How to record bmpcc 6k G2 with multiple XLR stereo audio??
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 5:16 pm
Hi,
EDIT: changing the title and some of this after getting answers, so I'm more descriptive of what I need done.
TLDR: I have a bmpcc 6k g2. How do I record stereo audio so it's hearable on both speakers of my computer (instead of just 1), from 2 separate XLR mic's on the camera??? Because recording to XLR mic 1 on channel 1 makes it so sound is only heard on the left speaker. And vice versa with channel 2 + XLR mic 2. They only record to 1 speaker each respectively. DV studio panning also does nothing. It'll be right in the center and be heard only in one speaker. This only works in stereo if I do the recording by setting the same mic to both channels, meaning only 1 mic gets stereo, when I want multiple to have stereo.
Long version: I'm fairly new to XLR mics and channel stuff, etc, so I was thinking that if I plugged in an XLR mic to the XLR 1 socket, it would record the sound to be hearable from both speakers on my computer when playing the video back, so long as I went to the audio tab and set channel 1 to XLR mic 1 with phantom power on.
But it only recorded to the left speaker, and not both speakers as I expected. Panning the sound in DV studio didn't change where the sound came from either. It would always stay on the left.
Then I found out if you added XLR mic 1 to channel 2 as well, it would record to both speakers. Which is what I wanted.
But, what if I wanted to record 2 people with 2 separate XLR mics, with 1 in each socket on the camera, and for it to be hearable on both speakers on my computer... Is that possible?? I ask because I don't have 2 XLR mics yet so I can't test it, and the audio menu is confusing me. Because since there's only 2 spots on the screen, I'm thinking I'd have to set it as XLR 1 on channel 1, which would only record to the left speaker. And XLR 2 to channel 2, which would only record on the right speaker. And if that's the case, what's the point of the 2nd socket??
Thanks!
EDIT: changing the title and some of this after getting answers, so I'm more descriptive of what I need done.
TLDR: I have a bmpcc 6k g2. How do I record stereo audio so it's hearable on both speakers of my computer (instead of just 1), from 2 separate XLR mic's on the camera??? Because recording to XLR mic 1 on channel 1 makes it so sound is only heard on the left speaker. And vice versa with channel 2 + XLR mic 2. They only record to 1 speaker each respectively. DV studio panning also does nothing. It'll be right in the center and be heard only in one speaker. This only works in stereo if I do the recording by setting the same mic to both channels, meaning only 1 mic gets stereo, when I want multiple to have stereo.
Long version: I'm fairly new to XLR mics and channel stuff, etc, so I was thinking that if I plugged in an XLR mic to the XLR 1 socket, it would record the sound to be hearable from both speakers on my computer when playing the video back, so long as I went to the audio tab and set channel 1 to XLR mic 1 with phantom power on.
But it only recorded to the left speaker, and not both speakers as I expected. Panning the sound in DV studio didn't change where the sound came from either. It would always stay on the left.
Then I found out if you added XLR mic 1 to channel 2 as well, it would record to both speakers. Which is what I wanted.
But, what if I wanted to record 2 people with 2 separate XLR mics, with 1 in each socket on the camera, and for it to be hearable on both speakers on my computer... Is that possible?? I ask because I don't have 2 XLR mics yet so I can't test it, and the audio menu is confusing me. Because since there's only 2 spots on the screen, I'm thinking I'd have to set it as XLR 1 on channel 1, which would only record to the left speaker. And XLR 2 to channel 2, which would only record on the right speaker. And if that's the case, what's the point of the 2nd socket??
Thanks!