW / G3s / G4s, but what would this include and more importantly not include. Is there a cheaper receiver I can run that isn't sennheiser branded, and should I buy a battery distribution system for running my mixer and the receivers on? Which actual lav mics are reasonable to go for? I'm looking to start doing paid work and want to ensure I can deliver.
Any questions I will respond to gratefully, I am extremely appreciative of anyone willing to be patient enough to help me understand this glaring gap in my knowledge. I just wanted to get on the "two and a boom" level, and the further down the rabbit hole I get the more stuff I feel like I'm missing.
Thank you to anyone willing to suggest some ideas for a set up, I really appreciate the help.