Audio Question: 2 Inputs, Both Channels?

[markinhifi]

Hi all, i'm a few weeks away from affording an HVX but have one very important question. I used a Sony HDV a while back and remember one very irritating thing about it.

I had a lav mic plugged into the XLR input 1 and a second lav plugged into input 2. I could get sound through both the left and right channels for input one, but the second input would only allow the sound through the left channel. I looked in the manual, and sure enough, it wasn't a flaw, it was a "feature".

I just wanted to make sure the HVX doesn't have this same "feature" and I can, in fact, get audio through both the left and right channels when both inputs are used at the same time.

Thanks.

 

[Dick Campbell]

No, on the HVX, input 1 goes to one channel, input 2 goes to the second channel if using two mics. if you want something different, you're going to have to use a stereo mixer and send that to both inputs.

the only other combo is if using one mic on input 2, you can send it to both channels.

 

[THoff]

What you are asking for, in essence, is something where the left channel of a stereo microphone comes out of the left AND right speaker, as does the right channel. It ain't gonna happen in-camera, but it is easy to do in virtually any NLE.

 

[Barry_Green]

There are 4 channels on the HVX. There are four input sources: internal mic L, internal mic R, XLR 1, and XLR 2.

All of those are treated discretely. You cannot mix internal mic and XLR 1 audio on the same channel, for example. Each is recorded to their own discrete channel.

The only duplication that happens is that you can choose to assign XLR 2 to go to both channels 1 & 2. But that's it. Any further mixing of audio would need to be done in post.