Two microphones for true stereo sound?

[Steve House]

Originally Posted by Aviv Hallale

I have used a cheap microphone straight into the ministereo jack, and it records fine while recording, so that's not really an issue.

Thanks again for your help :)

Are you sure it was the external mic that was picking up the sound and not the built in?

[Aviv Hallale]

Yep, pretty sure. The internal mic gets deactivated when something is plugged in.

[Aviv Hallale]

I just used a DVX100 today, the audio set up is the same.

2 XLR inputs, audio level dials for each channels and two switches for channel one/two

either:

Internal (L)
Input One
Input Two

for channel one

or

Internal (R)
Input Two

For channel two

[David Ennis]

Wow, the VX2100 manual is abysmal. I never noticed before how poor the coverage of using an external mic is.

But the VX2100's external mic jack is a stereo jack in either mic or line mode. So Aviv can use a Beachtek adapter to apply one mic to both left and right channels, or to apply one mic to the left and a second mic to the right. Either of those things can also be done with cables and plug adapters, but units like the Beachtek have advantages.