Audio help.
I just purchased my first wired lav mic AT899 and when I did some test shots I had a lot of noise. i had non professional talent that didn't talk loud but the audio level didn't move. My settings were -20db audio level and -50db mic level. I also had my shotgun mic on.
I am really trying to improve my audio but find it difficult to see on the audio meter. if I crank up the volume, i et a lot of noise. I use senn hd280 headphones. |
Was your input for the lav set to mic level or line level? If it is line level then you will get a very weak signal from the mic. Also, I don't think you would ever need to use +48V with a lav.
Did you try -60dB pad? Could the battery in the lav be dead? |
It was set to mic+48 no battery installed in lav. You thinkng switchng to 12db would be better? I hate the indicator level in monitor and wish I coluld hook it up to something better to view.
I will be running a another test tommorrow. My talent has a very soft voice which increasing the volume just adds noise. I also just recieved Jay Rose book producing great sound for video and looking to get the best sound from this camera. Thanks for the quick reply |
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In a better scenario, you would go through a mixer w/ good limiters and send line level at -12 to the camera. |
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and as the other poster said, the best way is a external mixer, or premap and feed line level into the camera. Sound Devices makes a single and stereo preamp you could camera mount... but not cheap...and as always, you get what you pay for. |
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We'll I layed back the video in the camera and the sound was great. Also no noise in headphones. I think when I captured the video using a consumer camera that it did not capture the sound correctly.
How come there is more noise in headphones while shooting but not in playback? I use senn hd250 headphones. |
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