Posted by Krazy Kanuck on 03/11/06 16:10

Actually, I've had some success with this also using a D8 camcorder with
auto-gain....What you have to do is run an adaptor from your mic-in jack on
the camcorder (1/8") to the headphone out jack on the mixer board.....Make
sure that the level for the headphones out is barely on.....ie: Very low or
else you'll get a lot of very distorted overdriven audio.....Bring some
closed ear headphones to listen directly from your camcorder jack to make
sure that your sound isn't being overloaded. If you plan on doing this on a
regular basis, you're well advised to get a Beachtek or similar XLR adapter
box which will have various conectors, and volume controls to be able to
handle a balanced input.
Len

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<muzician21@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>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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