Mondragon415
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WHy is all my sound footage coming in Mono. I have to fix it in post but it is annoying. Is there a setting on the hvx to change it to stereo? I am going XLR into a mixer, somtimes a pressbox to mixer.
HVX is only picking up MONO
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saneproductions
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you can select which xlr is recorded to which channel with switches on the side. You can record channel 1 and channel 2 or record channel 2's xlr into both 1 and 2. If you are shooting HD onto P2 it also records 2 other channels (3 and 4) but that is just the crappy on camera stereo mic and there is no way to adjust it.
Mondragon415
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How do you change the audio settings? Is it a menu option?
Mondragon415
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maby someone knew off hand...any technical questions should be referred to the manuel..if the answer is not found there, then re-read..if its not found there then read barrys book..then re-read that..THEN you can ask the question on the forum...thanks bro
saneproductions
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There are switches on the side of the camera under the lcd.
ullanta
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Mondragon - I don't know what you're asking. If you "can fix it in post", do you mean that the two channels are panned to center in your NLE, but are both there? It that's the case, the issue is with your NLE. FCP, for example, in the log and capture window, has settings for importing the two tracks as either stereo or dual mono.
The camera always records two channels. What's on those channels is determined by settings under the LCD. Butthe camera doesn't handle panning, doesn't distinguish two mono tracks from a stereo track. That's all NLE.
The camera always records two channels. What's on those channels is determined by settings under the LCD. Butthe camera doesn't handle panning, doesn't distinguish two mono tracks from a stereo track. That's all NLE.
Mondragon415
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It was my NLE..thanks.
truthrocket
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Here is a very simple answer
Here is a very simple answer
If the setting is on mic you will get a mono recording coming out of the left monitor (headphones) if your setting is on line you will get stereo. I don't know why there are so many convoluted answers to simple questions - unless I am missing something here.
Here is a very simple answer
If the setting is on mic you will get a mono recording coming out of the left monitor (headphones) if your setting is on line you will get stereo. I don't know why there are so many convoluted answers to simple questions - unless I am missing something here.
saneproductions
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Truthrocket. I am not sure what you are talking about but, the line and mic level switches on the front of the dvx and hvx have nothing to do with mono or stereo. Those switches attenuate the input to the proper level to receive an input of a specific type (line is generally coming from a mixer and mic is coming from a mic).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_level
Forgive me if I am not understanding your statement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_level
Forgive me if I am not understanding your statement.
truthrocket
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The link you provided is in reference to line level and not line recording. In regards to line recording I have provided a link to that effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-in_Recording
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-in_Recording
ullanta
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Truthrocket - no offense - but you're totally off here. The wiki is misleading.
The HVX has two external inputs, each of which records a mono mic-level or line-level signal. If you connect two mics the right way (or a stereo mic), or the two channels of a line-level stereo device, you'll get stereo.
The wiki is odd, and is certainly not discussing professional connections. It may refer to the fact that there is a common consumer standard for line-level stereo audio via a single cable (the phono plug, in 1/4" or 1/8"), while there's no common standard for single-cable stereo at the mic level - except that in recent years, there has indeed been a lot of use of the 1/8" mini stereo mic connector - on MD recorders, flash recorders, many camcorders, and nearly every computer made. Further, for "line in", a pair of RCA stereo jacks is more common. Anyway, line vs. mic is orthogonal to mono vs. stereo. I will try to ammend the wiki!
The HVX has two external inputs, each of which records a mono mic-level or line-level signal. If you connect two mics the right way (or a stereo mic), or the two channels of a line-level stereo device, you'll get stereo.
The wiki is odd, and is certainly not discussing professional connections. It may refer to the fact that there is a common consumer standard for line-level stereo audio via a single cable (the phono plug, in 1/4" or 1/8"), while there's no common standard for single-cable stereo at the mic level - except that in recent years, there has indeed been a lot of use of the 1/8" mini stereo mic connector - on MD recorders, flash recorders, many camcorders, and nearly every computer made. Further, for "line in", a pair of RCA stereo jacks is more common. Anyway, line vs. mic is orthogonal to mono vs. stereo. I will try to ammend the wiki!
lucidstudios
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ya, i agree with ullanta.
IN most cases (unless you have a stereo mic, that pretty much has 2 diaphrams in it) you need 2 mic's to record in stereo, (prefered if they are a "matched pair" (same mic, close in tolerances) these 2 mic's are generally set up in a XY or M/S configuration. XY is most common in the States. M/S recording has its advantages but it also has a huge disadvantage ( you need a special recorder/decoder to handle the signal( it has to do with the way the mic's are positioned next to each other and the cancelation that occours)
!!!!! NOTE a boom mic and a lav mic do not produce a stereo field even tho you have 2 mics and pluged into R and L inputs.
stereo recording is basically 2 channel recording where both mics are the same, and in a special position with each other, as sound comes in and hits one of the mic's diaphrams it gets recorded, as the sound then hits the second microphone at a slightly different time it gets recorded. On playback one mic channel is assigned to say the Left ch1 and the other to the right Ch2. the differance in the recording levels and the speed at which the sound entered the mic will produce stereo.
so you cant get a stereo recording out of one microphone, UNLESS it is a specialty microphone that records in stereo, those type often have 2xlr cables that come out of them.
now after you have recorded it (a stereo sound), and want to capture it into your NLE , ill use FCP as my example you have to set the cature settings to capture Stereo, otherwise i believe it defaluts to what fcp calls ch1+ch2 mono, which is basicliy duel mono, meaning you dont have stereo untill you tell your NLE to capture that way
IN most cases (unless you have a stereo mic, that pretty much has 2 diaphrams in it) you need 2 mic's to record in stereo, (prefered if they are a "matched pair" (same mic, close in tolerances) these 2 mic's are generally set up in a XY or M/S configuration. XY is most common in the States. M/S recording has its advantages but it also has a huge disadvantage ( you need a special recorder/decoder to handle the signal( it has to do with the way the mic's are positioned next to each other and the cancelation that occours)
!!!!! NOTE a boom mic and a lav mic do not produce a stereo field even tho you have 2 mics and pluged into R and L inputs.
stereo recording is basically 2 channel recording where both mics are the same, and in a special position with each other, as sound comes in and hits one of the mic's diaphrams it gets recorded, as the sound then hits the second microphone at a slightly different time it gets recorded. On playback one mic channel is assigned to say the Left ch1 and the other to the right Ch2. the differance in the recording levels and the speed at which the sound entered the mic will produce stereo.
so you cant get a stereo recording out of one microphone, UNLESS it is a specialty microphone that records in stereo, those type often have 2xlr cables that come out of them.
now after you have recorded it (a stereo sound), and want to capture it into your NLE , ill use FCP as my example you have to set the cature settings to capture Stereo, otherwise i believe it defaluts to what fcp calls ch1+ch2 mono, which is basicliy duel mono, meaning you dont have stereo untill you tell your NLE to capture that way