Audio Help for DVX100 Quick! Thanks!

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Orpheus

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Please excuse my ignorance, but having filmed a wedding with my DVX100 and a few other cameras I need to figure out importing the audio on the DVX100. My question is this: When I import the audio, is EACH CHANNEL a SEPARATE TRACK in Premiere Pro, or is the audio mixed and inseparable? Because I had a wireless mic which worked ok in some parts but had pops and possibly interference in others because I'm so new at this.

So, can I separate the wireless mic audio from the internal mic which I had set to the other channel to pick up ambient / backup audio in case the mic didn't work. Maybe I didn't understand how this audio is unseparably mixed, but please let me know!

Also, if this question isn't clear, I will rephrase because the audio is important and I need a bit of help!

Thanks again all!
 
when i have done my only two projects in premiere - there was only one channel
but im sure theres a way to separate the two
 
I can probably use the audio from the other cameras to make it work if I have to, but my inexperience here is hurting me a bit. Hopefully someone on here can tell me definitively what would be the best way to either split the audio, and / or use the other camera's audio to layer in and mask the parts that I take out if I have to edit out all of the static / pops or what have you.
 
As long as the mics were recorded separately in-camera, you can work with them individually in post. Since they are on separate audio tracks, you have individual control over level, pan, etc.
 
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When you say "recorded separately," how would I have had to set the settings on the camera to achieve that? I have the feeling I did not record it separately. Maybe I'm missing the obvious here... Can you be more specific?
 
Orpheus said:
When you say "recorded separately," how would I have had to set the settings on the camera to achieve that? I have the feeling I did not record it separately. Maybe I'm missing the obvious here... Can you be more specific?
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If in the camera you record one mic to channel 1, and the other mic to channel 2, then they have been recorded separately.
 
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If in the camera you record one mic to channel 1, and the other mic to channel 2, then they have been recorded separately.
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Unless you sent the wireless to both channels.

Open the LCD screen, look at CH 1 Select and CH 2 Select.
Are they on Input (XLR) 1 and 2, or both on 2?

Which channel (XLR) did you plug the wireless into?
 
If I am not mistaken, I had the wireless Mic plugged in to Input 1 and had input 1 as channel 1. Then I had the interal mic set for channel 2. I use Adobe Premiere Pro and I already imported the footage, but it appears as one track. What do I click to separate them and / or see if I actually recorded it as two separate tracks?

If possible, please be very specific as I haven't worked with audio much in the program. Thank you!
 
When listening off-camera while you were recording, did you hear one mic in the left ear and the other in the right? Then they're recorded separately, and according to your setup description it sounds like you had that right.

As for Premiere, I'm not a Premiere user. But in general NLE terms, you need to capture your footage with audio set to dual mono. Are you sure it appears as a single track? Or is it showing up as a stereo pair? Do you see one waveform, or two?

If you do only see one track, and one waveform, it's possible that you had your capture settings to condense the audio to a mono mix, in which case you need to go back and recapture with dual mono.

You may get more detailed information in the Premiere forum.
 
Perhaps before tackling the Premiere issue, put the tape in the camera (after moving the tab off record). Play the tape back, and with headphones plugged in, listen to what you have on the left (Ch1) and right (Ch2) channels. That should make it pretty clear.

Then look into the Premiere question if the audio is on split channels on the tape, but is mixed together in Premiere.
 
Ok I'm going to check it out right now. I did notice earlier that while listening to it through the headphones the wireless mic was only through one ear, so that is a good sign, but I thought that was a problem initially. I will look closer at the tracks to see if it is actually one waveform as well.
 
Copy and paste the audio from track one into track two. In the effects tab find Audio Effects/ Stereo/ Fill left and apply it to track 1. Find Fill right the same way and apply it to track 2. Now you have two independent tracks from the one clip. Assuming the switches were not set to the same input in which they will sound the same apart from changes in audio levels.

Cole
 
I am literally trying what cole said as we speak, but I am now worried I didn't have it set up right when I filmed...ugh!
 
It appears to have worked--now I just need to figure out how to nest all three cameras and use the multi-camera monitor WITH having edited the bad audio out. I have used the multi-camera monitor before with good success, but only with using one track of audio from a main camera. So now, I have to edit out the bad audio and make sure it stays synced up with all the cameras.
 
I am glad it helped. I suggest not using multicam at least until you have one full length audio track that is usable. Get all of your tracks sync'd and split the audio clips at the unusable sections. It doesn't souncd like they have a good chance of blending together but it is what it is. Once you have a sequence of usable audio export it to a wav file and import it into one track on your sequence. Then you can use that track for using Multicam.

I am a creature of habit so I tend to skip Multicam and split my video clips right on the timeline. I just make sure the "live" shot is always on the highest track.

Good luck.

Cole
 
Ok, thanks Cole. That sounds like a good plan. Multicam is much easier, I just have to get the audio worked out this time.
 
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