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October 31st, 2007, 08:04 AM | #1 |
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XL2 Audio improvement
Hello folks,
I just bought an XL2 last week. Of all the questions that I have lets get what I believe to be the easiest out of the way. My wife loves the picture but can stand the sound. I basically, need to turn my TV up to about 50 for us to hear any thing. I assume the XL2 has an audio setting that will let more sound into the camera. Does anyone know how to adjust this sensitivity? thanks!! |
October 31st, 2007, 08:17 AM | #2 |
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I haven't used the XL2 myself, but when I had my XL1, you could just change the audio levels on the side, in those controls, I think. If not, it was in the menu. But it certainly wasn't hard to find.
Using an external microphone is the best idea, but I doubt it should be SO bad if you don't-- should be not great quality, but shouldn't be so low. |
October 31st, 2007, 08:20 AM | #3 |
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Moved from Open DV to Canon XL2.
Hard to answer without knowing specifically how you had the camera set up. The microphone that was included with the cam is more than adequate. Sit down with the operator's manual and make sure that all audio settings are on full automatic and it should take care of itself. |
October 31st, 2007, 09:41 AM | #4 |
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Make sure the mic attenuator is not on, that could be causing the quiet sound. It's a little switch inside the door that covers all the audio controls.
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October 31st, 2007, 07:29 PM | #5 |
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Thanks for the direction. I will check it out.
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October 31st, 2007, 08:11 PM | #6 | |
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Also, be aware of how loud any background noise is. If you're getting a lot of background noise (you can see a pretty good level even when the person you're shooting isn't talking), you'll want to adjust your shooting setup to help compensate for this. For instance, use an off camera mic instead of the on-board shotgun, or move the camera closer to your subject. Good luck, and I hope you love your camera as much as I love mine! |
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November 4th, 2007, 12:14 PM | #7 |
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Absolutely with you, Bert. Automatic can work out fine.
I am sometimes just a one person crew on some smaller corporate shoots, particularly interviews, and just don't have the capacity to keep a check on everything that's going on. I wouldn't dream of anything but fully manual on the video side but for audio I think the auto setting works nicely most of the time. However, I rarely use the stock mic and I do spend some time carefully placing/concealing a shotgun or lavalier. Ian . . . |
November 4th, 2007, 02:58 PM | #8 |
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So far, the autolevel on the XL2 hasn't let me down. For the most part, I use the stock mike with a fur windcover. It's usually just me, so I don't have time to ride the gain control for audio. I've used the autolevel with a shotgun mike, and again had no problems dealing with wildly varied sound levels.
That hasn't stopped me from replacing audio tracks with stuff I recorded with my MicroTrak and having to loop dialog when there was something in the background I didn't want (airplanes, mostly). Martin
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November 7th, 2007, 10:20 PM | #9 |
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