XL2's XLR Audio 3 not capturing at DVinfo.net

Prashanna Jayaseelan · July 19th, 2007, 07:21 AM

Hey guys
I had an staged event this past weekend where I had my centreback camera connected via XLR cable to the audio board. The XLR was connected to audio(XLR) 3 and I monitored it while recording the show and it was fine. Then when I captured the footage using a home camcorder I only got two tracks of audio. I had audio 1/2 for the audience reaction which was being used by the Canon mike. Does using a normal camcorder make a difference of capturing the 3rd audio and if it does what does the setting have to be on the XL2 for me to capture the footage b/c when do so with the XL2 I get dropped frames and it stops.

Richard Alvarez · July 19th, 2007, 07:52 AM

What NLE are you using to capture with? Some of them require a 'second pass' to capture from tracks 3/4.

Prashanna Jayaseelan · July 19th, 2007, 08:02 AM

Im using FCP 4.5

Jonathan Jones · July 19th, 2007, 11:48 AM

By default, your NLE is set to just capture the 1/2 tracks.

You need to adjust your audio capture preference settings in FCP to recognize the ch 3 /4 audio and run a second pass capture to get those tracks. Then you can just synch the tracks up. You can consequently do this 3/4 capture from just about any miniDVD camcorder so it doesn't require capturing from your XL2 to get those tracks captured onto your computer.
-Jon

Prashanna Jayaseelan · July 19th, 2007, 12:30 PM

Thank you very much - I will try that...

July 19th, 2007, 07:21 AM	#1
Prashanna Jayaseelan Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 100	XL2's XLR Audio 3 not capturing Hey guys I had an staged event this past weekend where I had my centreback camera connected via XLR cable to the audio board. The XLR was connected to audio(XLR) 3 and I monitored it while recording the show and it was fine. Then when I captured the footage using a home camcorder I only got two tracks of audio. I had audio 1/2 for the audience reaction which was being used by the Canon mike. Does using a normal camcorder make a difference of capturing the 3rd audio and if it does what does the setting have to be on the XL2 for me to capture the footage b/c when do so with the XL2 I get dropped frames and it stops.

July 19th, 2007, 11:48 AM	#4
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	By default, your NLE is set to just capture the 1/2 tracks. You need to adjust your audio capture preference settings in FCP to recognize the ch 3 /4 audio and run a second pass capture to get those tracks. Then you can just synch the tracks up. You can consequently do this 3/4 capture from just about any miniDVD camcorder so it doesn't require capturing from your XL2 to get those tracks captured onto your computer. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974

July 19th, 2007, 07:52 AM	#2
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	What NLE are you using to capture with? Some of them require a 'second pass' to capture from tracks 3/4.

July 19th, 2007, 08:02 AM	#3
Prashanna Jayaseelan Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 100	Im using FCP 4.5

July 19th, 2007, 12:30 PM	#5
Prashanna Jayaseelan Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 100	Thank you very much - I will try that...