i like that custom hot glue work... and using the belt clip like that is genius potential!! so simple, yet effective, at zero additional cost.

this may be a dumb question, but what if I unplugg my front mic from my XL2, and hook in my two wirless mics, is there a way on my camera to tell only 2 channels to record, even if they are channels 3-4, or does unplugging the front mic default to anything else that might be plugged in?
In most cases I won't need channels 3/4 off the camera, but every Staurday, I do for interviews, I have to have channels 3/4 for the wireless mics, or I have to just use the tape????
Kind of defeats the purpose of buying the firestore..??

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Well, if you need to record 4 channel audio, this is basically true. Dan Euritt has found a way to extract all four channels from the FS-4 by recording in RAW format on the FS-4 and then using the expensive transcoding software offered by Focus to extract the second audio pair.

See http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showpost....3&postcount=37
(it is 6 posts back, in this thread)

Doing this does defeats one of the main advantages of the FS-4 (Edit NOT-ready®). However you still have some of the other advantages of the FS-4; like playback direct from the HDD, which can be handy in an interview situation (for checking previous takes quickly, and without the danger of accidental over writing)

One would hope that Focus was working on a better solution for people who want to record 4 channel using the FS-4, but I doubt that they are.

BTW you don't need to unplug the onboard mic to enable the rear audio inputs for channels 1(L) and 2(R). You can switch Audio Input channels 1(L) and 2(R) from front to rear using one of the switches next to the REC level knobs. Check the handbook for exact details.

ok so I am a little confussed, I mentioned unplugging them as a way of trying to exagerate the point that wether the stereo mic was unplugged woulf the camera default to the 3/4 channels and then the firestore would allow me to access those channels.

I don't need all 4 channels of audio, I only need channels 3/4, but I need it without buying another software to get it. If the firestore will only give you 2 channels, can I pick which two, or can I trick the camera to make 3/4 the default two that the firepod will allow me to capture without the software?

Hi Chris,

I don't want to confuse you any more than you are already.

I don't have an XL-2 and the audio set-up of the XL-2 is different from that of the XL-1s (which I am using).

But maybe some of the confusion is because channels 3 and 4 normally only come into play when you want to record four channel. I think that you are confusing the AUDIO input 2 with channels 3 and 4. This is switchable through the camera menu on the XL-1s and so I would think that it should be switchable on the XL-2 as well. That means you should be able to assign the two XLR inputs at the rear of the XL-2 to record channels 1 and 2 instead of the onboard mic.

If you don't need all four channels then you will definatly not have the same trouble those of us who would, have been having .

I hope that I have understood your problem and that this is of some help. If not, sorry - maybe someone with more experience with the XL-2 could chime in here.

Cheers,