Audio Settings for HVX200A

[RemnantProductions]

I am pretty much a newbie and have a HVX200A and the following audio equipment:

Rode NTG-1 and Sennheiser EW100G2 wireless

I Have Barry Green's book and also purchased the HVX Bootcamp DVDs. While far from being proficient at this point, I do feel that I have made some significant strides compared to where I was 3 months ago. The video quality is getting better with each shoot, but the audio is lagging far behind. I have wasted some good video footage because the audio was not salvageable. Just last Thursday I shot a scene in a coffee shop for a short and the video looked great but the audio had way too much noise.

I have done my due diligence and searched the boards. I have found some useful information, but not the exact info I am looking for. I need some help with settings on the HVX200A when I am using the above audio equipment.

On the aforementioned coffee shot shoot we are shooting one guy sitting on a bench talking to the camera with the counter and regular customers in the background. There were only a couple of customers and the noise level was low. We mic'ed him with the Sennheiser lav and used the NTG-1 on a boom pole.

Should I use both mics at the same time to capture the sound for this type of shot?
If not, which is the preferable method?
How should I control the settings on the camera for this?
Can I turn off the built-in mic? How do I do this?
I should use the phantom power for the NTG-1 correct?Any and all assistance in this area is greatly appreciated. I am just having fits with the audio and need some help.

[bosindy]

I am pretty much a newbie and have a HVX200A and the following audio equipment:

Rode NTG-1 and Sennheiser EW100G2 wireless

I Have Barry Green's book and also purchased the HVX Bootcamp DVDs. While far from being proficient at this point, I do feel that I have made some significant strides compared to where I was 3 months ago. The video quality is getting better with each shoot, but the audio is lagging far behind. I have wasted some good video footage because the audio was not salvageable. Just last Thursday I shot a scene in a coffee shop for a short and the video looked great but the audio had way too much noise.


I have done my due diligence and searched the boards. I have found some useful information, but not the exact info I am looking for. I need some help with settings on the HVX200A when I am using the above audio equipment.

On the aforementioned coffee shot shoot we are shooting one guy sitting on a bench talking to the camera with the counter and regular customers in the background. There were only a couple of customers and the noise level was low. We mic'ed him with the Sennheiser lav and used the NTG-1 on a boom pole.

Should I use both mics at the same time to capture the sound for this type of shot?
If not, which is the preferable method?
How should I control the settings on the camera for this?
Can I turn off the built-in mic? How do I do this?
I should use the phantom power for the NTG-1 correct?Any and all assistance in this area is greatly appreciated. I am just having fits with the audio and need some help.

What does the noise sound like (ambient from the coffee shop, internal noise?)

I am no expert, but a couple of thoughts"

1) you can't turn off the built in mic, it will always records to 2 channels unfortunately.

2) Unless you are doing a wide shot, no need for wireless. You are just adding the opportunity for clothing noise. if you do, make sure you have the camera input set to line, the mic power + 48 off and the RF on the g2 all the way up.

3) Ideally you want the coffee shop to be silent, but if not practical, maybe you can ask for people to do you a favor and talk in a low tone.

4) with your boom mic, the ntg-1, on the hvx you can record 1 mic to 2 audio channels (1&2). Have one channel set a little hotter than the other. you do this by inputing the xlr to input 2 and then manually set channels 1 & 2 to input 2.

5)make sure your boom op is getting the mic as close as possible pointing down at an angle towards the mouth of the actor. Establish the camera line where the boom is in and out of the shot. This is a shotgun mic, so it is not best pattern for indoors where sound can be a little bouncy. not sure what the set up for the ntg is (phantom or not).

6) make sure the hvx audio sensitivity setting is at -50db rather the -60db. (I think these are the two choices, but I haven't looked.)

6) all else fails, ADR.

[RemnantProductions]

Part of the noise appears to be ambient, but part of it seems to be internal. There was a hum throughout. Does the built-in mic always record to the same 2 channels? If so, which ones? Also, what is ADR?

[Shooter]

You can turn off the Internal Mic. It is set from the CH1 and CH2 Selector Switches

We often record with two Mics eg a wireless Lav and a Boom Shotgun. Each Mic goes to its own Ch. eg 1 /2. (Both mics usually on same subject but can be used for two subjects.) Multiple subjects we record via a location mixer.

We then map the audio in the NLE how we wish to deal with it

BTW don t forget the Line /Mic switch and Phantom power if you need it.

[bosindy]

You can turn off the Internal Mic. It is set from the CH1 and CH2 Selector Switches

but then the internal mic records on channel 3 & 4 so you can not "turn it off" the hvx has 4 channels of audio and the internal mic is always recording on two of them.


for a definition of ADR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubbing_%28filmmaking%29#Automated_dialogue_replac ement_.2F_post-synch

[Shooter]

Thats why we map it. (but we certainly do not have them selected )