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DSLR Camera with a preamp vs an external recorder
- Thread starter kevinkt
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You are planning to use external mics right??
DR-100 probably, likely, maybe.
I am not sure about the actual recording capabilities of the t2i. But by the time you buy a beachtek and your preamp, you might think about a decent mixer which might shift the decision in favor the t2i for recording.
Grant
DR-100 probably, likely, maybe.
I am not sure about the actual recording capabilities of the t2i. But by the time you buy a beachtek and your preamp, you might think about a decent mixer which might shift the decision in favor the t2i for recording.
Grant
Pete@twenty7pix
Active member
Save up the money and get a MixPre and an external recorder. With Pluarleyes, it doesn't make sense to record to the camera to sync in post. You'll get MUCH better results with the MixPre and external recorder (DR-100, H4n, etc.) than if you were to get a juicelink or beachtek. Just my 2 cents...
Steve House
Veteran
I don't believe the t2i acceptes line level signals at its audio input so you'll need to pad any preamp's output back down again to mic level to avoid overload anyway. Audio input to the camera is going to go through its preamps regardless, so if the objective is to bypass them, it ain't gonna work like that.. Frankly I don't understand why you would think a cheap preamp would be better than a Juicedlink in the first place. The Nady doesn't offer anything such as metering, monitoring, channel routing, or low-cut filtering that are useful for on-location recording.
I don't believe the t2i acceptes line level signals at its audio input so you'll need to pad any preamp's output back down again to mic level to avoid overload anyway. Audio input to the camera is going to go through its preamps regardless, so if the objective is to bypass them, it ain't gonna work like that.. Frankly I don't understand why you would think a cheap preamp would be better than a Juicedlink in the first place. The Nady doesn't offer anything such as metering, monitoring, channel routing, or low-cut filtering that are useful for on-location recording.
Yes I just found out that t2i only accepts a mic level input, which sucks.
So it seems like I am going to definitely do an external recorder to get the best quality sound.