GH13 Audio Questions/Advice for a GH13 user

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radicalkat

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Hello,

I've got a question and am looking for some advice about audio gear to match my GH13

1. Question. I've read that when an extermal mic is plugged into the mic jack on the GH1 that the internal mic is NOT disabled. Is this correct? Does the camera record both the external mic AND the on board mic at the same time? If so, is it possible to disable the on board mic?

2. Advice. I'm looking for a way to start off inexpensively with audio, but with a decent upgrade path. Here's what I'm thinking. Shotgun mic, into Juicedlink 454, into GH1. This will only work, obviously, if the GH1 on board mics disable when a mic is plugged into the mic jack.

3. Then, when budget allows... Shotgun mic, into Juicedlink 454, into Tascam dr100 (or another external recorder).

Can anyone offer answers/comments/advice?

Thanks a ton,
Adam
 
I don't have any hands on experience with the Juicedlink, but unless the preamps are far and away better than the DR100, why not start with the Tascam recorder instead of the XLR adapter? You could even get the Tascam DR-100 MKII (which supposedly has better preamps than the original model) for $280 @ Amazon, which is a fair bit less than the XLR adapter. You can still pipe the audio into the camera, but you'd have a pristine version of the audio recorded on the Tascam as well.
 
+1 for an external recorder. You can spend considerably less than the juicedlink on a recorder - I'm getting great results from a zoom H1 (which cost me £59 refurbed) in conjunction with a Rode VideoMicPro.
 
I was originally considering a shotgun mic directly into a dr100, however, after poking around here and elsewhere, it appears that the preamps on the dr100 may be less than optimal. I've read a bunch of posts that suggest a mixer or low noise pre-amp (like the juicedlink) going into the dr100 to compensate. That's a lot to buy all at once, so I came up with the above upgrade path. I haven't seen much in terms of tests with the new dr100 mkII. Does anyone know if the preamps are a significant enough improvement to get good, low noise audio directly from a shotgun mic (which will be boomed over actors btw)? -Adam
 
Whatever audio recorder you buy, it's going to be streets ahead of recording to the camera. I'd definitely be recording directly to a disc recorder, and see if that covered your audio needs. You can always upgrade the pre-amp stage later if you feel you need to.
 
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