C300: How to turn off the internal mic on the C300 Mark II

[Eric Coughlin]

Some people have complained about not being able to turn off the internal mic on channel 3 & 4 on the C300 Mark II. I found a work around, which is simply plugging a 1/8" mic (such as a Rode Videomic Pro) into the 1/8" mic port, which goes to channels 3 and 4, and then turn the mic off. Tracks 3 & 4 then get no signal, and thus are muted.

You can also use a mic in that port for better on-camera audio if XLR 1 & 2 are being used for wireless mics, say. Useful for reality TV/doc work where you want those two XLR ports for wireless but still want decent on-camera audio.

That's all.

 

[Hasan Aslan]

Very nice trick Eric.

Just wanted to check with you, have you tried connecting 3 wireless mics to the C300mkii; 2 in the XLRs and one in the mic port, is there an easy way to control the levels in channel 3/4 then ?