Do you use an external sound recorder with your HD100?

[Michael Best]

Garsh darnit Keith don't make me come up there now...

[K. Forman]

You could always get off your butt, and figure it out for me... ;)

[Tim Gray]

Originally Posted by Michael Best

Keith Sir, if you're out there - any concerns with the unit you intend to use for recording keeping pace with 24p? I have a 16 channel Roland I intend to implement, well actually shot with it this weekend...MKH-416 to the mixer/recorder - out to the camera/tape for backup, will this sync if shot 24p? Haven't captured anything yet..

I know I'm not Keith, but any digital audio recorder should be able to keep sync just fine with any functioning digital video recorder. The HD100 should have no problems playing back a pretty darned stable 24/30/60i frames per second. And that's what counts - a second of real life corresponds to a second of video.

The same goes for audio recorders. Since they are digital, they have pretty stable timing - 44100/48000 (or whatever the rate might be) samples per second, no more, no less. They should sync up with no problem.

If you do have a longer takes (5-10+ mins) you might find that you will slowly drift out a frame or so, but if its a problem, chop out or add a frame of audio wherever the drift is noticeable. Though I didn't notice any drift on the longer takes that we've shot.

Hope this helps.

[K. Forman]

Originally Posted by Tim Gray

I know I'm not Keith...

You really have no idea how lucky that is... Since the novacaine wore off, I ain't been a happy camper!

[Michael Best]

Thanks so much Tim..