Q. when i record using only the incorp mic the sound is very distortionated, therefore i want to use ext mic to record rock live music. thanks
Answer
I looked through the manual... It does not look like this camcorder has manual audio control.
You could get the best most expensive mic available and it will still sound distorted... The problem is that without manual audio control the built-in automatic audio gain leveler is not able to keep up with really loud audio. Lots of clipping and very muddy sounding. You need to be able to control that audio gain - and what gets through the audio circuit and through the camcorder and onto the tape.
The easiest option is to use a field recorder like those from Zoom, M-Audio, Marantz, Sony, Edirol, Tascam (and others). They have built-in mics and manual audio control. When you bring the video into a computer for editing, bring the audio in from the field recorder, too. Mute the bad audio that came in with the video and synch the imported audio from the field recorder.
Another easy option is to replace the camcorder. Personally, I don't like AVCHD compressed video - too much video compression - currently the least expensive camcorders of which I am aware with mic-in jacks and full manual audio control are the Canon HV20, HV30, Sony HDR-HC7 and HC9.
Just so you know, I use a Sony HDR-HC1 with a BeachTek or juicedLink XLR adapter and for live music (if I have not made prior arrangements with the audio engineer to get a good discreet AUX send board mix), I use an Audio Technica AT-825 or Shure VP-88... and yes, I have successfully recorded live rock, metal, screamer and other bands with NO distortion.
I looked through the manual... It does not look like this camcorder has manual audio control.
You could get the best most expensive mic available and it will still sound distorted... The problem is that without manual audio control the built-in automatic audio gain leveler is not able to keep up with really loud audio. Lots of clipping and very muddy sounding. You need to be able to control that audio gain - and what gets through the audio circuit and through the camcorder and onto the tape.
The easiest option is to use a field recorder like those from Zoom, M-Audio, Marantz, Sony, Edirol, Tascam (and others). They have built-in mics and manual audio control. When you bring the video into a computer for editing, bring the audio in from the field recorder, too. Mute the bad audio that came in with the video and synch the imported audio from the field recorder.
Another easy option is to replace the camcorder. Personally, I don't like AVCHD compressed video - too much video compression - currently the least expensive camcorders of which I am aware with mic-in jacks and full manual audio control are the Canon HV20, HV30, Sony HDR-HC7 and HC9.
Just so you know, I use a Sony HDR-HC1 with a BeachTek or juicedLink XLR adapter and for live music (if I have not made prior arrangements with the audio engineer to get a good discreet AUX send board mix), I use an Audio Technica AT-825 or Shure VP-88... and yes, I have successfully recorded live rock, metal, screamer and other bands with NO distortion.
Good video camera for live music?
Q. I'm filming a documentary for a band which will include a live concert and one on one interviews.
What would be my best option camera wise and do i need a mic for the interviews?
And how much would we be looking at?
What would be my best option camera wise and do i need a mic for the interviews?
And how much would we be looking at?
Answer
What you would need is a camcorder with a MIC jack, run a wire from the mixer to the camcorder.. Any action, forget HD video.
HD camcorders interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi processor computer with the big Graphics and sound cards that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files a HD camcorder produces.
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
Best camcorder you could get, - http://www.canon.ca/inetCA/products?m=gp&pid=1017#_030
What you would need is a camcorder with a MIC jack, run a wire from the mixer to the camcorder.. Any action, forget HD video.
HD camcorders interpolate the video, which means of every 25 frames of video, 4 or 5 frames are taken by the lens assembly; the other frames in between these are filled in by the camcorder inner circuitry, thus giving you not true video. It looks like this -one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, one frame from the lens assembly, 7or 8 from the electronic circuitry, from front to back of the video. Near impossible to edit, even when you have the Multi processor computer with the big Graphics and sound cards that is required to edit, view, watch and work with the files a HD camcorder produces.
Consumer level HD camcorders have 4 problems. 1) Blurry, fuzzy, out of focus areas closely around people in videos taken by consumer level HD camcorders. 2) Any movement, even a wave or lifting an arm, while in front of a recording consumer level HD camcorder, results in screen ghosts and artifacts being left on the video track, following the movement. Makes for bad video, sports videos are unwatchable. 3) These Consumer level HD camcorders all have a habit of the transferred to computer files are something you need to convert, thus losing your HD quality, to work with your editing software. 4) Mandatory maximum record times - 1 hour, 30 minutes, 8 minutes, 3 minutes â four different times advertised as maximum record time for some consumer level HD camcorders. No event I have ever been to is that short. Either take multiple camcorders or pack up with out getting the end of the event on video.
Best camcorder you could get, - http://www.canon.ca/inetCA/products?m=gp&pid=1017#_030
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