Camera 4.5 Update

I updated to 4.5 and shot all day yesterday. It worked as advertised for me. The audio levels stayed the same after powering the camera off and then on again. The latency was imperceptible to me, so that was nice.

Tim, there is one thing I'd love for you to address. I use a Sennheiser MKE 600 shotgun mic for most of my audio recording into the camera. When hooking this microphone up to my trusty old Canon 5D Mark III via a Beachtech pre-amp, the sound coming through to my headphones is very similar to what is recorded onto the memory card. This is also true when recording from the mic into a Zoom H6. The sound I hear through the headphones in both cases is what I expect from this microphone, very directional without hearing a lot of the noise outside of the area that I'm pointing to.

When I listen to this mic through the URSA Mini Pro, it's as if I'm using more of an omni-directional mic and picking up sound all around. It makes it very difficult to MONITOR the audio this way. I can confirm that the actual RECORDED audio is the same or better than the recording methods I describe above.

Why does the MONITORING of the audio seem to pick up so much extraneous sound, but what is recorded, is exactly as it should be?

Adam

Are you not hearing the input through the internal mic at the same time?

Hi Ian,

I don't believe so, since both inputs are set to XLR1.

Adam

Are you not hearing the input through the internal mic at the same time?

Do you hear anything if you unplug the mic?

A Shotgun mic can't change to a boundery mic based on what hardware is behind it.. So i suspect you hear more than the shotgun mic.

No, I don't hear anything if I unplug the mic.

Adam

Do you hear anything if you unplug the mic?

I agree with you, but my ears hear what they hear. I tested this with the Canon 5D Mark III and the Zoom H6 all together on Saturday. I can't explain why it happens.

Adam

A Shotgun mic can't change to a boundery mic based on what hardware is behind it.. So i suspect you hear more than the shotgun mic.

The monitor amps on the UM tend to be “hollow”sounding and noisy, not indicative of the recording quality.
Record a sample test shot with the mics, and bring it into Resolve to check the audio quality.
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Hi Denny,

That's exactly what I'm saying. I know the audio quality is great. You helped me say what I wanted to say. The MONITOR amps are noisy. Is there anything that can be done in firmware to bring the noise down to something that you can expect in recording?

Adam

The monitor amps on the UM tend to be “hollow”sounding and noisy, not indicative of the recording quality.
Record a sample test shot with the mics, and bring it into Resolve to check the audio quality.
Cheers

No, I do not think so, as it is a hardware issue with the monitor amps, which can not be fixed with firmware, or BM would have done so in the 4.5 update.
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Denny! You've ruined everything! It's all your fault.

Just kidding.

Adam

No, I do not think so, as it is a hardware issue with the monitor amps, which can not be fixed with firmware, or BM would have done so in the 4.5 update.
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Yea, right, like I have control of BM! Ha, ha...
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In all seriousness, thanks for your help! I do appreciate it.

Adam

Yea, right, like I have control of BM! Ha, ha...
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You are welcome Adam. Have a great week
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Yea, right, like I have control of BM! Ha, ha...
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Maybe you should.. ** Might be interesting.. haha

Thanks Daniel, but you would be a better candidate.
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