I don't want my footage looking like bootlegs when I finally rip them again, so I take out all the unnecessary stuff with DVD Shrink and have as little compression as possible. Most of my DVDs don't even have the Japanese audio track anymore. XDD
Now if only DVDShrink compressed audio,
then we'd be going somewhere...
But, back on topic for fear of this getting split and locked or something, I ordered the SGM 1X in the early hours of this morning aproximately 12 hours a go. So within a week or so everyone should be hearing MUCH more SQ. And at higher quality.
(Shotgun mics are for cameras, yes, but since i needed a mic for Audio class, and the cheapest recommended was 100USD, I decided to kill two birds with one stone and get a good mic that was compliant with both camera and switchboard.

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