HVX Audio Sensitivity

[bigox]

The HVX audio is so much more sensitive than the DVX audio. A common problem I"m running into is when I have the audio levels set good for normal speaking voices, if they raise their voice just a little bit, it often spikes.

I'm sure this is something many of you have experienced and I'd love to hear some pointers on the best way to handle this. I heard there is a way to plug into Input 2 and set it so that it becomes input 1 and 2. If so, in theory, you could set one audio level higher, so it picks up normal audio well and set the other one lower so it can pick up raised voices at a more acceptable level when the first level spikes. Am I on to something here? And if so, how do you go about setting the audio to do this?

Thanks

 

[stefanhuberfilms]

Yes, the audio of the HVX is pretty sensitive, i also had spiking (is this an english word?? ) while filming skateboarding, hard to handle in post, for now i just set the audio levels pretty low and boost audio in post... better than crushed sound, but i guess your solution would do just as good, i'll try it this weekend, sounds a bit like high dynamic range audio haha...

regards Stefan

 

[Barry_Green]

I heard there is a way to plug into Input 2 and set it so that it becomes input 1 and 2. If so, in theory, you could set one audio level higher, so it picks up normal audio well and set the other one lower so it can pick up raised voices at a more acceptable level when the first level spikes. Am I on to something here? And if so, how do you go about setting the audio to do this?

Yes you can do that; plug the mic into XLR 2, and set both channels to input 2, and then you can set the audio levels separately, one lower than the other.

Here's the thing though -- if you're having to set the audio potentiometers really low, or really high, to get acceptable levels, then you probably have a level mismatch with your mic. Look into changing the sensitivity in the audio setup menus, or consider getting an XLR pad to drop the level of a hot mic, etc.