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Old February 18th, 2006, 02:08 AM   #1
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Hello everyone, my first post here. Glad to finally be a member!

So I'm trying to set up four mics on the XL2. Not four channel recording, just four microphones mixed down to stereo. I want to have two XLR shotgun mics running phantom power, and another two running from a mixer through the composite line-in ports (Audio 1 or Audio 2).

My problem is that I can't get anything through channels 3 and 4, whether I'm recording in 12bit 4 channel or 16 bit 2 channel. I've tried setting channels 1 and 2 as "Rear" and 3 and 4 as "Audio 1", but I still only get the rear mics. When I set Channels 1 and 2 to "Audio 2" and 3 and 4 to "Rear", I only get Audio 1.

I have a feeling there's some minor switch that I'm forgetting to set. Thanks in advance!

-Wes
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Old February 18th, 2006, 02:21 AM   #2
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Hello everyone, my first post here. Glad to finally be a member!

So I'm trying to set up four mics on the XL2. Not four channel recording, just four microphones mixed down to stereo. I want to have two XLR shotgun mics running phantom power, and another two running from a mixer through the composite line-in ports (Audio 1 or Audio 2).

My problem is that I can't get anything through channels 3 and 4, whether I'm recording in 12bit 4 channel or 16 bit 2 channel. I've tried setting channels 1 and 2 as "Rear" and 3 and 4 as "Audio 1", but I still only get the rear mics. When I set Channels 1 and 2 to "Audio 2" and 3 and 4 to "Rear", I only get Audio 1.

I have a feeling there's some minor switch that I'm forgetting to set. Thanks in advance!

-Wes
Welcome aboard, Wes. Well, you certainly won't get 4 channels of audio in 48/16 mode. You have to be in 32/12 to have 4 audio channels. And here's the good news. You are likely getting all 4 channels in 32k but you haven't figured out how to monitor each pair or listen to the entire mix. The little silver button below the mode wheel labeled 'Audio Monitor' is what you are after. This will toggle 1/2, 3/4, or all 4 channels. Make sure you have gone into audio setup and selected 12bit ch1/2 3/4.

That should get you going.

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Old February 18th, 2006, 10:00 AM   #3
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Thanks! Darn those hidden buttons.

So there's no way to do a mixdown on camera so you can record 1 and 3 as the left channel and 2 and 4 as the right channel? Shame.
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