Update: despite my assumptions in my last post in this thread my BMC's MIC-input seems to be defect, I'll open a support-ticket therefore.
I went to a shop today to test the Rode Video Mic Pro - even with its 20dB-boost on and a fresh battery there was no better result to achieve. And people have reported on forums that you can use the recorded sound with that mic - but no matter which levels I set inside camera, the recorded sound stays around -65 dB, when boostet Noise is horrible.
Dear all,
although I read several threads on audio here I still don't get if I'm wrong somewhere or it is just the way it is with the BMC's audio department. I usually record sound on an extra device but use the camera's internal audio for syncing and (with the 7D) could also use it for background/atmo when a proper NR was applied.
But I can't achieve that with the BMC: the max. level peaks I get are -36db (rms nmight be around -60db), when I normalize the audio to 60 % there is a hell of a noise in there, so no matter which levels I have chosen in camera, which input chosen it doesn't get better. As I'm on holiday I only have a Rode NTG-2 and a lavalier with me, both get me the same results. And as I'm reading that people with the Rode Stere Video Mic plugged directly into the BMC get decent results for atmo, I wonder if the output of the NTG2 and my avalier are just too low or if my balanced adapter is the wrong one or if I'm doing something wrong.
Thanks for any help!
I went to a shop today to test the Rode Video Mic Pro - even with its 20dB-boost on and a fresh battery there was no better result to achieve. And people have reported on forums that you can use the recorded sound with that mic - but no matter which levels I set inside camera, the recorded sound stays around -65 dB, when boostet Noise is horrible.
Dear all,
although I read several threads on audio here I still don't get if I'm wrong somewhere or it is just the way it is with the BMC's audio department. I usually record sound on an extra device but use the camera's internal audio for syncing and (with the 7D) could also use it for background/atmo when a proper NR was applied.
But I can't achieve that with the BMC: the max. level peaks I get are -36db (rms nmight be around -60db), when I normalize the audio to 60 % there is a hell of a noise in there, so no matter which levels I have chosen in camera, which input chosen it doesn't get better. As I'm on holiday I only have a Rode NTG-2 and a lavalier with me, both get me the same results. And as I'm reading that people with the Rode Stere Video Mic plugged directly into the BMC get decent results for atmo, I wonder if the output of the NTG2 and my avalier are just too low or if my balanced adapter is the wrong one or if I'm doing something wrong.
Thanks for any help!
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