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Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/31/05 16:52
"Ed Anson" wrote ...
> Unless you are willing to accept the noise, you might want to consider
> a separate mic pre-amp, such as the Mix-Pre (
> http://www.sounddevices.com/products/mx2master.htm ). Since the
> Mix-Pre has XLR inputs, and outputs to line level, it is ideal for
> driving a line input to your camera if it has one. Unfortunately, most
> don't. When I record to my Sony camera, I usually wind up sending the
> pre-amp's line out to a BeachTek adapter, which also has an option to
> reduce the signal level for the camera's mic input. If this sounds a
> bit Rube Goldberg, that's because it is -- but it gives a better audio
> result and (bonus!) gives me real knobs for adjusting the gain.
> [Unfortunately, this could turn out to be too much gear for a long
> walk. :-(]
Exellent advice from Mr. Anson.
Note that Beachtek now has a model which contains both
mic preamp and P48 phantom powering (which is required
by the better mics). They are specificaly deisgned to output
a pretty "hot" signal to overcome much of the signal-to-noise
problems in consumer camcorders. That would be my choice
for a solution that is compact and portable and wrings as
much quality out of the audio chain as possible.
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