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Posted by Rick Merrill on 03/24/06 17:03
Richard Crowley wrote:
> "Larry J." wrote ...
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>> Rick Merrill said:
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>>> Richard Crowley wrote:
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>>>> "Rick Merrill" wrote ...
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>>>>> How can I turn off AGC - it just 'breaths' and grabs too much
>>>>> background sound.
>>>>> Cameras: HDR-HC1, DCR-DVD300, Sony TRV520
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>>>> You probably can't turn it off. Most of those small cameras
>>>> have only built-in mics with full-time AGC. You must buy more
>>>> sophisticated equipment for features such as audio input
>>>> connectors and manual record level controls.
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>>> Is there such equipment that would work with cameras that do not
>>> have manual record level?
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>> If the camera's AGC can't be turned off, or defeated in any other way,
>> then the only option is to be extremely careful of the levels you put
>> into it. Take care that it's not too low or too high.
>>
>> You may need to experiment a bit to see what "too low" and "too high"
>> means for the particular camera.
>>
>> Obviously, at least a decent audio mixer is required...
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> This is a very trick and delicate thing. I have found it suitable
> for narration/lecture type voice recording and little else. No
> equipment with AGC is suitable for music of any kind, and most is also
> unsuitable for dramatic dialog, etc.
>
> AGC is great for casual shooting of kids playing in the back-
> yard, etc. (which is what those cameras were made for.)
>
> But then my background was in audio for a decade before
> I ever got into video, so I may have a more acute sensibility
> of what good audio is. YMMV.
Let me tell you I value your input and only wish I'd heard from you and 'nobody special' before getting the camera that I have.
[At first I thought "yummv" was your sig, not a caveat.]
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