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Posted by tymish on 03/10/06 20:43
My Suggestions if you don't want a bunch of complication and spending
$$$.
A) Find a spot in the room where it sounds best and put up one of those
plug in power stereo mics connected to the camera. At least this way
the audio won't change when you move the camera and you have some
control.
B) Just go with the built in mics and don't move the camera too much or
too fast.
Straight board mixes never sound right. You'll need an independent mix
with a room mic added so it's easier to find a good spot in the room
and go for it. A spot where the majority of the audio is the performace
and room/audience noise is minimal.
muzician21@yahoo.com wrote:
> I may be video taping a friend's performance at a local country bar.
> Since it's a typical noisy cowboy/cowgirl type of place, we're thinking
> we should hook up my camcorder to the house sound board.
>
> Using a Sony Digital8 Camcorder, has an 1/8" mic-in jack, though I've
> never used it. Since the camera has onboard mics that record stereo, I
> assume the jack to be stereo as well. It also has one of these 3 into 1
> jacks on the side for analog audio and video input, but I'm guessing is
> strictly for use in VCR mode, and won't accept sound input in camcorder
> mode. Will fiddle with it further to confirm this.
>
> Going on the premise I'd be using the mic-in jack for taking external
> sound input, what issues do I need to be conscious of? Do these boards
> typically have some kind of auxilliary stereo output that can be routed
> out to something like this? I'm got penty of patch cords and size
> adapters since I assume the stuff on the board will be 1/4", but I'm
> concerned about impedance/compatibility issues with the in-house board,
> certainly don't want to fry my cam.
>
> Is it likely this consumer cam will accept input from this board as is,
> or might I need something between them? If more info is needed, I
> imagine I could find out the specifics of the board they have. I've got
> some time before this friend's gig there.
>
> This cam has no level meter, the sound is auto level, so I'd have to do
> some trial/error tape and playback while something is going on to make
> sure the levels aren't being overloaded. It has a headphone jack also,
> so maybe I could use that for level monitoring. Haven't used it yet.
>
> Thanks for all input.
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